Your eye can catch the words in about a 1″ radius, so this can shave off a bit of reading time. Note for Advanced Speed-Readers: You can further increase your speed-reading rates by keeping your pointer 1-2cm away from the margins of the text. But after you’re used to the motion, you can read more effectively. Initially, using a pointer will be slower than regular reading. Simply place your index finger below a line of text and move it as you read. The easiest pointer is just the tip of your finger. Saccades (and just general distractions) cause you to slow down as you must search for your current reading position. Unfortunately, when you read, this position is constantly moving. Normally, when your eye twitches away, it must relocate in its previous position. These movements are called saccades and they represent the first tool novice readers can use to read faster. They are frequently making brief twitches away from your center of focus to gather more information. Your eyes don’t actually stay fixed in one spot. Here are a few of the lessons I’ve learned from several years of speed reading: 1. That new motivation made me a voracious reader, in one two year period, I had read over 150 books. Because I gained more control over my reading abilities, my desire to read went up. More than just words per minute, speed reading helped instill a new passion for reading. In only a few weeks, my average reading speed went from roughly 450 words per minute, to over 900. I’ve since moved away from a few of the concepts taught in the book, but the core ideas were transformative. My first introduction to the concept of speed reading was from a book, Breakthrough Rapid Reading. I’m also going to destroy some speed-reading myths, to show you it isn’t magic but a skill anyone can learn. In this article, I’m going to share the lessons I learned that doubled my reading rate, allowed me to consume over 70 books in a year and made me a smarter reader.
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