A&B #44

Hey friends,

If you're like most people (myself included) you probably enjoyed reading up until middle school or high school. Maybe you were forced to read books you didn't find interesting or had a series of bad English teachers. Either way, you probably didn't read books for fun as a teen.

If that was you, here are

Alright, let's dive into this week's newsletter.

📚 Book Lessons:

This week's book is Super Reading Secrets by Howard Berg.Howard holds the Guinness record for being the world’s fastest reader, reading at 80 pages per minute. His book is filled with tips on how to speed read, remember more of what you've read, and many more tips on becoming a better reader.Here are 3 lessons from his book: 1) Move Your Finger Across The Text To Read FasterLearning to link your eye motion to your hand motion is the first step in increasing your reading speed. Moving your hand forces your eyes to scan text at a faster pace than your ability to hear words in your head. This enables you to read at a visual pace rather than an auditory rate. As you move your hand across the text quickly, you'll likely experience difficulty hearing the inner voice that previously helped you read. However, you can read and understand text without using your inner voice, it just takes some practice and time to adjust to this new mode of reading. 2) Assess Your Schema To Read FasterSchema is a term for the information you already know. The more info you know about a topic, the faster you can read it because you'll be familiar with its vocabulary and facts.For example, a biologist can read a biology book faster than a business book because they have already studied the topic for several years. So, if you pick up a book on a subject you know a lot about, don't spend time reading it at your normal reading speed. Instead, read at a faster pace until you encounter some new information. Bonus tip: When reading at an accelerated pace, focus on the verbs and nouns to pick up key information while ignoring fillers words (of, the, very, etc.). 3) How To Remember More Of What You ReadEveryone who reads books wishes they could remember more of what they've read. Here are three tips from Howard to help do just that:

• Ask more questions.

  • Asking questions while reading helps your mind to focus on the material you're reading and increases the likelihood of remembering that information later.

• Use more of your senses.

  • When reading, try to bring as many of your senses (taste, touch, smell, feel, hear) into your reading experience. The more regions of your brain that you stimulate, the easier it is for you to remember that information.

• Connect lessons in a mind map.

  • One of the best ways to remember what you've read is to connect new information with existing memories. When reading a new book, connect the lessons you're learning with lessons learned from other books.

✅ Actionable Advice:

1) Move your finger across the text to read faster.

• Your eyes are attracted to motion and moving your finger across the text will help you read faster.

• Realize that you can read a book without using your inner voice. It will take to adjust to this new form of reading, but doing so will make you a much faster reader.

2) Assess your schema while reading a book.

• If you're reading a book on a topic you're familiar with, you can likely read it at an accelerated pace.

• If you're reading a book in a completely new genre, take your time with it.

3) To remember more of what you read:

• Ask questions while reading.

• Use as many of your five senses as possible.

• Connect new lessons learned with lessons learned from previous books.

🎧 Podcast Update:

This week's podcast is with Howard Berg, author of Super Reading Secrets.You'll learn:

• How to speed read

• How to quickly find out what a book is about

• Howard's 3 favorite books after reading 30,000+ books

Listen to the podcast here.PS: I added timestamps on the YouTube video so you can skip to the parts you're most interested in.

📖 Reading Lesson:If you ever meet someone you admire, ask them what books influenced them the most.It’s like getting the code to understanding how their mind ended up programmed the way it is.

⭐️ Weekly Quote:"Through the pages of a book, we can talk to people who lived long ago, and learn easily what they learned with great difficulty.” –Rusticus

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Thank you for your support everyone, I'll see you next Sunday!Read on,Alex W.