How does the modern
human however manage the bewildering amount of information out there,
sort out the important stuff from the chaff as well as take on-board
the gigabytes of important and useful knowledge that is needed to
push forward in life? Many of us can't manage a book a month, and with
the range of topics and vital info out there that will bring you
victory in any area of life including health, work, beauty, finance,
home management, time management, most of us are really quite behind
and are not taking in the vital info that is available a page away!
Clearly if you have
the ability to consume many books in a short spaces of time, then you
have the ability to quickly lay hold of vital information that will
take you ahead of the queue. Dedicating say a couple of hours to hit the books each
week might not necessarily be the most efficient way to go about it. I believe if you are
serious about information gathering, you need to learn to 'speed
read'. It's a skill that you can learn and perfect so that you are
reading a book a day and taking in all the necessary information you
need from it! Imagine that!
I highly recommend
acquiring this skill. Even if you read at twice the speed you do now,
you will increase your knowledge base astronomically and be eager to read more and more. On average
people who learn speed reading triple their reading speed, you will
get through all those books lying at the bottom of the drawer in no
time, gather the information you need and moving on to seek more and more and
become better and broader in your skill set and much more. Remember
that the thing that distinguishes you from the person in the lead is
more than likely the information they have that you don’t.
Invest in learning this
skill, I tell you it is worth it especially for knowledge gathering
books (I enjoy reading novels and such at my normal slower pace because
novels are about savoring a story, while I speed read with books for
knowledge). I wont say I am even anywhere near good at speed reading but the ability I have now has lead to a marked improvement in my information gathering and my willingness to purchase books now I know I can be done with them in no time rather than have them gather dust!
As we move towards the
last quarter of 2013 it might be a good time to look to clearing your
reading back log and set yourself up with necessary knowledge for 2014.
Tony Buzan the mind-map
Guru has a number of books teaching the speed reading skill but there
are also other good books out there which you can research by reading
reviews on Amazon.
Next blog post 6th Oct
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