Speed Reading

One of the crucial aspect is speed reading.

Books survey

Speed Reading by Kam Knight
- 131 pages
- Published in 2018
- #1 Best seller on Amazon
- Rated 4.5 out of 5 on Amazon.
- Rated 4.24 out of 5 on Goodreads, that was astounding! 2,080 ratings in total.
- His book on Mind Map is even popular than the ones by the so-called “Father of Mind Map”.
Speed Reading with the Right Brain by David Butler
- 282 pages
- Published in 2014
- Rated 4.4 out of 5 on Amazon.
- Rated 4.05 out of 5 on Goodreads
Speed Read Anything by Peter Hollins
- 140 pages
- Published in 2021
- Rated 4.4 out of 5 on Amazon
- Rated 4.16 out of 5 on Goodreads
The Art of Accelerated Learning by Selena Watts
- 128 pages
- Published in 2021
- Rated 4.4 out of 5 on Amazon.
- Rated 4.55 on Goodreads, that was whopping! But note that there are only 20 ratings.

Ali Abdaal - How to SPEED READ
- Reduce subvocalization
- Read the middle
- Use your pointer Eyes won’t move smoothly unless they are tracking something, otherwise they move in “saccades”.
- Gamify the experience
- Write a summary
Med School Insiders - 3 Steps to Read Faster – Truth on Speed Reading
- Most of the speed reading techniques don’t work, they reduce your comprehension.
- Subvocalization is not bad, as it’s crucial for linguistic understanding.
- Linguistic Processing, instead of Visual Processing, is the real bottleneck!
- 3 Steps:
  - Determine your goal
  - Flexible reading speed (Pseudo-Skimming Technique)
  - Use a pacer
How to Speed Read | Tim Ferris
- Peripheral vision
- Control tracking
- For 5 minutes, read faster to lose 10% of the comprehension
How to Read a Book a Day | Jordan Harry | TEDxBathUniversity
- Bad habits
  - Subvocalization
  - Regression - use gliding to block the contents above
  - Fixations - use bouncing or pacer to reduce/smoothen eye movement
- How to read a book everyday
  - Front & back cover
  - Table of contents
  - Skim
  - Scan