Scott H. Young teaches you to double your reading rate

I started to read “grownup” books — the kind that stretch out to 800 pages or more — back when I was, oh, 10 or 12 years old. It was painfully slow going as I started by reading out loud. I then read to myself. And eventually I simply stopped reading the words — I just saw them and they went straight into my head. The amount of pages I could polish off every day was staggering to my local librarian. Over the years I’ve slowed down a bit and, my guess is, so have you.

Well, have no fear, Scott H. Young is here! Scott recently wrote an entry on how you can double your reading rate.

Scott’s suggestions made a lot of damn sense. For example, you should use a pointer, such as your index finger, to lead the way for your eyes as you read. In time you can just run your finger over a line of text and you’ll have absorbed it. Of course, you’ll have to stop sub-vocalizing first — that’s where you actually read words out loud in your own mind.

Let’s face it, we can all use a boost to help us get through our hundreds of daily Emails a little faster. Give Scott fifteen minutes of time to show you how to save hours by the end of your week.