Sometimes I receive requests for reading tips from college students. Here’s my reply to Skylar. We both agree that it would be good to share it with you. Hello Skylar, I thought about your situation and asked myself what my top three tips for you would be. What would have the most impact and be […]
Sometimes people email me with questions about speed reading. I thought I would share with some recent ones with my replies. Brendan asked about guiding technique: ‘As for the guide I don’t k… Source: Questions from Brendan and others
Sometimes people email me with questions about speed reading. I thought I would share with some recent ones with my replies. Brendan asked about guiding technique: ‘As for the guide I don’t know if I am doing it right. As the guide (my finger or pen) is moving along the page should my eye “jump” […]
Francesco emailed the following question: Hi, I have a question on an exercise I found in various “speed reading” books: is it useful to read a paragraph (or, for more advanced, a page) and then to close the book and write on a paper all you can remember of what you just read? Does it […]
Sooner or later, when you are learning to speed read, you are likely to reach a stage where your speed seems to have peaked and stays the same. You are still a way off your target speed. Learning plateaus are horrible and it can feel as if they will last forever. However, that’s when you […]
I am settling back into my redecorated and renovated office space. The flood damaged most of the bookcases that lined the walls and I haven’t replaced them. It feels calmer and uncluttered without them. Two solid wood bookcases survived and were successfully restored by Roy Cave’s French Polishers. These are in the room, although they […]
Things are busy down at our house. (For the benefit of those of you who are newcomers, it was flooded during Storm Desmond.) The floors are back in, we have interior walls in place and doors. In a week or two, after the plaster has dried, the decorators will be painting the interior of the house. […]
