Short YouTube clip (Jim Kwik, hosted/posted by Vishen Lakhiani) arguing that speed reading can increase comprehension because reading faster forces greater focus and reduces mind-wandering. The transcript uses metaphors (starving the brain, bicycle vs. racecar) to contrast slow, distracted reading with faster, more focused reading. It closes with an invitation to a Mindvalley masterclass on "smart reading."
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If you've ever read a page in a book, got to the end and just forgot what you just read, your mind wanders. You get easily distracted.
Here's why.
When you read something, you feed this incredible supercomputer of a brain one word.
At a time, metaphorically. You're starving your mind.
And if you don't give your brain the stimulus it needs, it'll seek entertainment.
Elsewhere in in the form of distraction, in the form of mind wandering.
The biggest myth and lie about speed.
Reading, and I think it's spread around.
By slow readers, is that if you.
Read faster, your comprehension would what you feel like it would go down. But it's not true. The truth is, the faster readers tend to have better comprehension because they have better focus. Reading slow is kind of like riding a bicycle.
Slow.
You wobble and then you fall.
But here's the secret.
If you want better comprehension while you read, read faster. Because it's like driving a car.
If you're driving a car going slow.
Through traffic, you're not really focused on driving.
You're doing five different things. You're drinking your coffee. You're texting, even though you know you shouldn't.
You're putting on makeup.
I saw someone the other day shaving. You can do five different things.
But if you're racing cars and you're taking hairpin turns as fast as you go, do you have more or less focus? The answer is obvious.
You're focused on what?
On the act of driving and on what's in front of you. That's exactly what it's like for reading.
When you're reading faster, you focus on.
The act of reading and what's in front of you. If you want to maximize not only your speed and have greater comprehension while you read, I want to invite you to a very special masterclass put on by Mindvalley where I'm going to share with you and crack the code. Code of the secret of how to read faster and not just speed. Smart reading. How to read with better focus, understanding and retention. Invite you in this masterclass.
