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This week’s speed reading tips comes to us from the ancient art of Zen. Zen is all about focus and approaching every singe task you do with clarity and attention to what you are doing at the moment. This sounds easier than it is to practice. One Act, One Mind When you sit down to [...]
Are you looking for easy ways to speed up your reading? Here’s a tip that will help you read faster and learn more in no time – remove distractions. You have to concentrate if you want to be able to remember what you’ve read while speed reading. Removing distractions from your physical environment is your [...]
Pssst. Hey you. Yeah you – the really quiet one in the corner that doesn’t want to be bothered. I have a secret for you. There is hope. There is a fantastic book that can help you better understand the difference between introverts and extroverts. It talks about how being an introvert in today’s really [...]
Read with a finger, not your lips. Years ago, I took a speed reading course and the very first thing they taught was that you must learn to stop verbalizing the words you read on a page. What do I mean by verbalize? When you see a word, most of us have a tendency to [...]
In my continued effort to diversify my reading and entertainment options, I recently started rereading JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit (amazon affiliate link). This is probably the 6th time I have read this book and every time it gets better. There are so many tiny details and as you read the his other books you begin [...]
On rare occasions, we have moments of great clarity. They are times when everything seems to make perfect sense. I have been in that space for a while not and tonight, things came into full focus. Over the past year, my own view on life has shifted dramatically. Things that I once thought were important [...]
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Just finished reading “Choke,” by Chuck Palahniuk. He’s also the author of “Fight Club.” this book didn’t disappoint, though I would definitely not passing it along to your mom to read. The book is about a sexaholic who is going through some rather twisted situations. I don’t want to give away too much though. You’ll [...]
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