The basic guidelines for speed reading. To begin with, DOUBLE your standards. Start reading twice as fast, and force yourself to really pay attention to what you are reading.

• Prepare yourself by flipping through the books pages, reading the index and asking yourself questions you want answered.
• Don’t pronounce any word out loud in your mind. This is where most people loose their speed.
• Never jump back in the text, your objective is to broaden the comprehension and not loose your focus.
• Use a visual guide, like your finger under the text. Focus ONLY on 3-4 words on each row. Preferably 2-3 if you are getting really good.
• Don’t strain your eyes. Keep them really relaxed, soft but stay focused at the same time.
• Always fixate on groups of words. The more the better as you speed through the text.
• Hold the book, screen as far away as you can while maintaining your speed.
  

To achieve an empowered state of mind, these guidelines can easily yield results for you.

What you can control
Focus on this

• What you do and what you don’t do
• What you say and what you don’t say
• What you are focusing on
• What you consider important
• What you welcome or refuse

What you cannot control
Don’t focus on this

• How you feel
• What thoughts that come your way
• What’s happening to you
• What others think, do or say
• What’s happening in the world

Below is what you can and can’t influence

What you can influence
Put your focus here

• How to you influence what you feel
• How to influence other people
• How to influence the environment
• How to influence your economy

What you cannot influence
Don’t focus on this

• The past

Remember. If not repeated, about 70-90% of what is learned is lost within the first 24h.

The more you know, the easier it is to remember it.

This is an important mindset. Repeat what you’ve read according to this time frame for maximal memory retention.

1. Withing 10 minutes of the end of your session.
2. 1 day.
3. 1 week.
4. 1 month.
5. 3 months.
6. 6 months.
7. 1 year.

Imagine if you did this how well you’d remember. Of course sometimes we don’t find the time, but then prioritize that which seems mandatory to you at the moment.

This is the basics of studying technique :

1. Overview
Get yourself an overview of the entire book/material/project. Read the opening pages and the back of the book.

2. Plan your studies
He with the best plan wins. What’s your desired outcome, what is your goal.

3. A deeper overview.
You will get better understandings of what is required of you. Read the index and learn the names of all the chapter.

4. Speed-reading
Speed-read the text, get a grip on the basic outlines. Look at all the pictures.

5. In-depth reading
Only at this stage, you begin reading in-depth and slower. You already know what the chapters are about, and how they relate to each other. This is when all details fit the puzzle.

6. Questions
Google any uncertainties and questions that has arisen during your studies to further understanding.

7. Repetition
Repeat continuously according to this list.

1. Certainty/Comfort. We all want comfort. And much of this comfort comes from certainty. Of course there is no ABSOLUTE certainty, but we want certainty the car will start, the water will flow from the tap when we turn it on and the currency we use will hold its value.
2. Variety. At the same time we want certainty, we also crave variety. Paradoxically, there needs to be enough UNcertainty to provide spice and adventure in our lives.
3. Significance. Deep down, we all want to be important. We want our life to have meaning and significance. I can imagine no worse a death than to think my life didn’t matter.
4. Connection/Love. It would be hard to argue against the need for love. We want to feel part of a community. We want to be cared for and cared about.
5. Growth. There could be some people who say they don’t want to grow, but I think they’re simply fearful of doing so—or perhaps NOT doing so. To become better, to improve our skills, to stretch and excel may be more evident in some than others, but it’s there.
6. Contribution. The desire to contribute something of value—to help others, to make the world a better place than we found it is in all of us.

You have 150 billion brain cells that together are twinkling with the circuitry of a thousand cities. Your ears can hear 1,600 different frequencies, ranging from 20 to 20,000 cycles per second. Your eyes can detect a single photon of light. And the 800,000 fibers in each of your optic nerves transmit more information from 132 million rods and cones to your brain than the world’s largest optical computer system. The more than 300 million tiny air sacs in your lungs provide oxygen to the 100 trillion cells throughout your body. Your 206 bones and 656 muscles form a more functionally diverse system of capabilities than any known creature. And these and other tremendous abilities to function and learn can be applied in many different ways. You can’t count all your capabilities - there are too many.