Author’s introduction

Once I naively thought that it was necessary to read the text from the first word to the last, syllable by syllable, letter by letter. I diligently read into every word, trying to catch its essence, ignoring the general meaning of the text block. It looked like the following:

The text from the economic article “Economics close is the study of how people interact with each other and with their natural surroundings in producing their livelihoods, and how this changes over time” sounded in my head something like that: “He-re is Ed-ward Be-ar, com-ing down-stai-rs now, bump – bump – bump - on the back of his he-ad be-hind Chri-sto-pher Ro-bin...”

I supposed the effectiveness of the reading is composed of thoughtful reading, retelling and mental analysis, which the text goes undergoes.

By the way, did you notice how the second text was difficult to read? How does the eye stumble on each divider? Looking back, it seems to me that I was almost mentally retarded.

At the same time, I was quite stubborn. It seemed to me that my understanding of the reading process was as correct as put two and two together. Low reading speed didn’t seem to me something out of the ordinary.

About five years ago, just happened to, I came across an advertisement for speed reading courses, where just only in two months I was promised astonishing two hundred times of reading speed increase. Being a rather strong skeptic, I decided to study that proposition and was not quite satisfied.

The courses consisted of ten lessons, which, as you understand, are not quite effective. For a couple of classes, I just realized that I did not understand anything. I decided that if I want to master the technique of speed reading, I must use my main weapon – persistence. Because, you know, I'm really good at it.

So, instead of spending money on expensive courses, I downloaded several books and began to study from scratch.

During the study of literature, I realized the slower I read, the less I perceive information. I persistently tried to complete exercises, but I understood that I was stuck at a certain point and could not move on. Due to the endless unsystematic exercises my eyes began to get tired at the end of the day. After several hours of training, my head constantly started to hurt and any will to go further dropped all the way to zero.

The technique of speed reading ran out of interest to me. After several months of inactivity, I returned to the old level.

Nevertheless, the issues of brain activity and possibilities still fascinated me. I studied articles about the results successful people, who have achieved the results by reading more than a hundred books a year. Former persistence came back as soon as I saw examples that inspired me to continue working.

However, I decided to approach the question not in terms of the classes quantity, but in terms of quality. I identified several reference points that I had to correct in the technique of my slow reading speed.

The answers were not easy to get, but they became the basis of this book and program. Thanks to my own developments, which have become a quite successful application, I have mastered many skills that are useful for speed reading!

Firstly, I decided to act immediately, because I realized the value of each day in mastering speed reading skills. Secondly, I made the classes systematic, i.e. types of exercises and time for their passage became streamlined. And most importantly, I dropped all sorts of doubts about my own strengths and abilities. I repeated to myself the phrase breaking any walls: “I can”.

Gradually, the reading speed began to increase. After several months, I was able to easily read a rather huge article from the field of my professional activity (it is related to the construction business). I quickly received information, but noticed that I was not getting any pleasure, since I had to keep several important conditions at the control: read paragraphs, analyze the text, memorize it, delve into the essence. It was really exhausting.

I remember how, for the sake of diversity, I took up a small interesting book, but on the fifth chapter I noticed that I swallowed those fascinating lines in a matter of minutes, but did not receive a single drop of satisfaction from the author's wonderful style. At this moment I brought out the third, and a very important postulate – everything that I do at a particular moment in my life should bring joy. Fun. Euphoria.

Since then, more than three years passed. Speed reading became my outlet. I decided to share the secrets of this fascinating and truly rewarding activity with everyone who seeks how to improve their lives. Having mastered a large number of exercises, I developed my own, which became the basis for the Speed Reading application.

Seeing how are popular my designs, I decide not to stop at what had been achieved and create the book “Speed reading: all the secrets in one book”. It is a more advanced material with interesting facts, stories and practices.

My most important goal is not only to assist in targeting an immense amount of information in the form of various text formats, but also to change the total understanding of the reader’s world.

Each section of the book is aimed to improve such qualities as concentration, memory, attention, reading technique (getting rid of articulation and regression). The old model of thinking will gradually be squeezed out by the new speed of processing information flows coming from various, not only textual sources.

The most important thing, in my opinion, in this book is that it eliminates many fears – the fear of failure, self-doubt. And again, I would like to note, the scope of my work is very far from scientific. I am not an expert in psychology or philology, but practical experience combined with knowledge gained from hundreds of thousands of sources, gave me the opportunity to share with you the secrets of speed reading.

You can apply this knowledge both in reading and in everyday life. For example, I became more attentive driver, stopped to get tired after long hours of hard work process. Now I have time to enjoy the amazing works of the classics before bedtime. I feel the taste of life and better understand people around me.

Finally, I want to offer my readers a few simple rules, thanks to which the development of the program proposed in the book will become much simpler and more pleasant:

I believe in you and wish you a pleasant reading!