Nov. Introduction @ Columbia
· 1. Do NOT do a reading TEST of the class. Lose the speed.
· 2. Step One: is holding the page at a “30%” angle. It helps your eyes
focus clearly, avoid blurring & watering.
· 3. Step Two: is Intentionally Moving your head left-to-right
(vestibule-ocular-reflex) keeps your words centered on retina for sharpness
(acuity).
· 4. Use a Pointer/Pacer to
trace across the words of the sentences, down the paragraphs. Why? Avoid losing
your ‘place’ on the page of text 5-6x per page. Improve your “Attention-Span”
41% for better comprehension & long-term memory.
· 5. What is a Pointer/Pacer? Use a Pen/Pencil/index finger, Laser-Pointer
(Raster-Master) on Print. Online, use the Cursor like the
Laser-Point to scan across the sentences.
· 6. You are still ‘school-reading’ (snailing) reading one-word-at-a-time. It’s
Better because you are doubling (2x) your reading speed, but there is no
increase in long-term memory nor comprehension produced by SpeedReading101.com
· 7. Today You started reading text material at 150 words-per-minute.
That’s average for college students, including college graduates in the U.S.
· The use of the Pointer, holding the page at a 30 degree, &
intentionally moving your head left-to-right, back-and-forth, Doubles (2x) your
reading-speed to 320 words per minute. Same comprehension, same long-term
memory.
· 8. Q. Is the expression, ‘No pain, no-gain.’ scientific?
· 9. A. The correct expression would be “No-discomfort,
no-personal-growth.” Why? Fear-of-Change is hard-wired in our brain. To
improve & grow requires change, and it change causes stress, anxiety &
fear.
· 10. Speedreading101 strategies Enlarge your comfort-zone permanently.
· 11. Why do we all expect change (improvement) to be
S-L-O-W, gradual, and hard?
· 12. We don’t notice small improvements (kaizen) unless we are
intentionally searching for them or others point it out. “Hey, you finished
that report (article) or chapter like a brainiac, what’s up?”
· 13. What’s “Psychological-Distance”?
· 14. Answer: Your ‘Attitude’, Expectation, & subjective mood are your
Mind-Set. So what? When you Distance yourself from the difficulty, exam or
problem, the “feeling of difficulty” is reduced.
· Weird example: lean back in your seat mentally removes you from the
problem. Stand up and move away from .different city. The beaches of Miami, not
streets of NYC.
· 15. You need 3-character traits
for Success in your “Knowledge-Economy”:
· a) Motivation – your goal. b) Volition (willpower & intention). c)
“Grit (persistence), no quit.” ‘C’ is the killer.
· 16. “If you don’t ‘implement’ by buying the $2 ticket, it’s 100 to 1 you
will Not win.” Implement new behaviors.
· 17. First-step is to give yourself Permission to change. It’s
called “mindset”, attitude, & belief. It’s a choice to ‘begin’ or remain
in your ‘comfort-zone’.
· 18. It’s You who decides to give up resistence & old habits.
You must overcome programming by others to find a new way. It can happen in a millisecond
or never.
· 19. “The only secure knowledge is that I exist.” (Solipcism) – Rene Descartes.
· 20. “I am a thing that thinks, that is to say a thing that doubts,
affirms, denies, understands a few things is ignorant about many things, wills,
refrains from willing,
And also images and senses.” R.
Descartes.
That’s it for now. See ya,
Copyright © 2013, Bernard Wechsler
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