Sunday fun day everyone! Thank you for waiting for my newsletter, and I'm sorry because last week I didn't make a newsletter due to my not-so-good health condition, I was sick for a week. When in that sick state, I learned how to read quickly on Youtube, unintentionally the Youtube algorithm gave me the video to watch, how did they know I haven't read a book for a week because I'm sick lol. For those of you who ask, why should you become a reader?
Reading is important because it helps broaden our horizons and knowledge. Through reading, we can discover new things and understand complex concepts better. Also, reading can help improve language skills and form critical thinking. In relaxed language, reading can be said to be like "eating the brain" which makes us smarter and understands various things. When you become a reader, raise your level to become a fast reader.
Reading quickly is important because it allows us to process information more efficiently and save time. With our fast-paced lives, we are constantly bombarded with new information and it can be overwhelming to keep up. By being able to read quickly, we can quickly scan through large amounts of information and pick out what is important. It also helps us to stay ahead of the game, whether it be in our careers, our personal lives or our education. Plus, it can be a fun challenge to improve our reading speed and see how much we can improve over time. Enough of the basics, let's get into the alpha-
1. Cut the inner monologue
Few people realize this, when you read, there is a small voice speaking in your head, speaking every word for you. Turn it off, you don't need that little voice in your head to read you a paragraph. You can read it with just your eyes, your eyes move faster than that little sound.
2. Read with your finger
It looks so old-fashioned and gross, but it's what works. Our eyes cannot see straight one sentence in a book page, we must have read the same line many times even though we want to read the next line. To reduce it, we need finger or need a cursor if we read books online
3. Stop reading things you don’t like
You don’t keep watching movies you don’t like, you don’t keep watching TVs you don’t like, you skip Youtube Videos that are boring, and this should also apply when you read a book.
Take it from a non-fiction author, most non-fiction books all full of crap. The average non-fiction book has two or maybe three useful chapters in it. When you have only read half of the book and you already understand the idea of the book, you can be considered to have finished the book. The point of reading is to serve you, not for you to serve the book.
You’ll find all the time that authors use similar anecdotes, they use similar examples, they use similar stories, and when you keep runnin into these things over and over again, just skip them. You already know what’s in them, so why read it again?
For non-fiction, if you’re reading every single word of every single book, you’re doing it wrong. For fiction, it’s a completely different story.
If a fiction book’s good, you read every word. If a fiction book’s bad, stop reading it and put it away.
4. Schedule your reading time
For me personally, I will read a maximum of 30 minutes of non-fiction books in the morning, no more than that. It's easier for me to use minutes than sheets, because when I use sheet count I feel burdened in reading.
5. Read book than one book at a time
I read non-fiction book in the morning and fiction book at night. When reading non-fiction books, I need a fresh mind to understand what's meant, and the morning after waking up is the perfect time. For the evening when my mind is tired, I will read fiction books as my refreshing material for the day
Remember what you read
The harsh truth of the day ‘Higlighting and note-taking is basically worthless’. The following are articles that support this statement.
Human Memory
Here’s the thing about human memory ‘We remember things that we use’. Basically we remember what’s useful, if you don’t find ways to implement the ideas of you read into your life in some way, you’re not gonna remember them. And you will feel like "Wow I read the whole book but I don't remember anything". This happens because you don't put the theory from the book into practice in the real world, or you don't share that knowledge with others. When teaching, we will more easily memorize what we teach.
I got this content idea from the following youtube video: