Trying Kris Madden's Speed Reading Exercise

[CampfireTalk]

you've got a great audience of subs John- they'll even watch a video of you reading a book upside down :)

[disasternut]

@CampfireTalk thanks CFT! :)

[dagreatcapri82]

The thing about speed reading that I don't grasp is the comprehension. Of course, you'll probably read faster, but will you remember everything you have read? I've been studying this speed reading thing for months now on various sources of information, and what I've learned so far is that reading a story or novel would be more quicker than reading a information or how-to book. For me at least. Now, I focus more on comprehension than the speed of the text. Though, I have picked up alot of speed.

[disasternut]

Thanks for sharing, what other systems have you tried and are they working for you? I'm always curious to learn about new stuff. I asked my friend how he learned to speed read, and he just said, practice, practice, practice. Or in his case, read, read, and read some more. I do think the more you read, the faster you will be able to read in the future. But like you, I want to figure out the comprehension part!

[USNERDOC]

Very interesting John!

[disasternut]

Thanks Doc!

[HawkLMT]

WOW...I'm also surprised how fast I can read upside down. I am going to practice this for awhile and see how it goes.

[HawkLMT]

I read the kids their bedtime stories this way. Pretty interesting. Took my brain a few lines to figure it out, then it was smooth enough for the kiddo's to follow the story.

[disasternut]

hahaha glad you are practicing. Pretty soon you can progress to big people books :)

[biguy525]

I might give it a try. Can't be much slower than I read right side up.

[disasternut]

LOL now that was funny.

[dacrocker]

Save yourself the anguish......get the "Cliff's Notes". Hahaha!!

And you'll read faster if you don't have to read aloud......your mouth slows you down!

Good stuff!

[disasternut]

@dacrocker Yeah, that's for sure. I was reading much faster if I didn't have to speak out loud, but I did it for demonstration purposes hahaha.

[disasternut]

I can't all my stamps are self-adhesive LOL

[f0xmuld3r]

Sounds like a good exercise for kids at school... Btw: I just tried this and was surprised how good I was able to read upside down right from the start.

[disasternut]

Yeah, once I got the hang of it, I started to read upside down quite well too. Word to the wise though, pick a book that does not have a lot of foreign words or names hahaha.

[7Ronin49]

Very exciting? But i totally understand how trying to read burlip would be confusing, d!lrnq... oh i wish there was a letter that looked like in upside-down r!

[7Ronin49]

@7Ronin49 burlap* yay for idiocy?