Speed Reading Techniques How to speed-read the Net The invention of the Web browser added pictures to the Internet, but all those images still haven't made reading online a pleasant experience. If you're someone who uses the Web as your main source of news, you probably have 60 bookmarks that you never use, or you open 30 browser windows simultaneously to keep track of the articles you want to read—but you never get around to all of them. Never mind the killjoy, even on a fast connection, of waiting for some Web pages to load. Surfing within one well-designed site isn't so bad, but when you hop from site to site, there's nothing that replicates the appeal of scanning your local magazine rack or that pile of magazines splayed across your coffee table. RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary," depending on whom you ask) has three distinct advantages over Web browsing and e-mail, the two most popular ways to read news online. How do you get started? There is a neat shortcut that often works in lieu of the above mouse dance.
How to Learn Speed Reading: 17 steps Steps Part 1 Learning to Speed Read <img alt="Image titled Learn Speed Reading Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');">1Stop talking to yourself. Almost every reader "subvocalizes," or moves their throat as they imagine speaking the words.[1] This may help the reader remember concepts, but it's also a major barrier to speed.[2][3] Here are a few ways to keep this habit to a minimum: Chew gum or hum while you read. This occupies muscles used to subvocalize.If you move your lips as you read, hold a finger against them. Part 2 Skimming Text Part 3 Timing Your Reading Speed Community Q&A Add New Question Can I train my brain to read more than 17,000 wpm? Ask a Question Answer Questions Make a stranger's day. Tips Take a break every 30–60 minutes. Warnings
10 Sticky Job Interview Situations and How to Handle Them Printer-Friendly Version by Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., and Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. Job interviewing can be an unnerving experience, but if you know how to handle some of the stickiest situations encountered in interviewing, you can be that much more confident. The Bad Interviewer. Final Thoughts on Succeeding in Job Interviews Job-seekers need to think of each interview question as an opportunity to showcase an accomplishment or strength. Questions about some of the terminology used in this article? Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers, is an educator, author, and blogger who provides content for Quintessential Careers, edits QuintZine, an electronic newsletter for jobseekers, and blogs about storytelling in the job search at A Storied Career. Dr. Have you taken advantage of all of our job interviewing resources?
Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes (Photo: Dustin Diaz) How much more could you get done if you completed all of your required reading in 1/3 or 1/5 the time? Increasing reading speed is a process of controlling fine motor movement—period. This post is a condensed overview of principles I taught to undergraduates at Princeton University in 1998 at a seminar called the “PX Project.” The below was written several years ago, so it’s worded like Ivy Leaguer pompous-ass prose, but the results are substantial. I have never seen the method fail. The PX Project The PX Project, a single 3-hour cognitive experiment, produced an average increase in reading speed of 386%. It was tested with speakers of five languages, and even dyslexics were conditioned to read technical material at more than 3,000 words-per-minute (wpm), or 10 pages per minute. If you understand several basic principles of the human visual system, you can eliminate inefficiencies and increase speed while improving retention. The Protocol First – Determining Baseline
Job Interview Question: What is Your Greatest Weakness? When you're asked what your greatest weakness is there are several different ways you can answer, including mentioning skills that aren't critical for the job, skills you have improved on, and turning a negative into a positive. Non-Essential Skills An alternative approach is to analyze the key skills and strengths required for the position you are interviewing for and then come up with an honest shortcoming which is not essential for success in that job. For example, if you are applying for nursing job, you might share that you are not particularly adept at conducting group presentations. Skills You Have Improved Another option is to discuss skills that you have improved upon during your previous job, so you are showing the interviewer that you can make improvements, when necessary. If you use this strategy be sure not to mention anything that you improved upon that is related to the job for which you are interviewing. Turn a Negative into a Positive Sample Answers
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more speed reading exercises | Speed Reading Practicing in How to Speed Read- more speed reading exercises When you practice and repeat the speed reading exercises, you acquire skills and techniques that help you achieve your goal. Oh, did I mention goal? If you want to speed read, you must set your mind, by setting a goal to speed read. Once you set your mind to speed read, you can then start-timing self. Test: What signals does the body send as we convey messages verbally and nonverbally? Time: Record your time spent reading the material. Comprehend: Record what you understood the paragraphs to mean to you. The comprehension of the paragraphs is relying, a message. Beta-Carotene is a health agent, which substitutes Vitamin A. This subject should pose interest to those interested in achieving better health. Note: Many of us when spotting information in reading material that has no concrete evidence to support its claims will come to an obstacle while reading. Title: The Child within You Subtitle: Your “Inner Child” Stop:
"I have noticed that even people who claim The best speed reading exercises | Speed Reading 1. The first and basic speed reading exercise - Make your eyes stronger: - Move your eyes between the pictures in this order: Car – Flower – Coin – Butterfly. Do it about 10 times. (click the picture to enlarge). Now, Move your eyes between the pictures but this time in this order: Car-Coin-Flower-Butterfly. (click the picture to enlarge). If you feel pains or tired, stop, and close your eyes for few seconds. Every day, repeat this exercise. 2. Most of the readers read each word separately, and read every word as if they really say it. Speed readers read in bulks. How can you learn to read in bulks? I want you to focuses at the dot, in the middle of the picture, and without moving your eyes, read out loud the letters around the dot: (click the picture to enlarge). (click the picture to enlarge). Next level, The same idea, focuses on the dot in the center, and read the letters around it without moving your eyes: (click the picture to enlarge). guess what , the next speed reading exercise level: 3. 4.
Helpful Advice For Pulling A Successful All-Nighter Ah, yes – the infamously dreaded all-nighter, an all too common phenomenon of college life. Just about every student of the higher arts or sciences has had or will have to pull an all-nighter at some point during their collegiate career. The reasons for doing so are numerous: whether it’s procrastination, a busy schedule, or a poorly timed rager the weekend before finals, sometimes it’s just necessary if maintaining a higher GPA is a priority. Here are some helpful tips for making an all nighter more productive and less painful. 1. Preparation Preparation is the number one most important thing to consider if you want to have a productive all-nighter. Secondly, make sure to gather all your necessary materials beforehand and organize them neatly on your desk or workspace. Do not, under any circumstances, forget to set your alarm clock. 2. It goes without saying that you probably shouldn’t deprive yourself of food while pulling an all-nighter. 3. 4. 5. About the author: E.
Speed Reading – 10 Tips to Improve Reading Speed & Comprehension by Speed Reading Expert, Richard L. Feldman, Ph.D. (Columbia University) 10. Read Early in the Day Many people can double their reading speed and improve their concentration by reading the material that’s important to them early in the day. 9. Create three piles for your reading materials – important, moderately important, and least important. 8. Speed read for main ideas in nonfiction works like how-to books and educational texts. 7. Improve your reading comprehension, reading speed, and concentration by turning headings and subheadings in textbooks and other nonfiction books into questions. 6. Prop your book or magazine using a bookstand – angling your reading material at 45 degrees improves your reading speed and reduces eyestrain. 5. Improve your reading speed and avoid re-reading correspondence by jotting brief notes immediately after reading each piece of correspondence. 4. 3. 2. 1. Avoid on-line speed reading courses and do-it-yourself speed reading software.
A Base Vocabulary List for any language Your Base Vocabulary: The first ~625 words [Author's note: Behold, the new, improved list:] Check these out at the Word Lists page! Your Base Vocabulary: Your first 625 words This is a new, improved version of an older list of 400 words. I’ve culled this list from the General Service List and Wordfrequency.info - two well-made frequency lists for English. I’ve also begun a project to get this list professionally translated into a bunch of languages. How to use this list: Pronunciation (in general): Learn your pronunciation rules. The List(s) A quick note about order I’m providing this list in two formats: a thematic list and an alphabetical list. The thematic list is friendly: you’ll see lists of animals, types of clothing, professions, etc. Thematic lists are nice ways to organize words, but I’m going to suggest that you avoid them when you actually sit down to learn your words, and use an alphabetical list instead. Order is important. Your First 625 Words (in Thematic Order, with notes):