How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein

Author:Alan Lakein [Lakein, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Success, Psychology, General, Self-Help, Time Management, Personal Growth
ISBN: 9780451134301
Google: UKJ9AAAAMAAJ
Amazon: 0451134303
Publisher: Signet
Published: 1974-05-31T18:30:00+00:00

Should You Try Speed-Reading?

Clearly, the faster you read, the more time you save. However, I find that few people who take courses in speed-reading [don't] manage to maintain much increase in their reading speed. They can speed-read for a few weeks after the course, but most of them soon revert to their former pace. If you have to do a great deal of reading, it may be worth taking a speed-reading course, because studies indicate that if you read at least two hours every day after taking the course, you'll be able to maintain a higher reading speed.

But I think it's more important to read smarter rather than faster. In other words, cut out the C-reading that is unsatisfying, useless, uninformative, or uninteresting and use that extra time and energy on A-reading (most likely at your former reading pace). Since you won't read as much, it's important to be selective about what you read. If you spend less time reading C's, you'll find more time for the A's.

My wife and I have a hobby of reading aloud to each other. We read about twenty books a year this way. We could sit down side by side and read the same books to ourselves in a fraction of the time if efficiency were our only goal. The reason I tell this story is to reassure you that the most efficient way to do something is not necessarily the best one. It is highly inefficient to read aloud—but a great way to spend time together.

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