Evelyn wood seven-day speed reading and learning program

In just minutes, you'll notice a real difference in your reading speed, and in succeeding chapters of this seven-day program you'll get the secrets of effective note-taking, find tips for instantly improving your writing, and much more.

Nonfiction Self Help Reference Productivity More details. Frank 2 books 1 follower. Search review text. I have always considered myself to be a slow reader and have always wanted to improve my speed.

I once had a professor who had taken the Evelyn Wood program and could read through his students' research papers at an amazing speed.

Because I did not want to spend a lot of money taking the actual class, I decided to give this book a try. Although I cannot read with the speed that others have attained by taking the class, I have to admit that this book has allowed me to increase my speed somewhat. This book describes how to prepare yourself for reading, make your environment conducive to reading, and use hand movements to aid in gaining speed, as well as other techniques.

One thing that I discovered is that by reading faster, my mind is forced to concentrate more, and therefore I do not find my thoughts wandering as much as they used to do. If you are interested in increasing your reading speed or comprehension, I suggest giving this book a try. Author 93 books 80 followers. The conversation started when I questioned why he added it as required rather than optional. After chatting with him for about 15 minutes, and learning more about the book, I was convinced to pick it up and read it, even if all I got from it was the ability to read at twice my current speed.

I consider myself a slow reader and have always wished I could read faster - the book promises tripling or quadrupling your reading speed; however, in all honesty, I figured it I merely increased my reading speed or perhaps even just doubled it, I'd be well ahead of where I currently stood and be able to read more in less time Yes, I'm afflicted with the sickness of buying way more books than I can read in a single year - my "to read" pile far exceeds my ability to keep up I not only learned a few techniques to help me read faster I'm not yet double my previous reading speed, but I'm working on it, and with practice, can get there , but this is a book I wished I had when I was in university.

There are techniques for previewing chapters of textbooks and note-taking techniques that I'm sure I would have really benefited from. The book also includes tips and techniques for preparing for and taking tests and exams that would have been useful to me back in my university days. I'm pretty sure that the students in his class who actually invest just a couple of hours into this book and practicing some techniques are actually going to do better not just in his class, but in all their classes.

Kaycee Looney. Author 1 book 1 follower. It took me some time to finish this book because the author has you practicing the new reading techniques as you go - and they aren't easy. So, I'm practicing the new techniques I learned about on the current books I'm reading. If you want to try and become a speed reader, don't think you're going to be Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds by the end of the book.

There is a lot to learn and it DOES take practice. I've always had a high reading level and very good comprehension of what I read, but the techniques in this book go against my instincts when reading and that's difficult to overcome. For example; the first technique is to read "visually" rather than saying them mentally.

I am making slow progress on this one. But yesterday after finishing the book, I found that the more I pushed myself to read faster, the fewer words I "said" to myself and the more I took them in with my eyes only. That is the first step. So, I am halfway to my goal in only a week.

The book suggests that after a month of practice, you should be able to reach your goal and possibly surpass it, depending upon how hard you work at it. I am reading it now and cannot for the life of me figure out how these strategies help you read for understanding and meaning. I can do the strategies, but I have no idea what I "read" or "skimmed". In fact, I used five of the strategies on the same page, and I still didn't know what the page was about.

I guess this isn't for me. I can't even rate the book. Just finished the book. My library Help Advanced Book Search.

Lists with The evelyn wood seven-day speed reading and learning program Book. Add to Your books. All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July Inthe Woods sold the business, Doug Wood continuing to serve as President until he retired in Return to Book Page. There is a lot to learn and it DOES take practice.

You are scanning chunks of words in a more vertical fashion zig-za Excellent book detailing great techniques to improve reading speed, note taking for memorization, and test orogram skills.

The problem is — it contradicts with the other speed reading book I got from the library. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. I highly recommend prlgram book. Jul 25, Ken Howard rated it liked it. Members Reviews Popularity Average rating Mentions 4 18, 3. Views Read Edit View history.

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The Evelyn Wood seven day speed reading and learning program : remember everything you read!