In response to a recent speed reading mailing, a student wrote back: "Thanks Jackie, I'm still at it, practicing here and there. It's those expectations of what it is to study or read that I'm trying to get over ;)." Here's what I wrote back:
"Thanks for your note. Don’t stress about expectations. Just perfect your technique and read everything! It is the DEPTH of reading that you vary. So you have a 20 chapter text and you surmise that chapters 2,4,6, 12, 14, and 18 are the ones to focus on. Well, you use the process and “read” the whole book – Overview and Gist – but you go back and do a details pass on just those chapters.
As your eyes – and your conditioned brain – relax, you see all around the page and take notes all along the way. You go for deeper detail when you need to. You get to choose."
Just dive in, read everything, and delve deeper into those things that you think are important.
Best of luck!
Jackie
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