On August 17 and 18, 2010, I will instructing Freedom Personal Development’s Reading Smart- Speed Reading Workshop – at the SpringHill Suites in Norfolk, VA.
If you have not yet reserved your seat, please enroll today (online or by phone 888-233-0407) – space is limited.
Workshop Overview
This general outline provides time for interactivity and Read More...
On August 17 and 18, 2010, Abby Marks Beale (author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Speed Reading) will be instructing Freedom Personal Development’s Reading Smart- Speed Reading Workshop – at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, CT.
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Myth – Any daydreaming while reading is not good. Why should it concern you when you daydream while reading? Because it affects concentration, slows your reading speed down, and ultimately can hinder your ability to comprehend.
Truth – Some daydreaming is good! Knowing the difference between good and bad daydreaming is helpful for all readers to understand.
Just what is daydreaming? Also called mind-wandering, it is when your mental focus gets interrupted – mostly very briefly – by another thought that is either related, or unrelated, to what you are reading. It is a natural human event that all readers experience, Read More...
My good friend, Leah Simpson, taught the Reading Smart Speed Reading Workshop in Allentown June 8 and 9 and did a fantastic job! The attendees at the workshop agreed and I wanted to share their thoughts and results. Many people more than doubled their reading speed AND increased their comprehension. What a great class!
The next Reading Smart Workshop in Allentown, PA will be October 26 and 27, 2010 at the Four Points by Sheraton Allentown Airport. If you have not yet reserved your seat, please Read More...
On July 20 and 21, Leah Simpson and I will instructing Freedom Personal Development’s Reading Smart Speed Reading Workshop at the Marriott Executive Park in Charlotte, NC.
If you have not yet reserved your seat, please enroll today (online or by phone 888-233-0407) – Read More...
In preparing for this article, I had a powerful realization. It struck me that many times when we are in need of motivation or ideas to improve ourselves, we tend to look for new concepts in new books, new CD’s and new teachers. If we could revisit what we had learned in the past, perhaps we would find a deeper level of understanding and answers our own questions.
I would like to suggest that you go back to your own bookshelf, or wherever you keep your learning tools, and pull something off of the shelf that you have not paged through or listened to in the last year.
These tools could be anything – training manuals, sales books, notes from a seminar, notes from a meeting or seminar etc. I would bet that Read More...
Here is one of the 15 strategies we teach at our Reading Smart Speed Reading Workshop. You will be amazed at how fast you can read a magazine cover to cover with this technique!
Enjoy and Be Free!
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Using Skipping as a Reading Strategy
Using skipping as a reading strategy means to selectively choose which parts to read and which to leave out, based on your purpose and responsibility.
Your purpose and responsibility should answer these questions: “WHY Read More...
These are some of the top picks for your 2010’s reading list. The staff at Freedom Personal Development LOVES the book Drive and are excited to read the others on this list.
Feed your brain, kick start your career and add meaning to your work.
What have been your favorite business books this year?
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Our newest workshop, Reading Smart, has been receiving rave reviews from around the country. Professional, parents and students alike are increasing their reading speeds AND maintaining, or increasing, their comprehension. Here are some recent testimonials and actual before and after reading speeds. Numbers don’t lie!
From High School Senior, Rebecca Lenz:
“I hated to read because of how slow of a reader I was. After taking this workshop, I now am not dreading reading. My WPM [words per minute] has improved tremendously and I’m still comprehending Read More...
Creating a Business Book Club to Make Your Business Reading Easier
Don’t you just marvel at people at work who talk about the books they read and what they learned? You think, “Good for them, they’ve got time to read. . . but I don’t.” Yes, time is certainly a factor but what’s one of the best ways to make time? Make a commitment to others and meet regularly.
In other words, create a business book club!
Being a member of a business book club is the easiest, most fun way to get you to read while infusing your brain with usable information. (You can also adapt this information for starting a casual book club with your friends.) Setting one up is easy if you follow these simple Read More...
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