Abby's Speed Reading Blog

Like most of you, I am someone who increasingly reads content online. But the experience can be quite painful because of the visual distractions of flashing ads, videos that start to play on their own and disjointed line lengths of the text. There’s nothing more...

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I'm SO excited to share this new book - created as an ebook - to help you know who you are as a reader and more importantly, what you need to know and can do to be a smarter, faster, and more efficient and effective reader. Originally published as The Complete Idiot's...

Whenever I’m interviewed, there is guaranteed talk about this concept called “speed-reading”. The problem is not everyone is on the same page (pun intended) as to exactly what speed-reading means.

Some think it’s about learning to read everything super-human fast which is rightfully viewed as fantastical and unrealistic. Others won’t even try to read faster because they believe it’s sacrosanct to read any material quickly, especially when reading for pleasure. Trying to speed-read on one’s own . . .

It’s been a really LONG time since you learned how to read. Back then, your teachers instructed you on what they thought were sound ideas. And at the time, they were helpful. However, as you matured, the ideas became outdated and inefficient for your ever-growing reading and learning workload. You may have become mentally stuck with these ideas preventing you from improving your reading abilities.

It’s time to rethink some of these ideas to modernize your thinking and improve your reading experience.

Is reading a satisfying experience for you? Or more of a chore?

Some of you know that I came into this profession because I used to hate to read. Yes, it’s true – the creator of the Rev It Up Reading Online Course and author of several books on speed reading used to hate to read! I felt I was a very slow reader and I never turned to reading for anything.

I’m writing to share worthy information for your readers about the concept of speed-reading Eric Spitznagel wrote about in his recent article “How a Mormon Housewife Sold America the Big Speed-Reading Scam.” (about a six minute read for someone at the average 250 words per minute reading rate.)

I have been teaching speed reading for over 30 years and feel compelled to update folks on a few things.

It’s that time of year when high school and college students are coming into their last weeks of their term with final exams looming in the not-to-distant future. All of the reading done during the semester/year ideally needs to be reviewed to get mentally refreshed about the content.

But who REALLY wants to do that?! And who has time?!

Don’t you just
envy people who always keep up with their reading? You may be surprised to know
that a quick reading speed is not the only way to get caught up. It’s those who
devote an adequate amount of TIME to do their reading are also the ones who are
not haunted by their “to read stack.”

That makes sense, you say, BUT you’re feeling time-starved? It’s really as simple as being
intentional about wanting to make more time to read.

Review these common-sense
suggestions and see which ones you already do and which ones you can start
doing to relieve your reading guilt and get more reading done:

I love giving my reading course away! Two years ago, I started this summer giveaway as a way to build my email list but soon realized it offered a worthy possibility for those who otherwise couldn’t afford the course to vie for a free one. Since then, I have given...