- Hey, guys, welcome to my channel. Today, I'm gonna give
you some tips and tricks that help me read faster. And it doesn't matter whether English is your first language or second or third. I'm gonna give you very practical tips that will help you read in any language. And I started reading four
to five books a month. Sometimes I go beyond that number, and I know that there are people who read like 10 books a month. There are so many
amazing books coming out. I read books on marketing,
management, health. And you don't want to
miss that information. So, the thing you can do right now is improve your reading speed. And I'm gonna teach you how. Today, I'm gonna teach you to read faster. The first step you have to take, and the first step that I've taken is actually separating formats. What I mean by that, there are three general
formats of books that we have. There are hard copies, right
there, that's a hard copy. There's an audio book, and
there's an electronic book. So for audiobooks, I
try to stick to fiction, because I don't really write things down when I'm listening to stories. And I can actually do
another thing while listening to an audiobook, like I can clean my room. I can do my makeup, I can
do my nails, I can cook. - That's multitasking. - 'Cause I'm just listening to a story. I'm not necessarily writing a to-do list, because when I'm reading practical books, like books on marketing,
books on management, I really need to read, 'cause I would highlight some paragraphs. I would send something
that comes to my mind, to my husband, or to my team. Hey, we need to do this, this, and that. I would say, audiobooks for stories. Audio, stories. So, you can be more relaxed. Then, electronic books for learning, so you can highlight things. - Highlighter. - And hard copy books, I
don't really do them anymore, 'cause I like to declutter my space. I don't like when extra
things appear in my room. But I would use hard
copy books for poolside or like for relaxing. It's just another experience, because if you highlight
things in those books, you just sometimes lose that information. So really, I would recommend
sticking to these two formats. - Hard copy. - Now, let's go to reading faster. On average, a person would read 150 to 200 words per minute. And this is very, very, very slow reading. - Slow. - This can actually be compared
to the pace of speaking. You can read so much faster. You can go above 300 words per minute, and this is considered fast reading. There's by the way test available to check your reading speed. I will leave a link below,
so if you're not sure where you are at, and you're probably not, take the test and see where you are. But people can go to as
fast as 600 words a minute, 700 words a minute and,
yes, that's doable. - I can read over 3000 words a minute. - Why does this happen, 'cause most of us think
that reading is actually speaking in your head. So, a lot of people actually say words that they're reading in their heads, and this slows them down completely. You need to start on
working on visual reading, instead of saying words in your head. So, get rid of this sub-vocalization. I'm writing this term down
just for you to make sure that you understand me completely. Sub-vocalization, ways to get rid of it. Count words. - You can count. - And, by the way, I'm gonna do this. We don't need this at all. What do I mean by counting
words in your head? So, you're reading something, and in your head you go like, this was word number one,
number two, number three. So, you are trying to distract your brain with something else. Instead of your brain trying to pronounce everything that you're reading, you're actually telling your brain, hey, do the word count and I'll just read, because two things at at time is, I think, the maximum a brain can do. You stop saying things in your head, and you actually start
to do the visual reading, like getting the meaning of the words just by seeing them. - You should be able to see
the words, Mr. Three Thousand. - Another thing you
can do is use a rhythm. - Get in rhythm. - And what I mean by that, for example, you want
to read at this pace. A method that you use for reading should depend on your goals, education, relaxing, learning your words. And if I speed myself up, a method you're gonna
read first should depend on your goals, relaxing,
reading, learning. This is what you can do, so just create a rhythm for
yourself, and follow it. Again, helps a lot to
speed up your reading. - Here we go, guys, find the rhythm. - The third thing you can do to get rid of sub-vocalization
is listen to music. Instrumental, classical music is the best 'cause, again, it has the pace, and it acts as distraction for your brain. - Nice distraction. - Guide yourself. By guiding yourself while reading, I actually mean using your hand or a pen to go through
whatever you have to read. Sub-vocalization, count
words, use a rhythm, listen to music, guide yourself. The faster you move, the faster
your brain starts to read. Just, again, create a pace for yourself that's a little above your comfort zone, that makes you read a little faster. Just guide yourself with your hand. - That's why I'm gonna read these lines I wrote myself with my own two hands. - Please start practicing these techniques the next time you're gonna be reading. Find the one that's comfortable for you. Find the one that makes you read faster. If these are not enough, there are also several
things you could do. One of them is go to Skillshare. There is an amazing course called Read Better and
Faster in Just Seven Days. And because Skillshare
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taking on Skillshare. It's called Productivity Masterclass, Creating a Custom System that Works. Because apart from reading faster, you would actually need to find time for being productive
and reading more books. And when you start reading more books, you start getting more information. It's like communicating
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that I recommend there, first, is this reading faster course, and the second one is
the productivity class. Now, let's go back to
tips that work for me, and I mentioned productivity class. And before creating any book, I want to create a set of tasks for myself to stay productive
while reading this book, 'cause it's very easy. And comment down below
if you have this problem. It's very easy to buy a lot of books, and you're like, I'm gonna
read, this, this, and this. And then you start reading every book, and you never finish, and you never even get to the middle of the book. This is why whenever I start a new book, I write down my goal, or I
just, you know, think about it, like my goal after reading
this management book is to create an instruction for my new personal assistant on how to work with my email, for example. So, this be a very specific goal, not just learn new things
about marketing, no. Actually, you have to be very specific and your goals have to be actionable, which means that you can act upon them right after reading the book. The second, skills. What skills am I trying to
learn after reading this book? Again, if it's a management book, I'm trying to learn how to
write the right instructions. I'm trying to learn
how to create a resume, or I'm trying to learn how
to create a job posting, so that I find the right people. Time for this book. Now, this is super important. Again, what happens? You start reading a book, and in a year you realize
you've only read 10 pages. So, I tell myself, we need to
finish by November, that's it. And in order to be more
specific about this, you can set up the number of
pages that you read per day. For example, you tell yourself, every day, I read 20 pages of this book. In order to make yourself more accountable for what you're doing, you can
post it on your social media, like, hey, I love to share my plans for the day on my Instagram. By the way, if you're not yet
subscribed, it's LinguaMarina. I love to share my plans
because I feel responsible for what I'm actually sharing. I would be like, I told my followers that I'm gonna read 20
pages of this book today, and I haven't, so I just
need to go back to this, and really accomplish it, 'cause I promised thousands of people. Or even if your promise to
like 60 of your followers, that's already some
accountability, so try that. - Then, I promised I'm reading this book, so I gotta go, bye. - And it's okay, by the way, to read several books at a time. - Have you ever read four books at a time? - So, it's not like, you have to read just one book at a time, and start another one once you finish. It's totally okay. The only thing that,
again, really helps me is selecting the books
on the similar topic. So, if I'm reading a
management book, like, I don't know, how to manage a company, another book that I will be reading is like a story of a company
that's grown very fast. And I can listen to an audiobook, because I don't have to write things down, but I would just listen how they applied different methods. So, they are similar but
they're different genres, so that helps a lot. - You're really mixing genres. - So, once you've become all productive and you set your goals, some more tips. Number five. Don't read word by word. You don't actually need that. Your brain is totally
fine with understanding just a few words from a sentence, and figuring out the meaning from them. This is particularly important for anyone who is trying
to read in English, and for whom English is
not their first language, because sometimes we try to translate every single word, and
this is totally wrong. You don't have to do that. You only need to translate words that affect the meaning in general. What I translate as well
is that if there is a word that I've seen for 10
times in this book already, and I still don't know what it means, I would translate it just to be sure that I'm using this word in
my own speech as well, since native speakers are
using that word so much. Just a fun fact for you. If you're reading like a scientific book, you can decrease the number of words by 2.5 times without losing its meaning. If you're reading a fiction book, you can decrease the number of
words by three or four times without losing its meaning, which means that you can skip words to still get what the
author wanted to tell you. Another thing that might
help psychologically. Sometimes you think that if you read your book back-to-back, you're gonna understand its meaning. In reality, you can read
the book five or six times, and still not get its meaning. So, it's not about how
many words you read. It's about how concentrated you are. It's about how familiar
you are with the topic because, again, you can
decrease the number of words in a book without losing its meaning. - I think he could've said what he has to say with a lot less. - Six, I just mentioned it. Focus. When reading an electronic
book or a hard copy book, it's actually really important to focus. How do you know if you're focused enough? When you're reading something, and your brain is still
analyzing the previous paragraph, that tells you that
you're not focused enough. That tells you that you're distracted, that your brain still
hasn't digested information it has just received, and
that it's somewhere else. With this point of time, I would ask you to stop reading. Maybe, get some tea. Get more comfortable wherever you are, 'cause it's very important to feel comfortable while reading. If you don't have to think
about changing your position, or drinking, or whatever, you tend to stay more focused, and your speed naturally increases. And, by the way, reading
is a great, great way to get rid of your stress. Just make this process enjoyable, just relax and help your brain dig deeper into the content of the book. - Got to go much deeper, yeah - Another tip. Make a movie in your head. I do this all the time. Make a movie in your head means create visual images of whatever
is going on in the book. Create a visual image of
everyone who's in the book, of main character's apartment, of things they're doing
for their companies, or whatever you're reading about. Visual images help a lot, especially for people
like me who love videos. I love videos, and if
you're watching YouTube, I guess you love videos, too. And visualization is a great tool to speed up your reading process, because when you read
the character's name, you already have all those
visual images in your head, and it helps you digest
information faster. - Create a visualization. - Next thing, read reviews beforehand. Those could be reviews, or a
very short version of a book, because this way you're gonna
know what you're looking for. You're gonna know what
people loved about this book. You're gonna know what
to look for in this book 'cause, maybe, they would tell you for example, you're looking
for a perfect resume, or whatever, and in
reviews you'll be like, this guy is sharing the
prefect resume samples in chapter four and five
and it was so useful. And you know exactly that when
you're gonna read this book, you're gonna be extra careful with the chapter four and five, because this is what you're looking for. So, go to different
resources, read those reviews. It's gonna help structure your brain and prepare it for all
the upcoming information. That was it from me, guys, for today. Let's just conclude. I wanted to highlight something. So, no matter what speed you're at, I want you to get to the
speed of 800 words per minute. This is the best speed for reading five to six books a month. Another thing that I wanted
to highlight once again use your pen to guide you. This is one of the most practical skills that worked for me, like guiding yourself through reading. The last but not the least, something to pay attention to, pay attention to where
your eyes are looking at when you're reading. Ideally, they have to be focused
on the middle of the page. So, don't go from the first word to the last word of the paragraph. Mostly focus on what's in
the middle area of the page. This way you're just making sure that you're not reading every single word, that you're just scanning and digesting the most important words
to understand the meaning. Again, this might sound very complicated. I want you to start practicing. I want you to write things down in your own exercise books,
or whatever, so you have them. And I want you to take those
classes that I've mentioned, the productivity and the reading
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