- How many of you have been the opposite, you read something, you
get to the end of the page, and then you forgot what you just read? And you go back and you reread it and you still don't
know what you just read. Right, and that's a big problem, right? Because you're wasting
her most valuable asset, which is your time. Hey. All right, who's ready for a really
solid download right now? I've had a lot of... I've been writing a lot and coming up with this idea of being coming
unlimitless with your mind. How many people believe that we could go beyond what we believe, that we could go beyond? I think really the key to that, one of the most obvious ways
of doing that is reading. And when I say reading and not a lot of people
go to a reading class, so I appreciate you for being here. I really feel like it's one of the most valuable
skills to master today. It's something where somebody has decades of experience in anything
and they put it into a book. And you could read it in a
day or two or three or four. You could download decades in the days. I think it's the ultimate
advantage there is. And in "Game of Thrones"
there's this quote saying that, "A reader lives a thousand lives. "A person who does not
read, lives only one." You know what I mean? And so if you want that edge,
if you want that advantage, and I'm not just talking
about non-fiction reading, I'm talking about fiction reading too. How many of you enjoy pleasure reading? Reading stories? It's been shown to help
with your creativity. It's been shown be helpful
for your imagination. It's been shown to be
able to increase your EQ, your a level of empathy and
relatedness and leadership, from parenting to team building. And so this is a skill that it's a little bit when we taught, we were taught in school a little bit dry, and I could see why some people don't want to
indulge in it all the time. And it becomes something
like a nice to have. If I have a free time,
then I'll pick up a book. But it's always kind of like last. And what I'm here to say is, when you put something like reading first, your life opens up in
so many different ways. And I know that from personal experience, because I had a lot of trouble
reading when I was a child. After my injury, it took me an extra three and a half years to learn how to read. And it created a lot of trauma in me. You remember when you were in school and they would put you in circles when you first learned how to read and they would pass around a book and you'd have to read out loud. How many people remember that? How many people that was terrifying? I mean, for me, I really do believe when
you're talking about learning and where we learn false beliefs, where we learn to be
fearful for certain things. I like that was one of those points where we're extremely vulnerable. And I think if people have
a fear of public speaking, I think 90% of it came
from those reading circles. Because here's the thing,
emotion plays the difference. It makes a difference, right? The state you learn something in is the state it gets like encoded, right? And one of the challenges with reading is a lot of people use
reading as a sedative. Like how many of you, have a book that's been
sitting by your bedside, an embarrassingly long time, but you pick it up to fall asleep and that's not the right
state to have while you, because you'll take that in to when you need to prepare for meetings and prepare for your personal
development and that. So I'm going to talk a little
bit about state, in fact, sit right now, the way you'd be sitting, if you're totally interested and engaged with what I was saying, you're ready to... Now why do you have to move? But you know, and I'm going to ask you to
take a lot of notes here, 'cause I'm going to give you,
I have 30 minutes with you, and I'm going to give you
like a really big download. And so what I'm going to ask you to do is for the first part of
your notes is write that, all learning is state dependent. All learning is state dependent. That if I want to learn
something brand new, I never just pick up a
book and start reading it. I never do that. I never just listen to a podcast. I put myself in a state where I'm going to be
more receptive to it. Does that make sense? I'll show you how to do that. And I don't even have to
show you how to do that. You know how to do that. I asked you to be totally
interested and focused and engaged and you just
change your body automatically. So you know how to do that. You just need a coach
to remind you, right? Even like movement coaches showing you, just reminding you to keep your posture or to be able to breathe. 'Cause the problem is a lot
of people don't like reading, simply because they're
collapsed all the time. Like do this, like
slumped down a little bit, go back to where you were . Now just look down and
notice how that feels, right? You don't feel very motivated,
inspired, and focused. You're in your... And one of the reasons why... Sit back up you don't want to stay there, is that you collapse your what? Yeah, your diaphragm. And the lower one third of your lungs, absorbs two thirds of the oxygen. And a lot of us, part of
the state, the brain fog, how many of you are
struggling with mental energy? And you're concerned that
this mind fog, if you will, is getting in the way. Part of it is you're just not
getting oxygen to your brain. Your brain is only 2% of your body mass, but it requires 20% of the nutrients. So it's very, all the
organs in your body really are there to be able to serve your brain, your heart, bringing blood
and oxygen to your brain, your liver cleaning things out, so not to be toxic to your brain. But you want to give yourselves
the optimal condition. So when you're taking notes, what I'm going to ask you
to do on a piece of paper, I'm going to ask you to do something new. 'Cause I'm going to ask you to
put a line right down the page. Now here's the thing. If you've heard me say
some of these before, I do it on purpose. Because repetition is very
important to learning. Yes or yes? - [Audience] Yes. - Make it really easy this morning . It is because here's what
keeps you from mastery. The fact that you're here
says a lot about you, and I appreciate you being here 'cause most people don't
show up for things. So already there you're winning,
how many people feel that? Because you've self selected to be here. Now, how many of you
came here at personal, maybe lack of a better word, sacrifice? It took a lot for you to be here, financially, timewise, away
from your family focus, right? But you do what's hard, and then you get the benefit from it. But you only get the benefit
of it, if you use it. Does that make sense? And I know, you know that,
but part of what a coach does is he or she reminds you of
what you do when you're great. He reminds you of what's inside. And I feel like the thing that keeps you from becoming a master or
on that path of mastery, are these words saying,
"Oh, I know that already." Do you know what I mean? And I do it too sometimes, it's like, oh, I know that already or something else. But the masters really
get good at the basics and the fundamentals
because that's everything. And so that's really, what's
going to give you the most return. So when you're taking notes, put a line down the page
and on the left side, if you're familiar with
this, some of you know this, and you can quote me on this,
but if you're not doing it, I feel like you don't
know it, is that fair? On the left side, you're
going to take notes. Right, you're going to capture the ideas that I'm sharing with you. On the right side, you're
not going to take notes, you're going to make notes. Now it's a subtle difference. But I do this even when I'm reading, when I'm reading nonfiction
and I want to study something, I'll have a notepad where
I'm taking notes also, and then making notes. Now so on the left side I'm capturing, on the right side I'm creating. Does that make sense? Meaning that... And what am I creating on the right side? I'm writing my impressions
of what I'm capturing. Because if your mind gets
distracted, which we naturally do, I'd rather be distracted on
the right side of the page, using my imagination for something that's going to move me
forward and when I'm learning. Now there are three magical
questions you want to ask yourself and capture on the right side of the page. These are the three
questions I obsess about. So when I want to learn something
and I'm reading something and I want to get the most out of it, how many of you have been the
opposite, you read something, you get to the end of the page, and then you forgot what you just read? Look around and you go
back and you reread it and you still don't
know what you just read. Right, and that's a big problem, right? Because you're wasting
your most valuable asset, which is your time. And the reason why all the speakers here give a hundred percent is because we know your time is valuable. Like I want to make the next,
this session so valuable when you leave, you're
like I would've came and paid just for this one talk. You know what I mean? Because I know what it's like when I first learned these skills, I traveled around the world. I bought every audio program, audio cassette you know
as I'm dating myself, but it's like. But I bought all these programs
because that's the thing that's going to help me
be able to grow the most. And so on the right side, the
three questions I obsessed about to get the most on my reading or listening to a
podcast or anything else. I asked myself these three questions. I asked myself, how can I use this? Now it's so basic, but I
like to make the things that are going to give
you the highest return. I want to make them as simple
as possible so you do it. How can I use this? And this is your creativity. You're listening to me as I speak here and all the other speakers,
and you ask how can I use this? Because you have a Dominic
question you ask all the time. It has been imprinted on
you since you were a child. Right, and so for me, growing up as the boy
with the broken brain, I would be very introverted, very shy. And I would just, my super power back then
was being invisible, right. 'Cause I didn't want to be seen or heard because I didn't feel like I was enough, and that's just more
of what my reality was, but my imagination would
kick in all the time, 'cause I would watch people
and observe them and ask, "Why is that person so smart? "Why am I working? "Why do I have to work three times harder "to do worse than this person?" Right? And I'm always, the question I would ask all the time was, how can I make this better? 'Cause I was obsessed. And the key to reading comprehension is asking more questions. If you read a page in
a book, get to the end and not get anything out of it, it's 'cause you're not asking questions because questions are the answer. Can you write that on the left side. Questions are the answer because
ask and you shall receive. And so that's all thinking is. When you really break down functionally, what thought and thinking is, when you're in a corner
thinking to yourself, you're asking questions and
then you're answering them, and you probably are like, is that true? You notice you had to ask a question to be able to think about that, right? And so on the right side, I'm thinking about questions
like, how can I use this? And this is like, oh, there's the one way I could use it, another way, another way. The second question I obsess about, and I would capture it on the right side, to be able to when you're
taking notes throughout today and the rest of your life. On there I said, I would
say, why must I use this? Because here's the thing. The biggest lie in the personal
development industry is that knowledge is power. It is. It's just, you feel like you got points because you signed up for
a seminar or a webinar or you bought a book and
it sits on your shelf, and it becomes shelf help
instead of self help, 'cause it just, sits there, right? But it doesn't become... The truth is, what people don't tell you is all the podcasts, coaching
conferences, online programs. None of it works, unless you work, right? Is that fair to say? Like you can't read a
book on doing like pushups and get benefit from that,
it just doesn't work, right? So you have to do the work. So I'm asking myself, how can I use this? And come up with all these ideas. That's the creativity part. And then I'm asking why must I use this? Because if it's not a must,
you're not going to do it, 'cause you have plenty
of other things to do. Is that fair? Because there's a success formula, you captured on the
left side of your page, head, heart, hands. You could think about things in your mind, set goals in your head and affirmations, KPIs, your objectives. But if you're not acting with your hands and you're procrastinating. Raise your hand if you've
ever procrastinated before. Right, all of us. If there's a gap between
your head in your hands, check in with the second H
which is your heart, right? The emotion, we do things emotionally. We are emotional creatures, we're not logical, we're biological, dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins, we're this chemical soup. And so we want to be
able to activate that. So head, heart, hands, another way of putting it are our eyes. Information, that's good, great. But sometimes you can listen to podcasts, there's a lot of information, but there's no inspiration
to use it, fair? But sometimes you can listen to a speaker or learn something and it's inspiring, but you don't know what to do, right. Is that fair? So you have information, you have inspiration and
then you have implementation, where you're doing it. And I feel like when you
get all three Is together, you have the most powerful
I, which is integration. That's my goal for all of you, is that when you read something, you listen to something,
you learn something, it becomes part of who you are. It's integrated, here, here, and here. And then you have an
alignment and what you, how it performs is, it
looks like magic to people. You know when somebody is aligned and they're in their element,
it looks like it's effortless. These flow states, it's powerful. It's three parts to it that I focus on. How many of you have ever been in a zone? Where, and that's how
it is when I'm reading. Like people think that
just because our program is called Quick Brain and Quick Learning, and Quick Reading, it's frantic fast. It's not at all. It's a piece to it. It's like somebody who's
fit and has strategies. If they have to climb a mountain, it looks like it's effortless because they've just done the work and they have strategy and they have tools to be able to do so. And somebody who maybe doesn't have those resourceful
resources, it's more effort. Is that fair? So actually learning how to
do these things, it's easier. Like when I read a book,
I still read a book a day. Is this part of my practice. It's part of my mental hygiene. And I feel like it's
the number one exercise, because reading is to your mind, like exercises to your body. And some of you already doing
this, so I'm preaching to you. So I'm going to show
you how to do it better. But those of you who aren't
on the other spectrum, reading at all, the average person reads
like two books a year. Now, if you're reading,
like more than that, that means somebody is
reading a lot less, right, on the other side. But it's the best exercise for your brain. People ask me all the time, how do I keep my brain young
and how I keep it energetic? And as I grow older, reading, reading. But the problem is a lot of
people don't indulge in it because they're not good at it. And I wouldn't be playing a lot of golf if I was horrible at it all the time. But in psychology, they have something called the
confidence competence loop. That the more competent
you get at something, the more confident you get at it. And then the confidence
will make you do it more. And then you get more competent
and then cycles through, in the positive momentum, right? And you have examples of
that in your own life. So what I'm asking about here, the second part is the inspiration,
is why must I use this? And you know what a question
I ask a lot of is like, who's counting on me to win today? You know what I mean? First 'cause some of
you and I bring this up because some of you really
will do more for other people than you will for yourself. So knowing that about yourself, self-awareness as a
superpower, then tap into that. You don't have to change it, tap into it. Who's counting on me
to like be at my best? And then you're more likely to do it. And the reason I know this is because when I was driven so much, it was really my family
who I wanted to make proud. Like we all have our reasons, right? And one of my favorite books, I'ma probably give you 12 of
them in this conversation, "Start with Why" it's a must
read book by Simon Sinek. And you want to start with your why, because reasons reap results. Reasons reap results. And even remembering people's names, if you don't have a reason to remember their name, you don't. Like how many of you have trouble remembering people's names? Raise your hand. See all, this is the thing, you don't remember everyone's name, but you sure as heck don't
forget everyone's name either. Right? So there's always genius leaves clues. You can write that down. Genius leaves clues. There's always a method behind the magic. And I bet you, the names
you remember are people that you have some kind of intention, you're attracted to that person. They could be good for
your business, right? Something, there's some kind
of motivation that's there. So find your motivation, your reading, because
if you're not motivated, you're not going to read
very well, is that fair? I did a podcast episode where I, maybe you've listened to my
podcast, raise your hand. So I have a free podcast, no advertising. It's only 10, 15 minutes long. It's called Quick Brain. Right? Just search my name on your Podcast App. There's no, we don't promote
anything on the podcast. My goal for you is I
know what's inside of it and I know it's inside of you,
and I want to help unlock that. And so we did a podcast episode on how to change your habits. And I interviewed a friend
of mine, Dr. BJ Fogg. Now BJ is Head of Influence and Persuasion at Stanford university. One of his students, co-founded Instagram. I think about habits, right? And we talked about how
to create a new habit, how to break old disempowering habits. How many people would like to do that? Because first you create your habits and then your habits
create you right back. So that's why your life
of your dreams really is hidden in your daily routines, right? It's the things you do daily, and 40% of what you do every single day. And you think it's all
habitual, you're on autopilot. But when did those habits, when did you create those
consciously and sit down and put together those routines. And so two of the most popular episodes that I've done has to do with habits and then my morning routine. Like many of you know, I have 10 things I do every
morning to jumpstart my brain. And those things are important
because they're discipline. And also it reduces decision fatigue, which also takes away from
the quality of a reading. A lot of you aren't reading,
'cause you're just exhausted. How many people feel that? And I bet you though, it's
not just because you're busy and doing too many things, it's because you're not
doing enough of the things that make you feel alive. Is that fair? That you feel burnt out, you
feel tired and exhausted, not because you're so busy, it's just, you're not doing enough of
the things that nourish you, that fire you, that give you light, right? And I always, it's so important,
one of my favorite books, another book is "7 Habits
of Highly Effective People". And this 'cause you have
these books on your shelf, but have you read it and utilized it and asked this question,
how can I use this? And why must I use it? 'Cause if there's no motivation, you're not going to get
any of the benefits. But there a habit in there that says, put first things first. Put first things first. And that's when you know
you have a legendary life. Growing up, about my
learning difficulties, what a lot of people don't know is my grandmother passed
away of Alzheimer's. And how many people have been
affected by, look around. I mean, this is something
that's growing dementia, Alzheimer's brain aging challenges. And how many people know like that person's not the same over time, like as a child especially, when I'd be called the wrong name or they would repeat themselves after just one minute or correct. These kinds of things
really affect you as a child and as an adult also as well. And so I spent a lot of
time in senior centers, caregiving centers and not to
teach the memory techniques, but really just to have them share stories because there's so many lessons you can learn from everybody. That's a primary belief I have with accelerated learning is
that everybody is your teacher. Everybody is your teacher and everything could be your teacher too. I just had Wim Hof back on
our show, the Iceman, right? And he was like, it's awkward. I was in my bathtub with full of ice. And he was like, Jim,
the cold is your teacher. So everything could teach you something. And we know that the
problems that we have in life are our teachers also as well. Like I have had serious, we all have had serious issues in different areas of our life. You ask yourself, quite remember
questions are the answer. Where's the lesson in this, right? Your greatest teacher is
your last mistake, right? That's the power of going out there and making mistakes and here's the thing, a lot of people won't be
willing to make mistakes, including trying to learn
something brand new, like a speed reading, because
their fear of messing up and not being perfect at something. Right. And they don't feel like
that can be successful. But you know in your life,
whether it's your career, whether it's your health or
relationship or anything that, how do I put this? If failure is not an option,
then neither is success. Is that fair? That if you're not willing
to be able to step out and remember what I said last yesterday, at the awards was really that that's what we're here to be able to do. That the ultimate quest in life really is to reach our fullest potential,
to express that potential, to be able to share that
potential with others. And I know this because
you're here, right? You're here because at some area there is a gap between where you are and where you know deep down you could be. So why do you want to
be able to learn this? Why must you learn this? And the third question I ask
when I'm reading something is when will I use this? So three questions, how can I use this? Why must I use this? When will I use this? Three powerful questions
that lead to something which I think the number one productivity, performance tool there
is, is your calendar. Because a lot of you
say you want to work out or you want to meditate, or
you want to do this self care. And self love and self
care is not selfish. And you know all this stuff, but how does your daily
calendar reflect that? Do you know what I mean? Because I could look at anyone's calendar and see like where they are in life because of what they prioritize. First things first. I always tell people the key,
because you live backwards. Like even when I'm spending
time with these senior centers, pulling off some memories and learning from them also as well. What I'm learning is so much. And at the same time, I
hear a lot of regrets. And the number one regret I hear ongoing for two decades of doing this is that somehow they lived
their life for somebody else, in some area of their life, right. And here's the thing when we're, this is not a pleasant conversation, but this is what a coach who cares about. There's a difference between
being nice and being kind, do people feel that? Like these words are
used interchangeably like they mean the same thing. And this is a little pet peeve I have and I'm not like really obsessive about like pissed homology and words, but nice, anybody could be nice to you because they're not vested in you, right. You could go to the grocery store and the people who are working there and people behind you,
they'd be nice to you, but they are going to
people can be nice to because they want something from you. But someone who's kind
is different, right? Nice, won't go out of their
way, but a kind person will, and a kind person will tell you the truth, not necessary what you want to hear, because it's coming from a
place of caring and compassion, and when I'm here, when I'm
talking about this specifically, when it comes to your brain is like, we're going to eventually
end this form of, we're going to transition at some point and many of us are
going to be in a coffin. We're going to be in a box. And in that box, there's not
a lot of room for possessions. And if you have cars and
everything, that's just wonderful. But there's certainly not
a lot of room for regrets. And my challenge is I
remember I was coaching, doing a reading program for Jim Carey. And we're in his kitchen
making brain foods and guacamole and everything. Some you know the genius
foods I talk about, and I ask him, "Why do
you do what you do?" He was like, "Jim, I act completely silly "on camera 'cause I want to get people "who are watching permission
just to be themselves." And that's the most important
to free people from concern. Because here's the thing, if you buy into the
opinions of other people, you're going to go broke, right? If you're looking to be fueled by other people's expectations
and opinions of yourself, then you're going to run out of gas. And you're like, what does
this have to do with reading and everything has, it comes back to this. Having the mental energy or
some people just don't read because of how it looks
to other people, right? How many of you have
people outside of this room that really don't understand
why you're in this room? Look around, like, why are you
listening to another podcast? Why are you buying another book? Why are you doing this all the time? How many people have people like that? And here's the thing like, there's sometimes the people
that care about you the most are the ones that you give
the power to hold you back. They don't hold you back, but you give them the power to do so. And I'm not saying it's
easy when it's your spouse and your family. I'm not at all saying it's easy 'cause sometimes learning
like life is messy, but I'm here to say that the best thing you could do 'cause you can't change them. How many people realize you
can't change another person? Right? Think about how hard it is
for you to change yourself. And much less change somebody else. And so that's very difficult. But the best thing you could
do is be an example, right? That if you're going
through difficult times, they can define you,
they could diminish you or they could develop you, but you decide. And it always comes back to decision. So prompting you to, with
these three questions, how can I use this? Why must I use this? When will I use this? And then it's in your calendar. And then it's going to happen, just like that appointment
at your doctor's appointment or a meeting with your investor, your top client or whatever. And you got to treat that time
as the most important time, because if you can't do it for yourself, you're not going to be able
to do it for anybody else. Does that make sense? So when I'm taking
notes, when I'm reading, I'm thinking those three questions, otherwise you'll just read
a page and you're like, okay, three, five pages
is great, nothing happens, nothing's different in
the world because of that, all you did was invest time. And so you're no better off
than somebody who's illiterate. Is that fair? Like if you're not going to
use what you're learning, you're no better off functionally in your life in terms of results than somebody who can't read at all. And so what I'm saying is, again, we have this full spectrum of people here. I know some of you already, we have a one book a week club, right? Write #1bookaweek. And for years we give out books, people take a picture of their book, #1bookaweek, tag me and we give out dozens of
books every single week. And they're just sharing
like their big takeaway from their book. So there's accountable. So they're reading 52 books a year. I mean, that's a huge advantage
as opposed to somebody who's reading two books a year. And the reason why I know this is because when I first learned these skills, when I was 18 years old, I
finally got to this place. And it's interesting
'cause one of my very, I started sharing this with other people. 'Cause I got really upset that this wasn't taught back in school. This idea of mental learning and mental learning really
is the science of learning how to learn, to unlock your super brain, learning how to concentrate,
learning how to focus, learning how to be creative
and to solve problems, and to think, to be able to read faster, to be able to remember more. Because that's the most
important skills right now, because if you could do all that, marketing, mandarin, martial arts, music, all that becomes easier. Because the seventh habit
of highly effective people by Stephen Covey is what? Sharpen the saw, really good. Sharpen the saw. If you have all this wood you need to cut and we have metaphorical like
to do's and everything else, but you have a saw with a dull blade. It makes no sense to suffer and struggle and stress trying to do that. If it's not sharp. And that's what people are
doing with their reading. Your reading probably pages like, probably dozens and dozens of pages of books a day as it is through Texas, through blogs, through Instagram, descriptions and everything. So you're reading, you just have to choose and be more selective what
you're putting in here. And I think a lot of people
need to really to stay on guard to the doors of your brain if you will, because information is just everywhere. We're drowning in information, right? But we're starving for practical
wisdom and inspiration. And that's why I think all
these things come together. So the last question again
is when will I use this? And you put it into a
calendar and you employ it. Now there are a number of things that keep you as a slow reader. One is lack of education, right? So especially how many of
you have a family member or a child or someone on your team, you'd like to be learning
this right now too. You wish was here with you, all right. So take notes for them. Learn with the intention of teaching. First obstacle to effective
reading is lack of education. It's not as skill that
we were taught, right? You're not born with the ability to read. And the last time you
took a reading class, how old were you? Six. So it has the difficulty,
has the velocity, has the variety, has as the demand, increased a little bit since you were six. But we're still reading
like we're six year old. Does that make sense? And so you want to upgrade
those kinds of skills. Second obstacle to effective
reading is lack of focus. Lack of focus. How many of you when you
read your mind wanders and you can't concentrate? One of the reasons why is
you're reading too slow. And this is a big rumor
being spread around, I think by slow readers. But if I asked you to read faster, what do you think will happen to your reunderstanding comprehension? You feel like it'll go down,
in actuality it goes up. Like we have online program
and 180 countries students. So we have a lot of data. Fastest readers tend to
have the best comprehension because they have the best focus. Because your brain is a supercomputer. But when most people read,
they feed this supercomputer. One. Word. At. A time. Metaphorically, notice
the feeling that you have, the sensation you feel when I talk slowly, you're like, in your mind, after over time, you start
wandering, you'd be distracted, you start falling asleep,
you start doing other things. Isn't that what you're doing
already, when you're reading? You're reading too slow. Just like when I talk too slow,
your mind goes everywhere. That's the reason why. And so when you go faster,
it's like driving a car faster. If you go out driving slow, you're drinking your tea or
texting and doing makeup, you're doing all these different things, five things, singing on
song and all this stuff. But if you're racing a car,
you're just doing one thing. You're just driving, right? And that's why when you read faster, you have better focus and
because you have better focus, you have better comprehension. The last reason I would say that we got to fix for your reading speed is this thing called subvocalization. What's subvocalization real quick? The inner talk. How many of you notice
when you read something, you hear an inner voice,
this voice inside your head, reading along with you? Hopefully it's your own voice. Not like somebody else's voice. The reason why it's a challenge is if you have to say all
the words to understand them, you can only read as
fast as you could speak. And you don't have to say New York City or Statue of Liberty, or even
if it's an abbreviation NYC, you don't have to say that, in order to understand what it is. Any more than you would
say, like a stop sign, 95% of the words you've seen,
you don't have to pronounce. That's why, how many of
you listen to audio books and podcasts at higher speeds? Because you can understand
it just fine, right? You just can't talk that fast. And so that's why it's a
limitation when you're reading. Now I did, I've done
multiple podcasts on reading. And so that's why I want
to direct you to it, so that for you to go deeper. Like specifically I did one on difference between reading
print and reading digital, 'cause there is a fundamental difference. I don't know, how many of you prefer reading physical
print books over digital? How many prefer digital reading? Interesting, 'cause digital's
certainly more convenient, especially when you're
traveling in such like that. For me, I like prints
personally much more. Also when we're talking about audio books, there's I did a session on
the difference between reading and audio books, 'cause
there is a difference, right? And I listen to audio books. It's great when you're working out and it's great when you're driving and you can do other things, but reading is much more
active than listening to somebody talk, much like the conversation
we're having right now, is that fair? And so that's why it's
such great, great exercise. In fact, I'm going to take you through a quick exercise right now. I'm going to show you
something on the screen. Let's go to our main screen. I'm going to show you a phrase in a moment and I want you to read it out loud. That's the key. Everybody has to do it,
otherwise we do it again. So you have to read it out loud. If your partner is not saying
it, but while you're doing it, I want to train your focus. This focus is the key to reading. I want you to try to
count the number of Fs, as you're reading it out loud. Are you ready? How many people are ready? Great, read out loud. Finish files are the result. How many Fs are there? How many people saw zero? One F. Two Fs. Three Fs. Wow, mostly half the room are three, four Fs. Wow, four. Five Fs. A few five Fs. Six Fs. Eight. Seven Fs. One, two, two, seven Fs. Eight Fs. So we see everything from two to seven Fs. Were we all looking at the same page. Let's do it again. You have to read it out
loud to get this, ready? How many Fs are there? How many people say three? Raise your hand. Still have the room. Four. Five. Six. Seven, a lot of seven. Eight. Alright, let's just do it one more time. And this time. Let's, I'm just really confused here. No, no, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, shh! Don't even read it. Just like look at it. Whenever it remotely looks like an F, don't even read it counts. Just counts. How many Fs are there? There are six Fs. So where metaphorically, that's actually not even metaphor. Where were the Fs that
you missed the first time? Ofs. And now here's how funny your mind is because we have it's
interesting number one, we can all have the same
thing in front of us and experience something different. I'm just putting that out there, right. But it's the same thing, the other thing is what made it difficult was saying it out loud, right? Finished files result of, of, of. What letter does it sound like? It sounds like a V, and
then the mind is like, oh, that's a V and you
just keep on going, right? And so what made it
difficult was saying it? And my point to emphasize
about subvocalization is not necessary to say the words, to understand those words. And we did a whole
episode on how to get rid or lower subvocalization. That's why we teach people
to read three times faster because it's not, it's not rocket science. It's just, hey, don't
pronounce these words. 'Cause you were taught
that in those circles, you had to read out loud and then later your teacher was like, okay, required to yourself. That's when you took that external voice, you put it where internal
it's been there ever since. So there's three things you could do, a couple of things you could
do to reduce subvocalization. Okay. Now these are just really,
now notices are tips, right? Can you feel the difference between a tip and an actual condition training? Like a quest, like where it takes 30 days. But as a tip you could do,
for example, is some people, they move their lips when they speak. And so that's what keeps them, so we can interrupt that pattern. So some people will
bite on their knuckles, which I don't think it's very sanitary or they'll chew gum while
they do that, that will help. Some people listen to drown it out. They'll listen to music, because that will drown
out for some people who are set up a certain way, will actually help the
drown out the inner talk. Does that make sense? But a third thing you
could do is counting. Like when you're reading go
one, two, three, four, five, six, and you're like, that's so crazy. That's so hard, right? But you can't talk to
yourself while you count and still read. Does that make sense? So you have to interrupt that pattern because it's been there
since we were a child and then you could move
yourself into another bigger, bigger direction. Does that make sense? The last tip I will give
you to leave you with is using a visual pacer, right? I want to remind you that when you read, that if you use your finger,
a highlighter or a pen, a pencil, a mouse with the computer, your eyes are attracted to emotion. And even if you're not taught
to use this as a kid, right? Because you're given unique feedback, like a ruler to not do that,
you actually read better, not only faster, but better
focus and comprehension. Because your eyes are
attracted to motion, right? And that's why the visual
pacer helps you do that. Children automatically use
their fingers all the time. And so we teach them not to. You use your finger. If I asked you to count the
number of lines you just read, you'll all do this one, two, three, four. You use a visual pacer naturally 'cause your eyes are attracted
to this motion if you will. So we've done five episodes, free episodes online on the podcast and you can listen to these. One on the basics of speed reading, use your finger while you read. Asking questions, getting
better comprehension. Remember we talked about
the power of questions 'cause it activates what we call your reticular activating system. But the main idea that I want
to encourage everybody here is when you reading, if you
want to be a smart reader, a faster reader, you'll read better if you understand the information better and what will get you there,
is reading for purpose. Ask yourself, how can I use this? Why must I use this? When will I use this? And all of a sudden everything
from there, it just opens up. The last thing is this, is
just keep a reading list. Keep a list of targeted books,
as you hear all the time, keep it in your phone
because I have like this. Everybody has a to do list, but I have a really long to learn list. And this is my like to read list. And that's the thing. One book could change your life forever. And when I first taught
this, one of those, my first students, she
read 30 books in 30 days. I mean, can you imagine
the books you would read, not skimming or scanning
or getting the gist of it. You got to understand it. I don't want you to skip
it and not understand it. Like my clients are like,
they're financial advisors, they're attorneys, they're
healers, they're medical doctors. You don't want your doctor to get the gist of what
she's reading, right? So you want them to focus. So what I would say with
this is like, she read this. I want to find out not
how, I know exactly how, because the skills are simple guys. I want to know why. And I found out her mother
was dying of terminal cancer and the book she was reading,
the book saved her mom's life because she was only given
two months to live by doctors and there are reading books that you read, books on wellness, energy medicine, alternative medicine, health, diet. And I was like, good luck, I said prayers. Six months later, I get a
call from this young lady and she's crying and crying, crying. Finally, when she stops, I
find out they're tears of joy that her mother not only survived, but she's really starting to get better. Doctors don't know how,
they don't know why, they called it a miracle. But her mother attributed 100% of the great advice she
got from her daughter, who learned it from all these books. And I realized at that moment. And I realized at that moment
that me as a broken child, who couldn't read for years and years, I realized that would be my mission. That if knowledge is power, then learning and especially
reading is your superpower. And now is the time to unleash it. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Isn't this the spaced repetition dude?
Can someone pls provide a summary of the video?
Decided to follow him on IG and found people like Simu Liu and The Rock give him a follow and I'm just like damn.
Does anyone else think Mindvalley is a collosal scam? I've a hard time trusting them idk why.
nice surname. appropriate
the man is cool for sure thanks :)
Worth all 40 minutes. Watched from 12:20 am to 1 and i have to wake up at 6 but no regrets. Fantastic presentation
the guy is amazing - thank :)