speed reading for entrepreneurs
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Speed Reading for Entrepreneurs
Presenter:Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director
Welcome!The webinar will begin at 12 Noon Central Time
This Webinar Will Be Recorded
Speed Reading for Entrepreneurs
Presenter:Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director
Welcome to the Webinar!
What We'll Discuss
1. How To Quickly Boost Your Reading Speed
2. How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
3. How To Fly Through Books, Magazines, NewsBlog Posts and Other Types of Information
4. How To Stay Focused
5. "Actionable Reading" and How it Helps Entrepreneurs Get Things Done
How To Quickly Boost Reading Speed Use Your Hand
How To Quickly Boost Reading SpeedUse AccelaReader.com
How To Quickly Boost Reading Speed
Practice "Speed Drills" to Read Faster
"Speed Drills" Require You To Purposely "Read" at a Much Faster Rate
(3-4 Times Faster Than Your Current Rate)
Sample Drill Using AccelaReader >>>
How To Quickly Boost Reading Speed
Practice "Speed Drills" to Read Faster
Sample Drill in a Book
How To Quickly Boost Reading SpeedUse the "Deadline Technique"
● See how long it takesfor you to read 1 page.
● If it took you 1 minute and 20 seconds youcan try to beat your timeby setting a 1 minutedeadline per page.
How To Quickly Boost Reading SpeedDeadlines Improve Your Productivity & Focus
More on this later...
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
You Can't Read it All
Not Everything is Worth Your Time
So You Need To Be Picky About What You Read
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
Utilize the 80/20 Principle When Reading20% 80%
What is the 80/20 Principle?
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
Utilize the 80/20 Principle When Reading20% 80%
Does 20% of your chapter have 80% of the information?
How can you spend 20% of your time to 80% of the information?
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
Utilize the 80/20 Principle When Reading20% 80%
How?Focus on First Sentences
They're the main ideas!
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
Utilize the 80/20 Principle When Reading20% 80%
How?Use the Multiple Reading Process (MRP)
1. Preview (intro & summary)2. Overview (main points)3. Read (for detail)
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
How To "Preview" a Business Book:First... Preview the Book by Reading the Intro & Summary in Every Chapter
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
How To "Preview" a Book on the KindleView Popular Highlights
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
How To "Preview" a Magazine:First & Last Paragraph of Articles
How To Selectively Choose Your Reading
How To "Preview" a News Article:Read the first 2 or 3 paragraphs
How To Absorb Tons of Information Quickly
Use an RSS Reader like Google Reader
Other Reading AppsGetPocket.com
To save your articles to read later
Zite (iPad/iPhone)Your personalized magazine
How To Stay Focused While Reading Use Your Hand
How To Stay Focused While ReadingFocus on the Task at Hand
How To Stay Focused While Reading
Don't Multi-Task
How To Stay Focused While ReadingUse the StayFocused App
How To Stay Focused While ReadingRead with Deadlines
Deadline per PageDeadline per Chapter
Deadline per Article or MagazineDeadline per Book
For Example... Reading The Economist
Reading Your Email
Don't Live in Your Inbox
Check out our previous webinar: "Email Management: How To Read &
Respond to Your Email Faster"
Mind Map Your Ideas as You ReadUse MindMeister.com
To Create Web-Based Mind Maps
Actionable Reading
Don't read just for the sake of reading
Learn To Read & Get Things Done
Thanks for Attending!
Contact Information:
Paul [email protected]
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulnowakFacebook: facebook.com/nowak.paul
Twitter: twitter.com/paul_nowak