Speed Reading for Entrepreneurs

Presenter:Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director

Welcome!The webinar will begin at 12 Noon Central Time

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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 Nowakpnowak@irisreading.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulnowakFacebook: facebook.com/nowak.paul

Twitter: twitter.com/paul_nowak