Double your reading rate


	Double your reading rate

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3-22-2007 7:07 AM

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reading, faster, speed, skill, self help

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3-22-2007 8:43 AM

egoldstein

Keeping things clip-size helps me. Like short chapters in a book, when i know i can consume something quickly, i seem to be able to concentrate on it better.

3-24-2007 6:49 AM

Annaannaanna

ok but with literature we can not do the same... we can not be immediately able to say what is important or not for the story, for what makes sense... this is quite different than a theorerical text..

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