(This post was written May 17th, 2009)

I’ve now been speed reading for a few months, but recently its been more intense since my 1000 word per minute goal by the end of June.

How I’ve been training:

- I aim to get in some reading on a daily basis, usually involving my comfort-busting exercise, which I wrote about recently.

- I do at least one “3-2-1″ exercise per week. This is where you read as much as you can in 3 minutes and then write down all that you remember. Then you read the same amount in 2 minutes and record what your remember. Then the same is done at only one minute. This forces you to adjust your comprehension to the increased reading speed.

- I practice on everything. If I’m studying a book, I’ll randomly test my speed with it (its interested to try this with different material). If I see a newspaper, sometimes I’ll speed read it. I even do this with websites.

Right now I’m cruising along at somewhere near 750 word per minute, though at times I find myself doing alright reading 850 words per minute. This is encouraging. I’m definitely optimistic about my 1000 WPM goal.

Check out my speed reading tips post. This is where I’ve listed my favorite techniques for increasing reading speed.

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