Here’s my last update on the Speed Reading Life Experiment before the finale at the end of this month. Wow, that went by quickly…
The goal is 1000 words per minute with around 30% comprehension (enough to get the basic gist of the work as well as some important details and names).
Am I there yet? I better be, I’ve only got about a week left to go!
Currently I AM in fact able to read at about 1000 words per minute, but my comprehension is not always at 30% (not stable) and I am not able to sustain 1000 WPM for long stretches of time – my comprehension wanes.
Today, however, I am going to read 3000 words in 3 minutes, then 5000 words in 5 minutes and do a write-up afterwords to determine my reading speed.
I have had a heck of a lot going on, especially with my internship, the Summer FunBoys, and running my Jiu Jitsu Academy. I’m also still working on an ebook about applied Sport Psychology that should be tremendous.
Despite this, I’ve still found time to do weekly comprehension tests and relatively regular speed reading exercises.
My next post will be the finale of this Life Experiment, so this week I’m going to actively dig into bumping up my comprehension and really testing myself.
The brutal truth, next time…
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I think i’ve seen this somewhere before…but it’s not bad at all