Improve Your Speed Reading Skills (Brilliant Business)

205 Pages·2014·3.899 MB·English

by  Phil Chambers

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powerful set of techniques that will build your reading speed, step by

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brilliant
improve
your speed
reading skills
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brilliant
improve
your speed
reading
skills
Phil Chambers
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Pearson education Limited
Edinburgh Gate
Harlow CM20 2JE
United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]
Web: www.pearson.com/uk
First published in Great Britain as Brilliant Speed Reading in 2013 (print and
electronic)
rejacketed edition published 2015 (print and electronic)
© Phil Chambers 2013, 2015
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ISBN: 978-1-292-08337-7 (print)
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acronym on page 109, originally devised and published in The Student Survival Guide,
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This text is dedicated to all those who have attended my courses on
speed reading. Y ou have inspired me with your achievements.
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Contents
About the author viii
Acknowledgements x
Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
1 Putting your reading speed into context 1
2 A definition of reading 17
3 Understanding your eyes 31
4 Managing your motivation and state of mind 41
5 Developing your peripheral vision 53
6 Skimming, scanning and selective reading 63
7 Use of a guide 77
8 Comprehension and retention 89
9 Reading for study 99
10 Reading from computer screens 121
11 Improving your vocabulary 133
12 Conclusion 153
Appendix 1: Answers to comprehension questions 167
Appendix 2: Speed reading hall of fame 173
Further reading 175
Index 177
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About the author
Phil chambers is the reigning World Mind Mapping
Champion, a six times Mind Sports Olympiad Medallist and
Grandmaster of Mind Mapping.
He has been a Buzan Speed Reading, Memory and Mind
Mapping Instructor since 1995, trained by Tony Buzan (orig-
inator of Mind Mapping). Phil now trains speed reading
instructors in collaboration with Tony Buzan.
In addition to this, he is a Registered Accelerated Learning
Trainer, a Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
and a member of the Professional Speaking Association.
Phil has conducted speed reading courses for various organis-
ations, including the European Central Bank, lecturers at the
University of Warwick and South Bank University, London, and
many others.
He is author/co-author of five books, including 101 Top Tips
for Better Mind Maps, A Mind to do Business and The Student
Survival Guide. He has acted as a consultant on Max Your Brain
and Train Your Brain to be a Genius and his Mind Maps feature
heavily in Tony Buzan’s The Mind Map Book, Mind Maps for
Business and Use Your Head.
Phil is Chief Arbiter of the World Memory Sports Council
and Scorer of the Mind Sports Olympiad Memory and Speed
Reading events. He is a founder member of the Mind Sports
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Council and won the Special Services to Memory award in 1996
and 2010.
You can contact Phil through his training company, Learning
Technologies Ltd, at www.learning-tech.co.uk, which spe-
cialises in offering bespoke solutions enabling companies and
individuals to overcome problems and achieve their goals.
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