In this extra competitive world, where the arena of communication is becoming bigger and better and the volume of information is ballooning every passing moment, the value and importance of efficient reading cannot be denied for an executive, especially when it comes to effective time management. If you are still reading the way you were taught at school years ago, you might feel overwhelmed by the amount of information you are required to process on a daily basis and the task would seem more tedious and burdensome. On the other hand, enhanced reading skills reduce your burden. If you envision success at job, first learn to ease the burden of reading.
So what is the way out?
A recent study shows that those who attend a speed reading course are more likely to significantly boost their reading speeds, as measured by words per minute. We are offering a speed reading workshop uniquely designed for executives that can help you at least double your reading speed, if not more. Attend our two-day workshop and we will teach you the most effective tools to become a rabbit in the race of reading. We claim to be different from our competitors in more ways than one. Join our workshop and experience the difference yourself!
Speed Reading is a Way Out for You
Scientific research has proved that slow readers find it hard to hold what they have read in their short-term memory, and to comprehend which, they spend more than the required amount of time. Research shows a close relation between reading speed and comprehension – the higher the speed, the better the comprehension. Timothy Bell, in his article entitled “Extensive Reading: Speed and Comprehension (2001), writes that a slow reader's “... memory is taxed by the inability to retain information in sufficiently large chunks to progress through a text with adequate retention of the content ...”
On the other hand, proficient readers can read quickly and draw excellent conclusions about what they have read and thus act upon it. A survey by the International Adult Literacy (Kirsch, I) concluded that a low proficiency reader has merely 7% chance of making correct conclusions after reading a document of medium complexity, compared to a high proficiency reader that has 93% chance to conclude correctly and quickly and thus save time. Today, time is a precious commodity and nobody better than executives know this, who are always looking for time management ways to increase productivity.
Slow Reading: A Drag on Today’s Information Technology World
Slow reading has an impact on the acquisition of learning skills. A slow reader might even consume the time allotted for important tasks in an organization, which may cost the business dear. Statistics reveal a gloomy picture for most of the businesses in terms of time lost due to sloth reading. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that businesses in the United States lose $225 billion annually in lost productivity due to the inability of employees to read.
If you continue to read at a snail’s pace, you might find it hard to keep up with the flood of emails, newsletters, brochures, wiki pages, ebooks, memos, white papers, reports, and documents that your job requires you to swallow quickly. Also, be prepared to watch your colleagues, no more intelligent than you, quickly climb up the ladder of success and make huge perks only because they can read quicker and comprehend better while you continue to read slowly.
Speed Reading Program for Executives: A Career-Changing Innovation
A study conducted on speed reading in 2006 by Nation and Chung prompted one author to remark that “a speed reading course should be included in every reading class.”
Efficient reading and comprehension positively affect our lives and careers. We understand your need for speed reading fairly well. In fact, our easy-to-use speed reading program has been designed keeping in mind the importance of efficient reading in time management for businesses. The highly customizable and one-of-its-kind program guarantees to bless you with permanent life skills, which will help you communicate with others exactly the way you want, ensuring effective communication and correspondence. This innovation in the field of speed reading will greatly increase your ability to connect with others and inspire, motivate, and lead them. This will surely impact your operational efficiency, ensuring fewer miscommunications and increased retention.
With this customized speed reading program, executives have the cutting-edge tools and expertise to:
· strengthen client relation skills
· appeal to the core values and key motivations of your clients
· sustain long-lasting work relationships and build productive, cohesive teams at the workplace
· develop and boost account management skills
· provide constructive feedback for others that will positively impact their performance
· communicate your point effectively to the staff, colleagues, and clients and tailor instructions, assignments, presentations, and training
Learning to speed read and comprehend is a life-long investment you will make for yourself. Instead of reading at a snail’s pace, learn to speed read to
· become the smartest person in an office meeting, when your colleagues are still struggling to keep up
· be on top of all information, with no more feeling overburdened by books, papers, and manuscripts; rather, controlling the “information overload”
· become a walking encyclopedia; browse through large volumes of information from books, email messages, or web pages to keep stay above par
· save time and use those precious moments to be in the company of your loved ones, family and friends
· be the leader; leave your colleagues behind in knowing more than anyone else and easily stay on top, winning the reading rat race
Speed reading has a direct relation with the writing process as well. If you learn to speed read, you will be able to write faster, ensuring that you can process written information much faster and comprehend and recall the same far better than you do at present. This is because you would be reading more information in less time. You can use the time you were spending on reading on what you were actually hired to do.
Workshop Benefits for Executives
We believe in imparting efficient reading skills, and our interactive workshop is aimed at helping you learn silent reading fluency. You will become an expert at:
· Speed reading: You will learn how to read better and fluently with better comprehension, concentration, retention, and recall. You will learn to quickly identify key personality traits of superiors, colleagues, support staff readily on the basis of observable clues, including body language, energy level, demeanor, appearance, and vocabulary and speech patterns.
· Speed reaching: You will learn how to quickly develop rapport and get on the other person’s wavelength.
At the highly dynamic and interactive workshop, you will learn that speed reading is actually efficient reading, putting to rest the myths surrounding the concept of speed reading. The highly innovative techniques at the workshop guarantee to provide you with the ideal tools to read, comprehend, process, and retain necessary information more efficiently and productively than you have ever imagined. You will come across innovative ideas and learn new reading skills that can be used on a daily basis.
Our two-day workshop will instruct you on unlearning the habits and skills of slow readers, which have so far been limiting your reading rate. We will teach you how to read more than one word without vocalizing. You will learn the habits and skills of effective and efficient speed readers.
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that speed reading is a skill that can turn the fortune in your favor at the workplace or even at home. In fact, in today’s knowledge economy, speed reading is an exceptional skill, which is the equivalent of “gold.”
Some Well-known Speed Readers
Some of the most renowned world leaders are known to have used their speed reading skills to their advantage in their personal and professional lives and been strong supporters of speed reading.
· Howard Stephen Berg has the distinction of being the fastest reader in the world, with a startling reading rate of 25,000 words per minute.
· John F. Kennedy was a great supporter of speed reading and always encouraged his staff to learn the skill of efficient reading.
· Jimmy Carter enrolled into a speed-reading program while at the White House. His wife Rosalynn along with some staff members also participated in the course.
· Jacques Bergier was known to have an exceptional reading speed – reading 10 books in a day.
· Theodore Roosevelt possessed incredible reading speed. He was known to be a rapid reader and would read a book every day before breakfast.
· Franklin D. Roosevelt would read an entire paragraph at one glance. He was known to practice reading two or three sentences at one glance.
In the words of Jimmy Calano, “Surviving and thriving as a professional today demands two new approaches to the written word. First, it requires a new approach to orchestrating information, by skillfully choosing what to read and what to ignore. Second, it requires a new approach to integrating information, by reading faster and with greater comprehension.”
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