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Ep. 162: Is Speed Reading a Hoax?

The SuperHuman Academy Podcast

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The Importance of Skimming

In 1983 study, graduates of speed reading programs were given less than six minutes to speed read a college-level textbook. The report says skimming is an important skill, but they fail to realize that if it's used as pre-reading, it can alleviate a lot of the problems with speed reading. We've been teaching that under the name of pre-reading since day one.

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