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To Read Nonfiction Faster, Do This Before You Read

What should you do before you read a work of nonfiction? How can reading more content actually help you read faster? The authors of 10 Days to Faster Reading offer this surprising speed-reading strategy: Familiarize yourself with the content before you begin. It might seem like you’re taking unnecessary extra time, but you’ll be able to read faster—and with more comprehension—when you take this step. Let’s take a closer look at this reading strategy.

Raymond Cattell’s Intelligence Theory: What It Means as We Age

How does your intelligence change as you get older? How can you leverage your changing brain to maintain your success over time? It’s typical to experience some degree of mental decline as we age. But, management expert Arthur Brooks says there’s good news. To continue being successful in your career, you just need to start relying on a different type of intelligence and find work that suits this different skill set. Keep reading to learn how Raymond Cattell’s intelligence theory provides us with some encouragement.

Break These 3 Bad Reading Habits if You Want to Read Faster

Do you tend to read at the same speed that you talk? Do you lose your place or your focus when you read? The book 10 Days to Faster Reading provides several strategies for quicker, more effective reading. One way to improve your reading speed is by addressing three bad reading habits: mouthing or speaking the words, accidentally rereading what you’ve already read, and getting lost in thought. Let’s take a look at several behaviors that people commonly engage in that slow down their reading—along with some tips for breaking these habits.

Find Life Success Through Your Eulogy Virtues (Arthur Brooks)

Do you deliberately cultivate eulogy virtues? What does it mean to succeed, especially in the second half of your life? Naturally, your career and life morph as you get older. Management expert Arthur Brooks recommends that you change your idea of “success” from career achievement and material wealth to happiness and fulfillment. Rather than career success, this is life success, and it’s a way to continue thriving as you age. Continue reading to learn how to make the switch from a focus on “résumé virtues” to a focus on “eulogy virtues.”

How to Improve Your Peripheral Vision for Speed-Reading & More

Is it possible to strengthen eye muscles? Do you want to expand your vision field? The authors of 10 Days to Faster Reading explore how to teach your eyes to take in more information at once. By doing so, you can read faster and more efficiently. Of course, a wider field of vision is beneficial for more than just speed-reading. Keep reading to learn how to improve your peripheral vision by practicing several techniques.

How to Quit Drinking Without Rehab or Formal Treatment

Have you tried treatment programs for alcoholism, only to find that you’re still looking for solutions? Is drinking in moderation the way to go? Annie Grace says that, to break free from alcohol dependence, you must see alcohol as it truly is: an addictive drug that poisons your mind and body. When you change your beliefs, you’ll overcome addiction by no longer even wanting to drink, and you’ll enjoy a fulfilling life free of alcohol. Continue reading to learn how to quit drinking without rehab or formal treatment programs.

How to Be More Focused: Dandapani’s Top 3 Tips

Are you constantly distracted? How can you be more focused? In The Power of Unwavering Focus, Dandapani provides methods for directing your awareness to increase your focus over time. You’ll also discover how to develop willpower, an essential skill for practicing focus. Keep reading to learn how to be more focused.

How to Exercise Self-Love (bell hooks’s 5 Practices)

What does bell hooks have to say about self-love? What are the five practices of healthy self-esteem? According to All About Love by bell hooks, self-love is the first step to living by a love ethic. A love ethic empowers you to transcend fear, which often serves as a tool to uphold systems of control and dominance. To learn how to practice self-love, keep reading.

10 Days to Faster Reading: Book Overview & Takeaways

Do you have a pile of reading material you’ve been meaning to read for ages? Do you feel you could learn more if only you could read faster? In 10 Days to Faster Reading, Abby Marks Beale and the Princeton Language Institute provide strategies to help you zip through web pages, books, magazines, and newspapers. Not only can you read faster, but you can understand and remember everything you read. Here’s our overview of this practical book that can propel you toward a personal reading revolution.

The Top 5 Benefits of Focus in All Aspects of Life

What are the benefits of focus? How does focusing give you purpose in life? Fostering a more focused mind provides a wide range of benefits. In The Power of Unwavering Focus, Dandapani asserts that mastering focus will help you to: improve your work performance, overcome stress and anxiety, deepen your relationships, live with more purpose, and experience more joy. Let’s look at the benefits of staying focused in life.