In my junior year, I got interested in the brain and how it works, so I said to the dean, I want to do two majors, biology and psychology. I was reading the theory of relativity when I was eight, by the time I was eleven I had college reading, and then I went to college at seventeen to study biology at the New York State University, Binghamton. So I spent a lot of time reading and I chose well. Gang kids would apparently rather be caught dead than in a library with books. However I found one safe place: The library. There were a lot of gangs and it was very, very violent. I lived in the projects in Brooklyn, which was not a great place to live. Michael Frank: How did you get on this path? How did you go from being a reader to a speed reader to the world’s fastest reader? Let’s begin: How Howard Berg became the world’s fastest reader

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Howard has read over 30, 000 books and in this article you are going to learn not only how to reader faster, but also how to learn and retain more from the books you read. Join 6,400+ readers here.In this article I interview Howard Berg the world’s fastest reader who earned a place in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records (a record which still has not been broken) and can read 25, 000+ words a minute/80 pages a minute. If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & write a positive review.Įvery week I send out a free newsletter with actionable advice from amazing books. Out of 30,000 books, here are 3 that had a huge impact on Howard’s life The importance of knowing when to read faster & when to read slower How to analyze the outside of a book to quickly understand what it’s about How to improve your reading comprehension Speed reading tip #5: Know when to speed read Speed reading tip #4: Avoid regression, progression, and distraction Speed reading tip #2: Reduce vocalization Temporarily losing comprehension while learning speed reading is normal Speed reading tip #1: Determine schema How Howard developed a love for reading In our conversation, Howard shares advice on how to read faster, bad habits that are slowing down your reading speed, how to take notes while reading, how to remember more of what you’ve read, and much more. Howard holds the Guinness record for being the world’s fastest reader, reading at 80 pages per minute.

My guest today is Howard Berg, the author of Super Reading Secrets.

Learn more about Howard’s speed reading program at /a/alexbooks.

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