To be successful in the modern world, you need to have time to respond to the changes that are happening around us every day. For this you need to have a high speed of thinking. Find out how to improve it with reading!
Speed up time
With every decade, every century, time is accelerating, and this is a fact. In the 19th century, they could not imagine that soon people will fly at supersonic speeds, which will become completely natural for the modernity of the 20th century.
In the 10th century, during the Byzantine Empire, people did not imagine that after some time sophisticated machines (trains) would be invented, and horses would no longer be the main transport for long-distance travel.
And now scientists are developing teleportation devices¹ that will allow you to move instantly.
Each time has its own speed of thinking. When the surrounding conditions change very quickly in front of a person, he needs to have time to perceive and analyze information.
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How speed of thinking depends on reading
Reading is the main way a person obtains information. One of the main things a child is taught is the ability to read.
The speed of a person's thinking depends on his ability to perceive the text, to see the meaning inherent in it.
Effective reading techniques
The points below will allow you to take a fresh look at such a natural ability as reading, increase its speed and, as a result, the speed of your thinking!
1. To increase the speed of thinking, it is recommended to read to yourself.
When people read aloud, the language does not have time to pronounce the words as quickly as the mind can perceive them. Reading by ear can significantly slow down the speed of information perception.
2. It is necessary to fully concentrate on reading.
Without the ability to concentrate attention, a person cannot remember a text, no matter how slowly or quickly he read it. You need to train your concentration.
3. It is necessary to expand the level of perception of the text.
As a child, children are taught to lead over the text with a finger so as not to lose the place in the text where the child reads. But this slows down thinking - the finger does not keep up with the brain! It is useful to develop the concentration of the child from childhood, teaching him to increase the speed of reading and thinking.
4. It is useful to do eye training.
A person can read with the eyes. The ability to quickly perceive, process an image into a signal and transmit it to the brain is a skill that can and should be developed.
Continuous use of the techniques described below will allow you to effectively train this skill:
- while walking you need to look at the license plates of cars passing by;
- consciously switch attention to a variety of objects around you.
For example, carefully examine the details on the window, and then quickly switch to the view behind it. Thus, a quick switch of attention between different subjects will teach you to quickly draw conclusions and understand what is happening “here and now”;
listen to calm music while reading
This contributes to the development of stable intention2 and focus of the human mind;
speak tongue twisters aloud
In addition to the fact that this has a positive effect on diction, makes it clear, tongue twisters teach you to quickly perceive meaning and switch attention to new information. To do this, it is useful to pronounce several tongue twisters without a pause.
Following the above rules, training fast reading over time will teach a person to perceive information faster, will significantly increase the speed of thinking. This will allow for greater success in life and will help the practitioner self-improvement.