Reading speed can be easily influenced – both positively and negatively. This article will show you a quick and easy way to positively influence your reading speed. It’s not only easy to do, it’s extremely powerful if you use it right.

Before you read something, preview it first. Go over the whole thing, and identify some keywords. Read a little bit of the beginning, and then read a little bit of the end. And only then, read the thing for real.

Just do that, and your reading speed will jump by at least 50 words per minute. Guaranteed. It’s really as simple as that.

You don’t have to spend very much time previewing – just a few seconds will be enough. All you have to do is find out generally what the author is going to talk about. In anything that’s reasonably well-written, there will be a clear introduction, and a clear conclusion. These usually summarize the important material from the article.

Exploit the summaries!

The reason this works so well is that it trains your eyes and primes your brain for the information that’s about to be taken in. When you do that, the reading process becomes much easier to handle.

That’s it! Try it out on the next thing you read, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the results.