FAQs
Rapid Reading gives you the skills to decide on what material to read, what you want to get out of it and how you are going to read it. It makes reading a wide variety of written and computer based material much more enjoyable.
The ability to rapid, or speed read is an essential personal and business tool for pupils, students and business people. This training course has been designed to help anyone develop different reading strategies to suit a wide range of material and topics.
No, not if you attend our training course. We will give you ample time to practice the new techniques we will show you and help you iron out any problems you may have in mastering this life skill. You will need to apply yourself throughout the day and set personal targets to attain. But we guarantee you will be amazed at your progress in only a few hours!
By the way, if you don’t feel our course is for you we would urge you to find one that suits you better as learning Rapid Reading on your own can be fraught with problems.
No, once you understand a few basic Rapid Reading principles and you have received tuition on our training course - it will become second nature. You can continue practising and attain even higher speed and comprehension levels by using the software package you will receive as part of your training experience with us.
Absolutely not! In fact, quite the reverse. Because we show you new techniques in scanning groups of words and how to avoid ‘skipping back’ you will find eye-strain is reduced and your concentration is increased. This helps you to retain more and make reading vast amounts of text less of a chore.
Good question. But it’s not all about reading quickly – it’s about finding a reading speed that you are comfortable with that allows you to understand and remember what you have read in the minimum amount of time. Time is precious to all of us, this technique can save you untold hours every month in your personal, academic or business life. Remember TIME IS MONEY!
All of the above, and just think:
No need to take home a load of stuff to read (tonight / at the weekend) from the office; do it NOW; quickly
Get to the point of all the local / community / council info that comes through your door NOW; quickly; before you stuff it in the drawer
Stay ahead of the others by being informed and in the know at your next PTA / Council / Parish / business meeting
Be the lynch pin in your Pub Quiz team – think of the kudos!
With practice, yes. This is a life skill. The more you use it the easier it gets. At the end of our training course you will be encouraged to devise a short plan over the next few months to enable you to consolidate your new skills.