"Quick Reading", is it really reliable?

In recent years, I have picked up the habit of reading again. From trying to challenge 50 physical books a year, to falling in love with e-books, to daily writing updates and *** reading groups, is fast reading really reliable?

Yes, the author of "Quick Reading" tells you that there are methods for reading. And "Quick Reading" is really reliable.

The author of this book is Christian Gruning, who is a lawyer by profession.

Like most of us, Grüning did not start out as an avid reader, but also as a poorly read and inefficient person.

But later, in the process of preparing for the bar exam, he discovered that there is actually a method to reading. As long as they master the correct method, everyone can swim in the ocean of books as they wish.

So, he wrote "Quick Reading" into a book and shared it with everyone.

After reading this book, I discovered that reading actually has an underlying logic behind it.

2.1 Reading is a combination of eye movement and brain movement

I often see people like this: I have just finished reading one book, but he has already read twenty books .

In addition to reading methods and skills, this actually shows that such people have relatively developed eye movements. Because reading, we also often say "reading", is to use your eyes to scan the text and pictures on the paper or the screen.

This difference is because some people may be able to read ten lines at a glance; most people may be able to read a few lines at a glance.

But the meaning of reading is not just to browse with your eyes, but more importantly, to internalize the contents of the book in your heart and externalize it in your actions. Therefore, reading is also a brain exercise.

2.2 Reading has a purpose

When a person reads aimlessly, then if you give him a hundred books, he will just flip through it and not read it.

And when a person reads with a purpose, then he can not only make it interesting to the eyes, but also able to make it interesting to the heart.

For example, movie theaters are a popular place for young people to go on dates. Before I tried to write a book review or a movie review, my husband took me to the cinema and I watched it without knowing what the movie was about. I can fall asleep when I encounter something I don't like.

But after I tried to write book reviews and movie reviews, the two of us went to the cinema again, and I was different. Regardless of whether I like this movie or not, I will watch it very carefully. Because I want to find valuable material from movies and then turn it into articles.

The same goes for reading. For example, during this time, I was in a bad mood. At this time, I happened to have a book of jokes in my hand, and I would definitely devour it when I read it.

2.3 How big the pool of understanding is, how strong the reading ability is

There are many categories of books, such as economics, management, history, literature, comics, and Chinese classics Categories, family education, physics and celestial bodies, science fiction...

Let’s take myself as an example. It is relatively easy for me to read family education books and I can read them relatively quickly. Because I like family education books the most, and in the process of reading family education books, I gradually established and formed my own knowledge system in the field of family education.

When I read science fiction novels, such as Liu Cixin's "The Wandering Earth" and the complete set of "The Three-Body Problem", it is very difficult and very slow, and I even finish them in a daze. Because I don’t like science fiction, and I haven’t established or formed a knowledge system in this area.

So, yes, the reading ability is as big as the pool of understanding.

2.4 Reading speed and reading quantity

In the reading process, the reading speed also affects the reading quantity. The more you read, the faster you read and the better you can find your direction.

I understand this very well. In 2021, I have read 64 paper books and 13 e-books.

At the beginning, I chose books aimlessly because I didn’t know what I wanted to read. But later, as I read more and more, I discovered that family education, Chinese classics, biographies, original works of classic TV series, and world literary masterpieces were my favorites.

Reading speed is the same. I remember Teacher Fan Deng once said, "When you finish reading 50 books, your reading speed will speed up unconsciously." Yes, I don’t know at which moment my reading speed suddenly became faster.

In the book "Speed ??Reading", Gruening divides reading the entire book into three steps. But I think it should actually be five steps.

3.1 Clear reading goals before reading

A person without goals is terrible. Similarly, people who have no reading goals are also terrible. Therefore, before reading each book, we must clarify our reading goals.

For example, "Quick Reading". Why should I read this book? How important is this book to me? What information do I want to get? Where do I plan to apply what I learned?

Yes, I want to know "Is speed reading really reliable?" Now it seems that it is reliable; at the same time, I can also write a review or a book review by the way; the content that can turn me into a review or review is the information I want to obtain; I plan to apply the knowledge I have learned to reading Writing.

This is why I read Grüning's "Quick Reading" and this is my goal.

3.2 Read the whole book extensively to grasp the overall context

I actually have a reading habit, which is to open a book and read its preface, table of contents and postscript first. Because the author's real purpose of writing this book is reflected in these three parts.

For example, Teacher Li Yuer’s "Key Help in Critical Periods". There are six chapters in this book. Chapter 1, getting to know children; Chapter 2, key help during the critical period; Chapter 3, how to choose a kindergarten; Chapter 4, how to adapt to kindergarten; Chapter 5, misunderstandings about love; Chapter 6, helping children build an independent and complete Personality system.

In fact, the focus of this book is Chapter 2, key help during the critical period.

3.3 Combining fast reading with repeated intensive reading

Every time you read the same book, you will get different results. Especially classic books, which are often read and always new.

In 2022, I have set a reading goal for myself: the main line is the Li Yuer series read ten times; the secondary line is also e-books from WeChat reading, and books from 365 Parents Reading Help, of course there are also some Other paper books.

Of course, I have now read "Children are Feet, Education is Shoes" ten times, and "Key Help in the Critical Period" is currently being read for the second time.

Yes, the more you read, the deeper your understanding becomes.

3.4 Review knowledge points and systematically understand the whole book

Before, I had the habit of underlining when reading; but in the past two years, I have changed.

Because every book is a complete knowledge system, underlining will destroy the complete understanding of the core content in the book.

This is especially true for novels.

For example, Liu Jing’s novella "Parental Love" may have famous aphorisms in the book, but that really doesn’t matter; but what is really important is that I also read from the CCTV variety show "Story of China", I saw "Parental Love" as a tribute to a classic, to my fathers, to generations of soldiers who guard the island, and to generations of military wives who guard the island.

3.5 After reading, output forces input.

I have always believed that sharing, writing, lecturing, and reviewing are the best ways to use output to force input.

Yes, starting from 2021, every time I finish reading a book, I will post it on Moments; starting from 2022, every time I finish reading a book, I will write it as a book review.

In fact, in the process of posting on Moments and writing book reviews, I reorganized the knowledge points of the book I just finished and deepened my understanding of the book I just finished. .

In addition, it is a prejudice against *** reading groups.

Some people prefer to read by themselves; but I think joining a *** reading group is also a good way to learn. If we study together, raise children together, discuss together, and grow together, we will learn more and progress faster.

Just like before the Spring Festival, the review week of the first month of the first season of our 365 Parents Reading Gang.

What I chose is "Key Help during the Critical Period". We talked about the "pitfalls" that we had encountered on the road to parenting, and also shared the knowledge points in the book (key help during the critical period). We really gained a lot. And I happen to be the mother of a 1-2 year old girl who is in the physical stage, so I happen to apply what I have learned.

Therefore, I was not angry with the child who threw things, but allowed her to explore freely within the scope of ensuring safety.

In this book, Gruning also mentioned some gadgets to help everyone read quickly.

For example, for people who are prone to serialization, it is a good method to find a ruler and read against it. There are also visual cards. Knowledge cards and visual cards are the best ways to help understand knowledge points.

In fact, in this Internet age and information age, there are many ways to assist reading, such as mind maps.

Finally, whether you read quickly or slowly, you must keep doing it. Because reading is a lifelong matter.