| Speed Reading in One Hour: Understanding the | | | | |
| Mechanics | | | | We receive information through our five physical |
| | | | | senses, (touching, tasting, hearing, smelling, and |
| The mind is an extraordinarily power in which we | | | | seeing) and by those we make decisions. We |
| only use a very small portion. In this course, | | | | make choices and judgments from the factors |
| “Speed Reading in only One Hour” I will | | | | that our physical senses bring into play. The five |
| show you how to tap some of that unused | | | | physical senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch) |
| power and use it for your personal success in high | | | | are preprogrammed for automatic reaction. |
| school, college, and life. | | | | |
| | | | | We learn, not only from physical senses, but |
| Your brain and mind are capable of understanding | | | | through various forms of thought. Most thought is |
| from 10,000 to 50,000 units of information every | | | | conscious in nature. Senses, however, work |
| minute; one unit being equal to one word. This | | | | automatically. An example of an automatic |
| information is based upon somewhat old statistics | | | | reaction might be: when a hungry teenager smells |
| (1980's). Based on new speed reading technology, | | | | pizza, he or she begins salivating. What's taking |
| as well as strides in brain and mind development, | | | | place is that the sense of smell (called olfactory |
| you can probably achieve greater phenomenal | | | | senses) has automatically delivered a thought, |
| reading speeds. | | | | "PIZZA", to the brain and mind. The thought may |
| | | | | be unconscious. |
| The average high school graduate, when tested, | | | | |
| reads about 250 words per minute. The college | | | | Sensing food is a physical sensation through smell. |
| student reads at about 300 words per minute. | | | | It is a mental sensation (unconsciously or |
| But, no matter what your beginning reading | | | | consciously) through thought. And lastly there is a |
| speed, don't worry, it is only the beginning. | | | | physical sensation through eating, swallowing, and |
| Imagine what an advantage you will have to be | | | | smiling. To summarize the PIZZA adventure: Brain |
| able to read over 100% faster than you had | | | | and mind is where the "action" is taking place. |
| before; the possibilities are limitless. | | | | Body is where the "reaction" is taking place. |