Rocket Reading: Learn to Read Faster and Comprehend More

Identify and overcome three old reading habits—fixation, regression, and vocalisation—to speed reading. Learn techniques to read groups of words, improve focus, and read faster than you talk.

Use your hand as a guide to boost focus, speed, and comprehension, and practice RSVP-based speed reading with the accelerator tool at accelerator.com.

practice a 20-minute speed-reading drill to boost comprehension and double speed by rereading in 10 minutes. use three fixation points to read 3–5 words per glance.

Set deadlines to boost focus and reading speed, track your page times with a simple spreadsheet, and gradually beat your benchmark over a two-week, 15-minute daily practice.

Use the preview technique to skim articles and chapters by reading the introduction and conclusion or the first and last paragraphs. Practically, it helps you read faster with better comprehension.

Master the overview step by reading headings, boldface words, and the first sentences to identify key concepts, diagrams, and structure; this speeds comprehension and retention across the three-step reading process.

Learn to distinguish comprehension from retention and boost both by adjusting reading speed—slow on the first sentence of a paragraph, speed up through the rest—and practice for exams.

Discover the read and recall method: read a paragraph, then jot a quick note describing its content to boost attention and memory for better retention.

Explore how sensory, short-term, and long-term memory work together to encode reading material, then apply the three-step multiple reading process, note-taking, and memory principles to improve retention.

Apply the 80/20 principle (Pareto's principle) to reading to boost efficiency by focusing on the 20 percent of material that yields 80 percent of the information.

Preview books by reading the back flap, table of contents, and chapter intros. Apply the 80:20 principle with the multiple reading process to extract key ideas quickly.

Master the three-step multiple reading process—preview, overview, and read—to accelerate comprehension of textbooks and technical material by scanning introductions and conclusions, then noting main points before reading details.

Master how to handle charts and diagrams while reading by pausing at 'refer to figure' cues, previewing diagrams, confirming text, then using fixation points to speed read on tablets.

Finish strong by applying the speed reading drills and the three-step multiple reading process—preview, overview, and read—to boost your reading speed, comprehension, and retention.