How to Speed Read | Tim Ferriss

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Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running.
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[@timferriss]

Take 10 seconds and sign up for my free "5-Bullet Friday" newsletter: go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/ Each Friday, you’ll get a short email from me with five things I've discovered that week, sending you off to your weekend with fun and useful things to ponder and try. 🙌

[@ahmedzakikhan7639]

Hey you talked about speeding reading. What about speeding to read numbers fast ? It's for my accounting/finance exams.

[@ashranibaldeo907]

This is an amazing video. I thought my 10 year old niece to read faster by telling her that her eyes moves a lot faster that her mouth so say the words fast before the eyes reaches another word.. well I thought it was something I came across on my own but I now saw your video and it's amazing how you explain it. Great job

[@LearnWithSaiManoj]

Bro, can you send me your email id ? I want to send some email

[@djgoa]

Me too 😂😂😂😂

[@mduncan28]

Hilarious. I was thinking the same thing.

[@chris-kl7bv]

i spent the first minute of this video trying to figure out if you were bald with a sweatband or just wearing a beanie

[@meditatewithme5189]

🤣🤣😂😂

[@Ease2k6]

I concluded he was bald until I read this. Damn.

[@tommysmith1115]

This is the greatest fucking comment I have ever seen🤣

[@eniask.5292]

420 likes, dont like or dislike pls

[@tbobbobs7606]

I was going to click the like button but I saw 420 and now I'm going to go smoke instead. You can have a spiritual thumbs up instead. /thumbs_up

[@Holanderos]

this the type of video you watch when you procrastrinate but you also wanna study

[@davido584]

this is exactly what i am doing lol

[@rishavshukla5227]

Actually doing it right now. Your comments feel creeping familiar.

[@FMCariappa]

Shut up! Stop reading my mind!

[@raducpm6972]

What's "procrastrinate"?

[@alexh5040]

omg so fuckin true

[@samcollins8330]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate this guy’s straightforwardness? There wasn’t a single cut in his explaining the speed reading technique, I love it!

[@antoninjacob2232]

Indeed ! And it felt both professional and natural to listen to. I loved this video !

[@gimkit1188]

"can we take a mo..." NO! Stop trying to get ppl to jump on that "CAN WE TAKE A .... " wagon! Not everybody cares!

[@victoriouswarrior2325]

@@gimkit1188 It seems you cared enough to make a comment. LOL🤗

[@victoriouswarrior2325]

@@gimkit1188 Not everybody cares! That means some people care. Sam wrote it for those guys. Haha😄

[@user-mz7cn9hq8v]

When a friend recommends me a trash book, I read it 3 pages/second just analyzing the main words. Then I tell them what basically happened in the book, and they look very surprised. They say that the book is about the exact opposite and I lose a friend.

[@Lilalelu]

Богдан Седин I like your strategy! 😄

[@myintngwe6999]

Lol

[@audreyguo13]

LMAO I THOUGHT THEY ARE SURPRISED COZ U GOT IT ALL RIGHT

[@ronsedlak4019]

HILARIOUS

[@DiamantisHell]

Way to go

[@Scarydragon-64]

I tried "tracking" with my finger on my Kindle Touch. Ended up buying 43 books and changing my password. It was carnage.

[@UffeErupLarsen]

😂 😂 😂

[@luismonroyRealtor]

paul 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@corynorell3686]

Not many comments make me laugh out loud. Kudos to you my friend.

[@Kurostyle21]

Try a pen

[@gauravnk]

ofcource it had to be someone named "paul" prolly british XD

[@codyuptain8818]

1. Rip out half of the pages 2. Eat the remaining book 3. You've ingested the material at a far faster rate

[@erzo8890]

Hagahhhhhh hilarous

[@NoOneYT1991]

@Ziggi Mon of course you can. Paper is soluble in water

[@ahead5453]

@Haruhiro !! Actually no, paper is made of trees hence, it has cellulose. We humans don’t have cellulase (the enzyme) this is why it’s indigestible... shame on you

[@gianfrancodagostino3938]

hahahahaha

[@bureaffari3694]

You would be ingesting the paper not the text.

[@limmeh7881]

Skip to 9:05 to see the dude without his hat. If you're concerned about that.

[@galenapex7235]

Doing God's work

[@Gustavo321372]

ty

[@paxvostrum4824]

lifesaver

[@ananyasaha9601]

🤣🤣

[@suparnamaiti.]

WTF dude! 😂

[@AcidOoxXx]

When he drew the lines on the book I was like "NO GOD! PLEASE NO!!! NOOOOOOOOOO"

[@dnsfuntech1937]

Michael Scott

[@CrimeCastInc.]

@@dnsfuntech1937 who?

[@pigno]

WITH A PEN!

[@sarahhight5266]

OMG I KNOW!!!! I cringed so hard :O

[@emiliotubanjr.6066]

I felt it also

[@saadrehmanshah]

Summary: 1. Measure your words per minute. 2. Use peripheral vision. Instead of reading from the beginning of the line to the end of line, "Indent" your start and end reading point. 3. Control tracking. Use your finger to control the tracking of your eyes from back back. 4. For 10 minutes, go at a pace so fast that you lose 10% of comprehension (this is "too fast"). Then come back, the normal will feel slow, and a slightly faster will feel normal.

[@Jafetlugo]

Thank you!

[@barsborazan6480]

Thanks bro, it was so boring and i didn't want to miss anything but it was boring and boring and boring. So boring that I've looked for a summary in the commentary section

[@Scottlp2]

Sounds like stuff from Evelyn woods course I took 400 years ago.

[@DiamantisHell]

@@Scottlp2 how old are you

[@aiztarxxx]

Ó

[@elormyevudza8443]

Watching a speed reading video at 2x speed.

[@guitarwinds]

- woke

[@SefriouiAmineballout]

We in 2017 this guy is in 2745

[@jonathanstepan5111]

Elorm Yevudza hahahaha

[@quahntasy]

Speed watching

[@heathertasker2508]

I was too! Ha

[@johnwick3321]

“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”

[@nachiketh3650]

Poutin is the main character.

[@ekaterinanovikova5828]

😌😌😌

[@Injudiciously]

You were Russian too much!

[@johnwick3321]

@@Injudiciously Blyat.

[@priscille1577]

@@nachiketh3650 😂 😂 😂

[@looqmann1]

This guy's presentation shows that he reads a lot and he reads fast. The fact that he can simply deliver it without any stutter or too much pause also shows that his mind is fast and strong because it is always been used.

[@MagnusLoki]

Applied this in less than 30 mins. Baseline WPM = 192. After applying the concepts in this video? WPM= 407 0% loss of comprehension. Actually, because it forced me to focus in, I think I retained more of the information. Thanks again, Tim!

[@hekikoka5792]

Colby Landauer speed reading is true to a certain extend and with select material. An easy novel, a biography or the newspaper. You’re not going to speed read difficult material. The most important factor is knowing why youre reading the book I.e. for pleasure, information or elevating your mind. For the latter you’re not going to speed read even if it’s a short little story.

[@Kwijiboz]

EXACTLY RIGHT

[@TheGamerozi]

heki koka Well, books to elevate your mind are readable fast, too. No problem, you just want to gather information, just do some speed-reading, it works perfectly fine.

[@nikolavideomaker]

Reading demons by dostoevsky now my WPM seems to be 350 a minute. Without using the tips in this video. I want to fully comprehend the book so I will not be speed reading. Planning on getting a simple book after and try improve my speed limit

[@amoryblaine2123]

Colby Landauer wow

[@annamarieyi]

1. read at 1 minute for your normal speed. (mine was 208 words per minute) 2. start at the indent and end indent for 5-10 pages 3. then increase the margin to the third word 4. use a pacer to trace underneath the line for 10 minutes 5. for 5 minutes, read faster losing 10 % of the comprehension 6. retest wpm, using the pacer and margins but with 100% comprehension

[@nadavchatinover581]

Step 7. Wear a hat that's also a headband

[@jg-gh4gn]

The dang hat comments distracted me while supposed to watch video. I'm reading comments laughing instead of learning. Crap.

[@haraniravi334]

Anna Marie Quenano i was looking out for this comment.. 👍🏻

[@Mylada]

Step 8. Quit reading because it just isn't fun anymore

[@zackdorward5403]

9. Make a comment telling everyone what your reading speed is even though nobody asked

[@grisly-bear585]

"If you are a kindie, use 2 rubber bands as substitute for the 2 lines" Props to commenter Colllin M who gave awesome advice.

[@makennapercy6515]

wait why can't i use rubber bands on a normal book... instead of pen lol

[@RK-ep8qy]

Makenna Percy might get marks and folds on the book where the elastic causes it to cave

[@saram7614]

Or just a pencil? You can erase it later

[@TheM0nsterX]

I use a thin slice of tape on my other monitor, it gives the same effect that the lines on a book does, and it doesn't RUIN my screen

[@PJLeblanc]

I was about to buy Jim Kwik's speed reading course. You just saved me 200-300$. Thanks Tim.

[@Anchony]

I have just read "A Very Hungry Caterpillar" in less than 3 hours thanks to this! It works, wow!

[@nandaveerum4399]

How big is it?

[@shanks6190]

@@nandaveerum4399 it's the largest book in existence

[@nandaveerum4399]

@@shanks6190 lol. I didn't know and thought the comment was true. Thanks for the info.

[@rodrigombl452]

@@nandaveerum4399 bruh

[@eddiedoescrypto]

🤣🤣

[@ryan-james9754]

With all that extra time I saved .... I spent time drawing lines in my book...

[@princemarth9057]

Hahahahahaha

[@thecubersahil6827]

one time investment boi

[@NandoGigaba]

lmfao. I couldn't have articulated it any better.

[@kevsertanrover1887]

U should imagine like there are drawing in both lines

[@michael_oconnor]

So basically, "Why read lot word, when few word do trick?" 😂

[@gabrielluciano7435]

Oh Kevin, I mean Michael, you get me

[@prschorn]

unexpected the office reference.

[@Siddharth8520]

When he president you see....you see

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

@Robin The bottleneck for reading isn't how quickly you can see the words, it's how quickly your brain can process the information

[@JeremyL1983]

Read Russian basically

[@renatocinque5135]

Stop trying to speedread comments. I see you!

[@le_mole]

Guilty

[@gavinwang1636]

jeez man no need to expose me like that

[@miket.7055]

Hahahaha man!

[@Jonas.Quemuel]

You got me

[@yannik246]

What I always found to really help without loosing any comprehension is to hold the book further away than most people are used to until you see the line as a whole rather than letting your eyes focus on individual words. I think this works according to the same principle. You basically minimize fixation points.

[@minteaglella6643]

Tim: I love this book Tim: let’s draw on it using pen

[@perezronan2686]

I'm stabiloting lots of my Books. I understand more like that. So, I'm not that shocked about drawing on a Book. The goal is more important than the book itself. The Book is here to serve you.

[@autotuna3805]

YOUR BOOK is YOUR PROPERTY. You can draw on it whatever you want and you SHOULD draw and write into your book anything that helps you comprehending the information of the book.

[@justshanban279]

lol!!!!

[@nachiketh3650]

But isn't drawing on each page gonna take a long time?

[@Frost-mv4pz]

I thought: he must have a spare one, like his original love.

[@LLO227]

Omg, I can not thank you enough for taking the time to make this video and explain this so eloquently. I'm still watching 👀 the video and heeding every word however after 7 minutes I felt empowered enough to say thank you so much and express my gratitude in tears 😢 of joy 😂!!!

[@TheAlienwareGuyGaming]

Me : 3:15 - " Use a Pencil! Use a Pencil! Use a Pencil! " 3:24 - *Faints*

[@gerulais]

Your comment is hilarious. I was thinking the same thing. A PEN ?!

[@theolynwarrender]

Just from watching this video last night, my results were amazing when reading on my commute to college this morning - often I’m about 30 pages in 1 hour. By consciously bumping off the edge of the margins, my mind has worked with me to locate the really key words within the context and pin it all together to still accurately comprehend the information! I’m amazed that these tips have worked for me. Granted, I did skip the recording of my initial words per second, but having already been half way through the book, I was able to compare with my previous performance when reading this novel. This morning I read 31 pages in just 30 minutes which is an absolute game changer for me! With comprehension of what happened - perhaps even more so than usual!! Thank you so much Tim for these tips, you’re a legend beyond all words.

[@contentsailor5764]

That's really amazing, I hope if you went off track this comment will bring you back.

[@alexanderjr5348]

This dude reads so fast he needs to wear a headband

[@makennapercy6515]

its a beanie

[@aichajp1913]

Lol ahaha

[@ARTDEVGRU247]

Omg I just noticed that its a beanie. I thiught he was bald and wearing s head band. Lol

[@notedsheeran2038]

He’s wearing a beanie lol

[@rohan4672]

LMFAO

[@FredHerrman]

His podcast, “The Tim Ferriss Show,” is excellent. I always learn something new. It broadened my horizons with every listen of a new show.

[@doansonlam.docsachungdung]

"Many thanks to Tim Ferriss for sharing these simple yet highly effective techniques for speed reading without sacrificing comprehension. The method of creating borders and using a pacer is truly a smart approach to optimize our reading abilities. I've applied what he shared and noticed a significant improvement in my reading speed. Thanks for these valuable suggestions!"

[@simoprdev3517]

0:01 2:30 how to measure your WPM 2:30 4:41 gain the margins 4:41 6:00 Eye tracking (Fixations) 6:00 6:53 Use your Finger as a pacer 6:53 8:00 Read faster (practice reading) 8:00 8:40 RE-read at your normal read (measure the progress) rest is promotion

[@psalmodytv2673]

Effective! I’m now 200% faster reading the comment section!

[@calebgeary3890]

Glad to know I'm not the only one...

[@zainanie7343]

Me tooooo! I am going to keep working on it

[@paraworth]

Thank you MR Ferris. You’re out there doing a great job of helping us do more with our time

[@mandeemichelle4668]

What a truly remarkable video! This was done so well, so clearly, all in one single take, which is impressive in and of itself. These tips absolutely work! Thank you so much!!

[@jubagger]

The 4 Hour Headband

[@Azizajewelry]

Omg 😲😂

[@noname-qw9xg]

It's hat

[@billygene589]

Lmao that doesnt even make sense

[@dianedehart]

@@billygene589 you have to be a fan of Tim to understand the reference. :-)

[@John-lf3xf]

Diane DeHart The Four Hour Workweek

[@gnarhess]

You did it again Tim! I've taken a speed reading course in college, and they never talked about the focus dynamics of the eye. It all makes sense now! Thank you, thank you!

[@aryanbhattarai6188]

i was at 220 and after some intense hour of only reading using this technique i got myself to 417 i m impressed wow

[@alitaladar]

This is a late reply but did you lose any comprehension?

[@aryanbhattarai6188]

@@alitaladar it really depends upon the text. If the passage was simple then there wont really be a problem but if u are reading something complicated like a scientific page or lets say a peom with difficult words then u have to sometimes look back on the sentence and comprehend what u just read.

[@alitaladar]

@@aryanbhattarai6188 No no I meant a novel. Let's say lotr or asoiaf.

[@aryanbhattarai6188]

@@alitaladar sorry mate but I frankly don't know tbh. I don't really read novels. I read a lot of articles here and there on the internet, newspaper or blogs.. and using this technique I m able to read at a reasonably quick speed.

[@alitaladar]

@@aryanbhattarai6188 Okay. Thanks a lot!

[@daniellekearneyrealtor9600]

Thank you for sharing! Improved my WPM by 51% whoaaaa!!!!

[@tomgreg2008]

This might help with "easy" reading. I don't see it helping with very dense stuff though...history, philosophy and the like.

[@danyali9470]

I believe conception and reading are two different things, you can always try to understand the concepts after you have gotten material into your conscious through reading, so as long as your "short-term memory" (or simply your ability to keep things in mind instead) is good enough, you can always work on the material from there. Lagging down and backtracking on the book read through is not necessary.

[@marcrtaylor]

He says the same thing at the end of the video. He explains that speed reading isn't suitable for all scenarios but its a useful skill to have for those times when it is suitable.

[@RK-ep8qy]

Ahmet Kaan // Personal Development - Productivity, great video 👍

[@mohamedhakoum5752]

it might help alot with history mate , but you got that right when you speak about philosophy , however once you got the ideas in general then you can work on that without coming back to the book every now and then. i think that this is a humongously useful skill as far as reading and comprehension are concerned .

[@FrankFxaxrx]

Well, its what the guy at the bar did for his doctorate in the movie "Good Will Hunting"

[@nick_brown]

Great video. I went from 275 words per minute to 450 WPM in about 40 minutes of watching and practicing. Instead of using a book, I used a PDF of a document I wanted to read. This allowed me to clearly determine how many words I had read without estimation. Thanks, Tim!

[@BalaMenon]

A little surprised you didn't talk about sub-vocalisation. I've been a speed reader since I was about 9 years old and I remember starting off with it and struggling because I would vocalise what I read in my head - because as kids, we're all taught to read out aloud!

[@bennyhill5004]

You're not a speed reader. You're a gullible idiot

[@MichaelTurner856]

Not to be rude but how the flying fuck do you read and take in information without vocalizing it in your head? Is your mind just blank? If it is then how do you take in the story? I want to not be so slow but that doesn't even sound like reading. Aren't you missing the experience if you don't visualize the picture in your head?

[@MichaelTurner856]

@@tudangcap7699 damn. But I like using my imagination and I do usally think "oh that's a stop sign" thanks for your perspective I'll look into some. But does nothing feel empty when you're not imagining it

[@ivanadriazola1991]

That sounds like crazy and also like it could be true, ill have to delve deeper, one thing I can say, there is peoplo that straigh cant fo this because afantasia.

[@ralphcastillo5796]

How did you eliminate it? Im struggling to speed up my reading because of it.

[@WillN2Go1]

I love these Tim Ferriss videos. I've learned so much from him 4 Hour Work Week changed my life. So many simple concepts. (I'd never before compared what it cost to travel with what I spend at home. I've got cheap rent, but I still spend more than I do staying at hostels and camping overseas. In fact some months of travel it costs me more to pay for my house back in the States than it does traveling that month. Ferriss got me to realize this. Thanks. And 4 hour work week? I made more money before getting out of bed this morning than I used to in almost all years.) I disagree a bit with speed up 30mph part. Anders Ericsson citing different, but very successful Deliberate Practice methodologies says they first start off getting the motions perfect, doing this by learning them as slow as it takes to make the motions without making any mistakes. In a music school in NY state (attended by YoYo Ma and other notables) they say that in the first week of learning a new piece if walking past the practice rooms you can tell what the piece is, they're going too fast. Also Spartec the Moscow tennis school that's produced as many tennis champions as the whole U.S. beginners practice slowly moving the racket so three months later when they start hitting balls their form is perfect. So here the method would be to slowly practice the saccades as you read a page. boom boom boom new line boom boom boom until they are automatic. I think the first thing you want to do is build the motion but knowing you still have comprehension. (The very narrow center of our vision fovea is the only part that is sharp enough to be able to read letters, so if you think I'll do two saccades per line - it physically probably won't work. I'm guessing three saccades per line, but I might be wrong. What I've noticed as I get old and I've got these annoying floaters, but I can 'read' words and numbers that are completely blurry. This is based on years of practice; I might be able to read a popular paperback with bigger jumps, I wouldn't be able to read a scholarly article with words and concepts that are new to me. ) I've also noticed that sometimes I find myself at the bottom of a page and I don't have a clue what I've just read. I will always go back and re-read. During a session with a therapist she said something that I realized I completely blanked. So I asked her to repeat it. Again a total blank. So I asked her to repeat it word by word while I wrote it down. "My brain didn't (wouldn't) hear that." She was happy that I'd caught the resistance (?) I noticed it this once, but while reading I've noticed it a lot more. That section you read but your brain skipped, might be something you really need to know. And yes I think most of us can benefit from working on this. I've found that sometimes I just sort of meander while reading. Hope this contributes.

[@yeptimo]

Tim Ferriss, you are a really good teacher. Thanks for this lesson. It really helps!

[@easternwind4435]

This is a nice idea and maybe scientifically founded but if I read a book (especially if I'm not very familiar with the subject) my limiting factor is not my reading speed but rather the speed at which words are translated into thought structures in my brain.

[@MartinJab]

I wouldn't read sientific paper this way, but many books today are filled with stuff like "in this book you'll rearn", "in this chapter you'll learn", "this is what we'we learned so far". Since you "translate into thought structure" only the important parts, you can skip this spam faster.

[@LEARAQ]

"and maybe scientifically founded" probably not. I Study psychology and its fairly well understood how text is processed in the brain and how long the processes take. the video makes it seem like the movement of the eye is the bottleneck which is definitely not the case.

[@eseoraka]

Have you tried the experiment?

[@alejaguilar]

If you want to read something for fun, then speed tracking is, as well as the fast reading for books you wanna study, but in this case you must do three type of readings, just reading titles, fast reading and at last reading and underlining, writing notes, etc. Then there's a fourth one that is kinda complicated.

[@Jamaghost]

@@MartinJab I don't know, I think you are really talking more about skipping rather then speed reading. I think speed reading should mean that you read everything that's on a page, but just faster. Instead of reading a novel in 3 hours you read it in 1h30 minutes but understanding (and savouring) anything. That should be speed reading...

[@randblack3960]

Just found this and I was a slow reader. I have been just employing the first technique of not wasting time on the margin space for the past few minutes and I feel like I'm reading at a normal speed already. This is awesome

[@OnairusCorner]

Love it! I started to do this on my own (based on some previous investigation) and am happy to know you do it this way!!!!

[@shibainu6027]

I never seen fabric matching so perfectly one’s skin color.

[@jessicamurano9673]

I got great results with total comprehension. I wrote a super short summary at the top of the pages to test myself and cut my time in half! Thanks Tim!

[@awadss4811]

I have never imagined I can read at this pace, tremendous thanks man

[@LauraTryUK]

Probably watched this video about 20 times over many years. The hat gets me every time.

[@vladimircornejo1462]

Genius ...🧐 Thanks 👏. I looked at different types of speed reading 📖 methods and yours came by far more understandable.

[@QuanChiKombat]

When you've got hat haters you know you're doing it right. Long live the hat

[@theshadowshop]

The more you read the faster you get.

[@SpiritLeash]

Im still pretty slow, I don't understand how people can read so quickly and grasp the content

[@OnePieceOfRedSun]

if you want to know the full story behind it, read the following by Tony Bunzan: Speed Reading. There's even a pocket version. He explains how our brains work while reading and you will understand that you can read way faster than you do already, while your brain is coping with all the words even better than before. Hope this'll help

[@irclaw42]

QuanChiKombat that ain't a hat. That's a headband.

[@QuanChiKombat]

It ain't a hat. It a lifestyle

[@IamHollandator]

Thank you so much! I hardly ever comment on videos, but this one literally just changed my life. I’m in an AP literature class where we read books nonstop in short amounts of time, and I could never keep up. BUT... when I saw this and tried this method, I saw immediate improvement. I just read 8 long chapters of a book in less than 40 minutes, and I think I retained the information better than if I had just read it. WPM was around 200, but now it’s around 550, and even I’m a better reader! Thanks a million! Your literally saving my life 🙏

[@vishnu_bhatt]

Why joking mate 🤣🤣

[@poseyperspective3591]

Thanks Tim! Love the videos, podcasts, and books!! Keep’m coming pleases!

[@PaulRiddle0]

finally good content on youtube, thanks great video !

[@inderjitsikand1756]

Simple explaining but very effective and to the point.I appreciate this educative video imparting an important skill in such a short time.Well done Mr. Tim Ferriss.

[@100actsoflove6]

This worked. Thank you so much for this simple and easy to follow instructions!

[@nedalcy9172]

thank you so much for posting this video, I have reading problem because of my ADHD when i loose focus when i spend more than seconds reading same line, i took notes from this video, I just tried this method, so far it worked perfectly.

[@user-bt8rs2xy3e]

After 5 or 10 pages, you can draw another line. Then after the next 5 or 10 pages you can draw another. And at the and of the book, you can just flip trough and understand everything.

[@obiwashere]

It’s a hatband

[@jerrybennett2218]

Thank you. Great tips. A 50%, improvement is significant. Doubling is great.

[@codeninja100]

before doing this I read at 161 words per minute. After doing all the exercises I'm at 289 which is almost double. I think that's pretty good for just a half hour practice. seeing as the average words per page is around 300, I would love to get up to a page and a half a minuter minute. That's close to 300 pages per 2hr reading session

[@xwhEdward]

The Tips in Summary for you and me: 1. "indent" the pages, and set the limits of the page closer to the center. If you haven't watched the video, you are probably confused. So watch it; 2. Use a pacer to prevent back-tracking and create focal points for eyes; 3. Read slightly faster than what one can comprehend for 5 minutes, then use the above tips and read at a speed of 100% comprehension. Thanks, Tim!

[@cocopoco2006]

Thank you! I always wanted to improve my reading speed and more I tried I got frustrated... will definitely use these tactics.

[@pingpangthepumpkinking1272]

Thank goodness i got an honest take on how to speed read. I was being convinced that i needed a course to get better speed. And ofcourse the authenticity struck when he mentioned comprehension being just as important.

[@genesiswithmachrismakabany8726]

I just love Timothy, when I see his face i just imagine his tango dance he talked about in 4 hour work week.

[@arianrahman4840]

starting of the video - ""i like this book"" 3.25 mnts later , drawing lines with pen on it

[@christopher.quinteroo]

I was searching for this. I thought the same

[@profiyntroz5186]

Arian Rahman xd

[@nickriceplank]

I guess he meant the book content, not it's physical manifestation. If it was on a Kindle or something he'd like it just the same. And he can afford to buy an identical one anyway.

[@Mahnoorx]

Nick Rice Plank For most people when they like a book, they like to prefent any damage to it. That would make sense right?

[@nickriceplank]

LaXMustache Yes of course, and I'm the same. I meant if what you like is the content rather than the book itself. So if you have a great technical book and want to write a note about something to do with something written in it, that you've just discovered online for example, then it makes sense to write it in the book itself. Technical books generally get outdated pretty quickly anyway. When you say most people prefer not to do that type of thing, what type of demographic was included in whatever study you are referring to, and what sort of sample size? I used to be an active church goer, and we were encouraged to underline things in our Bibles, so a group like that could sway it one way while a different group another. Same for musicians. Making a note of fingerings anywhere other than at the appropriate place in the music in the book itself would be silly, and if someone likes the book so much they wouldn't do that then perhaps they should buy two books - one to use and one to enjoy undamaged. Different nationalities and cultures might also have different attitudes.

[@YesThatsMeFolks]

Thank you this video was so helpful!! I cannot wait to start reading now at a faster speed!

[@pravinwagh6986]

The tips are reasonable and easy to implement. Thanks Tim.

[@codinginflow]

Oh my God he draw a line directly into the book!

[@SpiritLeash]

I tried this and I literally read almost twice as fast instantly. IT"S FUCKIN INSANE! I have been reading for a while but I'm not a fast reader. THANKS A LOT TIM!

[@andrew.schaeffer4032]

This is great thanks! I generally just put audiobooks on 1.5x speed to give my eyes a rest, but will definitely try this next time I have a physical book.

[@adamschreiber4749]

Did it and it works. Doubled my speed. Thanks Tim!

[@victorfedin4508]

Incredible. Most people charge for this sort of knowledge. Thank you.

[@kylereasterson5934]

When is he releasing the video where he shows how to turn an old sock into a hat?

[@holyhealing8132]

💀💀💀💀

[@bushra.hussain3608]

hahaha

[@sukhwindersaini1523]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@NavneetShrivastava]

I kept lol for 3 mins 🤣🤣🤣

[@2basick]

Shun!

[@Leo-qn2zm]

this is so great, i love it! it did wonders for me, i am reading so much more now

[@lachlangray8120]

Something else that I found really improved my peripheral vision for reading is noticing that both eyes kind of interfere with each other far away from their focal point. If you can shift your attention from one eye to the other it makes it possible to see almost the whole line with one fixation depending on the width.

[@Hennessey_and_smoke]

"Can you see my finger,? Of course you can, Can you see my nose,? Can you see my hat?" No. I can't, I thought it was a headband.

[@boonhocklian7408]

To read a book from first page to last page is very time-consuming, energy-consuming and sometimes daunting. I think what Tim Ferriss said was conceptually correct from a management viewpoint. You need to know words seen per minute to gauge how much time needed to finish a book. However, in reality, whether to speed read also depend on how much you want to get from the book. You certainly don't want to feel lost by speed reading.

[@aramizramirezmontero9817]

THIS WORKED FOR ME. I READ ABOUT 10X FASTER NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

[@justtryanother7290]

I know right!

[@preranameher544]

Wow, I saw this video and also used your methods, now I am a pro at fast reading. 😍 really very informational. Thank you very much 🙏

[@casbont]

I read 4 hour work week and enjoyed some of the points. If only I could create a million dollar startup, then move to step 2!

[@DuddeN9220]

Hi Tim, hope you're seeing this. I have 2% vision on my left eye, can this have crucial effects, or am I on a "harder grind"? Enjoyed the advices, hoping for the best :)

[@_____......_____]

As a eng major .. Ive tried by myself these ways without knowing the technical terms before or how to do it (fixation point etc) . I guess you learn by pressure (seeing 10 novels in your desk of 400 pgs avg) and discover your heuristic path to minimise your energy. 😊😊

[@DenisIgua]

Thank you Tim- very simple and easy to understand now I have to get the new habits.

[@CrushersCharisma]

The jumpy eye tracking only happens when scanning a stationary landscape. If watching a moving object, the focus "stays still" on the subject, but the eyes move smoothly.

[@17point5]

Isn't a book just that? A stationary landscape of words rather than features? I thought about the same thing, but tracking a moving object is different from recognizing words on a page.

[@RakshitParazulee73]

Spend 3 hrs to draw the margin and 1 hr to read the book. very useful

[@zuberkhan-kn7iu]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ....

[@lucianotavares4953]

Thank you for this explanation! Some people are charging high amounts to share the same information.

[@FiestaConsultants]

A great knowledge since i was looking for it. best video seen so far

[@mainaccount3278]

Me: is he bold, or is that a beanie? Tim Ferriss: BOTH!

[@nwgg5359]

If you're on a kindle and you narrow the margins, does that have the same effect? You wont be needing peripheral vision, the text would all be in a narrow column. Would this increase comprehension/speed?

[@Freedomfastlane100]

Awesome. 👏👏👏👏 Thank you for sharing your great advice with everyone! 💖

[@zuzoon437]

I tried it and forgot what I read. I gotta reread my whole book! Thanks bro!

[@GauravGupta001]

You changed my life. Thanks...I love you (for real).

[@DanielPereira-vp7fo]

The thing i like about Tim is that he gets straight to the point. No other bullshit.

[@chase36chase]

i trained speed reading now since 2008 and i use it everyday. it didnt make me a genius but what changed is, that i stopped watching movies and series at aaall.

[@calebbroaddrick2655]

Just watch them at 2x the speed, they'll become interesting again.

[@Burps___]

Simpler effective method: Firsts Method. Read entire first chapter. Read first paragraph of each chapter thereafter, and then just the first line of each subsequent paragraph (this, by definition, will include most dialogue as those are indented). Read entire last chapter. 💥 Book in a day. Startlingly effective, give it a whirl. Thank you, Kenneth Ronco, for teaching this method. 📚

[@feynmansscholar6471]

I read 10 pages in 30mins. My fastest. used all the techniques. Thank you. It was a Chemistry high school book by the way.

[@steviesiluka1590]

Thank you for your helpful tips. Will try to it and see what happens

[@26Jlad]

Nice headband bro

[@khalifabinhendi6107]

26Jlad I don't think it's a headband

[@26Jlad]

Khalifa Ejaz it's definitely not it just looks like it lol

[@High_101]

26Jlad lol 😂 you fuckin distractor!

[@J0k3r4U]

LMAO!😂😂😂

[@Knowledge_Nuggies]

Good stuff! How do you feel about the tip to "mute the inner voice while reading" to speed up? I have trouble following that rule, because many studies show that this inner voice is a critical part of the reading comprehension mechanism. So I kinda came to a compromise: I mute that inner voice while skimming (literally just scanning the page top-down with as few fixations as possible for striking information) and whenever I find an interesting paragraph I switch on that inner voice for better reading comprehension. Does that sound like a sensible reading strategy?

[@Sara_Caterine]

My goodness is possible to just switch your inner voice on and off? I have wanted to turn this thing off for such a long time; for how long you suppose you can make it stay silent this blasted voice