How to Focus When Reading

Learning how to focus when reading is easy when you use these tips. Learn what I do to concentrate as a PhD when I can't focus on reading.
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[@Davlavi]

So sharing to help in what ever way I can.

[@thomasnali9751]

I told my classmate there’s bread on his head, and that’s how I remember his name is Brendan. He then said his childhood nickname is Bread Head!! So funny

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Magnetic Serendipity! ;-)

[@piercehawthorne8124]

this video is gold!

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Thanks so much for checking it out.
Any great books you've read recently?

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studying for my exams right now

[@richardfredlund8846]

I used to be a painfully slow reader. Now I'm relatively comfortable with the speed at which I read. And other people have even commented that I read fairly quickly. Internet is probably part of it, we're constantly exposed to language in text form online, and over time that adds up. Probably the biggest thing though, was not worrying about it. Where as before I was always impatiently trying to push myself across the text as quickly as possible. Now I read at my own pace. The funny thing is that, this reading slower, actually ends up being much quicker, because you tend to become more immersed in what you're reading so without even realising you end up covering ground much faster. (i.e the pressure to read 'fast' can literally be counter productive).
Two other things though, 1) I sometimes find ear plugs helpful, for achieving good concentration 2) in digital format, I love readaloud, which is 'cheating' ... but works for me. (the speed is adjustable so you can find a comfortable level).
One last thing, with any form of information intake, consider the analogy of food. If you're full, stop, and recognise there are times it's best to spend some time to inwardly digest what you've already read. (with very thought provoking or difficult content that might mean you only read a couple of sentences. which is fine. If an author makes a point that makes me start to really think, stop there, and come back to it after having considered the points being made. Rather than trying to force you're mind to go in two directions at the same time, which it can't anyway). (actually that last point applies even if watching videos or listening to audio).

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Reading slower is reading faster in many cases, that is quite true.
I don't know how listening to a text can be cheating, except if the individual is not paying attention.
Great point about intake. As Bacon said, "some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”

[@ayyanshah8611]

I am having trouble to memorize text for exams can you help me how some memory athletes are able to memorize whole books.and how many loci should i place in one memory palace?

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Thanks for your question.
Different mnemonists use different station amounts.
I tend to use the Pillar Technique which gives me approximately 12 per room.
Some people prefer 5 per room or even just one station.
It's important to experiment and also be flexible depending on the exact info you're memorizing.

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Thanks for checking this one out.
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Context is god

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That's certainly always how it's seemed to me. :-)

[@MrDjhealth]

There are employers that hire based on the CAST exam in the trade industries. The exam has a reading comprehension portion that is timed with questions and seems like a speed reading test. How would you handle that challenge?

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Specifically for reading comprehension, I would not speed read.
If the questions are available before the reading, I would read the questions first.
If they aren't available first, I would go in with as much practice reading the kinds of reading comprehension material they tend to give - and practice answering those questions.
In my experience with these kinds of things, there are often tricky questions, sometimes questions written by people unfamiliar with duplicity and polysemy. So I would also take the time to read the questions really well to try and reduce errors I might make when they are not using words to say what they mean.
Does this answer help you out?

[@MrDjhealth]

@@magneticmemorymethodpodcast Yes thanks, definitely" duplicity and polysemy".You are given a brief article with about 12 paragraphs, and you have about 30 seconds to read each paragraph, then about 5 minutes to answer about 8 questions at the end of the article..its the time pressure that makes focus difficult . I am used to reading slower

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I hear you on the time pressure issue.
For that, I've found getting deeply connected with breathing and muscle relaxation is key.

[@g12nm]

​@@MrDjhealth try jonathan Levi's course, it's not the mumbo jumbo speed reading but chunking and marker system for increased reading comprehension