WHAT IS SPEED READING, REALLY?

Many people hear of speed reading, and think of it as skimming, or reading faster with less comprehension. This is not speed reading. If you are not going to comprehend what you read, then it's useless to read fast. You can read as fast as you want, but it doesn't mean anything if you are not going to remember any of it. You are going to do is read faster, but with better comprehension. You are not going to skim. You are going to read every word of the material. Look at it like driving a car -- you get from one place to another perhaps in half the time, but your tires still pass over the same distance and you still see everything on the way. The reason you read as slowly as you do now is because of the way you were taught to read in grade school. We are going to finally break those old bad habits, and start reading faster.