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3/13/15% Ask Yourself: Why am I reading this? Decide on Your Purpose How To Sharpen Your Focus for Increased Speed Presenter: Paul Nowak Founder | Iris Reading www.irisreading.com ! Material Needed for this Class: Your own reading

3/13/15% Ask Yourself: Why am I reading this? Decide on Your Purpose How To Sharpen Your Focus for Increased Speed Presenter: Paul Nowak Founder | Iris Reading www.irisreading.com ! Material Needed for this Class: Your own reading material. Almost any kind of material is fine. Just make sure it’s printed material. www.irisreading.com Focus on One Thing at a Time Focus on One Thing at a Time Avoid Multi-Tasking Set aside specific times for reading www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com 1%
3/13/15% Identify Your Peak Performance Time Stick to a Schedule Plan Your Reading www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com Find Your Ideal Place To Read Get Rid of Distractions www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com 2%
3/13/15% Create Rewards / Incentives for Reading Preview & Overview Before Reading Complete the following sentence: Multiple Reading Process “After I finish this chapter or article or page, I will … ” 1.) Preview (intro & conclusion) 2.) Overview (headings & bold-face OR 1 st sentences) 3.) Read www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com Turn Reading into a Game Take Strategic Breaks Set Deadlines 15-5 or 25-5 or 55-5 www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com 3%
3/13/15% Listen To Music While Reading Try To Make it Interesting www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com Use Mental Checkpoints Finding it hard to concentrate? Stop Reading! Mind Map the Chapter. www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com 4%
3/13/15% Reading the News? Reading on the Screen? Most Important at the Top www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com Reading on the Screen? Reading on the Screen? Clean Up the Page Clean Up the Page Use: AccelaReader.com www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com 5%
3/13/15% Reading on the Screen? Reading on the Screen? Clean Up the Page Clean Up the Page Use: In the Safari browser, use the “Reader” functionality Use: Clearly www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com Reading on the Screen? Reading on the Screen? Clean Up the Page Clean Up the Page Use: GetPocket.com Use: AdBlockPlus.org (works in all browsers) www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com 6%
3/13/15% Reading on the Screen? Use Your Hand as a Pacer Use: StayFocusd (for Chrome extension) www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com Adjust Your Reading Speed Use the “Read & Recall” Method Read a paragraph, then immediately take a note www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com 7%
3/13/15% Don’t Forget Practice! Nutrition & Exercise Your ability to focus is a skill you can improve www.irisreading.com www.irisreading.com Contact Information Paul Nowak Free paul@irisreading.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulnowak e-book Twitter: twitter.com/paul_nowak irisreading.com/pdf/focus.pdf www.irisreading.com 8%

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