How to Absorb Books 3x Faster in 7 Days (from a Med Student)
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2023
- Reading fast can boost your productivity so that you can study more efficiently at university and medical school. I give tips on how you can triple your reading speed in a very short amount of time.
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Hi, I'm Salim and I'm a Graduate Entry Medical Student in London. I've already done two degrees before, so I've learnt a lot about productivity and how to study efficiently and effectively. If you want to learn about how I maintain this productivity inside and outside of medical school, subscribe so that you can start applying these changes for yourself!
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Hope this was helpful - leave a comment below if you have any questions (I will reply!), and subscribe for more!
What was your reading speed at the start of your speed reading journey compared to now?
Did you actively try to find websites to improve your reading or they serendipidously appeared and that catalyzed your speed reading journey?
Do you speed read your youtube comments? Lol
At the start as i mentioned in video it was pretty normal, maybe 300ish wpm where I'd also have good comprehension. Now it's deffo over double that with solid comprehension and triple if i drop comprehension a bit. And yep i actively found the website because i was in a need to read faster ahaha
And i do speed read comments - that's part of why it's easier for me to reply to them all hahaha
@@Salim_Ahmed what's your email.
Can't find in the about section.
It should be there in the channel about me page, then at the bottom you should be able to click something to reveal my email
Do you apply speed reading to textbooks? And if you do how do you apply it? For my math textbook, I find it hard to grab all the information quickly.
I appreciate that you did not start a long winding narration. It was short, crisp and clear. Thanks for this video.
Glad you liked it!
Talk about practicing what you preach
Hahaha that's how i like to keep it 🙌🏽
Doing the math, so if you take 1 min on average to read one page you are going to take 20.78 hours to complete 1247 pages. Your tittle stands true 😂😂😂😂😂
Hahaha and should be less than a minute per page too, hope this video was helpful and thanks for commenting!
I hope you don't mind a little teasing. The video is actually good and helpful
Hahaha not at all mate - I'm glad it was helpful!
@@Salim_AhmedMy brother Salim, I'd like to know that can you process the information you read accurately? Do you gain the knowledge at first glance or do you require a re-read every now and then
So by that math, how long would it take him to complete One Piece?😭😭😭😭
Loving the Triforce method you shared, Salim! Removing that internal monologue is a game-changer, but my favourite is visual tracker tip, for sure! That one's gold.
I'm absolutely shocked to see you guys comment and find this video!! And for sure, sometimes the simplest of tips are the best. V glad that you found it useful, and I hope you appreciate the naming of the method hahaha
Thanks for commenting!
Amazing video ❤
Thank you, hope it helps :)
Nice to see CajunKoiAcademy here
Haha! Of course, got to support excellent content. 🙏🏼@@Salim_Ahmed
my toxic trait is thinking i could do this
Don't fight that trait i believe in you you can do it
Of course you can! If you lack the motivation think about why you want to do it, and make sure to put any distractions away long before you practice this.
Hopefully you've been applying it, I found the video today and I'll do my best! (3 AM motivation lol)
And when in doubt use audible while you read then the internal monologue is now external and you will hopefully be able to absorb the information as well
This whole video was amazing, straight to the point, no bs, just perfect the way it is. It's probably the first video in weeks where i actually learned something, and it's even useful.
Thank you!
This is genuinely nice to hear, I'm glad you liked it! I try to keep it concise and to the point ahaha - thanks for engaging and hope to see you in future comments :)
I recently did my mocks and it went terrible, I was failing, lazy, confused and addicted to games.
I just found your videos and is helping me discipline myself to be able to study and focus.
and so thank you for the videos truly, keep it up.!
Mocks are there to assess current level - it's a good way to motivate you to work harder and smarter, so don't worry too much about not doing great :)
Genuinely glad to hear my videos have been helpful - hopefully i can continue to push out useful content! Thanks for the support 🙌🏽 hope to see you comment again in future videos :)
That’s true for me too, that’s why I’m here. I’m a student pilot doing commercial exam 🇿🇦
This video is indeed very helpful but there is something to learn from his personality as well he is a busy person yet so cheerful and happy literally enjoying his life and work at the same time, I can see he literally replied to every comment he could that shows what a warm person he is!
Ahaha this is very cute, I try my best to have a good balance and not just study all day - feel like it's very important to have a good level of self-improvement / personal development! Thanks for engaging and I hope it helps :)
Needed this. The internal monologue one was right on the mark! Just started my graduate studies and there's so much to read.
Haha yeah i feel you, lots of papers to get through, but the whole summarising idea (for paragraphs since articles/textbooks are pretty heavy) helps a lottt with remembering details and getting faster over time
Hope your studies go well!
@@Salim_Ahmed Thanks.
Yup definitely gonna employ those techniques.
And you too!
Because of you I can finish long 500+ page books more quickly and finish it within 2 weeks while at the same time retaining the golden nuggets that I can use irl thanks for your incredible advice.
Glad you could put it into practice mate, happy to help!
it hasnt even been two weeks since this video was uploaded bro 😭😭
Haha maybe he finished a book in less than 2wks is what they meant
@@aditi946yes, exactly, I have the same issue
Can verify this works. I was taught step one 2 years ago. It worked, knowing steps 2 and 3 can help me push further and train my brain efficiently. Thank you for figuring this out and sharing your wisdom 🙏
Yep, it helps to be aware that we are definitely far from our limits, so having a system helps! You're welcome, and I hope to see you in future video comments!
I think that this video is possibly one of the best educational video ever. Straight to the point, and concrete tips which are helpful for al walks of life. you don't see such video's often
I'm glad you found it helpful, hope you get to try the tips out!
You speak with a alot of confidence man. I love the whole vibe of the video. No bs no this and that straight to the point crisp and clear.
I'm glad to hear you like the vibe, I try to keep my videos to the point! Hope it helps, and thanks for engaging :)
As a grade 9 student, it genuinely helped a lot sir. Thank you.
You're very welcome, hope school is going okay, and hopefully see you around in comments again in future videos!
Facts
I'm also a grade 9th student!!!! but umm actually how did it helped you I mean in what way?
@@astonishingaisha4045 he meant grade 9 as in a high achiever, referring to uk grading system
@@chaska8144 well...okay!!!!
Quick, No-BS advice which actually make sense🔥
Hope it helps!
Med student from Taiwan here~ so glad I found your channel and this video~ your tips are so concise yet true! I’ll try them out, really need this as a medical student
Ohh nice, interesting to see how far this video is reaching haha
Appreciate your kind words, good luck and i hope it helps!
Great advice!
Lately I've been searching for reading tips, all of them mentioned removing your inner monologue, however, none of them mentioned the reading strategy part, which I found to be essential. Thanks man!
Thanks for commenting - glad to hear that it filled in a gap that was missing, and I hope it works well!
Great work. Crucial information in just over five minutes. Thanks a lot brother.
Hope it helps bro!
We want more of this please. As a medical student this helped me
Very useful video, quick and easy and straight to the point with lots of information that can be applied, keep up the hard work man!
Glad it's helpful, thanks mate!
The inner monologue thing was/is my biggest problem (still working on it). My issue is that I prefer to "hear" the words when reading novels or other books for entertainment, as I enjoy the imagery. However, it can be hard to switch that off when reading for learning. Just have to keep training myself on using one or the other on command!
Yep for sure, it depends on whether we read for leisure vs to purely learn something - for the former it can be nice to keep the internal monologue. What helped some people (i dont do this tho) is repeating numbers 1, 2, 3 in your head as you read to get rid of the normal internal monologue. Apparently at first it feels like you aren't actively remembering what you read but if you do it slowly it might help!
It's possible to read fiction entertainment without internal monologue, and I'm able to myself. Funny, because if I slow down too much, I lose comprehension, so I still do away with internal monologue. English isn't my 1st language, so reading fiction without internal voice makes the "translation" instantaneous & simultaneous, seamless enough that I'm immediately immersed into the imaginary scene and the character POV. I'm no longer bogged down by slowing to try and imagine the unique charac voices or construct a background in my mind. The reading/seeing the words instantly trigger more than imagination, but outright immersion. so I'm able to finish a 300-page book in one sitting and recall details/themes that I love. It's totally possible and worth learning!
Same for me. I just can't get away to read From fiction for non-fiction
@@Salim_Ahmedi find that when I try to get rid of my internal monologue i just naturally say "hmm" a lot but it sometimes feels like it lessons my focus on the words
outsource the monologue to Speech Central app
One of the best videos I've seen on the entire platform. Gotta go apply these techniques right away! Thank you very much for sharing!
I'm glad you found it helpful, hope it goes well and you're welcome!!
you're very underrated, this is the type of content that should be getting millions of views. keep up the good work
Appreciate it bro, hopefully the channel continues to grow!
Now it did 🎉🎉
@@slappbassnow It did indeed ahaha
This was a concise and very helpful video! No fluff, just the info you promised. Thanks!
Glad that you found it helpful, thanks for engaging!
Many channels give you great advice but your triforce method is amazing! Thank you for helping me make a real change in results! You are brilliant and appreciated ❤
Glad to hear it's been useful! Very much love the support, i hope i can continue to put out useful videos :)
Three minutes into your video, I subscribed - brilliant tips and appreciated your concise explanation of the 3 essential components of speed reading. Looking forward to reading and learning more this year. Thank you!
Appreciate the support! I hope my videos can continue to help, all the best :)
It's such a blessing to have found this video. I'm such a regressive reader that sometimes when I'm reading something even if it's just a short paragraph it takes me more time than it is supposed to.
Thanks for the support! And yeah, it's good to try and improve speed and comprehension actively in this way to prevent regression - hope it helps
I’m a foundation student in Health science and thank you so much for this quick video! ❤
You're welcome!
I just got to a part in “The 4 Hour Work Week” where it pretty much said these tips. Defiantly helpful, Great Video!
This book has been on my list for a while, but i haven't got around to it yet! Thanks for commenting to remind me ahaha, glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for engaging :)
Your content is so very useful and you still make time for periodic uploads despite being a med student.Keep up the good work.
Appreciate this! It's hard to make time but yeah i try my best to manage it well and do what i feel is important. Thanks for this positive comment and i hope this video was helpful!
@@Salim_Ahmed Just one more query.Im now in class x and boards are in March my marks are average(80+) and I've been procrastinating a lot with self improvement videos.However I am managing my time very poorly and am unable to cope wit tuitions, school,self study and pending projects.Could you give me some brief advice.
Honestly bro i think it'd be better to watch time management videos on this as it's hard to give very brief advice on a huge topic - one thing i can say though is do things one at a time. Set a schedule for the day of what you want to get done and go through it one at a time so that you don't overwhelm yourself
This was a golden video. I generally don't comment on videos but this was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot 🙏
This is nice to hear - I'm glad you found it useful, and thanks for commenting!
I appreciate how you took the time to act out the visual examples instead of taking a shortcut, and using ai or stock videos. It really helps you stand out.
I'm glad you appreciate it, it does take longer than using stock footage, but i think it portrays the advice more accurately and helps viewers understand better too - so thank you and I hope it helps!
Your method helps my students a lot, Salim. Thanks! Good luck to you! 🙌
That's great to hear, hope the students enjoyed it, and thanks for the support!!
First video I've ever watched of yours, and I gotta say, I love your sleek style of content. It's straight to the point and easily understandable.
Appreciate the support, i try to make it concise - i hope it helps!
Thank you, I used to spend 3 days on one chapter and quickly forgot what I learnt, today I applied your strategy and finished one chapter in an hour and actually absorbed a lot more than I usually do. Your videos are not for click bait and ad revenue, you teach things that actually work
Glad to hear you put it into practice and that it helped! Ahaha i try to make sure my videos have advice that i actually use myself or that my friends use too that worked well! Thanks for engaging :)
This is incredible, golden tips !! No less than ted video..Lots of online spam people out there who simply sell their content in the name of this weakness but end up sharing nothing rather than promoting their course.
Ahaha I'm glad to hear you liked it! It's kind of funny too, had a few haters say I'm sponsored by spreeder or along the lines of that (when I'm not) even though i just mention them briefly 😂 thanks for engaging!
What a surprise, Salim! 😊 Incredibly proud of your work ❤
Very surprised that I came up for you Dr. Pranesh 😂 thank you! I hope you don't mind keeping this quiet from other students though, as I'm keeping it low-key for the time being ahaha
@@Salim_Ahmed Coz you are trending 😎 Sure! No worries - All the best, Salim 😊
Ahh wow that's interesting, i didn't know that - and thanks, you too!
Just read through Ephesians practicing your method. Worked wonders. I still need more practice especially with my internal monologue, but I am a believer!
Glad to hear it, i hope it gets better with practice and all the best!
by the way, if you read a lot of chinese or japanese literature, I recommend using a program to convert from classic orthography to the western left-to-right style because it's easier to track and using a font with thin strokes and as little stylisation as possible, especially if you are from Taiwan or another country that uses traditional characters with a lot of strokes. also, you can try reading white characters on a black or cerulean background instead of black-on-white; some people find it nicer on the eyes (i don't)
Ah interesting, I usually read from a physical book or a pdf that works quite well, but will check this out - thanks for commenting!
Thanks for the tips! A visual tracker has significantly improved my speed reading.
You're welcome! And yep, it's a very somple thing to do but helps a lot!!
Amazing content man - this is so useful!!
Thanks bro! Glad it was helpful
Brother, just saw your video. Feeling good and had a little bit of regret that why I not saw you earlier. Iam preparing for my medical exam, and you're methods helping genuinely. Thanks bro and keep making such videos.
Better late than never ahaha, good luck for your exams, I hope i can continue to make useful videos!
As a CMA and Mcom student i was so much worried about theory papers bcuz from school time onwards ,i love problem papers and scored less in theory papers. It will take a lot of time for me to learn a paragraph. Thankyou sir for this video 🙏🏻🙏🏻 I watched this video at my CMA exam and also in mcom 1sem exam time. I cleared inter first group and 1sem as well. Keep going. lots of love from kerala❤
This is so nice to hear, I'm glad you did well! I hope my videos continue to help, and I'll try my best to put out content that helps 🙌🏽 thank you for the support :)
This video came up 2 months ago so how can you sure that you cleared your cma exam by watching this video . Aso I'm from kerala too 😀
Result is yet to come for cma exam, i have written cma final last month🙂
Love from malappuram kerala
@@akhileshh8634it's time travel bro
Ah okay, hope it ends up okay :)
I can't stop myself from praising you. You are really in an extraordinary phase❤️
Appreciate the kind words, I hope my videos help :)
Thanks! This works for most books. Some books like fiction and philosophy need me to slow down my reading even though I can read 350 words/min normally with good comprehension. I should summarize and consolidate though, even though I do annotate.
Thanks for commenting! And for sure, some books do require that we slow down a bit, but summarising and consolidating for sure always helps!
This is brilliant. I've been interested in speed reading for quite a while and this video summarises the most important things and focuses on putting them to practice. Brilliant!
Glad you enjoyed it! I hope it helps :)
OMG, thank you so much for this great video! I really need this since I'm writing my thesis and reading loads of papers and it was taking me too long to read one paper.
One thing I would like to add, though, is that I like adding quick notes on the margin of the page for any information I find useful or interesting and my reflections and thoughts on what was written. It really helps to summarize the whole article in one go after reading the whole thing.
You're welcome! I hope it's useful and that your thesis is going well :)
That for sure is a good way to do it, summarising by the side of the information is a convenient way to get back to it easily!
This is the best video I came across on reading. The method mentioned over here is very convincing. I liked especially "the reading and applying rule". And it totally resonates with the reality. There is no meaning to read the non-fiction book, if we don't apply in daily life. Thank you so much for the beautiful insights.
For sure, a lot of people feel like they've been productive when reading a lot of non-fiction, but it doesn't mean anything if it isn't applied for real-world use! Thanks for engaging, and I hope my videos help :)
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This video randomly popped up and after watching it, I’ve subscribed. Hi Salim, my name is Tanveer, thanks for sharing this wonderful advice! Hope to see more of your content! Your discipline with academics and physical fitness is commendable and inspiring 👏🏼🙌🏼
Hi Tanveer, I'm glad that you enjoy my advice! Hope i continue to put out things that help, and see you in future video comments!
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I've watched this 3 times already. Very helpful and well thought editing for your visuals
Glad to hear you enjoyed it and found it useful - all the best and thanks for the support!!
Good Video. Some of the tips I have heard off before and already implemented but others are new to me and overall this really got me thinking about ways to improve my reading and comprehension simultaneously. Grateful for this, thanks!
Glad to hear that you found it useful, hope it helps!
Hi Salim! Thank you for your video - super helpful and concise. May i ask what is the app that you use for taking notes about the chapters?
P.S. found it in the description below, what a gem!! It’s perfect…
Hahaha glad you found it!
what i love about this is that it is how to ABSORB information - not just speed read and forget... really good tips there, i esp love the summarising of chapters, i always try to get things down to say 10% of the original text - and then i generally only really re-read the summaries when revising
Love the content! Straight to the point, and concise. Keep it up, bro!
Glad you liked it, and I hope it helps!
An additional detail that you've mised: between reading and taking notes (it also applies to classes) pay attention to how much you can memorize and summarize. If chapter is long, try to break it up, because the chances of you memorizing everything are pretty slim, and you will have to re-read whole thing to make sure that you didn't forget important information (whole thing cuz you do not know what you forgot or what was important).
I have learned it from Jordan B Peterson when he talked on taking notes and learning. Also try to push yourself; don't summarize every 2 pages. If it is hard, try to force yourself to read 4, and really think hard to make a summary. You have to train your short term memory.
Thank you for your video!
Thanks for the comment! Definitely for sure, have commented this exact thing to other commentors before hahaha (just didn't wanna fit too many points in the video). But as you said, it's difficult to remember too much, and we can easily over-summarise and miss key details because of it. It's all about finding that right balance isn't it! You're welcome, and I hope it helps :)
Is no one going to comment on how absolutely shredded this man is?
Ahahaha appreciate it 🙌🏽
It's the reading. 😉
Yeahhh 😍
Body weights they are 📚
Ahaha thank you
Jeez, this was actually a concise actionable video, first video Ive seen from your channel. Subbed!
Appreciate the sub, and I hope it helps!!
Thanks for the tips! I'm such a slow reader and i barley read textbooks but now i am motivate to change.
Hope it goes well - remember don't push too hard and try to go tooo fast, take steps to go up over time and hopefully your reading speed and comprehension will improve :)
Nice, useful and concise video... Thanks Salim.
Good luck with your UA-cam Journey
You're welcome Mr Optimist, hope it was helpful - and thank you, hopefully the channel continues to grow 💪🏽💯
Amazing stuff, thank you Salim!
You're welcome, hope it helps!
This is actually brilliant, thank you sir!
You're very welcome fuzzy bunny!
These are actually insane tips, thanks man!
Glad you like them! Thanks for engaging :)
Great stuff, Salim, thanks for posting. How do you handle highly technical stuff like math and physics?
✍️noted
“Learning is about changing your behaviour”
Yes bro, i think it's probably the most important sentence in this video, glad you stuck around to notice!
Thanks for these tips, Salim!
You're welcome, I hope it helps!
This is gold. Thank you so much for sharing i wish i knew these tips years ago
Better late than never ahaha, i hope it helps - thanks for engaging :)
love that you are straightforward with these, thank you for useful pieces of advice!
Appreciate it, hope it helps!
Great advice, way better than the bigger channels, you deserve more subs !
Question : Does the 80/20 rule stand for informational books too ? Like your medical books, or a Google course module, for example
Hahaha thanks bro, hopefully continue to grow the channel
And definitely, for example with medicine there's a lot of extra knowledge - like if i learn about heart attacks, there's a whole list of causes or risk factors, but it's just inefficient to try and memorise every single condition or cause of it - 80/20 rule applies here, coz i can focus on what is common as opposed to rare.
I think it can apply to basically any scientific subject tbh, maybe not too possible conceptually for something more applied though like maths in this sense
Bro that last one was a gem ima definitely use this. Thank you great tutorial.
Glad to hear you liked it, hope it helps 🙌🏽
We appreciate your insights. Keep working hard.
Thank you!! Hope it helps :)
You sir have advanced to the next level.
My whole life i sometimes used this technique without knowing that it has a name. For me it worked similar but a bit different: i was not reading/going through line for line of text, but rather stared at small to medium sized textblocks with wide open eyes. Like scanning . Then i see "keywords" or key sentences that shows me what it is about, and where relevant information is, and then i know if its worth the time or not.
Spoiler alert: most of the text clutter is not.
I think this method should be taught in shool from early age.
Imagine humans in the future have far more knowledge because of this. Seriously this can create a new kind of sentient humans that will think differently from us because of that masive amount of knowledge.
I mean, we could do ourselves a big favour already if we just wouldnt produce all this totally unneccesary text clutter.
Just Info.
Another idea:
Imagine the Internet without advertising 😮. Focusing only on the usedul. It would be a complete game changer.
Btw are you an eye doctor? Greetings from a fellow optician.
Thanks for commenting! Yep a lot of information is quite cluttered so it's important that we figure out what is relevant and what isn't for sure! It's suprising how much isn't taught in schools in terms of learning strategies, especially things like active recall. Ahaha no ads would be great! And I'm currently a med student, still got a bit of time left until I'm a doctor ahaha
Dr.Salim thx a lot.
Iam a Neet ug aspirant,
Ur technique very useful for me to revise whole biology in a week❤
Haha I'm not a dr just yet my friend, but you're welcome and i hope it goes well!!
Hii bro
Salim keep up the great work! Very informational video!
Appreciate the support, I hope it helps 🙌🏽 and will try my best to keep it going 💪🏽💯
Thanks so much this is VERY helpful im trying to read this 400 page book I’m gonna put this to test.
You’re so clever I can see why you will attract a lot of success good luck to you sir
I hope it goes well! Thank you for the support 🙌🏽 hopefully continue to grow 💪🏽💯
aint no way dude. This technique worked. Thank you bro, very useful video.
Glad it helped!
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Cmon bro more sauce coming soon next week
Your videos have been helping me so much! Thank you!
Great to hear it, genuinely, I'm glad it's been able to have a positive impact! Thanks for engaging and I hope to see you again in future video comments :)
With a lot of great books I have to read monthly, this video will help me increase my reading speed and learn more. Having a reading strategy is profound!
I hope it helps, thanks for commenting 🙌🏽
Thank you for sharing! Do you have any advice on how to stay focused? I find myself getting distracting sometimes when reading.
Thanks for commenting! With focus for reading, i think there's the generic advice of removing distractions etc., but it could also just be that the book isn't interesting enough to you. In cases where you can read something more interesting, you probably should 😂 in cases where you have to read something and no choice, i think having a goal (i.e. like summarising a page) gives you the key incentive to focus. So don't let yourself move on until you can take something from the page and over time the focus should slowly improve. Hope this helps!
Perhaps the book is too hard for you? I think you have to find the reason yourself. And then think of ways of stopping it. Self reflection is an important part of life if you want to keep improving.
Excellent video and great advice! I'm going to try and use the methods and apply it. Really hope you get famous so more people can improve. Good luck.
Glad it's helpful, hope it goes well mate
Ahahaha i hope so too, i need to keep at it 💪🏽💯
I wasn't a believer of reading like this, but now I am. Your video convinced me that it was possible (the eye following something was the key point), and now I'm reading much more dinamically. Everything you said made sense and when put to practice, it works. Thank you!
For sure, that point is definitely a game changer! Glad you liked it and all the best!
This is SUPER COOL! I'm a natural speed reader from the time I was young - it seems I figured out how to silence that voice in my head that reads every word a long time ago. I notice I don't do it. I just received a book on behavioral marketing that I'm going to read using the pointer suggestion. I am also going to download Spreeder right now. THANKS dude!
Ahaha I hope it helps 🙌🏽
I feel like this is quite easy when reading easy vocabulary, but reading academic papers or learning something new is really where I need this skill, but it comes very hard. Comprehension has to be balanced with speed. You can’t just let your eyes do the work and still remember most of it when all of the content is new for you. What is your advise on this?
Hey thanks for commenting
I take a step wise approach - i dont jump up in reading speed too much, i just go up a little bit, just beyond what I'm comfortable with, and employ the methods I've mentioned especially towards the end of the video. I think you can intuitively figure out what makes sense for you depending on the difficulty of what you read and work from there instead of expecting 3x speeds for any piece of article you read, which tbh is silly to expect
See Justin Sung
same here,
i can revise previous materials lightning fast, i have been doing this (no internal monologue, visual tracker) constantly without even realizing.
but it only works during revise sessions, learning new materials is still slow af. and these doesnt help in boosting learning speed in any way,
only thing to boost learning/memorizing speed is to write stuff in air (literally), imagine your finger to be a pen and pretend an intangible canvas is in front of you then write the lessons you learnt there in large bold letters, since there is no friction you will write tons of words in a very small amount of time and carving imaginary letters with your finger on an intangible camvas is way more engaging and massively boosts learning new stuff
and the 80/20 percentage thing is true, but my OCD(recently dignosed) makes it too painful to skip study material so in the end i just end up reading everything and investing too much time. so the combination of being a medstudent+ this ocd of mine is a living hell so far
I never thought of increasing the reading speed, but this video helped quite a lot... Thank You!
Happy it helped, hope you try those things out!
I sure will, because now after watching the video, I have gained interest in this topic!@@Salim_Ahmed
That's great! Also, thought I'd ask, are you a student atm or up to something else? Jus trying to get an idea of my audience
@@Salim_Ahmed I really don't understand the term "student atm". But I am from Pakistan, my name is Haider, and I am a school student....
Ah sorry, atm = at the moment!
And interesting, what do you reckon you need help with the most at school?
Thank you so much for this! This was extremely helpful!
Glad to hear it, thanks for engaging!
Yo! This is really useful!
When you're going through steps, you're literally 100% accurate when mentioning common struggles I'm facing while reading
Hahaha yeah, i understand coz i've had the exact same problems, so glad to hear that it was useful :)
@@Salim_Ahmed I appreciate your videos, sir. Hope you'll keep sharing an interresting information with us, you're doing a lot to the modern generation
Your kind words mean a lot! I hope i can continue to deliver useful content, and hope to see you again in future video comments :)
This method of removing internal monologue is really great man now i can make reading fun, it's like learning to speak for the first time
Thanks man 👍
You're welcome mate, hope it helps :)
I appreciate that you give helpful tips in reading faster. I found that one where you use a tracker particularly interesting.
However, have you considered any downsides to it? For some people/circumstances, it might be more beneficial in reading slower and ensuring that one deeply comprehends one book over reading as quickly as possible, using internal monologue as their own insight and aware of nuances that only appear in slow reading. Although you touched on this with the idea of 'summarise and consolidation,' the inherent idea of reading fast could hinder this comprehension.
Your tips would be helpful to those who value reading more books and maximising productivity in a given time over being more meticulous and appreciating the process of reading, and looking out for your own insight and the nuances. Depends on what people's goals are, I suppose.
Thanks for the comment. Here's one way to think of it - one person's speed of reading 'slow' might be another person's 'fast' reading speed. These tips helped me develop my baseline such that my 'slow' is still faster than what it used to be, helping me comprehend information just as well as I would have before, except faster. I think tbh some use of common sense and intuition can be used by a person to figure out a balance of using the tips vs not using them - as not all tips need to be used concurrently. So, it all depends at the end of the day
@@Salim_Ahmed Yup, I agree with that logic! Thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment.
No worries, thanks for reaching out!
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thanks 👍🏼
This guy is a legend 🤝🏻
Appreciate the support haha, hope it helps!
Thank you so much. Please keep making videos. They are very helpful.
Pretty solid advice. Gonna try this out today. Thanks.
Thanks for engaging and all the best!
Question on the last advice, consolidation or "making it actionable". This might be more to self-help or skills-focused books (fitness, sport, art etc.), but reading academic papers, research, or other theory-focused school work it might be difficult to apply the relevant info. What do you think?
Thanks for the comment!
And yes of course, it wouldn't apply to everything. For research or theory, it's why i focus on summarising as i mentioned earlier in the video, as being able to summarise would demonstrate a good grasp of the concepts (and it helped me get better at understanding and processing scientific literature too)
What do you recommend for books with lots of formulas and derivations? Like maths and physics books.
Also the bottleneck might be understanding instead of reading speed for complex concepts.
Yeah tbf, for things with formulas and derivations it is a different story - the advice can't apply to 100% of things, as for these things the way you could increase comprehension would be to do practice Qs and worked examples etc., as opposed to just read and improve reading comprehension (since we can't just summarise these things as we can words in the same way). It depends though, for complex concepts in medicine, I've definitely gotten faster at comprehending information because of this approach I've taken - but definitely does depend on the field of work.
I love how you have an official "name" for all your methods!!
It makes it much easier to remember i feel! I hope it helps :)
Have applied the "eye-reading-rule" while watching the video and I spotted my country in the text - "Georgia" 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪 this rule is approved 😅👌 thank you for the video, I will definitely try them out. I am sure they will help. Thank you for the tips.
Ahahaha perfect example for you then! I hope they help, and you're welcome, thanks for engaging!
I feel like slow reading can be quite advantegous. Take time to connect stuff together, learn new concepts and create a space, where you can think beyond the text information. Otherwise i dont see, how fast reading benefits you in the longterm. Learning faster is logically based on reading faster, but for the texts i read, my comprehension is the greater challenge. Im not a med student, maybe this method fits better for this purpose
I think one thing to understand is slow reading is subjective. All I'll say is, if you increase your baseline reading speed, your slow is now higher than others - I think you can work out what this means for the rate at which you'd then connect and learn
0:19 sir, this is the moment I am Willingly press subscribed
Hahaha i appreciate the sub, thanks!
One of the only videos where the tips made me click in my head. One of the best learning channel out there no doubt. I Just subscribed can't miss other simple tips from you
I'm glad you liked it, and i appreciate the support - hopefully I can continue to put out useful content 🙌🏽
Short and to the point this is wonderful.
I'm glad you enjoyed, and i hope it helps :)
I’m actually a very fast reader.I can finish a 300+ page book in 3 days.I don’t really have a technique to it, it’s just a natural gift.My mother loves reading so I think she gave me my speed and reading habit.Plus I still remember like 80% of all the books I’ve read.And I’ve read about 30😅.Anyways, you’re vid is really interesting. Even though in already a very fast reader you’re vids are just really high quality. Good luck with med school!!
Ahaha that's nice, reading a consistent amount is deffo good to do
And thank you!
and I read 300pages in 1 sitting especially novels and reading books😮😮😮. in school the librarian was shocked when i took books daily and return the next day
@@chaos_studies damn
@@jovial-yt 😅😅😅
@@chaos_studies seriously though, finishing 300 pg books in 2 days is insane.I mean, if I was the librarian I’d be stunned.