How to Read Faster Using AI

I'm gonna say there's one to work hard even if they do and they're working harder the answer is yes cool that took me 10 seconds and I remember nothing hi I'm Neely and today we're going to be talking about reading faster

I'm not a fan of speed reading there I said it my eyes get sworn off looking at screens all day but there are so many textbooks to read and so little time in this video I'll walk you through three

ways to read faster while also remembering more of what you read the reading strategies we'll cover work for three scenarios when you need to read something but you don't have any time when you have some time to read and

when you have enough time but you really want to remember what you read so the first method is skimming through the whole summary that worktune read creates for you in this example I'm reading Paul Graham's piece on how to

work hard if you don't know who Paul Graham is he's the co-founder of the startup accelerator Y combinator and is also one of the most known essayists in the world wait is essays the thing

okay so let's say I'm expected to read this entire article by tomorrow for a class procrastination happens and now I definitely don't have time so that's when I go straight to the summary and

get to reading first read through all the summaries where to read creates make sure you're doing what's called active reading for example I'm constantly observing how various points are

structured what Graham is focusing on and I'm also questioning why each paragraph is there and what purpose it serves finally after you finish reading write down the main argument of the essay and

any other important notes you feel are worth mentioning using this strategy it took me only four minutes to get through the whole thing let's move on to the second type of speed reading a little method I like to call zigzagging

this is essentially skipping back and forth between the summary and the full article so start by reading the first paragraph since this is what usually holds the key idea for the whole piece

while you read make sure to focus more on the highlighted sections reading like this forces you to decide which parts to read in depth and which to skip this is the real game changer in terms

of speeding up the process so for example I notice here that Graham emphasizes his point by giving two examples one about Bill Gates and the other about PG Woodhouse those really aren't essential to understanding the

essay so I can confidently skip them when I read in the zigzagging method I'm actively looking for key paragraphs like this one one where an especially important point is made then I'll go back and forth between reading the

summary and the full text and repeat this until I've really processed everything it's especially useful for more complex text quick tip when you're reading an article don't expect to read all parts

at the same speed you might need to slow down to really grasp certain Concepts using the zigzagging strategy I managed to cut my time down to only six minutes of reading lastly the final strategy is

taking notes this one takes the most time but I'd still consider it faster than regular reading in my experience it really cuts down the number of times you have to reread a text to actually

understand and remember it so start by going over the summaries and adding the ones that seem important so then above each note I like to add my own short take in bold after you've finished summarizing the whole thing it's time to

go over the entire summary to see if you managed to capture the important points if not it's just a matter of zigzagging again and tweaking the relevant Parts using this method took me eight minutes

to read the whole thing there you have it we've covered three different strategies for reading faster but do they actually work I tested this out by reading another article by Paul Graham that was about the same length and this

time I didn't use the faster reading strategies as a result I actually noticed a major difference in how long it took to read with that being said the first strategy of skimming is definitely the fastest

but comes at the price of understanding and being able to recall what you've read the second and third strategies zigzagging and noting may not be as fast as skimming but they are better in terms

of understanding and remembering the third strategy is slightly better because you have to create a summary in your own words which really helps you process the information let me know which strategy you like best

down in the comments and if you learned something new make sure to give this video a like And subscribe to the channel thanks so much for watching and I'll see you next time bye

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