Speed Reading , A Powerful Self Improvement Tool For Overworked Executives
Roy Thomsitt
January 07, 2008
Most modern executives probably consider themselves over worked and over stressed. There are a multitude of possible reasons for this, such as:
1. Long periods commuting each day, surrounded by fellow commuters who are equally stressed out and showing it.
2. Working hours that are too long with insufficient relief.
3. Competition from rivals for promotion at work.
4. Problems with staff who see you are stressed and get sucked into your stress vortex.
5. Pressure from bosses, and competitors for business owners, to perform at your peak to survive in a fast changing and highly competitive world. Under too much stress, it is not possible to perform to your maximum potential.
6. Pressures for family for a better life and more income, so you can all have a better life style.
7. Unhealthy diet and little exercise.
8. A body full of toxins and
9. POOR TIME MANAGEMENT.
There are many self improvement techniques that can be used to help cope with all of these possible stress factors. However, for this article, we will consider the problem of time management, and one of its main allies: speed reading.
You cannot possibly eradicate all 9 stress inputs at the same time, plus the many others that affect you personally. So, it is reasonable to focus initially on one. A solution to that could well improve your situation, as you incorporate solutions to the others as you go along.
One highly effective time management tool is speed reading. “But what has that got to do with my stress problems at work and my career?” you might be asking.
The answer is: a lot.
Benefits of Speed Reading to Busy Executives.
A modern executive needs all the useful tools he can find to beat his rivals, whether it is for promotion or against a competitor. That executive also needs to constantly gain new knowledge to keep up with the market or specialism he is in, and to keep ahead of rivals. Basically, he or she needs to perform better than them; constantly.
Even the most overstretched modern manager can benefit from speed reading. However, initially there is extra work on top of the current load. Speed reading has to be studied, learned, and practiced to be useful. After a bit of practice, the time saved in a working day will more than cover the time you need to practice every day. That is the point you will start to appreciate the benefits of being a speed reader.
What, then, are the benefits to a modern manager of being able to speed read?
Here are some of the most obvious:
1. Speed reading techniques can not only improve your reading speed, but your comprehension, vocabulary and possibly even your retention of information. This means that when you read, for example, a report, you can quickly have a new dose of pertinent information at the tip of your tongue, ready to pass on during meetings and conversations. This may impress bosses, colleagues and staff, and their confidence in you. You should also find that customers of your own business gain confidence in you as an industry expert.
2. As you start to relax and feel more in control of your time, and less daunted by the flood of information you have to read, your overall time management should improve. That is particularly so if you utilize some of the gained time to have a quiet time each day organizing your days ahead better than before, instead of diving headlong into each day with eyes shut and no preparation.
3. The old saying that “knowledge is power” is as true as ever, if not more so. If you become a self trained speed reader, with the aid of a speed reading coursespeed reading or specialist software, then you are geared to amass all the salient knowledge and skills you need to beat your rivals.
4. You should be more confident and self assured as, day by day, you acquire new knowledge that leaves you feeling you are always making progress. That is, so long as you are acquiring and retaining the right sort of knowledge.
5. Being more in control of your time, and less fearful of the mass of literature passing your way each day, you have a better opportunity to lead a more balanced life with family and friends, and on social activities.
There are various methods of learning to speed read. A useful place to start is with some basic information, such as that provided in this free Routes to Self Improvement speed reading report.
1. Long periods commuting each day, surrounded by fellow commuters who are equally stressed out and showing it.
2. Working hours that are too long with insufficient relief.
3. Competition from rivals for promotion at work.
4. Problems with staff who see you are stressed and get sucked into your stress vortex.
5. Pressure from bosses, and competitors for business owners, to perform at your peak to survive in a fast changing and highly competitive world. Under too much stress, it is not possible to perform to your maximum potential.
6. Pressures for family for a better life and more income, so you can all have a better life style.
7. Unhealthy diet and little exercise.
8. A body full of toxins and
9. POOR TIME MANAGEMENT.
There are many self improvement techniques that can be used to help cope with all of these possible stress factors. However, for this article, we will consider the problem of time management, and one of its main allies: speed reading.
You cannot possibly eradicate all 9 stress inputs at the same time, plus the many others that affect you personally. So, it is reasonable to focus initially on one. A solution to that could well improve your situation, as you incorporate solutions to the others as you go along.
One highly effective time management tool is speed reading. “But what has that got to do with my stress problems at work and my career?” you might be asking.
The answer is: a lot.
Benefits of Speed Reading to Busy Executives.
A modern executive needs all the useful tools he can find to beat his rivals, whether it is for promotion or against a competitor. That executive also needs to constantly gain new knowledge to keep up with the market or specialism he is in, and to keep ahead of rivals. Basically, he or she needs to perform better than them; constantly.
Even the most overstretched modern manager can benefit from speed reading. However, initially there is extra work on top of the current load. Speed reading has to be studied, learned, and practiced to be useful. After a bit of practice, the time saved in a working day will more than cover the time you need to practice every day. That is the point you will start to appreciate the benefits of being a speed reader.
What, then, are the benefits to a modern manager of being able to speed read?
Here are some of the most obvious:
1. Speed reading techniques can not only improve your reading speed, but your comprehension, vocabulary and possibly even your retention of information. This means that when you read, for example, a report, you can quickly have a new dose of pertinent information at the tip of your tongue, ready to pass on during meetings and conversations. This may impress bosses, colleagues and staff, and their confidence in you. You should also find that customers of your own business gain confidence in you as an industry expert.
2. As you start to relax and feel more in control of your time, and less daunted by the flood of information you have to read, your overall time management should improve. That is particularly so if you utilize some of the gained time to have a quiet time each day organizing your days ahead better than before, instead of diving headlong into each day with eyes shut and no preparation.
3. The old saying that “knowledge is power” is as true as ever, if not more so. If you become a self trained speed reader, with the aid of a speed reading coursespeed reading or specialist software, then you are geared to amass all the salient knowledge and skills you need to beat your rivals.
4. You should be more confident and self assured as, day by day, you acquire new knowledge that leaves you feeling you are always making progress. That is, so long as you are acquiring and retaining the right sort of knowledge.
5. Being more in control of your time, and less fearful of the mass of literature passing your way each day, you have a better opportunity to lead a more balanced life with family and friends, and on social activities.
There are various methods of learning to speed read. A useful place to start is with some basic information, such as that provided in this free Routes to Self Improvement speed reading report.
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