Marks-Beale describes purpose-setting as a form of priming. She sees priming as a way of programming your brain to notice certain things. She uses the example of cards. If you are interested in a certain type of car, you will likely start seeing them everywhere you go. This is because you are primed to see those cards and your brain is filtering out the irrelevant cars. The key to efficient reading is harnessing the power of priming. Recognizing the purpose of a book will help filter out irrelevant information and help you focus on what is essential.
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10 Days to Faster Reading, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Speed-Reading and Success Skills: Strategies for Study and Lifelong Learning argues that speed-reading is not an untrainable talent. Instead, you can significantly improve your speed reading by merely cutting out bad habits, adding some new techniques, and changing your mindset. The simplicity of these techniques makes speed-reading seem less like a superpower and more like a valuable tool easily attainable.
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