How many times has this happened to you? You are out with friends exchanging stories about your childhood when someone tells a story about you. For a second, you think they are playing a joke on you. “Did that really happen?” you ask yourself, pausing as you wish you could remember the memory on your […]
Everyone at one point or another has caught themself pronouncing words in their head while reading. What you are doing is called subvocalization, and it is one of the many things speed readers learn not to do when starting out. Years ago, as you were beginning to learn to read, you were taught to sound […]
Ebooks existed long before e-readers made their debut in 1991 with the Sony Data Discman leading the way. It weighed almost two pounds and required a CD to read a digital book. Seven years later, NuvoMedia Rocket eBook hit shelves, wowing avid readers with its lightweight (1.25 pounds) and 4MB of memory. Sony made a […]
“I just told you that. Don’t you ever listen!?” That’s what your parents said to you long ago. Now sitting in your office, your manager is saying the same thing. Of course, you listen, but perhaps not as well as you could be. It may come as a surprise that there is more than one […]
Loss of time to activities you once enjoyed is part of the reality of being an adult, especially for book-loving busy professional or entrepreneur. Many find themselves reading required books and documents versus the science fiction novel they enjoyed back in college. There are ways of integrating reading back into your life by taking measures […]
It’s funny to think about how many avid readers will shy away from one long book when they are able to read the same amount of pages each month between several short books. Some readers share that this is because they have a set number of books they’d like to read in a year. One […]
