Super Reading

Week 1 Workbook
Your Quest on Becoming a Smart Reader
 Table of Contents

Table of Contents 2
Week 1 Overview 3
Day 1 - Finding Your Starting Speed 4
Day 2 - Clearing the Obstacles 7
Day 3 - How to Use a Visual Pacer 9
Day 4 - Why A Visual Pacer Works 11
Day 5 - Indentation Reading 13
Day 6 - Introducing the Infinity Technique 15
Day 7 - Read a Book a Week 17
 Week 1 Overview

“Get ready to master information overload.”

Congratulations on starting your journey towards becoming a smart reader.

Below you can find an overview of what you are going to learn this week. We
will start week 1 with measuring your starting speed and clearing obstacles
in your way to speed up your reading. Mid-week you will start using a visual
pacer while you do your daily reading.
This week is the foundation of the Quest, as you will learn important basic tools
that will accelerate your reading. In week 2, we will focus on boosting your
comprehension.

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 Day 1 - Finding Your Starting Speed
“Get ready to be on the adventure of your life time.”

SUMMARY

1. Technique and mindset are the 2 parts of ______________

training your mind.
2. Remind yourself why you are here because _______________
motivation is everything.
3. _____________ bad reading and learning habits you pick up as a child.
Un-learning
4. Knowledge is not only power - knowledge is _________.
profit
5. In order to manage something you have to be able to ____________
measure it.
6. Leaders are readers because they ____________
schedule it.
7. Schedule your __________ when you are most alert.
reading time

8. First you __________

create your habits and then your habits create you.

YOUR BASE RATE

1. Read for 2 minutes.

2. Count the number of lines you just read. (Two half lines combined are one

line.)

I read ________
40 lines.

3. Divide this number by 2.

________
40 lines / 2 = ________
10 are my lines per minute.

4. Calculate the average number of words per line of your practice book. Stick
to this book throughout the Quest.

1. Count the number of words in 3 lines.

3 lines have ________

30 words.

2. Divide this number by 3.

________
30 words / 3 = ________
10 are the average words per line in my
practice book.
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5. Multiply your lines per minute with the average words per line.

20 lines per minute X ________

________ 10 words per line = ________
200 is my words
per minute base rate (W.P.M.).

Add this number to your W.P.M. tracker.

JOURNALING

6:30/7:00 am
My perfect reading time, when I’m available and most alert is ___________.

SHARE

If you haven’t yet, join the online Tribe now, introduce yourself, and share with
us your perfect reading time. Make the public commitment to read each day at
your preferred reading time. This way you enhance your motivation and get the
support from your community.

REMINDER

Now is the time to find yourself an accountability partner. Use the online Tribe
to find a motivated person who will support you in coming back every day and
in making a life-long change in your reading quality.
Make sure to schedule your reading time for the upcoming week. A minimum
of 10 minutes reading per day is necessary to have success within this Quest. If
you are using a smart phone calendar, make sure to set up reminders for your
reading time. Make those 10 minutes a priority each day for the next 3 weeks.

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NOTES - DAY 1
LESSON 1 FIND YOUR STARTING SPEED 25/05/2023

This system is about un-learning bad habits. Upgrade ypur brain and upgrade your
life.

Be clear on why ypu are hear: Motivation is key: Your motives for action.

There are two parts to this program: (1) Reading speed and thought speed. (2)
comprehension.
Knoledge is profit. More knolege = more profit.

We are gonna read 15 minutes a day for this quest. We are gonna start with a fun
book, driven by a plot, story and characters.
Book for week 1: Medianoche by Richard Zimler.

Concept: In order to manage something you´ve gotta be able to measure it. KPI´s

Initial WPM:
Lines per minute: 20 lines per minute
10 words per line on average

Words per minute (W.P.M)=

Lines per minute X words per line = Words per minute

WPM = 200

The secret to being a faster reader is consistency. Making reading a habit makes
you enter a elite group of high performers.
Quote: "Leaderes are readers, but they schedule it" - Jim Kwik
First create your habits and then your habits create you.

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 Day 2 - Clearing the Obstacles
”Over the next few days we will focus mostly on speed because it is very
difficult to train both things at once.”

SUMMARY

1. Speed reading and comprehension are the 2 parts of _________

smart ____________.
reading
2. The 3 main obstacles for smart reading are lack of education, focus, and
__________________.
regression
3. If you feel like you are a slow reader, you were _________
thaught to be a slow reader.
4. Faster readers have better comprehension because they have better ______. focus
5. If you don’t give your brain the stimulus it needs, it will go into ____________.
entertainment

6. Use a visual pacer because it is natural to your __________

mind and your eyes are
attracted to motion.

SHARE

Let your Tribe know how the pacing felt for you. Did you get used to it after a
while? Is this the first time you tried it?

REMINDER

Read for your scheduled 10 minutes today with your finger as a pacer. Move
your finger under each word you read without touching the page. Don’t focus
on comprehension. The key is to learn to follow your finger with you eyes.

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NOTES - DAY 2
Base rate is words per minute. Average is 200 WPM to 250 WPM.
I wanna read faster but also understand better.
Reading takes time and time means money.

Reading takes 2 parts: Reading speed and reading comprehension.

On the next days we are gonna focus on speed.
The 3 obstacles from a better reader:
1. Lack of education
2. Lack of focus - Monkey Mind. We were not thaught how to focus.
3. Regression - back skipping. Going back and reading the same words.

The faster readers tend to have a better comprehension because they tend to have
a better focus.

Fact: Give your brain the stimulus it needs or it will seek it entertaintment elswhere in
the form of distraction. Give your brain novelty.

If you feel you´re slow reader you were thaught to bee a slow reader.

Technique: Using a visual pacer (25% to 50% faster rate), underline the words
without touching the words, book or screen.
Reasons why it works: (1) childrens use it, (2) you naturally do it because using a
visual pacer helps you to focus, (3) Your eyes are attracted to motion. They are
attracted to movement because it´s a survival biological skill. Your attention is being
pulled through the information. (4) your neural set-up. Certain sences work very well
toghether. Your sence of sight and touch are closely linked. Using the finger to read
makes you feel more in touch with your reading.

Your biggest potential has to do with playing at the edge of your limits. Challenge
yourself.

Quote: "feedback is the brakefast of super heroes"

Reflection: How did it feel to use the finger as a pacer?
Answer: It´s the first time since I was a kid that I use a visual pacer. It felt different to
what I´m used too. Anyways, I totally felt a faster pace while reading and read a 35%
faster. In the other hand, my comprehension was not very good. I read faster but
understood little. During those 10 minutes I felt my hand was making me rush
through my book.

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 Day 3 - How to Use a Visual Pacer
”If you don’t do the work, you won’t get the results.”

YOUR NEW BASE RATE

1. Read for 2 minutes using your finger as a pacer.

2. Count the number of lines you just read. (Two half lines combined are one

line.)

I read ________
62 lines.

3. Divide this number by 2.

62
________ lines / 2 = ________
31 are my lines per minute.

4. Calculate the average number of words per line of your practice book. If
you’re using the same book, use your previous number from day 1.

1. Count the number of words in 3 lines.

3 lines have ________

32 words.

2. Divide this number by 3.

________
32 words / 3 = ________
10 is the average words per line in my practice
book.

5. Multiply your lines per minute with the average words per line.

________
31 lines per minute X ________
10 words per line = ________
310 is my new

words per minute base rate (W.P.M.).

Add this number to your W.P.M. tracker.

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SHARE

Compare your W.P.M. score from day 1 with today’s score and post in the Tribe
the progress you already made by using a visual pacer.

REMINDER

Do your daily 10 minutes of reading using a visual pacer. Remember, don’t

worry about comprehension. We will focus on this in week 2 and you will get
all you need to ace comprehension. Practice following your finger with your
eyes.

NOTES - DAY 3

Quote: "Knoledge is not power, is only potential power. It only becomes power when
you use it". - Jim Kwik

Using a visual pacer is just using my finger to go allong with my reading without
touching the book or screen. It increments speed tremendously.

Keep scheduling your reading at times you are most alert and focused.
Its fundamental for me to read when: 1. I have allot of energy and 2. I can avoid
distractions. That means that early in the morning before gym and work is my best
time to read.

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 Day 4 - Why A Visual Pacer Works
“Your base rate will improve, but also go down some days. That is
absolutely normal.”

YOUR NEW BASE RATE

1. Read for 2 minutes using your finger as a pacer.

2. Count the number of lines you just read. (Two half lines combined are one
line.)

71 lines.
I read ________

3. Divide this number by 2.

71 lines / 2 = ________
________ 35.5 are my lines per minute.

4. Calculate the average number of words per line of your practice book. If
you’re using the same book, use your previous number.

5. Multiply your lines per minute with the average words per line.

35.5 lines per minute X ________

________ 10 words per line = ________
355 is my new
words per minute base rate (W.P.M.).

Add this number to your W.P.M. tracker.

SUMMARY

1.
whole
Use your _________ arm while pacing.
2. Make sure to sit ___________
straight deeply
and breathe __________.
3. Your W.P.M. will ____________,
fluctuate but move upwards.

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REMINDER

Read for 10 minutes today using a pacer. Read when you’re most alert, use
your whole arm and sit straight. Tilt the book, not your back. Don’t forget to
breath deeply because your brain needs oxygen. For now, don’t focus on
comprehension. If you can’t help yourself and you have a great need to
understand everything, turn you book around and practice pacing in this way.

NOTES - DAY 4
Question: How is your reading?
Answer: Super quick

Use peoples progress as inspiration because 'a genius leaves clues'. That means that people that excell at
something leave clues on how we can improve aswell.

Refine your pacing:

1. Use your hole arm going across the page from left to right.
2. Keep an upright posture. Helps absorb more oxygen and reduce reeding fatigue.
3. Tilt your book - the goal is that the angle is confortable to you.

A quik reader reeds as fast as it understands information. It can speed up, slow down, retain more and let go
aswell.
The real goal is not just reading faster but to have variety in the reading WPM rate. To have the abillity to adjust.

Fact: The lower 1/3 of your lungs absorbs 2/3 of the oxygen.
Don't bend your body- Strech up.

Fact: Your brain is only 2% of your body mass but requires 20% of the nutrients.

We measure daily because we cannot manage something we don't measure.

Sleeping quality, oxygen, focus, energy, posture and food; they all affect reading speed.

We over estimate what we can do in 1 day but underestimate the progreess over weeks or months.

Fact: The road to mastery is mastering the fundamentals. It allways comes down to the principles and the basics.

Quote: "I'm not scared of a person who has practiced 10.000 kicks once, I'm scared of the person who has
practiced 1 kick 10.000 times" - Bruce Lee

The 10.000 hour rule comes down to mastering the basics.

For the scheduled 10 minutes daily practice use what I have learned so far: (being mindfull of the mechanics)
- using the finger (whole arm movement) across the page for pacing.
- Keeping the visual posture up.
- Breething into the belly so i'm fully oxygenated so that I don't suffer from mental fatigue and mental fog that
holds me back in terms of my energy level.
- The poper tilt of the book so that I can see the words flat on so they look bigger and easy to read.

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 Day 5 - Indentation Reading
“Right now, we’re unlearning bad habits from when you were a child. This
is really exciting!”

YOUR NEW BASE RATE

1. Read for 2 minutes using your finger as a pacer. Only pace the midsection
of the lines.
2. Count the number of lines you just read. (Two half lines combined are one
line.)

83 lines.
I read ________

3. Divide this number by 2.

83 lines / 2 = ________
________ 41.5 are my lines per minute.

4. Calculate the average number of words per line of your practice book. If
you’re using the same book, use your previous number.

5. Multiply your lines per minute with the average words per line.

41.5 lines per minute X ________

________ 10 words per line = ________
415 is my new
words per minute base rate (W.P.M.).

Add this number to your W.P.M. tracker.

SUMMARY
fasten your reading speed.
1. Using your peripheral vision will ___________
2. From now on, move your pacer only in the _____________
midsection of the lines. Don’t
pace the lines all the way, but cut off the sides. You will read them with your
peripheral vision.

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SHARE

Share with your Tribe your new base rate. Compare your W.P.M. score from
today with yesterday’s score. How much did your reading speed improve by
using the indentation technique?

REMINDER

Read for your scheduled 10 minutes today. Use the indentation technique while
pacing. Remember to tilt your book and sit with a straight back. Don’t worry
about comprehension. Your brain will catch up.

NOTES - DAY 5
Indentation Reading: Another technique to boost 25% more the reading time.
Fact: Peripheral vision = ability to see objects and movement outside of the direct
line of vision.
Move yout finger left to right, but the margins are moved in closer together. Stop
an inch before eacuh margin ends.
It takes less energy and less time.

Fact: Prime director=your eyes follow your fingers.

We use the visual pacer to focus and prevent the three common bad habbits: lack
of focus, regresion and lack of training.

Quote: "What I hear I forget, What I see I remember, what I do I understand." -

Chinese Proverb.

Quick readers tend to see groups of words toghether.

We see information faster.

Summary: (1) Using your peripheral vison will fasten your reading speed.
(2) From now on, move your pacer only in the midsection of the lines.

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 Day 6 - Introducing the Infinity Technique

“Now, we’re slowly moving into more and more smart reading.”

YOUR NEW BASE RATE

1. Read for 2 minutes using your finger as a pacer. Only pace the midsection
of the lines.
2. Count the number of lines you just read. (Two half lines combined are one
line.)

117 lines.
I read ________

3. Divide this number by 2.

117 lines / 2 = ________

________ 58.5 are my lines per minute.

4. Calculate the average number of words per line of your practice book. If
you’re using the same book, use your previous number.

5. Multiply your lines per minute with the average words per line.

58.5 lines per minute X ________

________ 10 words per line = ________
585 is my new
words per minute base rate (W.P.M.).

Add this number to your W.P.M. tracker.

SUMMARY

1. left brain side works logically and linear.

Your ________
2. Your ________
right brain side works creative and experiential.
3. The corpus callosum ___________
bridges left and right brain.
Infinity
4. To use both brain sides while reading warm up with the _________ technique.

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SHARE

How did it feel to warm up with the infinity technique? Did you feel a difference
yet? Share with your Tribe how the exercise was for you. Do you know any other
ways to connect both brain sides? Teach them to the Tribe to learn them twice.

REMINDER

Read for your scheduled 10 minutes today. Use the Indentation technique
while pacing. Remember to tilt your book and sit with a straight back.

NOTES - DAY 6
We are moving to smart reading. Most people only use one side of the brain and
we are gonna learn to use both by enhancing communication between the two
sides.

With these technique we are improving comprehension.

Left Brain: Logical, Language Dominant, Linear

Right Side: Creative, Experiential, Visualization, Imagination

Theres a brain body connection and theres a body brain connection.

Fact: Using your body in certain ways stimulates different parts of your brain.

Technique: Lazy 8 - Infity Sign

Without moving my head I will make an infinity sign with my finger in the front of
my face and follow with my eyes. Everytime my hand crosses the middle part I am
enhancing connection between both sides of my brain. Move the finger as slow as
you can and reverse the movement.

Daily Tasks: Everyday before doing my reading drills I will practice my Infinity
Technique for 1-2 minutes as a warm up

Note: I am exited because In be extraordinary and the code of the extraordinary

mind Vishen invites us to upgrade our life systems in different areas of life. Thats
what I´m doing with super reading. Upgrading my life systems. Even upgrading my
belief system to a belief that I´m a great and quik reader. I used to consider my
self a slow reader and I love reading. This new belief makes me happy. Im going
way faster (from 200 wpm to 585 wpm) but still not doing very well with
comprehension. I hope it will improve shortly.

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 Day 7 - Read a Book a Week
“You are Super Readers!”

YOUR NEW BASE RATE

1. After warming up with the infinity technique read for 2 minutes using your
finger as a pacer. Only pace the midsection of the lines.
2. Count the number of lines you just read. (Two half lines combined are one
line.)

110 lines.
I read ________

3. Divide this number by 2.

110 lines / 2 = ________

________ 55 are my lines per minute.

4. Calculate the average number of words per line of your practice book. If
you’re using the same book, use your previous number.

5. Multiply your lines per minute with the average words per line.

55 lines per minute X ________

________ 10 words per line = ________
550 is my new
words per minute base rate (W.P.M.).

Add this number to your W.P.M. tracker.

SUMMARY

1. Read a book a week by

15
a. breaking it down into ____ minutes a day.
b. _______________
scheduling it.
c. reading every ______ day
single ______.

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JOURNALING

1. Celebrate yourself for following through this first week! How can you reward
yourself for your progress?
Collect ideas.

Reflection: How can you reward yourself for your progress?

Answer: Watching an entretaining movie.

2. Reflect on what you learned so far. What were your 3 main take-aways from
the first week of the Quest?
We don't need to go through every word in order to read properly.
1. _________________________________________________

Using the pacer helps us read way faster

2. _________________________________________________

Surrender to the process and trust it

3. ____________________________________________

SHARE

Share your 3 main take-aways with the Tribe and check out what other’s
learned. If you have any questions, post them in the group and get the
discussion going. Most importantly, share how your W.P.M. score changed. Post
your base rate from day 1 and today. Celebrate each other.

REMINDER

Read for your scheduled 10 minutes today. Use the indentation technique while
pacing. Remember to tilt your book and sit with a straight back.
If you’re short on time, break the 10 minutes down to 2 x 5 minutes.

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NOTES - DAY 7

To improve your reaind speed you only need to make a desition.

when the waters in the harbour elevate, so the other ships.

First step to read a book a month:

1. Break things down into little chunks, make things manageble.
2. Schedule it.
3. Read every single day - 400 WPM requires 25 min a day for a book a week or
600 WPM requires 15 min a day for a book a week.

How you do anything is how you do everything.

Read 10 min minimun daily

Reflection: How can you reward yourself for your progress?

Answer: Watching an entretaining movie.

Speed reading is a must have skill to have today in the information era.

CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING WEEK 1!

YOUR ARE ON YOUR BEST WAY TO BECOME
A SUPER READER!

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