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Improving your reading skills by managing your environment
In this article we are going to examine some practical suggestions for improving your reading by managing your environment. In our previous article we identified some key organisational requirements:
* organise your space
* organise your files – paper and electronic
* organise your mind. We also outlined some guidance for increasing and maintaining concentration:
* create a constructive environment, including controlling the noise level and the visual environment
* planning a good time, including when there are the fewest competing activities in progress such as social events, TV programmes, putting the children to bed etc and being rested
* maximising concentration, including handling nagging thoughts or ideas, setting realistic but challenging goals, giving yourself a reward on achieving a goal, managing boredom, “chunking” materials and actively engaging by asking yourself questions, talking over learning points and so on. This advice and guidance is all just as important and relevant to improving your reading skills. READING MATERIALS
Of course, there are many different types of reading material. Spend a few moments outlining some in your mind. Perhaps you have identified:
* reports and research data
* text books
* contracts, policy documents, product literature
* journals and publications
* letters, memos and emails. All of these are usually available in either paper or electronic version. Indeed, for learning and study, online, computer-based and interactive learning is now very popular. If you want to improve your reading skills – whether for speed or other reasons – you can start by identifying what materials work best for you. As always, once you have identified your strength, capitalise on it, so for example, if you know you must read a document quickly and you have a natural preference for reading from a PC, then access the materials in an electronic format. Don’t forget to identify areas for improvement and the steps you can take (perhaps through some of the techniques identified in course) to maximise your reading performance all round. LIGHTING
Finally, we’ll make some brief recommendations about lighting. It’s most constructive to read in a well-lit environment. Many benefit from having a strong light shining onto the page whilst others prefer to read by natural daylight, where possible. Reading in good light will help you avoid becoming drowsy and will minimise the chance of eyestrain, headaches and so on.
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Wizard Learning
Online training for UK financial services
www.wizardlearning.com
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