Woody Allen on speed reading: "I took a speed reading class and quickly read War and Peace. It was about Russia."

I tried putting it under my pillow at night hoping to absorb it.

@pankajsahani4669

3 жыл бұрын

Did that worked?

@pankajsahani4669

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@shippermd

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, the Psychic Medical Medium Edgar Cayce DID read books, that way! He would place a book under his pillow each night at bedtime. And absorbed all its contents and knowledge by the time he woke up in the morning!

@charmedd7627

3 жыл бұрын

@@shippermd I don’t understand anything you said 😃

@cypauwiseman

2 жыл бұрын

Look at Paul man, so inspirational!

I feel like I enjoy slow reading. It allows me to appreciate the writing style of the author, along with understanding what the author is trying to convey.

@michellelee487

9 ай бұрын

I’m the same way. I don’t want to rush through a book.

@martinehatswell9431

8 ай бұрын

@@michellelee487 Totally agree about reading to enjoy and appreciate! Then, I also like sharing the books I have found appealing. I tried speedreading at uni in the sixties. I could not make it work! İt totally spoilt every type of story İ approached this way. Woody Allen sums it up for me.

@aidanpeterbio

7 ай бұрын

I'm the same, reading like that bicycle analogy sounds really kinda stupid to me, what's the point of reading the book at all if you're just blasting through to say you finished it? I'm a slower reader than average, I find reading a lot in a day even if I'm enjoying the book can lead to burnout for me. I'm coming up on a month reading Moby Dick, something like 20 pages per day, whereas other books I've read like 60-120 pages per day. But you can't rush Moby Dick.

When you break it down like that, I get the feeling that I can also read a book a week. Thank you!!

@darwisyjohan8818

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@razorboii864

Жыл бұрын

How did it go? How many books have you read?

@Francisco_Manos

Жыл бұрын

@@razorboii864 I think it went pretty well, considering a "normal" year would most likely have me read much less. I read 40 books that first year but dropped to 38 the following year. Not a book a week, but still pretty good. Hoping this year will be better but I need to figure out ways to mitigate the abundant distractions that I am exposed to.

@kagehasu

Жыл бұрын

@@Francisco_Manos 38 a year is amazing bro keep it up

This guy is crazy! How awesome you are to finish so many books in a week. My problem is no matter how much I love a book, I don't know how to finish it.

"Look at how many pages and divided by 7 and use these labels" .......That is so simple yet so brilliant. I don't know why I don't do that now. This is why I should be reading more books.

I’ve watched a bunch of videos on KZread with advice on how to read more, and this was the only one that gave tangible steps and that I’ll actually try. Thanks!

@jonnythorman706

3 ай бұрын

Same

I just force myself to sit down and read a chapter, and i dont let myself stop unless i finish the chapter, but when i do that i sometimes “accidentally” read like 3 chapters, doing that made me finish harry potter and the sorcerers stone in like a week

This sounds like a genius idea. I mean, I’m a med student, and have very little free time each day, yet I’m a book nerd and have roughly 80 books I wanna read (fiction and non-fiction). And tbh, just out of laziness and being tired from work, I usually can’t bring myself to reading non-work related books. But doing this marking and segmenting thing can allow me to be less intimidated of starting, and thinking I won’t be able to finish it, while being easy enough that even during my busiest days I can always find the time to read, like 50 or 60 pages a day

Awesome tips, Nelson! I remember using this method once when I needed to have read a certain book by a set date. But to use this technique in general to get a lot of books read inspires me to go to my bookshelf and start picking out a few.

WOW GREAT TIPS. A lot of videos give generic advice but I love the fact you gave practical advice. I’m also very visual and seeing the tabs on the books will deffo help me. I can’t wait to try this

I have been doing that method lately and it works soooooo MUCH. THank you 😊

One thing: This works really well if you tend to read shorter books. But if you're like me, and you like to read really long, epic fantasy books or something, that can get up to 1000 pages or more, try breaking your reading down into even longer increments of time. So, instead of trying to finish 1000 pages in a week (which seems really daunting), try to finish it in TWO weeks. Now you'll feel less overwhelmed, but you're still making good progress.

Something that’s helped me finish a book fast and effective (retained information), is combining both physical and audio and cranking the reading to 2x+ speed. Works amazing for me

@droidhackerr

2 жыл бұрын

Please what is the audio part?

@roxannerodriguez7075

Жыл бұрын

@@droidhackerr like on Audible probably.

@eyesofra1111

Жыл бұрын

wow, sounds brilliant, I'll try it out today :D

@mikaachue

Жыл бұрын

costs alot of money😭

@vanilla6644

11 ай бұрын

I do it too, I'm trying to become a minimalist so I don't buy physical books I use audiobooks and digital books and sometimes I read with 2x speed to finish books quickly (especially those I don't like) but sometimes some books needs you to be more focused while reading them, otherwise I end up not knowing what happened in that chapter so I'll have to reread it 😅

I've never tried this technique for reading before! This is very interesting.

Great tip Nelson. What really helped me finishing books was... One piece. One piece is really big, currently on episode 1060, manga also really big. Most of people give up on first episodes because the "omg, so much, it will take me one years or more." Well, after sometime i saw the advantages. I allways have something to watch and no need to rush. Basicly appreciation. And that helped me not only in finishing books, but also in other things like learning skills.

Thank you for this. It will help me completing my syllabus

So helpful!!! Amazing tips. Can’t wait to try it out!

You have certainly given me a good clue. I gonna start today and return later to share how I fared.

Thanks man this is what I'm going to do from now

This is such a clever idea! Thank you so much!

This truely helps! Idk how but I’m somehow sort of “currently reading” 4 books, lately it’s been the one that I’m over halfway through and I started it most recently. For the others I’ve somewhat started I might reread what I “already read and probably forgot” and try this method of having set increments!

Simple, yet so effective

Great and simple strategy, i am going to use it. Thank you nelson.

this is such a good tip. i aim to read 25 books this year which is impressive for me cus last yr i did 15 and usually it takes me 2-3 months to finish a typical 400 page book lol this tip deffo gonna help me

Wow Nelson you are a genius! Thank you I will be trying this 💜

Been reading a chapter a day. I now wanna try these strategies.

Thank you. Really helpful. Now I'll go do some planning before I start reading.

Makes perfect sense and makes manageable

I'm going to try this right now and see if it works for me. I have few books I want to finish before the year ends. I took audio books off my 'read' list this year but I think I will add them back next year.

I really love this idea for the book a week...I read a boo a week but I feel like I'm scrambling some weeks because I haven't made it measurable

I needed this

Love it!

Wow, I just recently decided to get back into reading & I think these tips will motivate me to read more.

your mild OCD also helps with editing perfectly **cries in KZread**

You’re a genius. This is a good idea.

Wow! I love this idea! Ty😃

That’s so good. 😁😁😁 this helped thank you!!!!

Thank you !

Thank you for sharing

Wow gonna try this

You inspire me thank you 💙🙏🏻🌍

Now you have turned it into production, reading should be relaxing and enjoy it not rushing through it

Very genuine video thanks

Deneyeceğim, çok mantıklı gözüküyor . Teşekkürler

Epically great video Nelson, Always a pleasure watching your stash of videos

You zoomed into my class today and answered our questions in French about memory and climbing and everything thanks so much we loved having you PS I was the kid who asked why you spent 5000$ and just put it on your credit card

Thanks pal

Good tips!

Omg genius Starting my reading habit

Excellent.

Wow thank u it said I only had to read 18 a day this will help with my summer work I’ll give u a sub

You did the "52 books in a year" vid but haven't yet read "Harry Potter"??WHAAT?

@NelsonDellis

3 жыл бұрын

I know...so embarrassing haha

@thepursuitofknowledge5245

3 жыл бұрын

@@NelsonDellis is there a way to have a constant peg for letters to remember as you do for numbers? Making up a peg on the go is always time consuming as in my job I need to constantly remember mixed number and letter combinations regularly.

Damn you soo motivated i love it😁😁😩😩😌😌🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thanks for the great tips! Do you have any suggestions for how to finish books if they weren't in your native language?

thanks!

Your idea is great if it is a book you are enjoying. I will DNF books that I am not interested in or enjoying. There are too many books on my TBR to waste my time on the ones I am not engaged in. One should never force themself to finish a book!

Nelson! You are great. ❤ Love from Pakistan.

Lots of love bro from Nepal ❤️

this vid is so underrated

Neat tip. Sort of like having a goal % complete to hit in Kindle. However, I like to just import books into SuperMemo.

Ohprah called Nelson handsome 😁😁😁wow congrats

@NelsonDellis

3 жыл бұрын

Haha where?

Thank u

Hello Nelson I would like to know your opinion about reading books. How you deal with understanding before memorising? Thank you

@tajinemarmite4919

3 жыл бұрын

@@prik.73 any book that need to be understood. Thanks

This is not OCD, not even mild, it’s being organized

Good tip :-) And it is Christmas, so did you start reading Harry Potter? I started to read it in Finnish this Christmas. Ben je begonnen Harry Potter te lezen met kerstmis?

Slytherin edition granted my respect!

I never have such a problem.

It's interesting that reading a book has become such a chore within our society. Before the development of the Internet, more specifically the WWW as we know it today, I would crave every book and magazine I could get my hands on to seek out knowledge. Now everything you could ever what to know is on the Internet and in multiple forms...photos, videos, lectures, articles, historic documents, podcasts, interviews, opinion pieces, etc. Some futurists say we will evolve to where we spend very little time reading anything at all, everything will be AI/voice/video/GUI based, and I can see that.

Nice vídeo

I always move on to a new book before I finish one

A bait and switch con!!!

0:01 Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone but in Slytherin edition!? Idk that. That's cool

🙏

I was watching this Ali Aabdal video and he mentioned you i was let's check this guy's video. This is first your video I am watching and there is again Ali 😄😄. I liked your content keep going

@NelsonDellis

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support! Ali is awesome!

Is it worth developing fast reading if I wanna understand best out of what I read?

I have often done the exact same thing. Or, if I have longer books, I will mark off 50 page sections. I read 61 books last year. I don't listen to many audiobooks.

Nelson, i love this video. I love to read and i do some of this as well. I have OCPD(Mild OCD w/ multiple minor obsessions). There's was one thing that bugged me about this video and if possible would like to see it fulfilled. That Harry Potter book had a torn page. That's it... If you can just tape it, that'd be great. Thank you for the wisdom, have a great weekend.

@NelsonDellis

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, trust me, it kills me too. My 2 year old got his hands on it and did that.

@johnguzman2811

3 жыл бұрын

@@NelsonDellis Aah, i see. I actually watched that small part like three times and realised the corner was missing. At first i thought it was flapping, which is why i messaged you. Then i realised the corner wasn't there, but i didn't message again just in case you'd fix it😁..

How do you know u retain the info of every book?

thanks finally a video where the dont talk aboiut speedreading. i done it multiple times already and everytime speedreading two or three books i gave up. i hate speedreading because it feels like rushing it. i only read at my own pace. that beeing said, this is a good strategy but how about bigger books? i'm talking about 600 pages and up. how you read more than 100 pages without speedreading and with minimal time? its impossible i know. but for smaller books this could be a fun strategy. thanks!

why do you rush fiction books?

I have 6 books I need to finish the books I do finish are dork diaries books

I like to read books on strategy and politics, but I dont remember anything after i finish reading. Now I feel like if I am not going to remeber anything than why read.?

what is the name of that hallelujah song?

What’s is the name of video at 2:27

So for Harry Potter, you read 47 pages per day or is it per week?

Where can I listen to free psychology books?

Can I plz ask, what books are you reading? Im pausing the video writing these books down lol a sharp mind gives birth to a much brighter future.

@NelsonDellis

3 жыл бұрын

Sure! 1. Win Hof Method 2. Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone 3. Edge of the Map 4. A Man For All Markets

@edforeman92

3 жыл бұрын

@@NelsonDellis Thank you very much and dont posting videos. They're always so helpful.

What’re some of your favorite books?

IGCSE and A-level students: "52 a year?? that's insultingly low." 😅

How

I've just started reading harry potter today what a coincidence

This is pretty much what I do xD

Hi! I’m sorry for asking a question that is not about this topic, I also totally understand that an answer is not probably gonna come and that possibility of you replying would be higher if I text you on Instagram(but I don’t have one ). But after all those thoughts I’ve decided to give it a try and ask you for advice . I’ve always had a kind of ,,good memory” I mean at a age of 7 I could remember 4 pages of book in 3 days or so and I understand that there are lots of people also called geniuses😀 that might say that it’s not good enough and it’s normal, but now when I am older a lot of people notice that I can remember a lot and they can’t. I’ve never heard about something called the Memory Championship, but after finding it and also seeing disciplines I was just impressed how many people are similar to me and that memory can be the whole discipline same as sports or math. Than my silly idea came. Oh, let’s just try to be like them! Such a great idea for someone that had never thought about memory as something that can be improved and something I can be good at😀. I started to notice things around me and started to memorize them, I actually started to memorize everything I could after reading or seeing something. And I totally understand that it’s very silly, but it’s better than nothing. One day I decided to memorize the whole pack of cards and I had never done it before so it took me about an hour. And here is a point of this whole message😀. I can remember those cards, but it takes some time(as I’ve mentioned ). After that hour(or less now) I can name all of the cards, I could see them in my mind and also see myself putting them next to each other in my head. If you would ask me which card was 13th, I could say it without any problem and also name all the cards from the end to the beginning. Same with cards with numbers(it takes me even shorter). I want to ask you for advice, because I feel alone among the others who are impressed even with naming a pack of cards😂.I’ve heard about memory palace and I want to learn how to use it. But my photo memory isn’t bad at all. If I would be on the level of participant that is in memory championship(which is unbelievable and definitely hard to achieve), is it non sense to not use memory palace?, is it better to use both(photo memory and palace too)? Because I can remember numbers numbers with photo memory and cards, but when I see some symbols I try to change them into a story or to replace them with something that reminds me of them around me. I also wanted to ask you how did you started and with what techniques, how was it at the beginning maybe some tips,...? I am very sorry, but I am very lost and I’ve started all alone last month, so I am totally new in this and I would be incredibly thankful for your reply. Because I LOVE the memory, how it can just change our whole lives! Thank you very much! And also sorry if I made some mistakes, but English is my third language 😀. P.S.: I actually don’t go to KZread that often, so if you decide to make my day happier(super ultra happier) you can reply on sofi132453@gmail.com (or even here, just reply😀), if not thank you anyways!

When I read, I encounter so much words that I am not sure what the meaning of it is so I have to search them up and I have to do that a lot. And it kinda discourages me bc I have to pause reading a lot of times hayst

@Oblivic

3 жыл бұрын

Reading on a kindle is nice for that, you tap the word and it gives you the definition. Also the more you read the less you will need to look words up.

see, when i try to read 50 pages per day or whatever number it may be, i feel like i'm slogging through the book soooo hard.

Personally, I find that reading books on my Kindle Paperwhite is easier because you can change the margin size, which allows you to read faster.

how do you retain information then?

@moviereviews1446

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't. He reads to brag about how many books he reads.

AlternativeTip : Trust your brain and think like a monk. It will never disappoint you 😊😊

Good if this works for you. Too corporate and milestone based for me. I just read in free time during the day.