Speed Reading Howard Berg
Speed Reading Howard Berg
Speed Reading Howard Berg
HowardBergs
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MAXIMUM
MAXIMUM
SPEED
SPEED
LEARNING
LEARNING
By the
WORLDS FASTEST READER
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Getting Started
How To Use The Maximum Speed Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Scheduling Your Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Brain-Based Learning
Brains Learning Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Survival Underlies All Brain Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Learning Is Multi-path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Your Brains Three Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
The Importance Of Significance In Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
The Importance Of Emotion In Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
The Importance Of Biological Cycles To Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
The Importance Of Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Effects Of Color On Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Effects Of Temperature And Dehydration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Choosing The Correct Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Choosing The Perfect Learning Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Using Your Senses To Enhance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Studying Using Accelerated Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Boosting Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Using Eye Movements To Enhance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Howard Gardners Seven Intelligences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Increasing Emotional Intelligence
How To Relax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Learning Is State Dependent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Exercise Demonstrating Importance Of State Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
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Dear Friend,
Thank you for purchasing Maximum Speed Learning. This program is designed to
compliment the results obtained from Maximum Speed Learning. It provides
additional hand motions and memory strategies, and it focuses upon using the
information gathered from reading. Strategies for achieving peak learning are
also covered. You will learn how to get into a flow state for problem solving and
for overcoming writers block, and you will have the opportunity to practice all
your skills in a variety of subject areas.
Your friend,
Howard Stephen Berg
The Worlds Fastest Reader
getting started
Getting Started
How To Use Maximum LearningTM
The Program
To get the benefits of the Maximum Learning program, follow the instructions given in this
section. Begin by playing each tape in sequence and following along with the page in the
workbook at home. The drills on how to overcome writers block and get into a flow state
should be done while seated at a table with a writing pad available for practice. The program
concludes with practice reading in various subject matter areas. Use the materials printed in
the workbook, and read them while seated at a desk or table.
getting started
brain-based learning
Brain-Based Learning
Brains Learning Potential
Brain has one hundred billion cells.
Number of connections you brain can make is 10800.
More than the number of atoms in the known universe.
Learning Is Multi-path
Even simple learning events stimulate numerous regions of the brain.
brain-based learning
brain-based learning
Boosting Meaning
Make it important.
Relate it to a feeling.
Look for the context or theme.
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Getting Started
State your purpose.
Let your ideas flow freely.
Make no attempt to criticize or refine these ideas.
Imagine the person you are writing for sitting in front of you and analyze their
learning mode.
Visual
Bright or dim.
Near or far.
Color or black and white.
Big or small.
Auditory
Loud or soft.
Rhythmic or noisy.
Fast or slow.
Kinesthetic
Relaxing or stressful.
Soft or hard.
Wet or dry.
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Physical Invest
Past
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Present
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Future
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Emotional Invest
Past
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Present
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Future
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Mental Invest
Past
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Present
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Future
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Spiritual Invest
Past
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Present
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
Future
Who, what, where, when, why, and how
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EFFECTS/RESULTS
East India Company granted
monopoly on tea
Colonists rebel
Colonists refuse
to buy tea
Enrages King
Parliament institutes
Intolerable Acts
CAUSE
Parliament
passes
Tea Tax
CAUSE
Intolerable Acts
Tea Tax
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EFFECTS/
RESULTS
Colonist
revolt
Protect East
India Company
Increase King
Georges power
Economic Ideas
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Research Tips
Contact an expert.
Go online to a special-interest group.
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Overcoming Distractions
Set goals and reward yourself for achieving them.
Use your paper margin to write yourself notes.
Split your computer screen to write notes to yourself.
Use time planner software.
Use music to enhance creative mood.
Maximizing Creativity
Maintain several projects at once.
Start on the easy phrase of a project first.
Switch to a more challenging portion of another project once your creative juices
start flowing.
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Revising
Take a break before returning to work.
Analyze your work objectively.
Be prepared to eliminate things that dont work.
Consider saving eliminated ideas into a file for future use.
Read your work aloud to others.
Sharpen your transitions.
Vary the positions of the subject, verb, and object in your sentences.
Do not overuse words. Use a thesaurus.
Use specific verbs and nouns when possible. Remember to focus upon the readers
learning mode.
Vary your sentence lengths.
Use Ericsonian language structures.
Use a grammar and spelling checker.
Use a fog index.
Completion
Take a break.
Read your work aloud.
Have someone else read your work.
Consider any formatting changes you may want to make.
Print out final copy.
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Questions
1. List three reasons why America believed Canada would be easy to conquer.
2. Why was Canada able to withstand an American invasion?
3. What was President Madisons solution for adding soldiers to the war?
4. Why didnt Madisons solution work?
5. Describe Canadian military preparedness.
Vocabulary
Montreal
President Madison
Commodore Oliver H. Perry
William Harrison
Sir John Prevost
General Alexander Macomb
Commodore Thomas Macdonough
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Canadian military
preparedness
Success in the west
failure in the east
The significance of
Napoleons defeat
List 3 reasons why
America believed Canada
would be easy to conquer?
Why was Canada able to
withstand an American
invasion?
What was President
Madisons solution for
adding soldiers to the war?
Why didnt Madisons
solution work?
Describe Canadian
military preparedness
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Future President.
Led Kentucky militia.
Defeated British at Battle of Thames.
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Chapter 12
The Circulatory System
The human circulatory system is closed and includes a single heart that pumps the blood and
vessels that distribute the blood throughout the body.
Goals of this section:
1. Define and contrast the structure of a vein, artery, and capillary.
2. Describe the structures of the heart and their function.
Atrium----- Up
Ventricle---- Down
Left side
Right side
Up -----Atrium
Down ----Ventricle
Deoxygenated
Bloof flows to the lungs
Deoxygenated
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left atrium
right atrium
left ventricle
right ventricle
septum
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The heart is actually two pumps in one. Oxygenlow blood is pumped to the lungs on the right
side. Oxygen-rich blood is pumped to the body
on the left side.
Vocabulary
Arteries
Arterioles
Valves (veins)
Capillaries
Pericardium
Atriums
Aorta
Veins
Venules
Varicose Veins
Heart
Ventricles
Valves (heart)
Septum
Questions
1. Describe the five types of blood vessels.
2. What causes varicose veins?
3. Describe the flow of blood through the heart and lungs.
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Closed system.
Includes a single heart.
Distributes blood throughout the body.
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The heart
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Arteries
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Arterioles
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Veins
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Venules
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Valves (veins)
P 34
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Varicose veins
Capillaries
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Pericardium
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Ventricles
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Septum
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Valves (heart)
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Atriums
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Arteries
Pumps blood
The blood
vessels
Size of fist
Cardiac muscle
Tough protective
membrane surrounding
the heart
Atriums
Separated by
thick septum
Ventricles
Vein
Venule
Muscular
Smallest artery
Carry blood toward the heart
Thin walls and slightly elastic
Valves
Capillary
The heart
Nutrients
Four chambers
Wastes
Oxygen
Valves
Permit blood to
flow in one
direction
Other
substances
The Circulatory
System
Deoxygenated blood
Right atrium
The blood
flow
Right ventricle
Deoxygenated blood
Lungs
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Center of chest
Pericardium
Arterioles
speed multiplication
Speed Multiplication
Contents
Definition of Speed Multiplication.
Two numbers near 100 and both greater than 100.
Two numbers near 100 and both less than 100.
Definition
Often multiplication needs to be carried out under conditions that would not permit the use of a
calculator. Speed multiplication is a powerful tool for effortlessly multiplying two numbers
without the aid of a calculator. It is based upon a simple model in which both numbers to be
multiplied are both near the number 100. Both numbers can be greater than 100, or both
numbers can be less than 100 for the technique to work. For example, you could use speed
multiplication to multiply 103 and 105 (which are both greater than 100) or 98 and 97 (which
are both less than 100). However, if one number is greater than 100, and the other is less than
100, this method will not work. For example, when multiplying 98 and 103, you can not use
speed multiplication since 98 is less than 100 and 103 is greater than 100.
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speed multiplication
3
x5
15
Step six: Combine both answers to get the final answer: 10,815
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105
x 106
107
x 109
108
x 102
105
+3
108
speed multiplication
98
95
Step six: Combine both answers to get the final answer: 9,310
97
x 91
92
x 99
93
x 96
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speed multiplication
Speed Multiplication
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deeply and asked her to dance. And to the great disappointment of all the young
ladies, he danced with Cinderella all evening.
Who are you, fair maiden? the Prince kept asking her. But Cinderella only
replied, What does it matter who I am! You will never see me again anyway.
Oh, but I shall, Im quite certain! he replied.
Cinderella had a wonderful time at the ball. But, all of a sudden, she heard the
sound of a clock: the first stroke of midnight! She remembered what the fairy had
said, and without a word of goobye she slipped from the Princes arms and ran
down the steps. As she ran she lost one of her slippers, but not for a moment did
she dream of stopping to pick it up! If the last stroke of midnight were to sound...
oh... what a disaster that would be! Out she fled and vanished into the night.
The Prince, who was now madly in love with her, picked up her slipper and said
to his ministers, Go and search everywhere for the girl whose foot this slipper
fits. I will never be content until I find her!
So the ministers tried the slipper on the foot of all the girls and even on
Cinderellas foot. Surprise! The slipper fitted perfectly.
That awful untidy girl simply cannot have been at the ball, snapped the
stepmother. Tell the Prince he ought to marry one of my two daughters! Cant
you see how ugly Cinderella is! Cant you see? Suddenly she broke off, for the
fairy had appeared.
Thats enough! she exclaimed, raising her magic wand. In a flash, Cinderella
appeared in a splendid dress, shining with youth and beauty. Her stepmother and
stepsisters gaped at her in amazement, and the ministers said, Come with us, fair
maiden! The Prince awaits to present you with his engagement ring!
So Cinderella joyfully went with them, and lived happily ever after with her
Prince.
And as for the cat, he just said Miaow.
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Plot
Cinderella
5/5/2002 - v2
Characters
Atmosphere
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Letter Two
Dear Robert,
I would like to explore the possibility of securing representation from your firm. I am an
experienced speaker, as you can see from the numerous enclosed materials that accompany this
letter. In fact, Ive made over 50 presentations in the last year alone at a rate of $7,500 per day.
I speak on the following topics:
Mastering Your Information Glut Using Speed Reading
Overcoming Writers Block
Speed Math Made Easy
Accelerated Learning Skills For The Workplace
In addition to the numerous testimonials, brochures, and newspaper clippings enclosed with
this letter, I also have available upon request audio and video materials for you to review.
I will call you in the near future to arrange a meeting so we can discuss representation, and I
would appreciate you sending me some information about your firm as well.
Yours truly,
Howard Stephen Berg
The Worlds Fastest Reader
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Letter Three
Dear Stephen,
We appreciate your patience and willingness to work with us to resolve the problems you are
experiencing with our new computer system. It is unfortunate this problem occurred, but we
are fully able to provide you with onsite help to make certain that your equipment is
functioning properly and that your audio features work properly.
To that end, please call us immediately to arrange a suitable time and date for our expert to
visit your site and make the necessary adjustments to your computer.
Please let us know if you require any additional assistance from us. We are eager to please you.
Sincerely,
Mike Comp Uter
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Letter Four
To All Employees of Berg Enterprises:
Berg Enterprises has reached an agreement with our investment managers to purchase
Microgentle and Intelichip Corporations. Our agreement is subject to several conditions that
must be met before this deal becomes final, and this may take six additional months to
complete. Until this agreement is final, no changes will occur in our current work schedule.
When final agreement is reached, we will dominate the entire globe in computer manufacturing
and distribution. The entire world will be at our mercy!
The investors request that existing management of Berg Enterprises remain with the company
until after the transaction is completed. All of our other employees will be asked to remain as
well. Most of our divisions will experience little change until after the deal is completed.
The next weeks will be challenging and full of opportunity. Those who continue to provide high
quality work will be most welcome into our new corporate structure.
Sincerely,
I M Aliar, President
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Letter Five
Dear Marcy,
We received your letter about the problem you experienced on our train. We are sorry you fell
out of your sleeper compartment, but you failed to use the restraining belt that was provided to
prevent this accident from occurring. It was also clearly indicated on the wall of your
compartment of the need to fasten your restraining device. It was your failure to fasten this
device that caused the accident. Hence the injury was due to your failure to follow instructions.
We regret that we can not provide you with any financial assistance for your accident, and we
look forward to seeing you again in the near future on one of our trains.
Yours truly,
M Y Money
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Pachelbel: Canon
Corelli: Largo from Concerto Number 7
in D Minor, Opus 5
Boccherini: Minuet
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Notes
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