A mysterious subscriber, Chris The Realist, writes in:
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Hey Allen,
I recently came across your work and I read your article ” How to read as fast as Usain Bolt runs”
I’ve also seen your acknowledgement of the theory that geniuses are just people who figured out how to do certain little things as efficiently as possible.
If you truly have a speed reading technique that works at a high level, I know that you may want to gatekeep it to maintain the edge.
I was wondering if you mind sharing that speed reading technique with me. I’d gatekeep it if you want. Either way, keep up the good work!
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I’m sorta feeling like Coca-Cola right now…
When people constantly go up to the only 2 guys in the company who know their secret recipe, and ask them:
“Pssst, pssst, psst. Can youz tells me the secret? What’s in that drink that’s making everyone keep drinkin’ it? I promise I won’t tell anyone. Pinky swearz. Imma just curious. Won’t tell a soul!”
But long story short:
I don’t have a secret speed reading technique.
That works at a high level.
I have a secret ‘speed everything’ technique. That works at a high level. On everything, and anything. Making almost anything I do faster, easier, and a whole lot better than just about anyone else who doesn’t know how to do this. It ain’t just reading.
But now, short story long:
It ain’t even really a secret…
Or a tactic.
Or a special ‘technique’ or ninja ‘jutsu’ you can only learn by rapidly twisting your fingers in as many awkward poses as possible.
What it really is…
… is a principle!
A Japanese principle called Kaizen.
Which basically, and simply, means…
… making small, tiny improvements, each and every day.
And which was ultimately innovated to the next level by the world’s greatest manufacturing company, Toyota. To the point that they used it to bring their car manufacturing time down to less than 8 minutes per car. And which is why they don’t need to store cars in garages. Because they can just ‘print’ cars when you order them.
But:
This is the same principle I used to bring my reading speed down…
… to around an hour or so per book…
(Excluding thick as heck biographies, of course. Or 575 chapter novels, like the one I’m plowing through right now.)
… simply by looking for tiny, simple little ways I can improve myself and my speed.
Everyday.
Not chasing after shiny, silvery bullets.
Or secret loopholes or hacks that…
… might or might not exist.
And if they do, then fine. I’ll incorporate them into my routine when I find them. But if not? It doesn’t matter. Because regardless, I’m making tiny, incremental, compounding gains day after day. To everything I’m doing.
Including speed reading.
Which I’ll talk more on in a minute.
But in general:
This reminds me of how…
… marketers or business owners who are constantly looking for that one secret hack…
… or that one technique…
… or that one magic bullet…
… are doomed to forever wander and haunt the interwebs, constantly moaning and groaning, while clanking and rattling the chains tied around their ankles, about how they can never get enough sales or subscribers or shares online because they can’t find that one secret to doing it.
And constantly complaining about how quickly the world is changing. And spinning. And evolving.
Because they’re looking for tactics.
That are here today.
But gone tomorrow.
And can only be used for certain things, and not for others.
Not principles.
That last almost forever.
And can be used in almost any and every situation, or business, or medium, for as long as you live, no matter how the economy, or government, or environment, or technology changes.
Which is also why I can quickly get into almost any new field…
… and start doing it to a pretty good level…
… at almost any time.
Since I focus on principles. And universal skills. That are easily and instantly transferrable. To any other field. And any other industry. And don’t have to be constantly starting from scratch each time.
Principles like Kaizen.
And the 80/20 Pareto Principle.
And the Withered Technology Principle used by Nintendo.
Which I talked about in yesterday’s email. And which allows them to bypass and surpass almost any trend. With little to no competition. Simply by focusing on innovating (truly innovating) new ways to use old, useless, but proven tech.
Instead of constantly chasing after the next big thing like everyone else. Who really ain’t creating any value for society at all…
… but are really…
… just adding more ‘blood’ to the competition pool.
Anyways:
As for how I apply these principle to speed reading?
I’ve discussed the details in my previous work on How To Scam Your Brain Productive. Which… unfortunately… is closed right now.
But:
If instead of simply reading faster…
You’d also like to see how you can apply the same ‘Kaizen’ principle to learning faster, easier, and better… while making others who gobble up your content learn faster, easier, and better as well… plus… how you can write dramatically better, more eyeball grabbing, retina glueing, dopamine-inducing content and copy, with a simple Kaizen approach taught by copywriting great Eugene Schwartz (outlined in one of the bonuses)…
… you can check out my latest work.
On how to create “Dopamine On Demand”.
In people’s brains using your content or copy.
With a simplified, improved, and expanded framework I created. Based on the principles used by neuroscientists at Fortune 100 companies.
Like Nike.
Microsoft.
And even the US military.
And I talk about these principles (that are easily transferrable across any medium, or platform, online or offline) right here:
https://themysteriousmarketer.com/dopamine-on-demand/
Allen Walker
The Mysterious “Highly Principled” Marketer
P.S. I almost forgot while spewing knowledge…
But for some small, tiny, Kaizen improvements you can make to start reading faster right now? And which I didn’t talk about in Scam Your Brain Productive?
Because I hate repeating myself…
[+] Sleep earlier. Before 10 at least.
[+] Find something that switches your mental channel before bed. And totally relaxes you. Slow-paced videos games or comics does it for me, almost every time. Better sleep, better reading speed.
[+] You gotta lift, man. I always read faster after lifting weights. If you can’t do weights, at least do isometrics or eccentrics. Look it up. You can do them at any age.
[+] Get enough of all the B-complex vitamins in your diet. Or supplement. And get enough Omega 3s and vit C while you’re at it.
[+] Make sure you get enough mineral electrolytes. Big difference.
[+] Eat more cayenne peppers. And horseradish. Instant brain boost right there.
[+] Use a finger to point at words while reading. Always.
[+] Grow lots of snake plants, areca palms, and golden pothos in your office. All plants that NASA says boosts room oxygen so much, that they make your brain over 20% more productive.
And for more shocking discoveries from NASA about the brain, you’ll find them inside here:
https://themysteriousmarketer.com/dopamine-on-demand/
What’s that?
You think it’s all too simple?!?
Well, that’s why it works, homey…
Allen Walker, the Mysterious Marketer, is the marketing genius who’s deleted more 6 & 7 figure businesses than anyone else on the planet (*all because he gets bored). He’s also known as the world’s most genius renaissance marketer. Visit his blog to read thousands of his ‘secret’ copywriting tips for getting paid to grow your email list.
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