How do you read ? Do you speed read ?

Reading is so important and we need it every single day.
I've been reading and watching some interesting videos about speed reading.

Here is what I've found that most articles suggest that you should

• avoid sub-vocalization
• use your finger/pen/pencil to direct our eyes
• try to see multiple words at a time
• try to work on speed, comprehension, and retaining separately (even though the comprehension will be low in the beginning)
• reduce distractions as much as possible

What do you think ? Do you have any good tips ?

Firefox Addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reasy/

Note: it seems it works until Firefox 3.7 however this is *easily* fixable.
If you see "Not available for Firefox 1.2.3" where 1.2.3 is your current Firefox version then you'll need to do some tweaks.
 
In order to make the addon work in Firefox 3.7+ => Download the addon.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/7928/addon-7928-latest.xpi (right click Save Link As")
Then open the XPI file using WinRAR/WinZIP/7zip and edit install.rdf. Make em:maxVersion="5" (For Firefox 5 just in case) and then put the updated file back into the XPI file. Then open the XPI file with Firefox and install it as you normally would.

Learn how not to subvocalize
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPOIZ6DGXWE


Free Speed Reading Course (1/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQiOEC8UnM


Free Speed Reading Course (2/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeJsp62IYk


Free Speed Reading Course (3/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oztN0XsWbM


Free Speed Reading Course (4/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsPFJYVmb4A


Free Speed Reading Course (5/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gv9VLpayy4

Do you get enough sleep ?

I admit that I have (sometimes/often) bad sleeping habits and did a search for "optimal time to go to bed" and found some interesting articles.

http://www.ineedmotivation.com/blog/2007/10/when-is-the-best-time-to-sleep/
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/02/secrets-to-a-good-night-sleep.aspx
http://www.thedailymind.com/health-at-work/staying-up-late-why-everyone-should-go-to-bed-earlier/

The info I got from them was to listen to your body and when you feel tired to go bed.
Not to exercise 1-2 hours before going to bed or drink alcohol before that time.
.... the list goes on and on....

I'd like to add one more thing is listening to great music such as Enigma, Era, Gregorian etc.

Can there be success without a foundation ?

I am subscribed to the newletters of John Maxwell and here is a nice video about building your foundation.

http://johnmaxwellteam.com/2011foundation/