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Edward Droge:
When we learn how to read, we are looking at each word one at a time. When we're being tested by our teachers they're asking us to read aloud, and we can only read one word at a time.

Ed Droge, author of the book, Your Intelligence Makeover…

That means if there are twelve words on a line your eye makes twelve eye stops. What we're capable of doing is seeing a lot more than that. If you just think about it, if you go to the zoo and you look at the elephant you can see the whole elephant. So, you can't convince me that you can't see more than just a little fraction of an inch of a word on a page. But what you have to do is train yourself. If you saw two words at a time your eyes would make six eye stops and theoretically you've doubled your reading speed right there. And you can do this in a relatively short amount of time.

Ever have trouble remembering people's names right after you meet them? Well, Ed says, if you repeat the name out loud you'll have a better chance of remembering it. Also…

Try to envision that persons name on the persons face. For example, if the persons name is Carol you might think of a caroler. Either the person that you're talking to named Carol becomes that, or you just have this little image- maybe a cartoon image of maybe a caroler standing on her head. Because, in fact the crazier it is, the easier it is for you to remember.

Tomorrow, how to be a better writer, instantly. I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.