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How to retain information

on breaking the habit of speed reading

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Aug 31, 2025
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Confession: I speed read. It’s how I got through years of education including a law degree and postgrad. I just skim the text and pick out the key themes or issues, summarise and move on. It’s key to being effective in my job - but, I don’t retain that information because I don’t need to.

Unfortunately, when it comes to reading fiction that speed rea…

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