Where did the speed reading techniques come from?
etailed research on speed reading precepts has been carried out for more than 100 years. Thus, speed reading is not a modern-times invention. History reveals that there were quite a lot of people who have obtained stunning results in this area. • Napoleon Bonaparte was able to read at the speed of 2000 words per minute • Honore de Balzac (4000 words a minute) • Theodore Roosevelt, being particularly inclined to breaking records, happened to read three novels in an hour once and was able to present their contents in detail afterwards • John F. Kennedy was very well acquainted with current press news thanks to speed reading (he was able to read 2000 words per minute) • Bill Gates has never taken a speed reading test, however, he is famous for his reading-on-yacht weekends.
