How To Speed Read
By: Ken Asselin
We live in the age of information, and we must read extensively if we want to be successful in our studies, or careers. Schools and colleges have discovered that courses in reading skills give enormous aid to students struggling under the heavier loads of today's scholastic programs. Young men and women trained in Modern Reading show distinct advantages over those who lack this kind of preparation.
In recent years millions of Americans have learned that it is not enough just to read more. Under today's information pressures you must read faster and read better. Many new speed reading techniques have been developed recently that have produced dramatic results in faster reading times, and are training people to read in a better more intelligent way. It is the purpose of this article about Modem Reading to discuss how we can all do just that.
These new speed reading techniques teach you how to read faster, and still comprehend what you are reading, which is an essential skill in today's fast moving environment. If reading has seemed difficult before, speed reading will show you how to make it almost effortless. You will learn the skills by which rapid readers gain their speed, and how to gain speed yourself. As you read faster you will also read better, and comprehend more.
You will find your reading skills increasing from the very start, and with serious application, you will soon be speed reading with ease.
You need to learn the skills necessary to take advantage of the two greatest time savers associated with speed reading; the technique of pre-reading, and skimming documents effectively. Poor reading habits will not go away by themselves, but with a little effort on your part, speed reading can guide you down the path of better and more enjoyable reading.
The skills developed when you learn to speed read are designed to overcome handicaps which keep most untrained readers from the pleasures of stretching their knowledge, and help you move ahead to achieve the rewards of better reading.
Ken Asselin
How To Speed Read
By: Ken Asselin


How Vipassana Meditation changed my life
Vipassana Meditation means seeing things as they really are. It means that you are not just looking at things, but really seeing what they are all about. Seeing through the mask, seeing the truth. Ultimately, this path leads to wisdom and with this wisdom comes that stress, anxiety and depression fall away and a relaxed person is left, who is unconcerned with the little problems of every day life, but knows how to handle them with wisdom.
This all sounds like a passage from the I Ching, but it is not. It really is what Vipassana not only claims to be, but is. If you can get yourself to practise diligently, not just on a 10 day course but daily thereafter, also helping others and sitting more and more courses, you will find this is the truth.
It is a bit like a small child asking the question: why? Why are things the way they are? Why am I supposed to wear this and behave like that? Why do we eat the things we eat and say the things we say? As an adult who has learned to simply accept these things as a matter of fact, it is difficult to answer these questions. Also, we do not like to think about them and their possible consequences. What would happen if we suddenly decided to change our lifestyle, our clothes, what we eat and drink, what we value and care for? Our environment, our parents, family and friends would be shocked! You can't do that! You are supposed to ....etc. They would pressure us back into the way we are accustomed to.
But this is exactly what Vipassana does, it asks the question WHY? And you have to face it and answer it. And then you have to ask yourself if that aspect of life is really where you want to be. Does it really help you. And then you can make a decision if you wish to change that in your life or not. It asks the question if you are really doing something because YOU want it, or because OTHERS want it. Your choice, your truth.
Vipassana meditation changed my life completely, and that is no understatement. I am now a much happier and relaxed person, while before I was depressed, suicidal and very stressed. I had panic and anxiety attacks and really did not know what to do with myself. On top of that, I was ashamed of myself. This is not to say that you can only do Vipassana meditation when you are are wreck like that. You can do Vipassana even when you are already rather happy, and still find a lot of benefits. But then again, this post is about my personal story and not yours.
What has changed me is seeing the truth. I used to go out a lot, drink a lot and even use some soft-drugs like most people of my age. After Vipassana I realised I was just doing these things to be part of the group, to be accepted. I could not love or accept myself unless others did so. The drink and drugs was a way out of my misery. For a moment everything seemed ok and I did not need to worry any more. For a little while I did not feel the depression and anxiety. Now I don't need these things any more and I feel better than I every felt.
Unfortunately this also had some negative effects. I lost friends because I did not go out any more. They said I had become boring and not fun. But my real friends stayed and my relationship with them deepened. We had fun in other ways and they loved it as much as me. When they wanted to go to the pub, they went without me. When they wanted to spend time with me, they did. Slowly people began to accept but in the beginning it was hard to be constantly tugged to try and get you to fall back into your old ways.
The most difficult challenge has been my parents. Due to Vipassana I realised that what I had been doing all my life is to try and live up to their standards. They wanted me to be one way or the other, and I always tried to comply, failing miserably because it was just not me. And then they would pounce on me telling me I was a failure, etc. This in turn made me very depressed and suicidal. Sometimes I would get myself up and try again but to no avail.
Now you must know that I have an IQ of 160 and hold two masters degrees in Science and Business. So I don't think I'm so dumb that I cannot succeed. What I did not do very well though was to understand other people and how they operated. This is why I could never really succeed in what my parents wanted for me.


Ethics In The Internet: Can It Be Ignored? Copyright (c) Lars Krøgholt 2006
The internet presents an enormous diversity of people. There are so many different people from different backgrounds, countries, religions, etc. it's astounding. All in one place called the World Wide Web.
With those differences comes something else that we will never escape. Since the fall of Adam in Eden, man has struggled with the forces of good and evil. And with that comes the difficulty to define the line that separates the two.
Where do we draw the line when it comes to ethical uses of technology, programming and marketing? Where do we draw the line when making a decision if manipulating something or using a resource to bend the rules is wrong.
To pin point it directly: People are selfish creatures. Many of us think of our selves before anyone else? some of us take into consideration others? some of us don't at all.
You want money and will do anything to get it.
Pursuing online opportunities can sometimes seem like a solitaire journey with not many people being effected by your efforts. I think that is very much opposite of the truth. The truth is the World Wide Web is spun tight and one flick of a thread can shake the whole web and cause effects? like a ripple in a pond.
Let's expand this thought of the internet as a web. A place where everybody is an example for each other. We learn from each other ? the amount of inspiration across the internet is enormous. You are responsible for your actions and ways of doing things, and if your website is at all exposed I bet your ideas and ways of doing things will be duplicated ? for good or bad.
All in all the internet is a culture building fenomenon ? a society beyond societies, countries, ethnic groups, time and place. The cultures of the individuals give impression to the internet cultures and the cultures that build up in the internet give impression to the cultures we are living.
Many people just think of themselves. And that I guess is understandable. The internet draws people that are looking to make a fortune, to make a quick buck, to do whatever it takes to bring in the dough. These people have vision I'm sure, but it is directed in a very narrow path with blinders and does not take into consideration the ripple it is causing?
I'm a believer that one needs to have this sort of vision to a degree. That's how we reach our goals. To have a burning desire and to focus all our energy to attain it? BUT we cannot lose site of the entire web?
When you run into something that seems like it might be a little spammy or just doesn't sound ethical or right, you should ask yourself some questions:
1) Can I live with myself? or don't I care because I just want the money? What about my integrity?
2) How does this effect my neighbors online? (everyone is your neighbor; one click away).
3) Is this something that promotes the good of the internet and will create an environment that promotes a better web? Does this have a negative impact?
4) Do I understand what the internet is and where my place in it is? You may not? figure it out. It is a web. It is a place to hold & find information, to buy products and services, to communicate ? to imitate and build up culture. Will I disrupt that purpose?
5) Will this short term gain be worth the long term price? Am I building for today or for my future? Will doing what I'm doing now actually destroy opportunities to make money elsewhere down the road?
You see? let's take search engines for instance. You have to admit they play a vital role online? What if we do something that makes that piece of the puzzle problematic? Do you not think that will have an impact?
I always try and think of myself as the surfer (and that's not to hard, because I am one? what would I want?)
Let us be part of the solution? Let's not work against the system and instead help it? Let's make decisions that are good for the public & business online?
?Won't it provide you MORE opportunity?
Ethics will be ignored because the internet is populated by humans. And there will always be humans that will want to do things the hard way, manipulate and cheat the system?
At the same time, maybe if enough of us cared? We could make the internet a better place for us all and in the long run create better technology and more opportunity!
Imagine what the Search Engines could do if they took all the energy they use fighting unethical webmasters to create a better engine and experience for us!
I want to make money too. But I also have sight. I see the potential if we all work together for the common good.
Will I walk that fine line myself. To my very best knowledge? And I will ask myself those questions?I am not alone in the internet. I am responsible to myself, to my fellow surfers and siteowners and to God in Heaven.
Please give it a thought....
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Lars Kr?t is an online entrepreneur wanting to help people getting the best of the internet. Website: http://krogholt.ws. We help you build an income for life from your home.