The Extraordinary Way to Eliminate Overload

A new book by Clive Lewis promises to help you become an Extraordinary Reader and eliminate information overload, for good. Here Anthony Landale reports on a new reading strategy that will get you the knowledge you need, fast. 
 
“We have met the enemy and he is us” is the evocative title of a new report into […]

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How to save a day…

… if you spend 40% of your day reading (reports, email, journals, books for qualifications etc) and you double your reading speed - you save a day a week… just think if you trebled your reading speed!

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Fun Stuff - Speed Read a Newspaper in 10 Minutes

Speed Read a Newspaper in 10 Minutes
1) Firstly get control of the ‘task’ - a rapid browse of the whole paper to see what is in it helps enormously. The browse should be no more than 2 seconds per page - looking for stories of interest, understanding how much space is devoted to main stories. […]

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Professional Study - More important than Rock and Roll?

It may never be the new rock and roll but for many people professional study is probably more important.
Of course many of us are required to study – and to keep on studying. CPD, for example, is here to stay and is mandatory in most professional membership bodies. Furthermore, if you are working in a […]

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The Accelerated Executive

Accelerated learning (AL) provides executives with a range of rapid response tools. Here Clive Lewis outlines what these are and why they are so important.
So you are familiar with accelerated learning (AL). Good for you. But take note; if you are a trainer or a training manager the issue isn’t about how AL can help […]

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Lifelong Learning - What it is and Why it is Important

There is a lot of discussion about the need for all organisations to equip managers and staff at all levels to be able to continue to learn and develop throughout their careers and lives. Here Clive Lewis, Director of the training and consultancy company, Illumine Limited, which specialises in learning, thinking and creativity, explains why […]

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Time Stretchers

Why do we need to speed read? Aren’t we under enough pressure at work already?
If this is your premise then think again. Speed reading is not about forcing you to work harder. On the contrary, by enabling you to triple your reading speed, it is much more about helping you to handle your time […]

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The 20 Minute Hour

Manage your information overload by learning how to speed read. Here Clive Lewis introduces us to the first principles of a technology that all executive travellers sometimes require.
You are on your way to a key client meeting or presentation. You picked up a huge file of papers just before you left home and you only […]

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The Information Age - Blessing or Curse?

We live in an era when information is more freely available than ever before. One of the great advantages of living at the end of the 20th century. Or is it? Here, Clive Lewis, Director of brain training company, illumine ltd, explores why not everyone is celebrating…and gives us some tips on how to read […]

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Reading Faster, Remembering More

Speed reading is an area of corporate training which Tony Buzan has just handed over to Illumine Training. Here Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine, highlights why it is such a valuable skill for business executives to learn.
Why do we need to speed read? Aren’t we under enough pressure at work already? 
If this is your premise […]

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