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Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik

How to Absorb Books 3x Faster (While Remembering More)

Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik

Jim Kwik, Your Brain Coach, Founder www.KwikLearning.com

Kwikbrain, Education, Memory, Productivity, Jimkwik, Brain, Business

4.85.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Most people think reading slower means understanding more.

But what if the real reason you forget what you read is because no one ever taught you how to read for the brain you have today?

In this episode of the Kwik Brain podcast, I break down how to read faster, focus better, and actually remember what you read. 

I share the same brain-based reading principles I have taught for more than 34 years to students around the world, including how to reduce the habits that slow you down, how to improve retention, and how to train your brain to turn reading into a real superpower.

In this episode, you will learn:

✅ Why slow reading often hurts comprehension instead of helping it

✅ The four major habits that keep most adults reading below their potential

✅ How subvocalization limits your speed to your speaking voice

✅ Why back-skipping kills focus and understanding

✅ How to preview a book so your brain knows what to look for

✅ How to use a visual pacer to increase speed and concentration

✅ Why focus training is essential for better reading

✅ How to remember more of what you read using visualization, association, and teaching

✅ A simple 7-day reading training plan to improve speed, retention, and comprehension

If you want to read more without spending hours a day, remember more of what you study, and finally make reading feel easier and more enjoyable, this episode will help you stop reading the old way and start reading in a way your brain actually works best.

👉 What book are you reading right now, or what book do you want to finish next?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Quick Brain, bite-sized brain hacks for busy people who want to learn faster and achieve more.

0:06.1

I'm your coach, Jim Quick.

0:08.2

Free your mind.

0:10.2

Let's imagine if we could access 100% of our brain's capacity.

0:15.1

I wasn't high, wasn't wired, just clear.

0:17.9

I knew what I needed to do and how to do it.

0:20.3

I know Kung Fu. Show me.

0:26.5

Have you ever read a page in a book, got to the bottom, and realize you have no idea what you just read?

0:32.7

By the way, quick plug, limitless paperback edition. It has new material also. Get yours, wherever you get books.

0:39.3

Maybe you've tried reading something more for your career, your personal growth, your goals,

0:46.2

but it takes you forever to finish even just one chapter. If this sounds like you, here's

0:53.2

a good news. You're not alone. One study found that the

0:56.9

average person reads no more than one book a year, and it is declining, not because they don't

1:03.8

want to learn, but because no one ever taught them how to read for their brain that they have

1:09.9

today. And we know readers or leaders, right? You read

1:13.3

to succeed. If somebody has decades of experience, they put into a book and you can sit down and read

1:17.6

that book in a few days. You can download decades into days. That's the biggest advantage you could

1:21.2

have in life and work, in your career, at school. Reading is to your mind, what exercises your body.

1:26.0

We were taught what to learn, but we're never really taught how to learn.

1:30.4

Imagine if you could absorb books and not just read it faster, you know, maybe two,

1:36.3

three times faster like we do with our quick reading courses, with students around the world.

1:41.5

But imagine if you could actually remember what you read.

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