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There are many such products available on the market, and their effectiveness is disputed, but Amazing Discoveries was popular largely because of its brilliant showmanship: This episode used several stunts to make the product seem "amazing", the most audacious of these being the scene 10 minutes into the episode where they introduce a lawyer by the name of "Fred Hersh" whom they claim reads faster than the person listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the world's fastest reader.

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Thanks to the magic of the Internet, you can watch the full episode here on YouTube, but for those of you who don't want to sit through a 28-and-a-half-minute commercial (and, really, I don't blame you), Alpha-Netics boils down to a speed-reading program. One episode of Amazing Discoveries which particularly sticks out in my memory is the one on a product called Alpha-Netics, designed by the late Owen Derrell Skousen (who passed away on February 26, 2010). That was a time when the middle class still had enough disposable income that they could spend money on things to improve their personal lives. Indeed, Levey claimed that none other than David Letterman once called him "the most-viewed person on television", which is a bold claim to make, but it might have been true considering how widely-syndicated Amazing Discoveries was in the early 1990s. Looking back, it's hard to believe that anyone actually bothered to make or watch such shows the 1980s and 1990s were a very different time, a time when you could literally make a half-hour-long commercial and people would watch it.

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I remember seeing several episodes of Amazing Discoveries, a series of infomercials hosted by the late Mike Levey (who passed away on August 2, 2003). I enjoyed cartoons and children's shows, but I also watched a lot of infomercials, because it was interesting to see what they were marketing I assumed that if people were making and selling these products, that must mean that customers were buying them, and so I saw infomercials as a sort of way of better understanding business success. Join 6,400+ readers here.When I was a child, I watched a fair amount of television, and while I don't think I watched much more or less television than the average child, what interested me on television might have been a bit different from what interested most children.

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If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & write a positive review.Įvery week I send out a free newsletter with actionable advice from amazing books. Out of 30,000 books, here are 3 that had a huge impact on Howard’s life The importance of knowing when to read faster & when to read slower

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How to analyze the outside of a book to quickly understand what it’s about How to improve your reading comprehension Speed reading tip #5: Know when to speed read Speed reading tip #4: Avoid regression, progression, and distraction Speed reading tip #2: Reduce vocalization Temporarily losing comprehension while learning speed reading is normal Speed reading tip #1: Determine schema How Howard developed a love for reading In our conversation, Howard shares advice on how to read faster, bad habits that are slowing down your reading speed, how to take notes while reading, how to remember more of what you’ve read, and much more. Howard holds the Guinness record for being the world’s fastest reader, reading at 80 pages per minute.

My guest today is Howard Berg, the author of Super Reading Secrets.

Learn more about Howard’s speed reading program at /a/alexbooks.