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particular significance. Of course, this kind of note-taking during the
reading process would have slowed her reading down to a crawl—
usually no more than about 100 words per minute.
How much time would Jennifer have spent using one of her old
methods of study? Realistically, Jennifer had to admit that what she had
accomplished in one hour and fifteen minutes with the Evelyn Wood
approach would have taken at least six to eight hours with either of her

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old methods. That would have forced her to spend the rest of the
evening and part or most of the next on the history book—just to get
through it once and take some notes. She also knew that significant
revision of the notes would have been required to prepare them as a
study tool for the test.
As it was, she had finished with the basic assignment entirely in a
little over one hour and could now move on to her other assignments—
which she also planned to do using the Evelyn Wood learning strategies.
All that remained for Jennifer to accomplish before the history test the
following Monday was to 
review
her notes and perhaps glance through
the text another time or two. During this final phase of her study, she
planned to focus on those areas that she expected the teacher to
emphasize on the test.
The review process took less than one leisurely hour, which she
scheduled for a convenient time on the weekend. In fact, she could have
spent even less time on the review than she did, but she wanted to be
sure she really nailed the test.
Jennifer easily completed all her other assignments by Friday, and as a
result, she was able to attend—and enjoy—her various weekend
activities. And she did very well on her two quizzes and paper.
Like many other students who learn the techniques I’m describing in
this book, Jennifer knew what was required to achieve Mental Soaring
and, in fact, she was quite skilled at the process. But she hadn’t gained
the confidence she needed to actually apply those skills to a real-life
situation.
As we continue with this discussion, try using the concepts I’m talking
about on this book and on your other reading. It’s only by doing what
I’m talking about that you’ll learn how these methods work in practice.
Also, as you acquire experience, you’ll automatically gain the self-
assurance you need to engage in supersonic reading and studying.
So now, try putting into practice some of these principles that I’ve
been preaching. Most likely, you haven’t overviewed this book. Do so at
this point, and then return to this section of the text.
Next, the following information on hand motions will enable you to
incorporate still another prerequisite skill for layered study. These

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techniques are 
absolutely fundamental
for developing maximum speed
and efficiency in every step of learning that we’ve discussed—
overviewing, previewing, reading, postviewing and reviewing.