HOW TO STAY FOCUSED WHILE READING 📖 Focus is a big part of what it takes to become a speed reader. If you can learn to focus better you’ll not only read faster, but you’ll do so with better comprehension. Learning to focus better will also help you become more productive in your professional or academic career. Here four tips to improve your focus while reading. Tip #1: Use Your Hand to Guide Your Eyes While Reading Your eyes are naturally attracted to motion. And if you use your hand to create motion on the page, your eyes will naturally follow. Try using your hand (or a pen) and going smoothly from left to right. Adjust your speed to make sure you aren’t going too slow or too fast. If it feels uncomfortable at first, this is only because you aren’t used to reading with your hand. The more you do it, the more natural it will feel. Tip #2: Eliminate Distractions If you find yourself easily distracted when you read, then you need to figure which distrac...