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Did I say 2X better make it 3X!

I listened to a podcast the other day that spoke of a gentleman that lost his vision at an adult age, this adult learned to listen to audio (book on tape style) at 6 times the speed. I was really proud of myself because I was listening to this particular podcast at 1.5X speed. Then when I heard that we (humans) can process language at up to 8 times the spoken word, and there was this dude that was listening at 6x I thought, well shoot! Challenge accepted! (I don't believe I will get to 6x by the way) I immediately went to 2X and have been listening to podcasts at that level for months now. I also found that Audible.com offers audiobooks read at 3X. Currently, I'm not there, but I am comfortable with what I consider to be very good comprehension at a 2.5X and training myself to get to the 3X.

So what?!

Well, time is money, if I can listen to a book on tape in 1/3 the time that my peers listen to the same book and we both get the same out of the book, I just purchased 2/3 of my life back just by training myself to listen to little squirrel voices. That's the cheapest time I think I've found this side of the decade! That's called freedomizing, that's called efficiency, that's called Money!

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