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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self -Aldous Huxley

Even though blogging is fun and self engaging, a lot of people have fear and self limiting beliefs which holds them back. So below I have stated 3 fears and self limiting beliefs along with solution for overcoming it.

Shyness: "I am scared to share my thoughts with the world"

This is a most common problem every blogger has at least once been dazzled by. The question starts as what would others think about my post? is it good enough? how will people react to it? will they like it ? and they go on and on and on. Soon rather than being positively excited about how people will react this turns into stress and anxiety. This turn becomes more magnified when the person is sharing his emotions or delicate information which he or she values. This is a kind of feeling of vulnerability which holds you down.

The solution for this fear is being excited about what will people comment and taking it in a positive way for improving your blog. This definitely needs confidence. So the advice is to start off small. Start by posting a tweet or share in Facebook about your recent posts to your friends and close ones, or maybe you are scared to share it with your friends then share it to a completely anonymous person.

Anyway starting off small will definitely help and build your confidence.

Fear of Failure

Lot of people don't even try or don't take the needed leap, because they are scared they might not achieve what they desired.

Its not important whether you achieve success of not, whats important is that you tried because at the end of the day when you are tired and lying in the bed it would really make a difference to know that you tried your best. This article will properly explain this topic in deep. In the end with practice you will be able to take more risks and be able to benefit from them.

Imposter syndrome: I am not good enough

Many people think that they have to be an expert in order to write a great article on a particular topic or they feel they are lying to others about what they know. They think that they need years of experience to feel qualified to write about it and maybe a degree about it may suffice. This is definitely not true and is a setback for people who think this way.

The beauty about blogging is that its your own experience thats speaking. You don't have to be an expert in a particular field to write about it, you can be a writer who knows about playing a piano because who have played it and feel connected to it rather than having learnt how to play all songs on it. This article will properly explain this topic in deep.Moreover 'expert' is a relative term, and differ from person to person. So the article you write might be really helpful for a person out there!

Last but not the least, don't get discouraged! You started blogging because you felt this was your thing and is still your thing, accept constructive criticism and have patience!

Let me know what are your thoughts about this topics in the comment section below!

I love reading books be it textbooks, magazines, encyclopedias, articles, you name it and i will have browsed through it. I am an information consumer and most of my books are usually of self help which will help me to improve the quality of my life. So there is a sense of urgency for me to read this books. No doubt there is a different satisfaction to read a book while relaxing and taking a sip of coffee but I want to cover as many ideas as quickly as possible giving me more time to implement this ideas. If that strikes to you and you can relate with it, then this article is for you!

As you might have known traditional reading, in which you start from a word from left and got o the right word by word till you reach the end and repeat it for the next line is hardly a way which can overcome this situation.

This brings me to the techniques of Skimming and Scanning. This are great techniques which I rely on everyday. Both of this techniques are interdependent and its maximum effects can be obtained with using the combination of them both. It is especially helpful to students and analysts but nevertheless can be used by anybody who loves to read.

Now I will not bore you with the definition of Skimming and Scanning which can be found on wikipedia but I will tell you a gist of it and important of all how to effectively use it.

Skimming is a method of taking a quick view of the material to get the main ideas and the general overview of the content.

Scanning is a method in which the person rapidly covers a great deal of material in order to locate a specific fact or piece of information.

If you are more interested to know about it, then just click here.

There is a certain to go about in order to use this methods to there maximum extents. I initially though to write them in a paragraph form but realised that writing in steps would be much easier to understand and would help you exchange steps in whichever order suits you the most. The words skimming and scanning are not used instead I directly described it using simple language

So without further ado lets directly jump to it!

First just quick look the material and go through it briefly. This includes reading the contents page, looking at any illustrations and diagrams if any, giving focus to sentences written in bold and italics, and reading the starting and the ending sentence of paragraph also helps.

Now as you gotten an idea of what the content is all about, now its time to take it all in. This can be accomplished by rereading the main points, creating an outline structure of what you just read just like a mind map and finally reflecting on the material.

Now as you have you have structured the whole information and know your way in and out of it, the time has come to completely digest it and find it tricky points and loop holes. This includes explaining the information to somebody, having a debate about it, consulting other sources whether it is correct and how aligned it is and if possible to gain first hand experience of it.

This is the method I use daily and it has never let me down. Sounds like a lot work in the first attempt and as you do this over and over it just becomes a habit which is done on its own. Remember practice makes you perfect!

Do you have any techniques and experiences that might help reading a more efficient and more better? Please feel free to write them in the comments section below!

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