Introducing talktation - Talktation: The new art of speed writing - Apply

Writing FAST - Jeff Bollow 2012

Introducing talktation
Talktation: The new art of speed writing
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So how do we get past this problem?

Simple. Talktation.

Now I need to make one thing perfectly clear. Talktation is partly conceptual, and partly practical.

What the heck does that mean?

It means that in order to do it, you’ve got to get your mind around it first.

Here’s the idea:

No matter how fast you type (or hand-write), you’ll never be as fast as your mind. It’s just not possible. Your mind goes at lightning speed. But literally at lightning speed. And human fingers simply can’t move that fast. They never will. It defies the laws of physics.

Your mind will always outrun your fingers. Always.

But with Talktation, we’re going to train your mind and your fingers to work in sync with each other.

At first, it will mean slowing down your thought to match your typing speed. But once they’re in sync, you can increase the speed of your thought, and your fingers will follow. It’s very cool.

Here’s one way to get your mind around the concept.

Have you ever seen a small child reading a book? Heck, even adults do it, too. As they read the book, they mouth the words. It’s as if they’re speaking each word to themselves in order to understand it.

It’s an incredibly sloooooow way to read. In fact, the whole technique of speed reading starts by forcing yourself to stop that. If you focus on each individual word as you read it, you’re reading a lot slower than you could be.

But to apply Talktation, that’s exactly what we want to do.

The process is simple.

Focus on each word as you type it. Then focus on the next word as you type it. And then the next. And the next...

So let’s take this sentence as an example. To use Talktation, I would focus on the word “So” as I type it. Then I’d focus on “let’s” as I type it. Then “take” as I type it... and so on.

It goes quickly, but you type each word as you think it. In fact, you don’t even think the next word in the sentence until you’ve typed the last one.

Another way to understand it is to understand what it’s not. You don’t think “So, let’s take this sentence as an example” and then type it. You don’t let the whole sentence form before you type. And you don’t let yourself even think of what the next paragraph will be while you’re writing this one.

Instead, you focus only on the word... you’re... writing... right... now. Keep... your... attention... on... each... word... as... you’re... writing... it. And type it (or hand-write it) as the thought moves through your mind.

In other words, synchronize your thoughts with your fingers.