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April 14, 2020 • 76 mins

Learn how to read up to 500% faster. Our guest today is a world-traveling entrepreneur, linguist, and hedge fund manager-turned speed reader, May Ling Lai, who just read 100 books in 100 days! In this podcast, get her tips on how to increase your reading speed from 250 words per minute up to 1500 words per minute.

We cover different speed reading techniques and strategies and how you can purchase her speed reading course, The 7 Skills of Speed Reading, for only $12.99 on Udemy. 

Interested in which of the 100 books are the best? Watch a video review on YouTube or IGTV about each book and decide which ones are for you! 

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On this episode of Badass Digital Nomads, we also talk about: 

  • May Ling's favorite books
  • Why it's okay to suck at things when you first start
  • Why you don't have to be an expert at something to teach and help others
  • Natural talent versus learned skill (debate)
  • Tips for creating videos
  • How to start a YouTube channel
  • How to optimize your content for SEO and keywords

In the lightning round, we cover: 

  • May Ling's favorite travel destinations
  • Favorite cities to live in
  • Best foodie recommendations
  • Carry-on packing tips
  • More travel tips

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