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Pretend that you got pissed off with your colleague. You argued with him loudly and that made you really angry. How can anybody be so stupid and why I have to work to together with such an idiot? You feel like your are about to punch him, but this time it will not happen. Your colleague will leave and bang your door.

Now you are alone and there is time to get back to work. Before that conflict you we reading a some materials for preparation for the seminar next week. You still feel very angry. How it is going to affect your reading performance. Can the adrenaline from the hanger help you to read faster?

Unfortunately, anger will not do any good. In order to read efficiently, which means both fast reading speed and good comprehension; you have to concentrate to the text. You have to think only about the text you are reading and you have to avoid all irrelevant thoughts. In the previously described situation it is not likely that you can fully concentrate to reading.

Full concentration means that you have to throw all kinds of irrelevant thought out of your mind. So you should not think on that colleague while reading, but it is difficult to achieve after the previous events.

Being angry will hurt your reading comprehension most. You cannot focus to the text and therefore you will have difficulties in memorizing what you have read. Your own emotional are not letting your brain to receive and store information. You reading speed is also to be affected as when you thoughts are wandering away from the text then you are making small pauses in reading, which are wasting your reading time.

If you want to read and work efficiently then the best option is to avoid that kind of conflicts. You should not let other people to destroy your working mood. Every time you argue with other persons then think how you will benefit from it. Many conflicts are actually pointless and they will give no benefits in the long-run.

What should you do when you get angry? Then you should relax before you will start reading. You have to calm down. Although it takes some time, your reading efficiency will be higher when you are calm. You can relax by forcing yourself to breathe deeply

For doing it sit straight on your chair and then inhale slowly and deeply. At the same time, relax the belly muscles. Feel that your belly is filling with air. Inhale as long as possible. Then hold your breath for a moment or two and then begin to exhale slowly. As air is slowly let out, relax your chest and rib cage. In you have exhaled completely then start inhaling again. While concentrating on breathing, throw all negative thoughts out of your mind.

Now you are ready to start with your reading. Calmly take out the text and concentrate on it. Start reading at once and do not waste time on it. This will help you to read fast and to remember what you have read.

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