Rabat – Morocco and Africa’s Speed Reading and Mind Mapping Champion Majda Brabije has transcended expectations to lead Moroccan youth towards successful academic and professional careers.
Ranking 9th in the 2021 World Championship of Speed Reading and Mind Mapping, Brabije felt “very honored to represent” her country.
In an exclusive interview with Morocco World News, Brabije shared her journey as a student of speed reading and mind mapping then as the coach of Moroccan candidates for the upcoming world championship.
Her inspiring story provides guidance to Moroccan youth wishing to excel in academic and professional careers.
Educated in corporate finance, Brabije learned about speed reading and mind mapping while preparing for her Ph.D. dissertation at Hassan II University in Ain Chock, Casablanca.
“I discovered this technique accidentally. Actually, I was preparing for my Ph.D. and I was a working mom. I didn’t have enough time to read all the articles. I was looking for something to help me read faster and also retain all the information,” she told MWN.
A simple google search introduced the Moroccan champion to the world of speed reading and mind mapping.
Speed Reading as brain sport and life necessity
Through practice, Brabije mastered the fundamentals of speed reading and mind mapping skills.
As a “brain sport,” speed reading or what she prefers to call “smart reading” is a “superpower.”
“It helps develop all 21st-century skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity,” she noted, adding that the skills are today a “must-have not nice to have skills” as they “unleash our potential as humans.”
Renowned billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have both said that speed reading is a superpower as it saves the reader time and effort.
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Viewed as a superpower, it is a necessity for ambitious students and professionals. Giving the example of the US, Brabije noted that primary schools and top 500 companies in the states implemented training on speed reading and mind mapping.
Training others, a noble life mission
To assist Moroccan youth, the African champion has coached over 2000 people within different establishments. “More than 90% of them have noticed a very important change” in their reading by the end of their training, she said.
Her coaching focuses on the skills of speed reading, mind mapping, concentration, and memorization. Brabije asks her students to practice daily for ten minutes as she believes that “small achievements are better than bigger ones if they are done consistently.”
The training schedule includes three minutes of breathing exercise before reading. The first step helps collect the reader’s attention, then they warm up their eyes.
Following the important two steps, the readers have to use peripheral vision, which entails focusing on the middle of the text as the brain picks up the words in the margins.
On top of these steps, Brabije recommends taking notes as it ensures efficient reading and understanding of the content.
With five simple steps, commitment, and practice, everyone can develop speed reading and mind mapping skills, stressed the Moroccan champion.
“We have all the possibility and huge potential to unleash. We just have to believe in ourselves because humans are very powerful and our brain is limitless,” pointed out Majda Brabije.
Training future world champions
As the Moroccan champion considers sharing knowledge and expertise as her life mission, she initiated the first training and coaching program in Morocco and Africa for speed reading and mind mapping.
Through her Super Brain program, Brabije seeks to prepare the first Moroccan “brain athletes team” to participate in the upcoming world championship.
The program provides “a unique experience to develop memory, concentration, analytical skills, critical thinking, creativity as well as the spirit of challenge through participation in the world championship of speed reading and mind mapping.”
Super Brain is organized in partnership with Club de Lecture: Ville Verte, APAC, RETZ editions, the Mind Mapping Academy, Passion d’Apprendre, and the France Championship of Speed Reading and Mind Mapping.
The four-month training program started in February and is expected to end in May with participants taking mind mapping and speed reading tests on May 26 and 29.
The participants will take four tests, three on mind mapping of oral and written content and one on speed reading a book.
These challenges enable them to develop multiple skills such as active listening, critical analysis, synthesis, creativity, memorization, and concentration, noted the organizers.
Through Super Brain, Majda Brabije is not only providing future generations with superpowers but also building a legacy founded on knowledge sharing and critical training.
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