Got a weird tip from an older coworker that doubled my typing speed in a week

Been stuck at like 60 wpm for years. Guy next to me said stop looking at your fingers and start looking at the screen. I thought that was obvious but he caught me sneaking peeks at the keyboard. After 5 days of forcing myself to look up, I hit 120. Anyone else have a simple habit change that made a huge difference in a boring office skill?

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lunah8611d ago

Same thing happened to me with touch typing, totally changed my speed.

ivan52211d ago

My buddy Dave tried to learn touch typing a few years back and it was rough at first. He kept looking at his hands every 5 seconds and would get so frustrated he'd just quit. Then one weekend he locked himself in his room and forced himself to type a whole short story without looking down. Took him like 6 hours but by the end he was actually getting it. Now he types so fast I can't even keep up when we chat online. Kinda scary how quick it clicks once you push through the annoying part.