Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Its challenging to me. Question

Hello. I need to admit that ive got the photoreading book about 2-3 years ago but i havent really committed to make it work.

Things that i stumble are during the preview phase.
Im completely clueless about how should it look , how should i make it and do i do it right. What should i look for during photoreading that i could feel im on the right track and not blindly trying to make it work ?

But thats how i do it. I get the accelerated learning state using brainwave sync software and music. Well next thing is I a little weirded out because here goes a purpose. Well its for me quite normal that i want to obtain the information to be confident about the material written in it. In other words answering all questions about it without any doubt.

Here goes the preview. I read the bibliography but i feel its a waste of time because i already know that i dont really need to know that in law books, because when im preparing for the exam i need to obtain information from precise book.
How to preview law texts before the exam ? Lets say i read it for the first time and i can hardly remember the topics and structure from the table o contents. But the exam questions arent about structure, they are about topics from the structure. SO , going further as i preview - then goes the hard part. After hardly memorizing table of contents now i need to remember biggest points of each content. And that is in law texts EVERY paragraph is important for the exam. And lets say there are 4-5 paragraphs on the page. And that makes 4-5 points, lines to remember on one page. Whole text has some about 120 pages. That makes more than 500 things to memorize in twenty minutes o preview to fully get the knowledge from the text ... you see where im going ? And looking for every point of the topic makes it the same time as reading it. Because in law texts every point or paragraph has its key meaning, there is no fluff. And that applies not only to law texts also to notes from the studies which usually are need to be fully memorized/understood, because notes are gathered from all the bibliography.

Assuming that i have to fully memorize/understand one law text which is 120 pages - there is no fluff. Law books are about law texts and are fluff. But how to photoread CORE material ?

Where everything needs to be worked out. Do i have to mind map already during the preview ? Because when i preview dense core texts i forget most of the key points already during the preview

Can someone tell me the right direction ?

Hey Smoku,

Whooaaa hold on a second. I think you're spending way too much time on a preview.

Preview should just be table of contents, index, back cover etc. It shouldn't take more than 2 or 3 minutes.

Spend about 15 to 20 minutes on a postview. Pull out trigger words, look for subtitles etc.

No, you don't have to mind map after preview or during the preview, do it after activating.

500 things to memorize in 20 minutes? Well, maybe, but it's very unlikely. And you shouldn't be trying to memorize during your preview phase.

You're trying to remember everything, instead of just letting it happen.

What's the point of memorizing the table of contents?

You say you forget most of the key points during the preview. So? The preview is strictly conscious, and with conscious memory you must forget something in order to remember something else.

Go easier on yourself, you'll work it out fine.

-JackTuff13

In most cases you can dump the preview after having looked at the book in the book shop or library. In the case of a textbook that was assigned you probably already did the preview when you opened it up and groaned at the pages.

Concentrate on your purpose and get into your ideal state and PhotoRead the book as soon as possible.

Postview is like a preview where you aim to look at the structure and layout, notice the order the information is arranged (table of content) topic words that are important (index). Pull your own trigger words and form questions you'd like to have answered.

From then on you concentrate on activation.

See the 5 day test in the PhotoReading book. That gives you the best idea how to manage the time for each step.

AlexK