Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Newbien Photoreader

I have recently ordered the Photoreading course because I am interested in moving my computer certifications along at faster, rather lightning, speed. I have read nearly all of the post on the message boards and find the input grounding and enlightening.

I just wanted to introduce myself and see if there are any other techs out there who are finding photoreading beneficial to their career.

Pete, one last question. Conventional memory deals with a kind of assurance that I have seen the information before I just have to connect it to other information in order to formulate a full memory. With the activation step, do have a feeling that you know this already you are just trying to remember or is it spontaneous recall triggered associated circumstances. For example, if I photoread a book today and for a test on friday would I sit down at the test with the confidence of having read the material (in the conventional sense) or would the test questions serve to activate images of pages, words, or sentenses, that would ultimately lead to a correct response? Long Question huh? which leads me to another one that I have not seen addressed. That is extrapulation. Most people with photographic memories can not process the information therefore their brains are "filled" with useless information. How is photoreading different from photographic memory in that respect?

Thanks...JasonM31

If you have fully activated the book, then you will feel confident about the material when you sit for the test.

If you just PhotoRead and rely on spontaneous activation you, as a beginning PhotoReader, may not feel as confident. The information will be coming up from the channels of your right brain. It could feel like a burst of creativity, or intuition, or a hunch, or as if you are making it up. And in that, as you might imagine, is a potential problem.

So, play with it. See how it works for you. See how you respond. It's fun stuff.

JasonM31

I am in the same boat as you. I want to use Photoreading to help in enhance my career for professional computer certifications. I can't see myself plowing through all the material without Photoreading. I tried this a year ago and gave up, but I am coming back to again and going stick with it.

Mr. Bissonette
I also have several questions for you. I am able to create the blip page, but the clarity is not very good and in fact sometimes it is very the words are very blurry. Is this normal for a beginner? As I Photoread more will the words become crystal clear? I am also curious about during the Photoreading phase how should I establish my purpose (should be detailed for the whole book or broad and generalized)?

Thanks,
Jim W

Forget about clarity of the blip page. It will come. Until then, it shouldn't interfere with your ability to PhotoRead and reap all of the benefits.

Your purpose will vary depending on your purpose. Some times it will be specific and other times general. It depends on what you want from the book.

Use the above Search link to seek out other posts with "purpose." There have been insightful comments from others.

Pete,

Should the words on the page ever be "crystal clear" as your photoreading? I have no problem seeing the blip page but the words are almost always blurry. When the words appear clearly in focus, I have usually lost the blip page. Are you saying in time you will eventually see the blip page and words on the page clearly in focus? Or will the words always remain blurry?

Wayne

Wayne: You spend entirely too much time worrying about the mechanics of the photofocus state and the blip page thus this will hinder your progress because the concious mind will be actively involved in the process. Just forget about the text being blurry and the blip page coming and going and get down to the process instead which is "Photoreading". Normally I wear reading glass, so when I remove them to photoread the text is blurry and never clear.
I have no problems.

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Originally posted by Wayne W:
Pete,

Should the words on the page ever be "crystal clear" as your photoreading? I have no problem seeing the blip page but the words are almost always blurry. When the words appear clearly in focus, I have usually lost the blip page. Are you saying in time you will eventually see the blip page and words on the page clearly in focus? Or will the words always remain blurry?

Wayne

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allenhm's right.

As you develop your skills, the words will become clearer, but don't worry about it. Simply allow it to happen as some point in your life.