That 5 day plan isn't important-that's probably why you skipped it. I slow read the book before and couldn't remember what you were talking about and had to look it up. He has you Pring a book 5 times when clearly once is enough- it's just one practice thingy you'll probably only do once if at all. It's just a test to prove to yourself that you can "KNOW" a book in 1/3rd the time compared to regular reading. You are going to modify your reading anyway and if you want to PR to trigger memories or as a refresher before superreading- do it but you don't have to. I said before that SOME books are worth slow reading and this course came with 2 of them. There's tons of stuff I can't remember off hand even having slow read them.