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1)YES! Activation is a combination of study and learning tools that allow you to quickly and efficiently FLY through the text and gather the important information that relates to your purpose for reading the book.
In "The PhotoReading Whole Mind System" book, on page 86, there is a model for activation that has worked great for me. It is the 90 minute session model. It is basically like this:
90 MINUTE SESSION MODEL:
STEP 1: 3-5 minutes:State your purpose, enter ideal state of mind. Repeat affirmations.
STEP 2: 20 minutes: Preview briefly and then photoread and activate. Use any of the skills you desire for the activation. (super reading and dipping, skittering, etc.) Try not to have any distractions.
STEP 3: 5 minute break. Get away from your work area and get release the material from your mind. Just get away from it all completely allowing what you have just learned to incubate and process in your mind.
- REPEAT STEPS 1-3 2 more times for a total of 90 minutes. After 90 minutes, take at least a 15 minute break and then you can do the entire cycle again, or if you find that you have achieved your purpose already, then you are DONE!!
This model has worked great for me personally. I prefer it over the 5 day plan because it helps me focus in on the material more.
Your question of whether it would be quicker just to rapid read the book from start to finish and skip the whole photoreading step has been considered by everyone at some point in their PhotoReading experience I'm sure. The answer is quite simple: "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten!" In other words, you've read books that way your whole life, try something new and see if it works. Stay with it and find ways to shape the system to your desires for reading. It begins to come into place quite nicely with time..
Good luck!
