I'm skeptical that I will learn tools I will find useful and worth the significant investment of time and money. I’m skeptical I will learn skills I will use on a daily basis. I’m skeptical that one can essentially flip through a book as fast as one can smoothly turn a page and assimilate and recall enough information to make this process worthwhile.
And I'm skeptical that I will have learned these skills and have them in place by the end of the 3 day seminar.
I talked with one of the coaches for Photoreading. He said my expectation should be that at the LEAST I would reduce the time it takes me to assimilate and understand written material by two thirds, probably more. Does the prospect excite and interest me? Yes. Am I skeptical this can be done? Yes. Do I think the brain is possible of such a thing? Yes. All of the above.
I own a small business. I have to read a LOT, both business-type stuff and the technical materials related to the performance of the business itself. The ability to cut by two thirds the time it takes me to understand and assimilate written information would be extremely valuable and I would be willing to pay the tuition and spend a full weekend to do it. But my time is at such a premium right now that for me to take a full weekend out of town to do this means that for almost two weeks I barely see my son.
This had darn well better be worth it and be able to deliver if I'm going to make this kind of investment. My expectation is that I come out of the seminar not with skills that if I practice them and really work on it that in a few weeks or months will make a difference, my expectation would be I would come out of the workshop on Sunday and on Monday I'm photoreading and cutting my reading time by well over half.
I guess I'm saying right now my belief level isn’t at the point where I'm willing to plunk down $1400 and take a full weekend so my wife and I can attend this seminar. That’s a lot of money and a lot of time and this thing had better be able to deliver for it to be worth it.
[This message has been edited by conejo23 (edited December 25, 2005).]
