Well i finished the course.
Over all impression.. why didnt i know about this years ago.
I am very familiar with mind maps.. but the whole systems far more efficient than my previous experiance with reading normally and then mindmapping.
so the big.. wait a minute.. there is something here moment
i photoread my first book.. The 15 second Principle by Al Secunda.
Ive never read this book, but given my issues with procrastination.. i wanted to know more abut this and so i felt that i would have a sufficently strong purpose in reading and activating it.
Photo read it and waited a day before activating it.
i activated it in 2 10 minute steps of super reading and dipping ( yes actually i am now more drawn to this than skittering)
after the 1st activation i had some more specific questions.
i wrote my mind map out.. and as a final test it thought i'd write out how i thought the method of the book was to be accomplished.
i then went back to the book and plodded through to each section that told me the method and the reasoning behind it.
i can tell you.. the grin on my face got bigger and bigger as a irealised i had a working knowledge of the system through the photoreading process.. and nothing of any real value came from the old plodding method.
i hadnt missed anything critical.. nothing that someone who read this normally would have said..
"what about x or y.. are you doing this.. if you didnt get that you wont be doing the 15 sec principle properly"
So i am enthused.. i have a list of books as long as your arm that intend to continue to practice my new skills on.
i really want to get into some thick tech books i have.. but i dont want to break this momentum in bedding down the idea that "it does work" by taking on a topic which is beyond my skill set at this moment.
long post.. sorry.. fell free to super read and dip.. or shall i just summarise.."i get it.. it works.. onwards and upwards"
