. My profession and further studies deal with huge amount of information and data. I play with information day and night regardless I need it for my future benefits. It is a part of my profession
There-in lies your purpose. Recognise it and you'll recognise what you need from the text.
You're not the only one who consumes information. I have read over 250 books this year. And by that, I mean, I went in for the details. Not just one or two activation layers. Activated to a point where I could write a similar book as I have just read. Why? Because I like to stay informed and be of service. I know not everyone around me takes in information.
It's made a huge difference to me when I articulated my purpose. It doesn't require much thinking anymore. It made a huge difference to my learning.
Misunderstanding or not. Words have power and words you voice are yours. You can look at your words and see where you're thinking and limiting yourself or you can explain them away for yourself and others.
As it is, you've not met my challenge to name a book and your purpose with that book. You have a broad purpose but it doesn't apply with every book
An example.
ONe walk onto a campus with a certain intention of talking with a particular professor. To simplify finding the directions to his office one ask someone along the way. One sees someone outside the janitors office next to the janitor trolley. One ask them if they know the way to the professors office. Janitor says, yes and gives one the directions, but... and one take off not noticing that the janitor was offering more information. One is so focused on the sole purpose of getting information from this professor that one won't stop listening to the janitor. If one had stayed and listened, one would have learned that the professor is not in the office.
With that information ones purpose would have changed and one would now have the purpose of finding the professor not just his office. Now the questions is where is the professor? With that one is told you're talking to him. First perceptions can be deceiving.
The corridors of the campus is the book. The Janitor is some of the pages of the book. If you don't watch your purpose you wind up roaming the corridors (the book) never actually finding what you're looking for. You miss the It's not here, and yet here is something else of value if you're in touch with your purpose.
BTW - You haven't explained how you determine success or failure with the PhotoReading system. How are you measuring this?
Alex
