All is says about 25,000 is "now wouldnt this be great? Maybe you can do this...."
Photoread at 25,000 words per minute.
-instead of-
Read at 25,000 words per minute (they don't state this).
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-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com
[This message has been edited by razordu30 (edited March 12, 2002).]
I think you may be trying to activate too much at one time.
Remember, the key to the PRing is multiple passes. Don't spend too much time on one activation. The first pass sometimes feel like you've just "skimmed" it, especially when it's just superreading and dipping. It's the third or more pass (for the beginners) that "gels" the book.
Try to keep this estimate: a book that would take you 10 hours should take you around 3 hours. Don't forget to all the steps if you haven't gotten it to work yet. This includes mindmapping, mindprobing, affirmations, the whole works. Don't skip steps until you've gotten the system to work for you for awhile.
Hope that helps.
-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com
PhotoReading allows BETTER comprehension, and info intake at an accelerated speed.
What if ... I don't do the photoreading step and I dip correctly by chance... will the book gel?
I don't want to start a new debate of whether the 3rd step is needed or not Most of my school books are so structured that I feel like I don't have to rely on my unconcious so much since I already know where to go in the text. If this is the case, what should I do?
I know what you mean. Sometimes a book is structured in a way that you can skip stuff consciously and pick stuff consciously, since the book is laid out that way. I was reading this book on Chechnya, and I just went straight to the index, picked out what I needed and went there. Some books are just laid out that way.
My take is this: the PRing step takes such little time, but can save you time so that even if you skip sections, you can rapid read the ones you don't skip. If there's enough text, you'll more than make up for the time spent in the PR step by rapid reading.
-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com
The reason no one answered the "does the photoreading step work?" question is because it's actually asked here a lot, and most people now have a cringe factor whenever that question is brought up. I think it was still within a month that one thread with that question became slightly heated and tense.
As far as tense questions go or questions that provoke war among the forum, "Does the PR step really matter?" ranks up there with any thread using the words "prove to me" or "scientific backup". It's not that people don't respond, it's that it comes up so often and people get so tense that there's a trend towards not even answering threads with them anymore.
The short and skinny is that the PR step definately works, and though it seems so repetitive to PR stuff you just previewed and may cause skepticism, think of it has wading into the shallow end of the pool with a life vest on. You're just starting out, and need things like mindmaps, mindprobing, previewing, and long incubation times.
When you get better, you'll be able to drop most of them, and just go with PRing and a couple activations. That's when you'll believe in the system more.
If you really want some responses to the "Does the PR step really work?" question, just do a search in the archives for it. You'll find lots =)
Oh, and the multiple pass thing is KEY. And don't dip too much. If you spent 20 minutes and were using superreading and dipping and were still on Chapter 3, I think you may be dipping too much. Did you state a purpose?
-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com