Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer If not textbook, what kind of books and why?

Hi Alex!

What would you say is the ideal type of books to start playing around
with activating, if you've been a PhotoReader for about one year, but
you haven't really felt like you've had any really experience of good
activation?

I know you say textbooks aren't a good idea you're just starting out.
So what books WOULD be the best to start out with, while practicing
improving your activation skills? Novels? And if that is the type of
books you'd recommed, why is that? Because they have more
emotional content or why?

It seem to me that textbooks which have a more clear structure and
order of it's information and content would be more ideal. But you're
advising against using those, while first learning to activate, if I've
understood you correctly.

It would be very interesting to hear you elaborate more on why that is.

David

Non fiction book that interests you of about 200 to 250 pages. Use the 5 day test to activate 3 to 5 books.

Novels are worse since they are for pleasure reading and that usually falls into a passive approach.

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It would be very interesting to hear you elaborate more on why that is.

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I've elaborated more times than I care to count.

• Textbooks are not single books
• They use a slightly different approach (one that you would naturally adopt once you know how to activate)
• Textbooks are usually school work and have an emotional investment.
• Textbooks are for learning

It's like learning to juggle knives at the same time as learning to ride a unicycle on a high wire. You're trying to learn two things at once.

Watch the Karate Kid Wax on Wax Off He perfected the skill of karate by not perfecting his skills doing karate. He learned the body mind connection away from what he desperately wanted to do and use it for.

Training is faster than jumping into the ring without the fundamental body mind connection.

AlexK

Alright. Yeah, I can understand that you probably
have to answer the same questions over and over
a lot of times on this forum. You could probably
put together a whole book just from the Q & A
on this website, which would save you a ton of
time...

But thank you for your reply! I thought it was excellent,
you answered my question.

Someone calculated that I've written close to 3 books worth of texts on these forum

AlexK

Damn, I bet! And it's fine work.

Learning Strategies really should hire someone to put together
all of the gold nuggets of advise and constructive Q & A from
this forum. Because there certainly is a demand among beginning
PhotoReaders for further reassurance and guidance, beyond all of
the instructions in the acctual PR-book.

Having people ask questions from all possible different angles,
and seeing the responses, makes your overall understanding
of the PhotoReading system and proccess so much greater.

I feel especially grateful that is here since I don't have the
opportunity to come and go through the PR retreat in person.

Have you ever discussed the idea of putting together such
a book from the best Q & A on this forum? Or are you maybe
already working on such a book?

All the best,

David

Yep I even started writing the book. Yet even if I wrote a book someone would still be asking the same questions on the forum and I never quite answer the question the same way because I seem to respond to the language pattern of the person asking. That's why one post in history may answer the question better for someone than the way I'm answering the person asking in another.

Book is not written off. Right now I'm experimenting with some stuff to put together another project. So the book is on hold. (it could be an interesting include. )

AlexK

Alex,

I was just thinking as i read your reply. Have you ever maybe considered putting together a list of easily available books that people may use when they first start PhotoReading so they don't pick up something either too easy or too hard to being their journey.
I've enjoyed listening and getting answers from you but it just hit me as i was reading your reply in here. I know you've broken it down alot but maybe some people might need a little more of hmm a direction of what books in particular....
Just a thought.

Mirko

Any non-fiction book of 200 pages that one is interested in is fine. The list is infinite an not limited to what I like to read.