Hi CurryJ!
You've said it twice now - why do you "need" to be successful this time? If you are trying to prove something to yourself (or to anyone else) then you have set up an obstacle that will keep you from quick success, and you will ultimately prove yourself (or them) right in that you couldn't get this to work right for you this time either.
If, however, you read the materials, practice it the way they say to in the book and tapes, ask questions here (I'm a newbie myself) and just relax and play with the whole "system" - then you will be just fine. In fact, you'll do absolutely fantasticaly!!
The key, or one of them anyway!!, is to do it the way Paul says to without thinking that you know a better way, a quicker way, a more useful way to you way. It's like baking a complicated cake from scratch when you don't know how it's supposed to turn out - do it the way the recipe says the first time. After you get the hang of it you can begin to modify the system to your personal needs.
For me, I am just beginning to do the physical mind maps - as doing them in my head (for me the better-way-for-me way) was not getting results like I know can be had. So ... I am having to take a dose of my own medicine!!
This system is not magic - you still have to "read" the book or material and work with it. It's not going to give you instant recall (or at least not overnight!) and it's not going to make the job of learning something new totally work-free. (Some people equate learning with pain and want PR to mean an "instant and painless way to have information stuffed into their heads." Then they are disappointed when it doesn't happen and blast the system. Which is too bad - and mostly the fault of our wonderful public school systems. But I digress ~ ) With PR you still have to get in there and work the material to own it, but this way makes it stick better and also lets you avoid most of the useless information that doesn't pertain to the reason you are reading the material in the first place.
Have fun with the course; read it, listen to the tapes, PR some books, practice, read the course again, and then JUST DO IT most every day! You will see results that are far more impressive than just reading word for word and writing an outline and trying like heck to remember what it was you read, and why, and where something was in the book so you can go back and read it again for more information or because you just liked how it was written.
Hope this has made sense. It's been a long day!
Ann
