Uniquesoul,
If you want to become an expert in an area. You don't need 100 of hours. You need exposure to a subject in as many forms as possible, integrate what you are learning about on many different levels and then apply your knowledge. To bluff a layman...the most important think I think is actually confidence. If you sound and act confident, they'll begin to believe you and therefore trust you. Just look at con artists... If you know the vocabulary of a chosen field you are half way there.
How much time you save learning is an individual thing. PhotoReading a book will dramatically reduce the time you spend reading and potentially learning a subject. Yet to really learn you should use all your skills and senses. If you're an expert in a field would you call yourself that? I think not...is it not for other people to call you an expert? Yes you can become very knowledgeable about a subject with PhotoReading.
If you want to become an expert at PhotoReading...use the techniques. Use the techniques on subjects that interest you on a variety of reading material.. Then before you know it, you'll use the skills naturally and you'll have amassed knowledge about areas that are interesting to you. Use...use...use..that is how to become proficient and therefore an expert at PhotoReading I think
Happy Travels
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