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DWarrior · 11-05-2006, 10:55 PM

For the guys who have completed the Photoreading course successfully, would you say Speed Reading is a necessary stepping stone?

I bought Peter Kump's Breakthrough Rapid Reading about 2 years ago, but put it down after about a week and forgot all about it. I did get my speed to about 350WPM, but I just restarted the program from scratch and found my reading speed to be about 250WPM (I've broken 450WPM since).

What inspired me most to restart the program was the Photoreading ad. I would very much like to learn to photo read, but I think I should learn speed reading first. I notice speed reading engages my brain more fully, so I would imagine it's a good habit to have when photoreading.

Also, as Steve said, I may not want to photoread all texts, so it's good to have speed reading to fall back on and still read way ahead of the average reader.

11-05-2006, 10:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
DWarrior Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 9	For the guys who have completed the Photoreading course successfully, would you say Speed Reading is a necessary stepping stone? I bought Peter Kump's Breakthrough Rapid Reading about 2 years ago, but put it down after about a week and forgot all about it. I did get my speed to about 350WPM, but I just restarted the program from scratch and found my reading speed to be about 250WPM (I've broken 450WPM since). What inspired me most to restart the program was the Photoreading ad. I would very much like to learn to photo read, but I think I should learn speed reading first. I notice speed reading engages my brain more fully, so I would imagine it's a good habit to have when photoreading. Also, as Steve said, I may not want to photoread all texts, so it's good to have speed reading to fall back on and still read way ahead of the average reader.