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Originally Posted by bostonkm  I agree. I was closely following this discussion, until it became dominated by a representative of the company, who has a paid financial interest in Photoreading's success. I look forward to hearing some honest comments from unbiased people with no financial stake in Photoreading, but so far the biggest cheerleaders appear to be Alex from Learning Strategies and Steve himself, who both have a vested interest in this product's sales. |
Actually I don't benefit from posting. It's costing me personal time out of other work. Yes I am contracted by Learning Strategies. This is outside my responsibility. The reason I do it is because PhotoReading changed my life.
I want to help even those who interested in learning even if they can only afford or manage to borrow the book. I've got about 30 people on my MSN who contact me for coaching. I get no money from the exchange. They never bought the course from me and will never take a class with me.
I get nothing out of this. If you buy the course using the Discount code Steve provided, you and Steve benefit. Me, it cost personal time and I get nothing out of the investment. Why post? Why does anyone post a reply that might help others? I like to see what's going in the PD area too and PhotoReading happens to be my area of expertise. I didn't need too sign up letting you know that I was connected to Learning Strategies but to me that isn't fair to the readers. Learning Strategies employed me because I am an expert Photoreader.
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I would like to see evidence of actual, dates and specific information being recalled without any memory of consciously reading the words. Has this actually happened?
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Research the work of Pawel Lewiki and Norman F Dixon - Preconscious Processing. The book is difficult to buy check if the local university library has a copy.
fourthdan
When activating think of your purpose. It's not ideal to "remember 100%" and have an understanding. Once you have an understanding you don't need to remember 100% of what is written in a book your goal then is to be able to explain it so someone else knows you know the material. In computer language it's not ideal to think you have 100% anyway. You get left behind in the when advances are made. So what I think you also want is a way of keeping up to date. PhotoReading new edition to quickly locate the changes you can implement.
You put knowledge to use. To know if you understand it Look at the subject heading and turn them into questions. If you can answer the question and understand the concept you've got it. If you have trouble answering the questions you've formed from the chapter or subject heading you need to activate that section. By the same token you've created questions just by looking at chapter headings. Ask your mind to provide other examples other than the one given in that section, that will also demonstrate your understanding.
AlexK