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gberardi · 11-09-2006, 05:48 PM

I ordered the deluxe package, and if I have to say anything bad about it (I'm only on disc 6 now), it is how confusing it is.

I have a workbook. It's pages are numbered. Yet, for some reason, I have to jump from page 12 to page 41 to page 23 to page 39. Why not just order the pages differently?

Also, when I received everything, what was I supposed to do first? Watch the DVDs? Read one or both of the two books? Pop in the first disc? Read the workbook? It wasn't very clear at all. Just the other day, I finally read the first page of the workbook (because I had popped in an audio disc first which took me to page 12 or 13 or something), and it seemed to mention some guidelines.

Yesterday, I was doing the photoreading exercise using the Photoreading book. This morning I was going to activate it. The disc talked about the questions I might have, using the questions in the workbook as a guide, but then never asked me to fill in the answers. I don't recall being told that we'd come back to it or to do it, so I was left wondering if it was an exercise to do on my own or if it would get covered later. The disc ended by talking about activation, and then just ended. The next disc has me photoreading the second book, so I guess I am supposed to answer the questions now. Or maybe I am supposed to leave it until later to allow it to incubate? I don't know.

As far as the positives: I think I have already benefitted from the relaxation exercises, the tangerine method, and, as Steve said, the idea of having a purpose when reading. I used to just read something because it seemed like something I should read, but now I make a point to have a purpose before reading, even if I don't try to photoread.

As for any kind of amazing things happening, I can't say for sure. I do know that I did find a single line in a book that was very interesting after doing a postview. My purpose was fairly weak, I thought, and yet here was a line that pretty much gave me an insight into software development, which is what I was looking for.

I am looking forward to applying photoreading to software development. When I read that question about the programmer who could more easily debug code after photoreading, it definitely made me interested in finishing the course as soon as I could. B-)

11-09-2006, 05:48 PM	#62 (permalink)
gberardi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Des Moines, IA, USA Posts: 239	I ordered the deluxe package, and if I have to say anything bad about it (I'm only on disc 6 now), it is how confusing it is. I have a workbook. It's pages are numbered. Yet, for some reason, I have to jump from page 12 to page 41 to page 23 to page 39. Why not just order the pages differently? Also, when I received everything, what was I supposed to do first? Watch the DVDs? Read one or both of the two books? Pop in the first disc? Read the workbook? It wasn't very clear at all. Just the other day, I finally read the first page of the workbook (because I had popped in an audio disc first which took me to page 12 or 13 or something), and it seemed to mention some guidelines. Yesterday, I was doing the photoreading exercise using the Photoreading book. This morning I was going to activate it. The disc talked about the questions I might have, using the questions in the workbook as a guide, but then never asked me to fill in the answers. I don't recall being told that we'd come back to it or to do it, so I was left wondering if it was an exercise to do on my own or if it would get covered later. The disc ended by talking about activation, and then just ended. The next disc has me photoreading the second book, so I guess I am supposed to answer the questions now. Or maybe I am supposed to leave it until later to allow it to incubate? I don't know. As far as the positives: I think I have already benefitted from the relaxation exercises, the tangerine method, and, as Steve said, the idea of having a purpose when reading. I used to just read something because it seemed like something I should read, but now I make a point to have a purpose before reading, even if I don't try to photoread. As for any kind of amazing things happening, I can't say for sure. I do know that I did find a single line in a book that was very interesting after doing a postview. My purpose was fairly weak, I thought, and yet here was a line that pretty much gave me an insight into software development, which is what I was looking for. I am looking forward to applying photoreading to software development. When I read that question about the programmer who could more easily debug code after photoreading, it definitely made me interested in finishing the course as soon as I could. B-)