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RT Wolf · 11-09-2006, 06:01 PM

I've got a question about the activation step. In the video on the Pavlina site, with the news reporter, he seemed to describe a flash of insight into what the whole book meant. Is that what I should be looking for? Right now, I'm activating the third book I photoread and I'm still superreading & dipping (about two hours of superreading and dipping so far) and although that I'm getting a sense of the book, but it still feels a lot more like skimming to me. Is that how it is? Slowly building up comprehension of the sections, or is there like a flash of insight and you suddenly know something? Any help would be appreciated.

In the meanwhile, I'll just keep trying to photoread other books, I suppose I'll really get it around the tenth book.

Edit: Hmmm, after some perusing of the learning strategies forum, it seems that my purpose is probably not motivating enough. I'm still interested in knowing what the activating step is supposed to feel like. Perhaps I should ask there, too.

11-09-2006, 06:01 PM	#64 (permalink)
RT Wolf Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Canuckland Posts: 1,737	I've got a question about the activation step. In the video on the Pavlina site, with the news reporter, he seemed to describe a flash of insight into what the whole book meant. Is that what I should be looking for? Right now, I'm activating the third book I photoread and I'm still superreading & dipping (about two hours of superreading and dipping so far) and although that I'm getting a sense of the book, but it still feels a lot more like skimming to me. Is that how it is? Slowly building up comprehension of the sections, or is there like a flash of insight and you suddenly know something? Any help would be appreciated. In the meanwhile, I'll just keep trying to photoread other books, I suppose I'll really get it around the tenth book. Edit: Hmmm, after some perusing of the learning strategies forum, it seems that my purpose is probably not motivating enough. I'm still interested in knowing what the activating step is supposed to feel like. Perhaps I should ask there, too. Last edited by RT Wolf; 11-09-2006 at 06:28 PM.