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Old 11-10-2006, 03:30 PM   #70 (permalink)
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this may be a little off topic but one of the reasons why I would like to take a closer look at photoreading is that I am some kind of perfectionist. Perfectionists have the problem that they don't do certain things unless they do it in a perfect way. For me this means for example I start a book about programming and I walk through it and do every single exercise and want to understand every single concept.
I used to have a similar problem. I felt if I read a book, I needed to read it cover-to-cover and understand every detail of it.

What helped me, even before PhotoReading, was to go to a library or bookstore, pick out a book, and use timeboxing to spend a certain amount of time with it, maybe 30-60 minutes. This worked especially well if I had an appointment afterwards and couldn't extend the time. Timeboxing helped me focus on extracting value instead of reading every word, and after a while it became like a game.

This practice probably made me more receptive to PhotoReading, which I see as an advanced version of timeboxed reading. I use timeboxing for each step of the PhotoReading process, and it helps me focus on getting the value from the book quickly. If I have a spare hour, I'll sit down with a book and use PhotoReading to get as much out of it as possible within the allotted time.
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