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this course. Give me the book." He got into his accelerated learning state, affirmed his intent, did a couple other things, and PhotoRead the spec book. When finished he started talking about the part. He said it was on page 145. And sure enough, it was...verbatim with what he was saying.
None of these three PhotoReaders could say how they knew the answers, how they automatically activated the information. All they knew is that they affirmed their intent, set their expectations.
They also didn't fall into the trap of so many people: I'm going to get these techniques and practice them. When I get good, I'll use them. Bull.
I remember back in high school basketball. During the weekday practice we performed at maybe 80% of capacity. It wasn't until the Friday night game did we give it 100 or 110%. That is the same with PhotoReading. Put it to the test right away. Use it now.
As Yoda, from The Empire Strikes Back said, "Do, or do not. There is no try."
There are a couple other things which impede the flow of information. These are perceptual defenses and repression mechanisms of your brain. These have to do with the recurring messages playing inside your head: Slow down. You can't possibly read that fast... Go to college? You're not bright enough... You have to study hard to get ahead. And on and on.
The best way to take care of these impeding messages is with our recordings. You get one accelerated, NLP relaxation recording with the seminar and Main self-study course and two with the Deluxe self-study course. We suggest that you listen to these as you fall asleep at night. Additionally, the instructors are trained to help you. If you ever have any questions, feel free to call us during the day. We can help you with most any challenge.
You don't want to eliminate these defenses and mechanisms because these do serve purposes—you just want to control the ones which impede your success. For example, what would happen to your conscious mind after you just PhotoRead a dictionary if you did not have repression mechanisms? You would have billions of words bouncing in your head. Remember, your nonconscious mind can handle 20,000 pieces of information and your conscious mind can only handle seven.
There are four types of people who have problems with PhotoReading.
The first are people who are overly analytical. The act of analyzing is a function of your conscious mind, and PhotoReading is a function of your nonconscious mind. What happens to an absorbing experience when you analyze it? Poof! It is gone. You cannot PhotoRead and analyze at the same time.
If you are analytical by nature, give yourself permission to take the course without analyzing the process. Just do it. When you feel the need to analyze, go some place unusual—like in the basement behind the freezer in the potato bin—and analyze the process to your heart's content. But don't analyze it wherever you do your reading; you don't want to pollute the area.
The second type of person is one whose expectations are out of whack. We can look at it two ways. First, if you are so far behind with your reading whether at the office or in school, and if PhotoReading is your only salvation, then stay away. Otherwise you'll cross the fine line from a positive expectancy to wanting it so much that you force it. This part of the mind does not react favorably to force, and it will throw up blocks.
The other way expectations get in the way is when you sell yourself short. You feel you're "not getting it." But you're expecting it. So you kick yourself and ruin the learning experience when you really just need more time.
So expect nothing. Come with a childlike curiosity, a go with the flow attitude. Come to play and have fun. Sure, I was just saying that you had to set your expectations, but you don't want to set yourself up for failure. You want success.
Approach PhotoReading without expectations. Know that it has worked for others and be open to the possibility of it working for you. If it works, great, you'll have a whole new set of skills that will dramatically change the way you process information forever. If it doesn't work, well, you have experienced a mind-opening class, probably doubled or tripled your reading speed, met some neat people, and you get your money back. The course, which has a full satisfaction guarantee, enjoys 90% success. That means that everyone can do it.
The third type of person is one who has control issues. This is a person who always needs to be in control. With PhotoReading you need to let go control of your conscious mind to better build control of your nonconscious mind. If you are controlling by nature, you need to take off your control and leave it in an invisible bag outside the classroom. This way you can play with being out of control in the classroom, so eventually you can feel comfortable being out of control in real life. You can always pick up your control if you need it.
The fourth type of person who has problems is one we can do nothing about. If you are this type of person, stay away. This is a person who approaches PhotoReading with the idea that they are going to prove that PhotoReading doesn't work, because if they can't prove it doesn't work, then it must work.
The easiest thing in the world to do is prove that PhotoReading doesn't work. This is because the act of proving is done by the conscious mind, that little voice in the back of your head. This voice can only handle seven pieces of information. It can't understand 20,000 pieces of information, so it is going to do everything in its power to talk you out of it. Even if you don't want PhotoReading to work that little voice may drive you nuts. So, if you are this type of person then stay away. Save yourself, save us, and save the other people in the class aggravation.
The reason I'm writing about these four types of people is because everyone has a little of each, and you may even have one or two stronger than the others. We have discovered that just being cognizant of the potential problems is enough to overcome them. If, however, you have challenges in the class do not hesitate to talk with the instructor or call us during the day.
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