Photoreading Does Work
Posted on February 6, 2008
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I’ve continued to do research about Photoreading, mostly looking for live “subjects” who learned to photoread and were willing to share their experience. Who better to share experiences than other bloggers?
After browsing some personal development blogs, I came about Neil Sattin’s Blog and his photoreading experience. It wasn’t updated since he finished the course so I decided to shoot him an email:
I’ve recently got into NLP, Hypnosis and Personal Development. Yesterday, I stumbled upon the subject of Photoreading. After looking for reviews, I found your site.
Its been a few months since you completed the Photoreading CD course. My question is, does it work? Can you successfully read a book in under 5 minutes and understand it as if you read it word for word?
-Oleg
and his very detailed response:
Hi Oleg,
That, my friend, is a great question! In fact, you’ve made me realize that I probably should have a Photoreading update in my blog, so that’ll be forthcoming.
I was very pleased with the results of going through the Photoreading program. I will say, though, that the one thing going through the course didn’t change was the amount of time in my life that I’ve been able to prioritize for reading. So I haven’t been putting Photoreading into practice as regularly as I would ideally like. Also, I have had a few books that I wanted to “read” read - cover to cover - so when I have a moment or two, that is generally where my attention goes.
So first question - does it work? Yes, I’d say that it works - depending on your definition of “works”. I don’t know about 5 minutes, but I’d say that in 30 minutes I can definitely get what I want out of a book, enough to understand it pretty thoroughly (especially if it’s a non-fiction book). I have put this to the test in bookstores/waiting rooms/libraries - when I’ve been there with a few moments to spare.
On the other hand, the experience of Photoreading is different that reading a book the normal way. I’ve always enjoyed reading, and I have quite good retention/comprehension under normal circumstances. Ultimately, if I REALLY want to juice a book for all it’s worth, I’ll end up reading it word-for-word, even if I’ve already photoread it.
It’s like a fruit juicer, actually. If you have a juicer that ejects the pulp, then you might actually be missing out on 25% or so of the juice - but you’ll still have more than enough to quench your thirst. In other words, on average, you probably only NEED about 70-80 percent of what you read (if even that much) and it’s no big deal to let the rest reside in your subconscious mind.
Sometimes, though, you want every ounce you can get. So you do your juicing by hand, or use a juicer that doesn’t eject the pulp. That way you can extract as close to 100% as you can get.
I think what I’ll probably do is a trial where I Photoread a book a day for a week, and blog about the experience. I definitely couldn’t read a book a day cover-to-cover with the amount of time that I have to spend on other things, these days. And there’s still so much you can do with Photoreading (like I still haven’t done the thing where I read 18 books in a weekend on a particular subject) - so I know that I’m only scratching the surface.
For me it was money well spent, though, if you read my review, you’ll recall that if money is an object you’re probably fine with the “Classic” version. If the cost is no problem for you, then fine - splurge on the Deluxe. The DVDs and Paraliminal do add some value. But the core of the program is intact in the classic version.
Hope that helps - let me know if you have any other questions. And…if you end up doing the photoreading program…let me know how it goes for you.
Thanks for your question, and take care,
Neil
So keep an eye out for his upcoming photoreading posts.
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