Can PhotoReading Save You When Struggling With Your Studies

With PhotoReading you allow your other than conscious mind to process the information you read so even as a beginner you can cut your reading time to 1/3rd. (There is research that proves we do process visual information non-consciously.)

What does that mean for the student. Well for starters what took the beginner 3- days to do would only take one. One learns some study techniques that uses the creative procrastination (incubation) you can save yourself unnecessary stress.

Stress

Stress is also a problem. It inhibits the working memory so it doesn’t matter if you’re trying to get information in or pull it out you are going to experience even more difficulty understanding information.

PhotoReading is a whole mind system so it even teaches a way to handle stress. You learn a simple technique to enter the Accelerated Learning State. This state helps you to lower the stress levels, open the learning channels and lower resistance to learning. The Accelerated Learning State is a useful place to be to direct yourself on how you wish to continue and affirm your intent.

When you apply techniques like the 5-day PhotoReading test to a book you are learning a method for studying that you can us for any text for learning.

Mind Mapping

Mind mapping works it’s a great tool, however most people dislike it because it has so many rules. It’s easier to use when you keep it simple. When Mind Mapping group ideas with a single colour, and no more than three words to a line. In correct Mind Mapping it is only one word a line. Why I suggest 3? Lighten up and do it. You learn faster by having a simple starting point. It doesn’t have to hard and you can benefit from small steps.

Would this and the techniques of PhotoReading alone help you in your studies?

Sure it can, it can make it a lot easier to at least achieve the grade you manage now.

Can you improve your grade?

Absolutely possible and it probably will take a lot less effort than you put in now.

Is it possible that you won’t see any improvement even if you learn PhotoReading or any other study method?

Yes. It’s still possible you’ll fail miserably in the subjects you are studying. When that happens you need to have an honest look at yourself and ask yourself why are you studying this?

Many people are studying subjects their parents or other people think will make them rich or keep them well off in life. Noble as that ideal is it doesn’t work too well if you don’t like the subject. So the student who is not interested in the topic and has no has a reason of their own for studying, will struggle with the subject. The student works hard and succeeds with entry to an elite college and suddenly they find themselves failing to keep the grade. It often hits in the mid-first or second college year when they realise they are backsliding.

Thoughts like 3 more years of this and for what? I’m working my butt of and getting nowhere. Even, I hate this subject, what’s the point of it? These phrases point to a lack of a goal. We just don’t know why we are studying this nor have we planned how we’re going to use what we learned when we’re done. So we have no motivation to learn.

The solution? Find your goal. Where are you going to use what you learned. If you worked hard to get into the this class it means you had that as a goal. It gave you your purpose. And your purpose is what motivates you. You had a goal to enter that elite school on that subject and you succeeded. Now you need a goal to take you to the next point in your life.

Of course it’s possible we “really” dislike the subject and reality has set in. We struggled to make it into college. Then in college we need to struggle to keep the grade and then, do we really want to keep doing that as a career. Something we don’t find easy, we don’t enjoy, what we struggle at… for a career? Self-preservation makes sense. Fail it soon so you can choose an alternative more enjoyable career. You might say. But my parents want….” That is exactly the problem it’s what your parent want not what you want.

If you have no choice than to follow your parents wishes I suggest you add to your studies at least one subject that interests you. That is a small part of the career you would like to have even if it only is a dream. Then you can make it a goal to complete your studies with the best passing grade so you can free yourself up to do more of what you want. It gives you a purpose. A reason to complete your studies, do your assignments and have more free time to concentrate on the subject that interests you.

As you can see PhotoReading is a tool in the toolbox of life. It cannot be the solution to everything however it can be a powerful resource.

Copyright © Alex K Viefhaus 9 November 2005