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Affirmation Success
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This issue: How to double your reading speed in seconds...
with BETTER comprehension
If you feel overwhelmed with things to read, and wish
you could read faster, and suck information into your
brain like an industrial-strength vacuum cleaner, then
print out and save this email.
Actually you won't have to. It's so simple you can read
this email ONCE and you'll always remember how to
do this method.
By the way, this is N-O-T a product pitch. This is the
whole technique.
Be skeptical enough to test it out personally.
Email me if you any questions. (But only email
me AFTER you do it please.)
Enjoy.
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"I took a speed reading course and read War and Peace
in twenty minutes -- It involves Russia." Woody Allen
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I've always found speed-reading courses to be irritating.
Maybe tantalizing is a better word.
I WANTED to increase my reading speed and comprehension,
but the strategies never felt like they matched my reading style.
I'm already a pretty fast reader, but the techniques -- internal
silence, vertical eye-tracking patterns, or "photo-reading"
the page (and then accessing the data "intuitively" later!)
never
really became natural to me.
They were too far-out to be practical, so I stopped using them
consistently.
Then I learned this EASY trick from Win Wenger.
By the way, WHY -- in a newsletter about "manifesting" and
other
mind miracles -- would I share this technique on increasing your
reading speed?
Because more reading means more possibilities to your imagination.
(Jim Rohn, the guy Tony Robbins used to work for, has a great
line that people who don't read are no better off than people
who can't read.)
Before we get started I have to tell you this: It definitely WON'T
do anything if you ONLY read the steps.
Just as reading about your favorite chocolate and eating
your favorite chocolate are two completely different experiences.
Also, this MAY work on fiction to make novel-reading faster.
But I have only used this on nonfiction material. I see no reason
why it wouldn't work with fiction as well as it does with nonfiction.
Anyway, here are the steps…
Step 1. Get a tape recorder or a person who will listen to you.
While either one will work, I would STRONGLY recommend a
tape recorder. For a bunch of reasons that I don't have time
to explain in this email.
Those little micro-cassette recorders are good.
I just got a digital tape recorder and love it.
Your computer may also work as a sound-recorder, but I would
suggest you get something more portable.
Step 2. Get a book that you want to read (or need to read).
Step 3. Say the following outloud, even if you feel a little silly.
(The sillier you feel about saying this outloud the greater benefit
you will probably find.) "Subtler faculties, please reveal to me
an
image that will allow me to better and more quickly understanding
AND use this material I am about to read."
IMMEDIATELY describe to your listener/tape-recorder the images
that show up in your imagination for whichever length of time
is SHORTER:
a. two minutes
or
b. until you feel a feeling of completion that you've
described enough imagery outloud.
Step 4. IMMEDIATELY jump right in and start reading.
Reminders about this process…
The imagery may have NOTHING to do with the reading material!
In fact, the less conscious connection to what you are about to
read, the better!
Like this…
Let's say you have to read four chapters of a law book for a
business law school class tomorrow. (You know, something
FUN to read like that.)
So you do this process - you ask your subtler faculties to
show you some mental pictures and the imagery is Big Bird
of the children's TV show Sesame Street skateboarding with
Elvis Presley around the Eiffel Tower.
Good! Go with whatever imagery is there. For the two minutes
or until you feel like you've described enough. (You'll know the
feeling when you have it, and if you aren't 100% sure, then just
go for two minutes.)
For the two minutes, I would recommend using a timer. Two
minutes is longer than you think, especially when you are
describing mental imagery.
The more often you do this, the FASTER your brain will give you
imagery. A few seconds will be enough after you practice
this a few times.
Why does this technique work? I don't know exactly, but I do
know that it makes your mind more "adhesive" to the
information somehow.
Of course, don't take my word for it. Test it out.
I mentioned that you ought to use a live listener or a tape
recorder. That makes a BIG difference.
Speaking to a listener - either a live person OR a tape
recorder - changes the way you organize the material
you are describing, and this makes YOUR brain more
organized about the subject you'll be reading.
Somehow this translates into better, faster reading,
I am not sure exactly why.
But explanations are nothing compared to experience.
Test it for yourself.
Sean
p.s. I am changing my site to focus more on
what will help you to make more money.
I was thinking about this for a while, and then last week
I gave a creativity workshop, and THREE people approached
me to tell me they needed help with money stress.
I took this as a sign.
If creating money is a topic that interests you, then visit
http://pavlovpublishing.com/new
and I'll make sure to let you know when it's online. I'll also
be sending emails about this topic. But you won't get them
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