Photoreading booknotes
Paul R Scheele, M.A. 3rd edition
"Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention" - Racis Bacon
When it comes to reading for enhancing creativity, insight into a new subject area, or personally developing knowledge or skills to change a prevailing paradigm, postviewing works best.
Photoreading steps
- Prepare
- State your purpose
- What is my ultimate application of this material
- How important is this material to me
- What level of detail do I want
- How much time am I willing to commit right now to satisfy my purpose
- Enter the ideal state for reading
- "Tangerine" method
- State your purpose
- Preview
- Survey the material
- 30 seconds - article
- 180 seconds - long article or report
- 300-480 seconds - book
- Pull out trigger words
- 5-10 words for article
- 20-25 words for books
- review
- Survey the material
- Photoread
- Prepare to photoread
- Enter the accelerative learning state
- Affirm your concentration, impact, and purpose
- Enter the photofocus state
- Maintain a steady state while flipping pages
- Close the process with a sense of mastery
- Activate
- 4 levels of comprehension
- Awareness
- Familiarity
- Knowledge
- Expertise
- Jump start activation with postviewing
- Let it incubate
- Probe your mind
- Super read and dip
- The best way to dip
- Search for train of thought
- Skittering your way to success with text
- Create a mind map
- Gain a new experience of memory
- 4 levels of comprehension
- Rapid read
