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Hello,

I'm very interested in applying NLP to my university studies and am searching for a way to become a more efficient student.
I'm asking if you have any tips on how to increase reading speed and comprehension by NLP techniques?
Richard Bandler has mentioned that one should think of the text as it is actually yourself who is saying all the text, and that one should see it as a journey through the author's mind, that one should not strive to make it understandable to oneself, but rather understand what the author is trying to say. This is how I've understood his teachings.
Also, he has pointed out that most people read auditorily and that slows them down, that they should instead, "trust the force". not quite sure what he meant by this. My understanding is that you shouldn't have an internal voice reading every word to yourself. perhaps reading visually, just noticing the words?

My ambition down the line is to have a sort of a photographic memory. I want to be able to "record" all lectures inside my mind, and "take snapshots" of every page I read, and be able to organize all those pictures and movies so that they are easily accessible and applicable when I need them.

Any input and experiences would be greatly appreciated.

best regards,
L

you should try photoreading
it is a process of photographing the page it is simply mixing between accelerated learning and nlp
but i dont know how to get photographic memory and remember all the page in your head i know some people do but i simply dont know how
they said it is about belief

Hi Lawrence,

Good to hear you are interested in developing yourself in your studies. I am simply expanding on what Sadeq mentioned about PhotoReading, one part is the process of taking a snapshot of pages directly into your unconscious mind without engaging your conscious mind in the process. Then you go on to use activation processes to give you a conscious mind understanding of the information you have read. The key with this process like most things is state and technique. A good place to find out more about this technique is PhotoReading | The leading course for learning to read fast

At the NLP Academy Michael Carroll has taught this process to university lecturers with great success along with hundreds of others. We run a 2 day course leading you through the whole process of PhotoReading, the next one is on the 12th – 13th May. You can book on now for £499 + VAT (£586.33).

If you are really serious about making a quantum leap in your reading this is the way to do it.

You can contact us directly on 0208 686 9952

Best

David Hamilton

At the NLP Academy Michael Carroll has taught this process to university lecturers with great success along with hundreds of others.

Who are the hundreds of others who have delivered this training...are they any cheaper ?

Hey Kevin,

Thanks for the post. I have to apologize for my ambiguous language. Michael has taught this process to university lecturers and he has also taught it to hundreds of others.

What kind of material are you currently reading?

As NLP Connections members you can use a 10% discount on our PhotoReading courses which does make it cheaper for you especialy if you book in early.

The great advantage of doing this course with us is you are able to repeat it for free. If you have a exam, business presentation or just want a re-cap you can come back anytime and be at your peak performance when you need it most!

Dave
0208 686 9952

The map is not the territory

In reading that translates to - read between the lines (use your imagination)

Reading speed and comprehension are opposites, so you have to strike a balance. You do that by knowing what you are reading about.

Failure is feedback. When you read well you fail all the time. You gotta readjust your speed, re-read stuff you didn't quite get and so on. That way you learn better how to adjust your speed for the appropriate level of understanding.

Reading is communication. One way, but you can reflect in the imagination to make it two way, or a group thing by passing the info on to others (imagined).

2 main factors 1. Know what you want to do. 2, read very flexibly

Cheers
Rich

"Reading speed and comprehension are opposites"
i dont think so man it is an old believe in pr we read fast and comprehend more and as richard bandler say the problem with our mind it is learn to fast
of course the most important part in reading is the purpose u know u must have a goal for reading a book then u acheive it if not ur likely lost in the book
and take so long time to read

Since NLP at its core is about using what works, and using proven models, I will share with you my opinion that while photoreading is a great method for most people to get a "sense" of large amounts of material in a short period of time, most of the students I've met who've taken the courses in person cannot photoread a book and come back to me with high levels of detailed recall.

I am a fan of photoreading but not when high levels of factual recall is needed. For that, I recommend speedreading training.

I am a speedreader; when I was last measured I could read ~800 words a minute. Chances are since I haven't actively practiced speeding up in over 10 years, I'm probably down to ~700/minute now with at least 80% recall. Still fast enough to be happy with my results.

I use this for magazines, books, blogs, news reports, etc -- anytime rapid access with immediate high quality recall is needed.

Incidentally, I do tend to slow down & subvocalize slowly when I read material whose linguistic construction I tend to want to savor. Certain authors or blog writers or even posters on this forum write with such rich flavors, that to speedread their delicious posts would be a real travesty.

As for recommendations, I don't think there's anyone in NLP effectively teaching *speedreading*, so we may as well refer you to a proven and affordable model for learning speedreading at home:

Reading Speed and Comprehension Improvement with RocketReader

I'm a big fan. Get it -- use it -- and speed up your reading AND comprehension both. My vote: You can't lose with Rocket Reader.

Regards,

- Jonathan Altfeld