Jun 15
7
Speed Reading …Just One of the Many Practical Benefits;
(of having an atmosphere of “loving respect
Develop loving respect for all that is, include You.
AND cooperation” between the Conscious and all parts
of the Other-Than-Conscious Mind).
The average person reads at a rate of 200 words per minute when a variety of speed reading courses can elevate this to 1000 wpm and even higher with greatly improved comprehension as well. The reason for the limitation is a prime example of the conscious mind interfering with the other-than-conscious parts of the mind which can achieve all sorts of things when the conscious part is trained to get out of the way! Or, shall we say, “Get into loving cooperation,”
Somebody said to me just this morning:
A little effort is required when gaining your freedom...esotericaly.
“I really enjoyed reading Integration of the Mind© (Published and copyrighted by SHS Publishing, Burnaby, BC, Canada), but it’s somewhat esoteric,” he told me.
“I understand what esoteric means to me,” I responded, “but would you mind telling me how you are using the word?”
He looked thoughtful for a second and then said: “Intentionally meant to be read and understood only by a small group of people with a narrow focus.”
“Wow, that hurts,” I stammered, “that’s exactly what the word means to me and that’s exactly the opposite of what I intended when I wrote it, would you mind telling me what brought you to that conclusion?”
It took him almost a half hour to process his thoughts and when he was finished I told him I was very grateful for his input, but added pointedly, fishing for a compliment, because what he said had been so insightful that I felt nothing but disappointment, “C’mon, Steve, how can you honestly tell me you enjoyed reading it?”
“Oh, I really did,” he insisted intently enough that I believed him, “you write in such a way that it really challenged me, yet I could almost hear you talking; in other words, your vocabulary is somewhat advanced yet it isn’t pretentious.”
He could tell I was still stung by the criticism and quickly and gently, he said, “I have a suggestion, if you’re interested.”
This is what Brad does with Ryan's suggestions.
“Please suggest away,” I replied.
“I think the book would be a big seller if it was marketed as something for a group to study and discuss. Frankly my wife didn’t like it at all and I asked her if it would have helped her to like it better if it was used as a group study guide.”
“What did she say,” I interrupted hoping, above hope, that there would be something encouraging in her comments.
“Well, having heard some of your thoughts on the topic, I doubt that you will find what she said pleasant, but she looked a bit surprised and said it was a great idea, that she had always hated reading the Bible, until she got involved in a women’s Bible study at a Presbyterian church down the street from where we live.”
“I find that more than just pleasant, Steve,” I replied, “I find it hopeful. My publisher wanted me to write a workbook as a companion piece, but I could never get my creative juices flowing in that direction. Maybe this will spur me into doing something.”
I just asked Ryan’s and my continual pattern interrupt question, “What Now?” The answer I received was immediate.
“Reflect upon what just occurred and you’ll discover something you needed to learn.”
Brad's group meets in the men's locker room. It's kind of exclusive.
I did reflect and I did learn something vital; I’ve known Steve, a fellow gym rat, about half my age, for almost two years – we’ve always greeted one another in friendly fashion, but you could never call us anything approaching being “friends” that conversation has bonded us into something far more significant than mere acquaintances and is obvious to both of us.
When I gave him a copy of Integration of the Mind …I did it with only one thing in my mind – my desire to not only get positive feedback, but hopefully find a way to develop a local market for the book.
In the last several days, my mind has been filled with an idea that came as a result of a business trip to the west coast a couple weeks ago. A businessman who is a huge booster of YOU WITHOUT LIMITS free “Workshops” asked me why we didn’t put together some services to help businesses, such as YOU WITHOUT LIMITS Sales Training. Without thinking, I simply agreed with him and let it go at that.
By what measure do you put others first?
“Out of the blue” …you know, a coincidence, right? A business guy in Australia and longtime follower of “Brad Cullen” articles dating back to the early 2000s, wrote me asking what I thought about a quote he’d read related to what I’ll paraphrase as “the art of selling.”
I wrote him back about something I had discovered, and had even made a sales training video around, for Yellow Page Advertising Corporation in the State of Washington, back in the early 1980s, based on the discovery.
The discovery was that every time I prayed in a certain way, before I entered the office or business of a prospect with whom I had an appointment, one of two things happened; I either made a sale or the prospect was transformed into a new and trusting friend who wasn’t afraid to recommend me and/or what I was selling to somebody else. Either way, it made for a pleasant outcome for both the prospect and me.
The prayer? “Father, help me to forget what I want to get out of this appointment and help me to think in terms of what the prospect wants” (period). All too often, I wrote my Australian friend, I have forgotten this vital element of successful selling and successful sales training.
I have many true stories that illustrate just how powerfully and effective this particular prayer was for me.
Giving away books as a means to get what I wanted is hardly a gift according to my value system and having the idea forcefully fed into my mind this morning has given me an entirely different emphasis related to “promoting” YOU WITHOUT LIMITS free “Workshops” or whatever ancillary YOU WITHOUT LIMITS services we may develop along the way.
I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the simple lesson and just couldn’t wait to share it.
bc