| At 17 years of age I had absolutely no idea as to | | | | big way and added to my feelings of low self worth |
| what I wanted to do with my life, I had no special | | | | and inadequacy and after reading about Harry's |
| interests and was barely holding onto a part-time job | | | | methods I realised not only were they quite easy to |
| I had secured during the summer holidays. | | | | learn but they were based on memory principles that |
| I needed some help, some guidance as to my next | | | | went back as far as ancient Greece! |
| step, and although I wasn't sure what I wanted I | | | | Had I been exposed to this information in school I |
| knew I didn't want a career in stacking shelves in a | | | | could have chosen a whole new direction for my life |
| supermarket. | | | | and not the one I just fell into. To this day I often |
| This led me to start checking out some of the local | | | | wonder why even now, accelerated learning and |
| bookstores in my area one Saturday afternoon; just | | | | mnemonic techniques are not an integral part of the |
| prior to that I had been reading a very interesting | | | | education system. |
| book about hypnosis and became fascinated about | | | | Since that time I've made the decision not to dwell |
| how the human mind worked and how it could be | | | | on what could have been and instead focus on what |
| trained by using the power of suggestion. | | | | I can do now in this moment to create the life I |
| Like many books about the mind, hypnosis titles | | | | desire. |
| occupied the "popular psychology" section, which | | | | After reading that book I decided I was going to |
| today is mostly known as self help and personal | | | | learn everything I could about other mental training |
| growth. | | | | techniques and use them to better my life; this |
| As I browsed through the books on positive thinking | | | | kick-started an intense reading program where I |
| and mind power a little title stood out: "How to | | | | literally went through a new book each week. |
| Develop a Superpower Memory" by Harry Lorayne. | | | | It's a habit that has totally transformed my life as it |
| Instinctively I picked it up and became absolutely | | | | taught me that the solution to any problem or issue I |
| absorbed in it. | | | | was facing was contained in a book somewhere and |
| After I had read a good 10 to 15 pages (much to the | | | | all I had to do to solve it was simply find that |
| annoyance of the bookshop owner) I purchased it | | | | information and then apply it. |
| and devoured all of it in a few days; and that's when | | | | If you are currently facing challenges or problems and |
| I started to become a little annoyed and eventually | | | | feel that you have exhausted all possibilities, |
| quite angry. | | | | remember this; you haven't! |
| For much of my school life I found learning | | | | T.D. |
| immensely difficult, this impacted my self-esteem in a | | | | |