It Doesn’t Have to Be Like That!
His words awakened me. I still remember his first few words of wisdom went like this:

I was just randomly browsing through some books in the library one day when I came across this.
Those thought-provoking first few pages really impressed me. Then, I got wary. Is he another so-called expert my friends were telling me about? Hmm… National bestseller? Can’t be that bad right? Half skeptical and half curious, I read on.

We All Have the Same Hardware? 
Adam starts with the premise that we all have basically the same neurological make-up. Then came his epic question-of-the-day:

And his answer – the key to those differences lies in the behaviors and habits that get installed while we grow up! Most people are not exactly brought up with a winning mindset. And unfortunately, the same people never question what they do and never change their habits. It probably never occurs to them that they could! But of course we CAN change habits, behaviors and beliefs by stimulating our brains in the right way and creating new mental patterns.

The technology Adam uses to reprogram the mind is NLP, i.e., Neuro-linguistic Programming, which has proven to be highly effective at that task. And after carefully reading it, I found that Master Your Mind is not just another book on NLP, useful as that may be, but it goes waaayyy beyond that.

What Attracted Me Was…
The comprehensive, thorough, and easy-to-follow description of the actual techniques that are necessary to accomplish that goal. And it doesn’t stop there. This book is also an extensive workbook that helps the reader to put all those techniques to use right away! Thirdly, it offers a wealth of inspiring examples.

In fact, this book was the only reason why I started this blog. It really changed my perspective of life. So I’ll recommend it to anybody.

From an Under-achiever to Millionaire By Age 26!!!
Adam Khoo himself is a case in point. Starting out as an academically weak student at the very bottom of the pile, he used some of those very strategies he teaches here to reprogram himself and turn himself into a top student. Unlike his fellow students who were satisfied with a normal career path and income upon graduation, he set himself the goal to become a millionaire by age 26 – and achieved it.

He started his first business while still in high school, and several more while in college, and he even became a best-selling author with his book on how to become an excellent student. He developed a program called Patterns of Excellence that he used to teach others to re-pattern their mind to achieve success as well. Quite an inspiration indeed!

From the outset, Adam urges us to have the right mindset. Which I later on adopted as one of my core beliefs. And one of the key parts of that mindset is planning for success by setting specific goals, developing strategies to achieve those goals, and putting them into action!

You Too Can Empower Yourself By Having the Right Mindset
From his book, you can…

And the Drawbacks?
This book is really not for whiners but for people who are prepared to do serious work on themselves. And with that in mind, each chapter also requires you to follow through the exercises and action questions to be effective in helping you master your mind. If you used to copy your buddy’s notes in school, I’m sorry. Not this time. This is something you’ll have to do yourself.

Also, with its 364 pages, it seems kind of long for an e-book, and it may be a bit of a pain to read on the small screen of your i-book. But it is so worth it that you probably won’t mind anymore once you get into it. Besides, with the upcoming e-book readers or i-books with larger screens, this wouldn’t be an issue anyway. And, of course, you can always print it out or read on your computer!

Take caution too. He’s an action-oriented person. And his words will coerce you into taking some form of action. It’s that powerful. There’s no escape. On a lighter note, it’s nothing like how our parents like to nag at us. Don’t worry.

So, what’s your take? Trade that pair of movie tickets for a life-changing book… or continue dreaming?

Yes! I want to TAKE ACTION NOW!!!

B-A-A-mazing Notes from the Blogger:
About 80% of people who buy books (or e-books) do not finish reading it. Out of the remaining 20% who do, about 25% actually act on it. Simply put, if 10,000 people were to buy a book, only 500 of them will complete it and put what they learned into practice! Are you among that 500?