| In the field of psychology, many people are | | | | Player, in his school district. |
| aware of how trauma can ruin a person's life, | | | | |
| throwing it off-track, bringing misery and | | | | Sometimes, this "profound knowledge" can |
| chaos in it's wake. | | | | affect a whole culture. |
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| But what most people are not aware of is that | | | | When Edward Deming went to help post-war |
| the opposite can happen. Something really | | | | Japan recover, his ideas so impacted his |
| good can happen to a person that elevates | | | | audience that it made Japan one of the |
| their lives to the level of greatness. | | | | world's leading manufacturers of top quality |
| | | | products. |
| For lack of a better term, I am calling this | | | | |
| experience "profound knowledge." | | | | Usually, this is the cycle of the reception |
| | | | of "profound knowledge:" |
| This is something fascinating and worth | | | | |
| exploring. | | | | There is an upset. This happens usually in |
| | | | childhood, when we are more open and |
| A 13-year-old-boy boy in Singapore went to an | | | | vulnerable, more naïve about how the world |
| accelerated learning workshop called | | | | works. |
| Super-Teen that used many of Tony Buzan's | | | | |
| ideas. | | | | Then something happens, usually by accident, |
| | | | that completely changes our world-view |
| He went from the bottom of his class to the | | | | overnight. |
| top of his school in academic performance in | | | | |
| a year. He topped his "O" level | | | | This is a piece of information that |
| examinations, scoring in the 1 percentile | | | | completely solves our major problem. |
| bracket. Then he did the same thing with his | | | | Someone or something happens to give us |
| "A" level examinations and was admitted to | | | | "profound knowledge." |
| the best university in the country. He also | | | | |
| became a multimillionaire by the age of 26. | | | | We then embrace this experience, "take it to |
| | | | heart" and it transforms our world. |
| Today he is a leading educational and | | | | |
| business figure in Singapore. Millions seek | | | | Now the most interesting thing about this |
| to learn from him how to shift their lives. | | | | "profound knowledge" is that it not only |
| His books have been on the best-seller lists. | | | | starts to work immediately, but increases in |
| | | | "profoundness" over time, until it reaches |
| Similarly, another boy, this one an American, | | | | astonishing proportions. |
| went to a Summer Camp. He, too, was at the | | | | |
| bottom of his class. | | | | It does happen in adulthood as well, but |
| | | | rarely. This is because adults are generally |
| He was taking remedial learning classes in | | | | less open and impressionable. |
| this camp, but, as usual, not doing well. | | | | |
| | | | Most cases occur in entrepreneurial |
| He spent his afternoons at the bottom of a | | | | businesses, where one day, someone is |
| swimming pool, practicing how to hold his | | | | struggling, with barely enough to eat, and |
| breath. | | | | then, to everyone's surprise, they connect |
| | | | with "profound knowledge" and go on to make |
| Something remarkable happened. | | | | millions. |
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| This little game expanded his carotid artery, | | | | Now that you have become aware of "profound |
| literally allowing his brain to take in more | | | | knowledge" review your own life and see if |
| oxygen from his lungs. And he went from | | | | you can find any incidents that could have |
| straight F's to straight A's to everyone's | | | | lifted you to another level. |
| amazement, including his own. | | | | |
| | | | Once you find this incident, see if there is |
| All he did was accidentally learn how to | | | | a way for you to revisit it and embrace it's |
| breathe in a much deeper way! | | | | silent and invisible power. |
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| Years later, when he was a leading | | | | You are looking for three things: (a) an |
| educational figure in America, he recalls | | | | upset; (b) a receptivity; (c) exposure to |
| this incident as the turning point in his | | | | profound knowledge. |
| life. | | | | |
| | | | If you can find this incident in your past, |
| Today he has a doctorate in education and is | | | | it will be well worth your while to see if |
| creating programs and systems that teach | | | | you can nurture it and bring it into your |
| people how to think like a genius. In fact, | | | | present experience. |
| in his own right, he is considered a genius. | | | | |
| | | | It may have been a course you took or a book |
| I'll give you one more true story. | | | | you read or something someone said to you. |
| | | | It may have been a person who helped and |
| Again, this is another American boy. He | | | | inspired you and made you realize your own |
| loved to play baseball but was hopeless at | | | | special gifts. It may have been an insight |
| it. He could barely bat. | | | | you suddenly stumbled upon while doing |
| | | | something quite mundane but that made you |
| His father took him to see an educational | | | | stop in astonishment. |
| expert (the same one mentioned earlier) and | | | | |
| after a brief session of guided imagery, the | | | | Once you find it, see if you can evoke the |
| boy had an unconscious perception of how to | | | | mood, and also note how you just missed |
| swing the bat and connect with the ball. | | | | embracing it. Now, in the present moment, |
| | | | see how you can amplify it; then, make it |
| From that point on he began to play well, and | | | | alive enough for you to transform it into |
| in a short time started to star, until he | | | | "profound knowledge. |
| ended up becoming an MVP, a Most Valued | | | | |