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Your questions answered
How
should I read the book?
Like it says in the
opening pages it has to be read from start to finish. It’s no
god just picking bits out here and there and hoping it will sink
in. The book is a total program and should be read a chapter at
a time. If you are a fast reader then a chapter a day is fine
but don’t over do it. Every word in the book is written
specifically for your mental absorption so don’t go too fast.
Every word is important and was written in a special way so that
it will be retained. Nothing is padded out. Everything is
important and should be read. Some people find that it is on the
second read that it comes together for them. In
fact I received a letter recently saying that after the first
read he didn’t think it was that great. Three months later he
read it again and he said it was the best book he had ever read.
Sometimes you have to be ready to change.
What
about the exercises should I do them all?
This is a question I get
asked about time and time again. Some of the exercises will not
be relevant for you, in other words they won’t apply to you.
There are 13 exercises covering many different facets of human
self-improvement, some of them though, you will already be using
automatically. Some of them you don’t need, others you
definitely will. Just use the exercises that you think relate to
your shortcomings. I included so many exercises so that I could
show you a way of improving as many of life’s challenges as I
could. Most of the exercises need to be used every day for a
while to reprogram the old ways out.
I’m
confused about the changing bad habits exercise in chapter 1
what should I do?
If you have had any
previous difficulties with self-harm do not do this
exercise. In the book it mentions that you should nip parts of
your body “so that it hurts”. This wording is wrong and in
hindsight I should have wrote, “to cause slight discomfort”. You
should in no way hurt yourself if you use this procedure. If you
are unsure leave it out. I have had good feedback from people
who have used this technique especially those who want to lose
weight so it is quite powerful. The idea is to create “emotional
pain” by combining thought and discomfort to the bad behaviour
that you have. Every time you use this procedure when you have
an urge to do the bad behaviour it changes the way your mind
thinks about it.
Which are the most important chapters to read?
All of them. The first 2
chapters build the foundations for your life and give you the
most important instructions in the whole book. Don’t rush the
first 2 chapters they are the cornerstones for your total
success in life. They need to be installed in to your soul! The
other chapters are what I call “the essential maintenance
chapters” where in order to maintain the first 2 principles the
other 6 chapters information must be understood. Like a car
though you have to maintain it with regular services you must
review the principles monthly to keep on the right track. You
don’t just read them once and then hope they will sin in
forever. It’s best to read chapters from time to time throughout
the year after you have read the whole book.
I
have read the book but nothing has changed?
That is because not only
do you have to read it you must also APPLY the knowledge for it
to be effective. I know how to drive a car but if I don’t get in
and drive it, it won’t go! The same applies to the principles.
It usually isn’t enough just to know them intellectually, you
must act upon them to see some new results. You will get out of
the book what you put in. Remember principle one? You are
responsible for you life so don’t blame the book. I get letters
every day telling me that the book has helped to make somebody's
life better so I know the information is sound. Get back to
chapter one and start it again. Stop looking for a magic wand,
your future and life is in your hands the book is a road map to
greater living but you must then get into the car and drive it.
Nothing will happen if you don't get off your butt and follow
the instructions.
I am
in a hopeless state can the book really work?
The book can help
tremendously sometimes even more so when you are in a state. The
reason you are in a state is because you can’t find a way out of
your troubles. The book is like a map, a map to show you how to
break free of your negative thinking! It’s not just about
“positive thinking” though it’s about changing your faulty
though processes so that you feel and think better. Your
thoughts are what cause the problems, the principles help you to
control and improve the quality of your thoughts. If you don’t
know how to do that, that’s when you get stuck. Hopeless
is a mindset and not a reality. Change your mindset and you will
change your reality. Trust the knowledge in the book as it is
100% sound.
I've made good
improvements since reading the book how long will they last?
Think about the principles like this: If
you went to the gym regularly for a couple of months and got
into good shape. How long would it take if you stopped going for
you to lose your fitness and muscle tone? Probably after a
couple of weeks later you would find yourself slipping wouldn't
you. The same applies to the principles. If you've had problems
for a while, say years or even most of your life it is
unrealistic to think you can apply the principles for a few
weeks and then be fine for the rest of your life then after. You
must study the principles and use them everyday until they
become second nature and a part of your every day mindset. Even
though you will find good early results to make them an
mindset where you live by them automatically it could take a
year depending on how much you need to improve. To keep on the
right path we must all use them forever and refer back to them
periodically to keep them fresh in our minds.
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