How to go from Failure and Feeling Defeated to Training Yourself for Success
The timeline for this one, especially when you factor in family commitments is really very short. Sieta and I had a discussion about her failed Counseling exam on 27th September 2017. She purchased the PhotoReading DVD on 5th October 2017. Her exams were in November 2017. She got her results in December and passed! We didn’t do any additional Coaching aside from our chats via Messenger and in my Membership Group. Sieta did it all herself from the DVD.
She had taken the bold step to go back to professional study and then having failed the exam needed to progress to the next stage she took the leap of faith and purchased my PhotoReading DVD.
Failure isn’t necessarily an easy thing at any age, but as an adult, where we often like to get things right first time, I can be somewhat devastating and it takes real courage to ask for help and come back from that.
“It took me from suspected early onset Alzheimer’s to miraculous success.”
It was the same experience that I had all those years ago when I failed my NLP Practitioner test in glorious technicolour only to go back and ace the much bigger and far more complex Master Practitioner test a couple of weeks later having taught myself PhotoReading™ from what were then cassette tapes. It is one of the reasons why I decided to become a PhotoReading™ Instructor; that and the miracle of the finishing the 8-hour Trainers Training exam in just 3 hours, so these stories, well not stories, real life experiences, from even my online clients always make me smile.
The Online DVD is instant access once I’ve set it up, and also Lifetime Access. The delegates from across the globe and as far afield as America and Australia who have taken part often say as Sieta did that it feels as though they are right there in the room with us, which was my intention when I filmed and created it.
Training Yourself for Success
Sieta said of her experience:
“Hi Marilyn, here it goes!
I have wanted to do the PhotoReading course for ages but due to finances, I couldn’t, so I decided to purchase the Online DVD version, so pleased I did.
Marilyn is a fantastic coach and I felt like I was there in the room with everyone else. I did the exercises and felt completely in-tune with the others, I didn’t pass my exam, the first time round in September before purchasing the PhotoReading DVD, but with doing to exercises from the DVD which I found invaluable. When it came to revising I followed the Mind-Mapping exercise that Marilyn shared; I gained so much knowledge and information.
When it came to me sitting my exam a few weeks later, I was calm and focussed, I remembered a lot from all the Mind Maps in my head. I have learnt from the course that I am a visual learner, I didn’t know this beforehand.
Thank you Marilyn this is totally inspiring.
This should be promoted more in schools and Adult learning. Makes me want to do more of your courses. Thank you for this opportunity. xx
Yes happy for you to put my name to it. Thank you. Xx” Sieta Jones”
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That is just amazing, and as I said, there was no intervention from me whatsoever, over and above what I shared on the DVD video Training. Awesome job Sieta! And for those who do prefer to have some additional Coaching, there is a Skype Coaching option available as well.
ADDENDUM DECEMBER 2018: I have also added an even more amazing end to this wonderful story. Really amazing that you can go from failing an exam to what has just happened. Check it out at the end of this Blog.
For more information about the Online DVD video Training and International Skype Coaching go to: http://www.tranceformationstm.com/photoreadinglivedvd/
PhotoReading™ for Researching with Accuracy and Speed
Even if your job doesn’t require exams and simply need to absorb new information more quickly, it can dramatically improve your research and report writing skills:
As one of my PhotoReading™ Live Workshop attendees put it:
“I can really recommend this workshop if you want to absorb information quickly and with depth. Don’t assume or mistake it for “speed reading.”
It’s a really valuable tool and the week I came back from it I wrote a great 1000 essay on something I knew little about within 3-4 hours research included . . . without plagiarising. Plus Marilyn is a really engaging lovely trainer!” Deirdra Barr, Yogo Coach http://Www.deirdrabarr.co
Improving your Interview Skills
I did an afternoon talk for RBS, the Royal Bank of Scotland and they immediately invited me back to do an evening Session with their Women in IT Group. One of the attendees contacted me later that week and said that she had been successful in securing an interview, her first ever in almost 10 years, and wondered if PhotoReading might help her prepare because she didn’t know where or how to start after such a long time being in the same job, and from what I had shared during my Keynote Presentation, it sounded as though PhotoReading could be ideal.
Not only was she nervous about the interview itself, which can be stressful when you don’t know how to relax yourself and prepare, she was also overwhelmed by the amount of reading and research that needed to be done beforehand because there was a practical element to the interview. And, she only had at the point of speaking to me, a couple of days to prepare.
We did a 1-hour Skype Session including my now infamous Speak It Into Existence Process. I shared how to apply PhotoReading to the interview process, and how to answer those tricky questions such as: “Why haven’t you moved or progressed in the last 10 years” which again can have you feeling like an underachiever and a failure. Here’s what happened at the interview in her own words:
“Hello Marilyn,
Thank you for the information.
The interview went as it was supposed to lol.
I was extremely relaxed after practising step 1 several times, and so when it came to the event it worked like a dream.
Imagineering was crucial for the interview and it also helped with placing me in that relaxed state however, what threw me was that the
questions were not asked the way I had imagined. They were framed in a way that demanded several responses to particular aspects, so
a question may have 4 parts to it.
I took my notes but didn’t refer to them, which in hindsight I should have but all in all, it was good experience even if I do not get the job.
Have a good evening.”
Not only did the interview go well and just the way that we had planned it and discussed, she also got the job!
“And as I am always saying, PhotoReading goes WAY BEYOND reading . . . . It can even make you feel younger!”
Another Workshop attendee, an Author said:
“You have opened up many possibilities for me and inspired me to expand my life and knowledge. I don’t feel as old as I did when I came! Thank you Marilyn.”
It really is a life changer and a game changer on so many levels.
For further information about future Live Workshops go to: http://www.tranceformationstm.com/photoreading/
What’s Included in the Online Video Training?
The running time of the Online DVD is approximately 6-hours and consists of 4 Modules.
Module 1 looks at the development of PhotoReading and explores the applications and possibilities.
Module 2 is an overview of the PhotoReading Whole Mind System, how to tap into the Power of Multiple Intelligences, and Step 1.
Module 3 goes through 4 of the 5 Steps.
Module 4 gives an overview of Step 5 and also contains 3 Bonus Sessions which are not taught on the Live Workshop:
- Bonus Session 1: Enhancing Your Intuition
- Bonus Session 2: Improving Memory and Recall
- Bonus Session 3: Access Consciousness and Huna Belief Change Session
The Huna and Access has been absolutely transformational for attendees including everything from pain relief, removing lifelong emotional blockages, and releasing and resolving old limiting beliefs. We also do live Bonus Session during the in-person PhotoReading™ Workshops.
For information about the Limitless NeuroSuccess 28-Day eCoaching Programme go to: http://tranceformationstm.com/neurosuccessbraintraining/ (If you wanted to purchase both the PhotoReading™ and NeuroSuccess™ Programme as a bundle just drop me an email).
I previously put together a Blog where I answered questions about PhotoReading and did a series of Facebook Live videos. You can read it here: https://marilyndevonish.com/everything-ever-wanted-know-photoreading/
World First – The Online PhotoReading Certification Class
I also did a World First back in October 2018 and ran the full 3-Day PhotoReading Workshop as an Online Video Webinar Training. You can now purchase the Online Certification Course via: http://bit.ly/photoreadingonline
The Video Webinar Training includes all of the Course Materials via digital download plus your Lifetime Refresher Certificate once you have completed the 3-Day Training. This means you can take part from anywhere in the world and from the comfort of your own office or home.
As one of the first attendees to take part in the Webinar Training put it:
“The Programme is brilliant. I have wanted to do Photoreading for quite a while but could not commit to physicaly attending a venue. The webinar version is comfortable, effective, fun and enjoyable. I am glad that I waited for it and got a chance to experience it.”
Another Webinar attendee said:
“Marilyn is energetic and engaging, always ready to support, keeps you moving and on track throughout the course.
Wow! This is a simple yet incredibly powerful and liberating skill to have that transforms and skyrockets the ability to absorb and recall information when needed. Thank you for an intensive and unforgettable weekend of training. Your energy is incredible and something I will definitely keep in mind to practice to emulate!”
Share and Pass It On
If you know anyone who is studying or getting ready to take on professional exams and would benefit from a dose of inspiration and access to tools and techniques which will both save them time and next level their performance please feel free to like and share this Blog with them.
Marilyn Devonish
The NeuroSuccess™ Coach
Marilyn Devonish became a Certified PhotoReading™ Instructor with Paul Scheele in March 2002 and offers Live Workshops, bespoke and Corporate Trainings, and individual PhotoReading Coaching Sessions.
ADDENDUM 24TH DECEMBER 2018
I was scrolling through Facebook after Christmas and saw the post below from Sieta saying she had just been awarded a Prizewinner’s Certificate for Outstanding Achievement for her Counselling studies:
Give Up on Your Dream or Go For It
Sieta shared she had also just received an unexpected Award for her Counselling course studies. This story and outcome reminded me of the Police Officer I worked with about 15 years ago. He had repeatedly failed his Police Sergeants Exams, and much like Sieta’s tutor, his superiors were not keen for him to continue and made it clear that this should be the last time he attempted the exams and that he should give up and stand aside for the younger recruits:
“Maybe you’re just not Sergeant materials. The younger guys are coming up through the ranks . . . .”
My client was gutted. However he booked himself a PhotoReading Coaching Session; back then such things as my Skype Coaching Sessions and the Online DVDs and Webinars didn’t exist. Just like Sieta after the exam he called to thank me because he was able to reproduce his course notes during the exam in the form of Mind Maps. He also said:
“Thank you Marilyn. I don’t know if I passed or failed, but regardless of the outcome for the first time ever I know I can sit exams. I was calm.”
And like Sieta, not only did he pass the exams, he got the unexpected news he was in the top 25 percentile for the ENTIRE COUNTRY!
As I’ve been saying since I first came across it in 2000, PhotoReading is a gamechanger and absolutely life changing.