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DFQ#38:
If you were to tell a friend what the most important thing you have taken away from this training, what would you say it was for you personally?
May 16th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
The power of cvs2bvs. There seems to be an element of personal integrity build into the software. Old sell or right wrong seems to be rooted in a fundamental lack of integrity.
Right wrong seems to produce negative consequences on all parties concerned. Consumers, sales people, managers, companies, industries are all effected by this lack of any real skill or integrity.
May 16th, 2012 at 6:53 am
To have a broader perspective on things. CVSTOBVS helped here. This has meant realising that what I’ve always done isn’t necessarily the only way it should be. For that I thank you, Michael.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Metacognition is not just a buzz, it’s an applied approach to improving yourself – & it relies on its own in-built nature to make it more useful & more effective. Performing PRR on a lesson to teach PRR is the surefire way to prove its effectiveness.
I intend to take the ideas from this course as a jump-point for making my co-workers more aware of their own potential, with the hope that I can lift the game of the whole team.
May 6th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
The extent to which my mind has been opened up to so many new ideas, issues and things to think about.
April 30th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
This training will help you break out of your current thinking and show you how to find better ways to look at your own view of the world.
April 29th, 2012 at 1:59 am
The most valuable thing that I acquired from SOT training is to always work on my better view of a situation: in personal life & in business, so CVSTOBVS. It can really improve my quality of life and add value to it.
The second most valuable perception for me is the PTV that I will not allow to be infected with. The third is that practice brings better everyday results and if I am consistent I can reach the stars! Talking about humor, I’ve always been supporting it but now I enjoy it even more because I know that life is better with a smile and business is more successful with a sense of a good humour:) thanks!!!
April 26th, 2012 at 1:41 am
Very,very useful.Essential knowledge!
April 21st, 2012 at 1:22 am
Dear Micheal
First of all your course was really useful for me. Thank you very much indeed. The main thing which I have taken, is the method of teaching. The start of the course (quotation of thinkers) was very soft and useful. Also using of emails for delivery of lessons makes it “fitness to use”. But I am not completely satisfied with the content. I expected the course thought me about “how to change the CVS” but it was mainly about philosophy of “viruses of mind” and a subliminal advertising about atheism. In general I have learnt many things and I am happy for reaching this point.
I am looking forward to receiving your new lessons.
Yours,
Hamid
April 17th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
The SOT training has become a mantra for when I revert to my lazy critics persona. Somethings in my life tend to just stick out like a sore thumb, and generally, if not always, they are big learning curves. This is now one of them.
I actually found myself talking about SOT to a friend who has been guiding me in certain life aspects. This friend who happens to be a recovering alcoholic, cited similarites between SOT and AA’s “Big Book” and the way they are both about enlightenment on a grand scale.
We talked for a while and I realised that both SOT and the “Big Book” have moved us both, from a place and thinking that we didn’t want to be at any more.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:39 am
focus on good and better rather than fixing bad and ptvs
April 7th, 2012 at 5:52 am
I lead a challengeing life.
E+S+T sdntcvs2bvsqrhprr.brain powered to give best options,after sleeping on it.
I have learnt to enjoy life with challenges,
iTHINK its due to oppourtunities they present,
April 6th, 2012 at 4:04 am
The SDNT CVSTOBVS QRH PRR sequence, it’s a wonderful compact philosophy that I ‘m using 24/7!
That’s the key for innovation and productivity.
March 31st, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Oh that would be a long list : * I never sat in front of a computer for so long as nothing really interested me. But, since I have been doing these lessons I sit for long, think nd explore many new things. * cvs2bvs * thinking about thinking. *…………
March 29th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
To focus on the process instead of just the result. I have previously taken a variety of work related courses on this subject, however none have matched the presentation given here.
March 23rd, 2012 at 8:20 pm
No matter what the situation is, or the information I receive , I have to decide if there is a better view of the situation, this had huge impact on me. I also like learning and want to do more and I am pleased that my thinking skills can be upgraded.
March 21st, 2012 at 7:30 pm
For me personally, the most important take away is; to look at issues objectively and not to be mislead by what appears at the surface.
March 4th, 2012 at 7:36 am
Seeing myself in the mirror of this training so that I can recognize the faults in my thinking skills (for example brain vain, hesitancy to begin, etc.) and being given the tools to overcome these.
March 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 am
NO matter what the situation there IS a better view of the situation. Imagine if you lived your whole life stuck inside a disempowering view of the current view of the situation and the day before you died you found you could create a better view of the situation and you could have created a fulfilling satisfying and peaceful life. Well “I’VE GOT THE POWER”. Thank you Michael.
March 2nd, 2012 at 12:46 am
In the art and science of thinking and DOING: (start) and if at first you don’t succeed, try try try again…, feedback matters…, don’t take yourself too seriously and practice does make perfect!
February 29th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Learn to think original thoughts from a perspective not influenced by conventional education.
February 25th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
I learned general formulas of thinking which you can apply to every activity. I was looking exactly for such general recipes for thinking, improving, and acting. It is so simple and useful that I consider it to be genial. Thank you so much! I feel and act like a new better person now.
February 20th, 2012 at 6:35 am
You do not have brain if you do not use it I personally felt the presence of something inside my head since almost two months ago when I started with SOT thank you Dr Michael .
February 19th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Challenge your mind every day, by thinking clearly and with a goal in mind
February 16th, 2012 at 10:02 am
Creativity can be enhanced by using routines
February 8th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Patience –think– act or react
February 1st, 2012 at 12:25 am
I learned many things, to mention a few:
1. To use my brain
2. CVS2BVS
3. x10
4. Do every day something to achieve your goals.
5. I’m not always right, listen to the other persons view, and there might be something of value in it.
6. Challenges = learning opportunities – stepping stones. Use them.
January 28th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
‘The secret’ – Find out what you want to do and then, do everything you can, every single day to achieve your goal.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
i ‘ve spoken to colleagues at work about many of the items i’ve taken from the course, also Wombat Selling, which i read on the way. One relearning I’ve found to resonate with others is the need to find a better process, including via SDNT, if you want to improve the result.
January 25th, 2012 at 8:31 am
It’s so simple and at the same time brings so much.
Thinking is useful for everything.
January 19th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
MENTAL ADAPTABILITY.
January 11th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Just do … there is always a better way ones you’ve started
January 9th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Take time to think and take a look at thinking in various ways and challenges.
January 9th, 2012 at 7:13 am
The software is a great system to refer to when i find that i am not getting my desired result. By refering to it, I can determine what the next step needs to be.
Thanks for a great course Michael.
January 3rd, 2012 at 11:43 pm
the most important thing for me is CVS to BVS. i apply this to everything i face. i have found myself mimicing you walking down 5th Avenue saying to my self cvs to bvs as i walk. i came back from a meeting the other day with a less than expected result, mulling over the meeting, a bit distressed, confused and not really knowing what to do next. then unexpectantly CVS to BVS popped into my head. by the time i got to the office i had found the BVS. however i wouldn’t have gotten there without PRR. i had to give advice to my daughter tonight and in her words explained PRR and CVS to BVS and she got it.
January 3rd, 2012 at 1:31 am
To open my eyes to question negativity and that PTV rings so true in the World we live in…
December 30th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
SDNT – treat problems and challenges as a learning opportunity that will help you move towards your goals .
December 22nd, 2011 at 12:21 pm
P265 Published in THE EDINBURGH REVIEW July 1834
Writing about Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine No.1
(Later Babbage invented the worlds first mechanical multi purpose programmable computer.)
“make the public acquainted with the object, principle, and structure of a piece of machinery, which, though at present unknown (except as to a few of its probable results), must, when completed, produce important effects, not only on the progress of science, but on that of civilization”.
“It has not, like almost all other great mechanical inventions, been gradually advanced to its present state through a series of failures, through difficulties encountered and overcome by a succession of projectors. It is not an object on which the light of various minds has thus been shed. It is on the contrary, the production of solitary and individual thought,— begun, advanced through each successive stage of improvement, and brought to perfection by one mind”
SOT has taught me to think outside the square, a necessary tool when endeavouring to understanding the mechanics of Difference Engine No.1 A remarkable achievement.
December 7th, 2011 at 11:57 am
SOT to me was a chance to see things from many different angels. By being able to do this I am forming stronger longer lasting relationships, with more opportunities to laugh. Business dealing aren’t as stressful, personal issues are just a tiny bump instead of mountains and my relationship with my children has change for the better and is my most important lesson I learned form these skills. See the whole world not just your own world.
December 2nd, 2011 at 3:00 am
We are sensory beings … feedback is everything. To get feedback you must act. We are cognitive beings … engage with the world around you, pay attention, think, dream, create while looking for consequences intended and unintended.
November 18th, 2011 at 9:48 am
i was humbled and exhilarated at the same time! curious sensations, need time to process and learn to apply it. would like more interation beyond moderator with other thinkers. Wonder about History especially in current USA and Europe, are conditions repeating worker riots in streets as in Russia 1905! Are we headed in the same direction here? Now? After reading Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons and Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon I am uncertain why no one ( or everyone) see my culture as dissapating. There a dangling participle for my grammar teacher . LOL Is this QRH?
November 16th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
The quality of thinking involves the quality of living in two aspects: you are making better desicions, acting in a better way and getting better results; your life is becoming more interesting, exciting, rich in content for the thinking is a inexpressible pleasure by itself. The lessons give instruments, a good answer to “How can I do it?”
November 5th, 2011 at 10:59 am
That one can change their neck-top computer software using these techniques to increase the utilization of its enormous power. The training also provides an understand of why things are the way they which opens many possibilities for how we can positions ourselves better within the world we live in to make it a better place.
November 4th, 2011 at 3:57 am
Perhaps Newtonian laws have conceptual application to human thinking in that every brain continues in a prescribed state of rest or motion unless it is deliberately provoked. Conversely, the human state relative to the environment can be perceived as moving and if no adjustment is made decay is inevitable. After 46 thinking strands I now respond immediately without hesitation first time. A habit which I need to transfer elsewhere. It is a CVS 2 BVS application to the use of 24 hours of a day.
November 2nd, 2011 at 5:36 pm
The one thing of the many is “ESCAPE”!!!
One needs the ability to escape our point of view at any given time. Then start to deliberately search for other views. With this process, a THINKER, one shall be!!
November 1st, 2011 at 3:32 am
It becomes a habit to reinforce thinking. Having a daily lesson gives me a few minutes away from patterned behaviors to stop and think.
cvs2bvs works for everything. Try it works!
October 26th, 2011 at 7:51 am
Basically there are a few things that rate differently on my “important lessons” scale that have derived from the SOT. The lesson at the top of the list would probably be;
SDNT CVSTOBVS QRH PRR
“Each letter opens a new world of possibilities”.
Closely followed by it’s relevancy to me and all that I do as I have found that the lessons learnt here, has and will continue to be relevant and useful for the rest of my life.
“Mind-blowing and life changing”.
October 25th, 2011 at 12:02 am
The training offers daily exercises for the brain. Almost every lessons offers a different view on certain matter. The training offers the opportunity to discover new ways for cvs2bvs.
October 19th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
The most important thing would be that there are free, simple and effective ways to change the way you to improve the way you use your brain. What can it hurt to try them?
October 19th, 2011 at 6:43 am
The lessons offer the opportunity to help me think in different ways, with different approaches, not just right or wrong.
Always be on the search for a better way, a better idea, something new and useful.
September 20th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
The idea that we (I) have so much brain capacity ‘hardware’ and it’s just a matter of getting more effective ‘software’ to be able to think a lot more effectively. I have found this idea very motivating and it encouraged me to engage with all the other many ideas presented in the training!
September 20th, 2011 at 6:18 am
That if one person can learn to juggle in 2 hours, so can you.
Meaning that if we can observe one person doing anything, the likelihood that you can do the same thing is very high, if you know how to learn it.
This course teaches you how to find out “how to learn it”!
September 15th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
The exploration of an approach to actively engaging in life using the only computer that has been designed to cater for my unique needs.
September 9th, 2011 at 2:03 am
Beyond Critical Thinking has been a wonderful, mid-life course-correction to my stagnating views of the world. Given all that has happened in the USA and around the globe since 9/11, I believe we all need to discover better ways to view our situation on the third rock from the sun. In chaos there is opportunity for those willing to think it.
~Lance
August 29th, 2011 at 6:30 am
Knowledge is like a puzzle. I picked up from your training valuable pieces worth spreading.
August 25th, 2011 at 5:54 am
I would tell them that lateral thinking is a viable, productive alternative to traditional critical thinking.
August 11th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
The most important thing when beginning is to just start and create momentum.
August 11th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Energy flows where attention goes, so for me the real value of DFQs is to get my attention on a daily basis and pull it back to the priorities that I need to tackle.
August 3rd, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Truly Thought Provoking !
August 1st, 2011 at 7:58 pm
that it is perfectly ok to think all the time
July 30th, 2011 at 9:02 am
There is something that will grab you and change the way you think no matter what stage your at in life.
July 21st, 2011 at 2:20 pm
There is always a better way and you can find it by training yourself to think about how you think.
July 16th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
awakening of one’s awareness
July 13th, 2011 at 7:41 am
we are all wrong!!!
July 12th, 2011 at 7:15 am
to think outside the box
July 12th, 2011 at 2:15 am
For me it has been the ability to be aware of my thinking process. It has helped me to become calmer in my approach to problem solving and interactions with others.
July 10th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Daily thought provoking thinking training, metacognition as a tool, attitude adjustment – the cvs2bvs cycle.
July 10th, 2011 at 3:52 am
cvstobvs,sdnt, watch for ptv (most fun), I’m not remembering as frequently as i’ld like. all of the new ideas a re a pleasure.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:17 am
I will tell my friends the most important learning experience I have ever taken was from SOT and on the course itself its for my own personality is mainly on SDNT and CVStoBVS.
July 5th, 2011 at 3:21 am
The most important conversations a person has is with oneself. And in this respect these lessons were of great help.
Greetings from sunny Bulgaria!
July 4th, 2011 at 5:13 am
There is ALWAYS a better way,you only have to look for it,cvs2bvs.will
get you started on your thinking journey.
July 3rd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
It would definitely be, Thinking about thinking”, and of course it would be CVS2BVS. from previous raining I would also slot in GBB
June 30th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
formed the habit of thinking again about things i have already thought about!
June 20th, 2011 at 3:03 am
I will tell my friends the most important learning experience I have ever taken was from SOT and on the course itself its for my own personality is mainly on SDNT and CVStoBVS. This is because most people donot know how to start and where to start from before they do something but this training course has made me acquire these knowledge to live with. CVStoBVS is one of the thing i will personally take with me in my daily lives in my situation. Thank you so much Michael.
May 29th, 2011 at 9:50 am
I feel my confidence building day by day. Looking forward to the next set of lessons.
May 28th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
I have used cvs2bvs to design better questions and to search for better answers, eg. for market research and product innovation.
May 26th, 2011 at 10:13 am
I found out that my thinking was more often than not correct. often what i say, is a good response. Trust myself. Facing the world with an idea is often scary. That’s online I am talking about. To then get the courage to face your peers and again be correct is a fabulous feeling of being in the right place at the right time. CVSTOBVS
May 24th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
I did go through a personal psychological barrier. I ‘publicly’ posted my answers thus exposing myself to critical evaluation. I have benefited greatly from/by doing this. Thinking, thinking and more thinking, by itself, may not be worth a cup full of cold water. Only action, thought guided action, will produce results.
May 13th, 2011 at 12:39 am
I will teach him CVS2BVS philosophy and how it operates. The X10 approach and how it can improve the quality of life. And the PRR principle which is the corner stone of knowledge:Practice, Repetition and Rehearsal.
May 12th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
I think the daily application of cvs2bvs, SDNT, PRR, QRH etc are all part of my new improved thinking patterns. I found Michael’s messages and the DFQ and other contributor comments both amazing and sustaining. Thanks Michael for a very stimulating course. I hope to continue.
May 9th, 2011 at 1:14 am
this stuff is worth more than all the traditional education stuff combined
May 4th, 2011 at 8:54 am
question everything, especially your own thoughts.
May 4th, 2011 at 8:11 am
CVS 2 BVS
May 4th, 2011 at 6:55 am
That with proper training we can improve our thinking capacity! That our brain is an amazing apparatus. Critical thinking…
May 3rd, 2011 at 4:02 pm
dude! this place is so awesome! they decribe thinking process in such fine fashion. learning from the quotes of all great people plus the cvs2bvs. dude u must check it out. it will widen your thinking outside the box.
April 8th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
CVSTOBVS leads me to lateral thinking. It causes me to start, to notice, to see humor, and to practice, practice, practice. Not thinking is unacceptable.
Blessings for how my life is further blessed by the School of Thinking.
April 8th, 2011 at 9:36 am
noticing ptvs is great fun and freeing. cvsto bvs is brilliant. sdnt and prr are practical and pragmatic and very empowering. i used this stuff in my personal life and at work.thanks, i’m very grateful.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:50 pm
i really like the BVS. this struck and ‘stuck’ with me as i believe i often cannot ‘see’ or have no perspective on a given topic.
this is why talking with others and getting their feedback/opinion/view of the situation helps me get a BVS.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:55 pm
You’ve reminded me how important repetition and practice were to me when young. My drive to always try someting new has offset that; it’s time for me to practice a little more often.
I quite enjoyed these lessons, even when I felt they were drifting in odd directions. Perhaps the second most important lesson for me has been to re-recognize that the mind is my own operating system, software, viruses, applications and all, and that designing and maintaining its functionality is my most important job. (Which is opportune. I received a mild brain injury last march, and have been developing coping mechanisms for the mental and physical changes I’ve undergone. There’s a lot of physical biochemical change in my brain currently, and this can provide a wonderful chance to do a little reprogramming.)
Thanks Michael! I look forward to further course work.
December 31st, 2010 at 2:48 pm
An increased sense of optimism. I admit to being a natural pessimist, and when I encounter problems, I often look around in despair for a solution. But after doing this training, when I encounter a problem and can’t see a solution immediately, I realise that I have hardly begun to think about how to solve my dilemma, that there are many approaches to try and ideas to experiment with. The universe is immense, human capacity to think, create, design and solve problems is immense. Possibly infinite. I remember learning the concept of infinity when I was about six, and deriving immense comfort from it. If the universe is infinite, possibility is infinite.
Perhaps I’ll change my reward for completeing the lessons – something with an infinity symbol on it.
November 26th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
i have a better “window” for viewing thinking. i have more clarity in the field of possibility. simply from the applied practice., beginning with cvs2bvs. the simpler, the better.
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:54 am
i would say cvstobvs as i think about it all the time. I am always looking for a better way. It is consistantly in my head and i have also passed this onto my sons.
November 9th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
cvs2bvs allows me to break out of the I am right thinking. It taken some time but on reflection I realise that I now ask a lot more questions of people rather than giving them what I think is my answer
October 10th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Before this training, I think my thinking and decision making processes were dependent on logic. My thinking style was dichotomous. When I was introduced to the cognetics software, cvs2bvs, I realised that logic (a product of western education) was not the only way of looking at situations. Since then, I have been able to use cognetics software to inform my thinking and decision making process with great results.
September 6th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
One needs to keep his basic hardware/software in good working order at all times. For this one needs to train. When one understands that one is different from a dog or cat or horse or donkey in one’s capability to think, stop being like a dog or cat or horse or donkey or rat. Start thinking. Start learning how to think. Practise SDNT, CVS2BVS, QRH, PRR. Keep on keeping on and strive to go even further. Simple.
September 6th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
There is method to my madness. I am not mad the way “people” make it out to be. If I am interested in learning and strive to do everything I do in a manner that enables me to keep on learning I am not mad. It is only that I am different from the “normal” and am not satisfied with the “normal” and keep on keeping on to go beyond the “normal”. If that makes me “mad” vis-a-vis the “normal” too bad man – there is the School of thinking and there are people like Dr.Gleeson. Go take a walk and learn about these people and how they think. It is not only me that thinks about thinking. At the outset stop thinking unnecessarily. When you think, really think. Simple. Don’t waste that hardware/basic software that make you different from a dog or cat or horse or donkey. Keep it in good peak working order at all times by practising SDNT, CVS2BVS, QRH and PRR. If you can, take it further. Heartfelt thanks to Dr.Gleeson and his tribe, may they multiply. But they are NOT the end. PRR and we will learn something else, something more, something new.
August 19th, 2010 at 1:23 am
it’s a tool for DOING things. Get stuff done. Go somewhere new. That’s what this course does for you mentally, the rest (in the physical world) moves as well as a result.
August 19th, 2010 at 12:13 am
PRR: Practice-Repitition-Rehersal
August 1st, 2010 at 8:55 pm
being able to make a ‘reasonable’ decision i.e. one that is objective and added by the tools of the programme, is important; having a framework in which to translate that into action rather than remain an idea is more important.
August 1st, 2010 at 6:22 pm
I found the naming of processes most helpful.
It is often easy for those not involved in SOT to counter any suggestion of a good thinking course or new idea with comments like;
“Yeah, I do that already” or “Lateral thinking, yeah that’s old hat these days”. “Try using that every day. no one can”.
Naming the processes allows escape from these auto responses and gives specifically directed skills to encourage specific responses and results at specific junctures in your thinking experience(All in under the thinkers control control).
They can be used as required, are not mandatory to making a decision or require the user to make them a lifestyle change (Although possibly a good idea). A bag of tricks that become more effective as you use them and encourage the user to adopt them more often as the results become obvious.
I enjoyed the process and am glad I took part. I miss the daily challenge and look forward to advanced training opportunities in the near future.
Again I’d like to thank Michael for his tireless contribution to this worthwhile cause and encourage him to continue despite the inevitable weight of the challenges involved.
July 20th, 2010 at 6:31 am
This course has impressed upon me how important it is to take action.
July 19th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
It was other kind of thinking experience for internal inspiration
July 14th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
That I can, by using the tools offered, become insightful, analytical and prepared also appreciative and aware of what is happening around me. But first and foremost the habit of thinking. This is now applied to contemplating a glass of water. The course never strays from its proclaimed albeit ironic title S.O.T. Each lesson is a Gem of logic,, beautiful but practical in its delivery and construction. JMD
May 20th, 2010 at 10:43 am
During this period of the SOT – I have remembered the importance of applied discipline in impressing the mind through a simple process of repetition. The part of the mind that is impressionable does not respond to logic, but responds to repetition, patterns, colour & rhythm, perhaps that is why we all love music.
Sow an act … reap a habit;
Sow a habit … reap a character;
Sow a character … reap a destiny.
Thank you Michael for some very profound & brilliantly simple & powerful processes, you make a difference to many.
May 17th, 2010 at 10:11 am
1. Understanding change management and its methodology, it is building a strategy to ensure successful change. Change management needs to start with the mind. When creating a change management strategy, you need to realize that one strategy is not going to fit every proposed change for the organization. Your strategy should target the particular project that you are presently working on.
Before you begin any change, you need to understand why the change is being undertaken.
2. Practice-Repetition-Rehearsal – People tend to shy away from something or a task that they do-not fully understand. I realised through the SOT lessons, that there is no problem with making a mistake, practice makes perfect. I have found this in not just my working environment but also personally. Example: I normally pay to get my nails painted and the past 3 weeks I have painted them myself. 1st week not so good, 2nd weeks better and 3rd week perfect!!!
3. Have fun doing what you do!!! I have realised there is a time to be serious, but you can always have fun. Bring humour into the picture and life becomes more enjoyable.
Thanks Michael, you have changed my way of thinking (In which my husband has been trying to do for 14 years!) Who would have thought another man changed my mind ha ha ha ha. Keeping doing what you are doing, you are sending a great message and doing great work. Thanks again Samantha
May 7th, 2010 at 10:08 am
This course showed me how to be awake or better still how to wake up to how my mind works and how it is up to me to put the many beneifts I gained into action.What a blessing to help mankind forward.
April 17th, 2010 at 1:56 am
SOT has broadened my thinking abilities.
April 7th, 2010 at 1:59 am
Helped me practice introspection
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:04 am
I have really learn how to think for myself,and not alllow anyone else to think for me.
March 30th, 2010 at 10:37 am
thank you.
March 27th, 2010 at 7:56 am
What I have taken from this training is to question everything and to research matters for myself to form my conclusions. As a soverign being, no one or anything has authority over me or my ability to think!!!!!!
March 23rd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
That learning never stops and personal development should be a neverending circle of achievement.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
The most important thing I have taken away from this training is that I begin to think more and carefully.
March 15th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
You may believe that you are doing a great job; and that may be true.
This course will help you to fine tune your excellence. Give it a try. You will not regret the opportunity.
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:19 am
Every day that I am reminded that I can escape from my personal perspective of my world and see another larger and better view, I grow and expand as a human being.
February 8th, 2010 at 9:14 am
There is always another perspective and BVS if you are prepared to take the time to look.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:46 am
Powerful in business, valuable in relationships. Stop, think and consider the bvs. Amazing how my responses have changed, in certain cases just the tone but always due to a bvs. Life is just so much more fun. thank you Michael and your team.
January 9th, 2010 at 2:01 am
I also love simplicity and that cahnge and growth doesn’t have to be heartbreaking and painful it can make sense and happen over time. Set goals and the steps towards achieving them. Again it seems so simple but it is invaluable knowledge. Thank you Michael!
January 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am
Opening up to another mind that is self aware as well as other aware (PPTTE – people, places, things, times & events) and seeing the invisible connections is a blessing of this course.
It consistently pressed me to peer into my mind and break up stereo type observation and reach for deeper intrinsic possibilities and potentials.
All in all – we are more than what we believe. So the question I easily comes down to is (in any given situation) What is the highest perspective? And then apply it.
Thanks for the effort of all of you.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:09 am
A language (and confidence) to help explain observations I witness.
December 24th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
To most important thing/s that I have taken away from this training is that the training has bettered me in all elements of my life. Relationships, work, training, openness to other peoples ideas and cultures …and the list goes on.
Thanks again and Merry Xmas Michael!
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
The QRH styleware and the CVS to BVS …both are masterpieces of crystalised thought process codes of immediate applicability in anyone’s necktop computer ….and people,once on board, can IMMMEDIATELY get a link to what these formulae/codes and SOT is all about.
Brilliant!
December 12th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I have already told my friends to visit the SOT to learn what PTV and CVS2BVS are and how to use the latter for business improvement. Since they are not english speakers I am toiling to produce an adapted version of thinking lessons in Portuguese to help them clean up the viruses in their “necktops” if they are to become free and better thinkers or X10 plus business wise.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I found the PTV very useful in explain the behavior of others. CVS to BVS and the triggers to look for a better view are what I would tell my friends about.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:15 am
Recognition of the PTV in people that i know. Where they are unable to see the cvs2bvs recognising the danger it may present.
I would probably tell them about the internal virtual board of directors that are available for me to gain advice whenever i need. At this current moment i would also be talking about the value of PRR. I have a lot of this to do in the context of some LEAN material I will be teaching people at my workplace. I also really like the concept of start do notice think and how it is a continuously improving bvs tool.
Thank you for this training opportunity.
Trev
November 12th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I would say I have bettered myself for the rest of humanity!
November 4th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
To think broadly and respect the view of others and to put whatever I learn and have as a plan into action.
October 10th, 2009 at 8:28 am
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September 8th, 2009 at 11:48 am
to make sure I actually metabolise, organise and USE all the myriad of information and training that I absorb on a daily basis.
And, having recently reread software for the brain the repetition of going through this course has certainly helped me with those goals
Thank you
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 am
The regular and disciplined exercising of my brain – mental gymnastics.
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
Finish it! Peel the orange…
July 20th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
There much more to life than what we see, I learned that we need to act to find and take advantage of it.
July 19th, 2009 at 11:51 am
A deeper understanding of, and appreciation for, all the possibilities that exist, known and unknown.
July 14th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Great course. I really appreciated the ideas presented even if I didn’t agree with 100% of them. I feel I’ve gained some valuable skills from this training.
June 21st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I know this is supposed to be for business thinkers, but I am a mother, in a netherworld between a career and thinking about getting back into it sometime in the future. CVS2BVS should be offered to everyone – it would help mothers with postnatal depression just as much as entrepreneurs – everyone could benefit from finding a better way of looking at their situation. Thank you.
June 21st, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Personally – PTV and cvs2bvs. I would also tell my friend to do him/her self a favour and look up your website.
Michael – thank goodness for SOT – and that there are people like you. It’s been wonderful sharing a short ride with you.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
the most important training for me was to always keep in mind that there are infinite variations and perceptions for any given situation, opinion, problem, perspective, belief and that it is more useful to think in terms of grey scale than black and white.
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:57 pm
The most important thought for me (and seems for most) is cvs2bvs. keep in mind that it applies to everything and I find it easier said than done but with repetition – many – one’s thoughts do change. So long and thanks for the fish.
May 30th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
The most important thing I got from this training is a new way to look at personal development. This is a simple and doable way to get results. I’ve been searching for such a mechanism for many years. I’ve looked for a way to grow and make positive change in my life.
I had already discovered many concepts designed to achieve that goal, however there was no clear-cut method. It always seemed that something was missing. Finally, I’ve found the missing ingredient in the SOT principles. It’s simply a matter of thinking correctly, practicing the required actions that lead to the desired result and work towards continual improvement (CVS2BVS).
Thanks for missing ingredient.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
The most benefit thinking is cvs2bvs.
May 25th, 2009 at 10:26 am
For me the Take Way Value was that the course re-focused me on daily training in a very practical way – it’s all very well & good to believe in a strategy of daily training, but in order to get any benefit, you actually have to do it.
Now that I’m back in the rhythm of daily training I am finding that it’s easy to apply in a range of areas where I want to improve my knowledge, skills and performance.
- Thanks Michael.
Now, for the next course…
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:39 am
Sot has help me to organized my thinking more profoundly in an orderly way and will continue to use it until I die and even beyond. As if the spell cast on me has been removed. Thanks you Michael will come back……
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 am
help in thinking more effectively
invaluable
have found extremely usefull so far
May 20th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
and , also, the link to SOT -thank you Michael
May 20th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
cvsx10bvs – the best trip in the cosmos
May 18th, 2009 at 10:11 am
The concept of setting training goals. This is a new concept to me but makes a lot of sense.
May 18th, 2009 at 1:00 am
PRR is where I need to concentrate more of my time and efforts as I tend to be a Do It Now type! I need to practice, repeat and rehearse and I plan to use the Appalachian Trail experience coming up to put this area of SOT into my life!
Thanks for a wonderful time we have spent together and DEFINITELY I plan to tell my friends and my list of over one thousand followers about SOT!
April 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Don’t be afraid to think for yourself.
April 4th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
SOT COURSE HAS REINFORCED MY BELIEF THAT THERE IS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE A BETTER WAY FOR THOSE THAT DARE TO LOOKFOR IT.
CVS2BVS X10
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:21 am
Everything good! I now have a new way of thinking.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:22 am
Vast improvement in my ability to function; communicate, express, think, share, & emote in this mad & confusing world of ours. Many thanks.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
SDNT CVS2BVS QRH PRR , i ll explain a little about this code and i’m sure that he’ll be curious to learn more about it thx …
March 25th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
It has changed the way I think and how I approach issues that arise in both my professional and my personal life
March 15th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Spend some time thinking about thinking
Stop before you open your mouth CVS2BVS
March 11th, 2009 at 8:38 am
The most important concept I discovered is to not underestimate the amount of prejudicial thinking that has been inculcated into our thinking patterns and beliefs by our culture and family and educational systems. It is very important, in my opinion, to be able to shed these prejudices to see if they are relevant and applicable to our life after reflection in a more unbiased manner.
Thank you for this course, what’s the next step??? I am ready!
March 10th, 2009 at 1:54 am
SOT is the best education I have had until now: Powerful, challenging, fun, pragmatic, simple, everywhere applicable, rewarding!
Start on this journey, and enjoy.
February 16th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Have you ever pondered why you think, why you respond, why you believe the way you do or make the decisions that you do? SOT training allows individuals to determine from a new perspective these questions and then promotes each individual to deepen their thinking skills and strategies to include considerations that may have never been thought.
CVS2BVS is such an easy to implement tool that promotes perspectives, alternatives and new intiatives.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I think the CVS to BVS is a powerful tool.
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
It would have to be the pragmatic optimism of cvs2bvs and QRH.Right now in America there is a 50-50 split between pessimism and hope.People like myself are afraid that our officials might go crazy and declare Canada a terrorist threat! This course has been instrumental in helping me to step outside critical thinking and return to a true functioning state of thinking.I will gladly spread the word about your course.Thanks again.
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 am
I have been an voracious reader since many years and I was deliberately and desperately reading,surfing net etc to find ways of applying my knowledge to get things done. My search ended me up at SOT.
SOT trained me to think skillfully to overcome inertia and get things done.
Yes, one of the greatest powers all human beings have is the freedom and power to think skillfully to develop positive emotions and escape from ALL negative emotions. When the CAUSE within us improves ,then the EFFECT outside us improves accordingly.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I am constantly looking at my CVS and thinking of 10 X BVS, recognising the presence of memes and understanding the concept of no right and wrong answer. I am using this knowledge to better myself. I endeavour to pass this onto as many people as possible…create 10 x memeplex of SOT concepts.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
SOT has started to change my personal and bussiness life and I am confdent that very soon I will be successful in both personal and professional life
November 18th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
change in the prespective of thinking which gave
Extra confidence in my ability to plan for, and work with problems for quality solutions.
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:36 am
You have helped me to have a better perspective on my life and it’s situations. I can deal with them more thoughtfully, objectively and positively. Thank you.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:14 am
Continuing to challenge my way of thinking
September 29th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
ITS THE BEST EDUCATION I HAVE HAD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE !
September 27th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
CVS TO BVS,PRR
September 26th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
CVS TO BVS
September 24th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
To be aware of my thinking process in every day life.
September 20th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
The most mind blowing realisation that i am taking away from the whole coure is what we started with, but has finally sunk in…..
rewarding desired behaviours instead of rewarding results
August 26th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
ten power!!!!!!!!!
August 15th, 2008 at 7:06 am
that there is a lot to be learned out there and lots of good opportunities. If this course comes your way go for it as it will give you knowledge that will open your eyes to a whole new way of thinking.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
The SOT training has contributed to me having an open mind to people, their ideas and the world in general.
I am a happier person after doing the course and intend to do another repetition of it very soon.
Thanks for the opportunity Michael.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:19 am
We human think habitually. Patterns we acquire as childrens. Michael tour contribution to us all is to encourage to think well and repattern our mind to better.Thank you.
July 30th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
CVS2BVS. If one follows the course instructions then changes can be noticed. Particularly with regard to viewing situations from alternative perspectives.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
CVS to BVS , how to see the best in everything.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Start. As in SDNT. Without starting there can be no Doing, Noticing or Thinking.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:23 am
The lesson is to seek the opinions and advice of exceptional thinkers. While they may be controversial in their own sphere, maverick and holding unpopular beliefs they are always a key to something new. Distill and compare and always remember you are at the centre of everything you know and everything you are. While the two are often in conflict both aspects of self are pathways to new knowledge – so keep your mind clear and your spirit free.
July 4th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
i was challenged to think.
July 4th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
CVS2BVS
There is always a better view of the situation. Failure should not simply be accepted at face value.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Thinking shapes our way of life. therfore it should always evolve develop and changemaking our life better and ourseelves ever evolving entities.
Thank you so much for this marvellous experience
June 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
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June 9th, 2008 at 3:49 am
That there are many types of thinking. That you can change your way of thinking. That what you think may not be as personally conscious a decision as you think it is!
May 27th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
That the course has challenged my habitual ways thinking. It has reconnected me to a clear sense of potential and the importance of recognising that the process is key to the succes of the outcome.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I has helped me rationalise my thinking and realise that I have to transform it into doing!
May 21st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I am telling people about starting rather than completing and about setting targets of processes towards goals rather than goals themselves.
I enjoyed getting the emails and having something to think about each day.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
SDNT – apply this to everything!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Having a regular reminder infront of you to apply the SOT approaches – these emails have been great not only for their content, but also for the CONSISTENCY of their arrival in my inbox, turning a new-found set of principles into an instilled habit and way of life.
Many thanks for this,
Andy
April 20th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
i twas best copurse. i learned more from. can we get a certificatesa
March 30th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
For me, the most important thing has been affirmation.
Thinking. Questioning. Playing with.
Preparing. Practising with the intention to improve specifics and automation…
All of these habits I’ve held in the face of life-long derision – are also held, profitably, by others.
So, with that little snip of highly useful feedback I can proceed to look for many BVS’s instead of wasting time on trying to please the critics while holding on to my intentions.
Thank you, Michael. I’ve enjoyed my time on the programme. It’s been satisfying.
March 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
To be able to move out of a boxed type of thinking, to see a better and a more open type of thinking
March 15th, 2008 at 9:55 am
you can develop the ability to look at things from different points of view which helps develop rapport with other people
March 5th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Reafirming some ideas and thoughts I had and also showed me how to grow within my mind by using repetition and thinking to my best
February 27th, 2008 at 7:32 am
I find myself consciously rejecting the “either, or” approach and looking for different solutions.
I have really enjoyed this program, and thank you for the experience.
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 am
Extra confidence in my ability to plan for, and work with problems for quality solutions.
February 18th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I like the PTV concept. It has made me understand so much about the way we have behaved throughout all the years. It sounds something so simple yet so deep. As I see it PTV concept was the most important part of this course. A real wake up call!
February 10th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I would take away a refreshing view of the Internet as a vehicle for free-thinking (and I mean FREE!) to achieve positive outcomes and a better world. Anyone who takes your ideas on board must surely be able to find a better view of the modern world AND practical ways to make things even better – that can only be good for all of us!
I will do all I can to promote this site to those decision-makers who can make a real difference for the future. Mean time, keep up the good work and thanks for everything!
February 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Though i learnt something new in each of these lessons in a very different way, PTV was an eye opener lesson and CVS to BVS was the best.
I learnt how to change the opinion by thinking DIFFERENTLY or to say thinking BEYOND.
Thank you once again for everything.
My Gratitude to ALL.
January 30th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
The ability to look inside of yourself to tuely see the potential that each of us carries..
January 28th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Different interpretations, different points of view.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Things can also be improved on if you will only explore and let go of whatever it is that ties you down…..IF is a magic word that can set you free
January 21st, 2008 at 3:03 am
Literally that thinking should never stop and that we all have a right to think individually
January 13th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
That there is always a different way of doing things and there are guides to follow that help you think differently about issues.
January 13th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Not to just take things I’m told at face value or to assume what I’ve been told is the only way to approach things. And I’ve learned that there is not always an answer that is ‘THE TRUTH’, but there can be many truths.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:54 am
to say “what if…?” as opposed to “this is…”
December 13th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Breaking down in to simple logical componets a system to continually develop, grow and learn which is practical logical and fun!!
December 11th, 2007 at 8:11 am
The ability to enhance your thinking abilities that can make you a better human.
December 10th, 2007 at 10:22 am
“If you were to tell a friend what the most important thing you have taken away from this training, what would you say it was for you personally?”
I was at a party tonight, one which I attend every year. It’s a family affair and some of the family are very gifted indeed. We happen to quite like each other, so discussion and the exchange of differing ideas are not frowned upon.
But his year my input was completely different.
I was able to tell friends about the most important things that I have been able to take away from this training,
Though not totally convinced, they were certainly engaged by the thinking behind the thinking,,,,,
So, hello and goodbye fellow SOT’ers, and thanks to all of you for sharing your thinking with me, and all the rest of us:
Charlie, Helene, Simon, Janie, Abhijeet, David, Shosh, Ruth, Michael, Raja Gopal, Rogi. Merrick, Devendra, Jill, Lien, Adriana, Dale, Robert, Bruce, James, Deep, etc., to name but a few, but for all my ‘smarts’, Helene says it best
Helene Says:
December 1st, 2007 at 4:38 pm
To look deeper and to always be curious to what is possible. To never limit your thinking and to realise even if you have no formal education street wise can give you enormous opportunity if you dare to think in relms of possibility and not conform to the limiting beliefs of so many others.
Thank you Helene, and thanks be to you too, MIchael.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:41 am
The training has been expansive and enlightening. It has highlighted the fact that thinking is constrained by past events. As a result thinking is different for every individual and this is why we get such a wide array of different perceptions/ideas from the same input data.
Thinking and the use of this powerful tool is what differentiates individuals.
December 1st, 2007 at 4:38 pm
To look deeper and to always be curious to what is possible. To never limit your thinking and to realise even if you have no formal education street wise can give you enormous opportunity if you dare to think in relms of possibility and not conform to the limiting beliefs of so many others.
November 30th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Meta-cognition.. thinking about thinking. It’s one of the most important things we can do in our lives. This course encourages people to do that and gives them a framework to break away from their current viewpoint. A valuable lesson – one that I would recommend to anyone.
I now have a ‘thinking framework’ to continue with.. thank you Michael.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:34 am
To think more clearly and deeper. To think from different perspectives and to be open minded
November 26th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
SDNT – such simple funda, so much meaning.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:21 am
The reminder that each of us is a sovereign thinker. I may think crazy thoughts which are quite different to anyone else. But they are mine. And if I don’t hurt anyone with them (and if they are profitable to me to think them), let it be. The worst thing in the world is to think like everyone else. Who would come up with the breakthroughs? Who would question the Hitlers?
I now don’t value the truth as much as I did. Which is to say, I value truth, but I respect that it may not be yours.
I also love the fact that you value humour as part of the equation.
There: three most important things. (Sorry it wasn’t ten, but this is already breaking the rules.)
Thank you, Michael. I have really enjoyed this stimulation. I feel like I should do the course again. Ten times? Then we might be starting to get really good at it.
November 12th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Thare are two things of equal importance and value: The first is CVS2BVS (whenever I encounter a difficult problem I turn to it), and the second one is PRR. This one can make great changes in my career, and in my life.
Mike, thank you again for your great course! I’ll recommend it to everyone I know (who can read English, of course).
November 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Sometimes its very hard to see what you are thinking, because you are ‘being’ it and you need to take a step (or two) back in order to see the thoughts clearly. All of the tools from this course are enabling me to do this to a greater degree. SDNT is very handy each time I come up with an excuse (previously a fact/truth) not to do something. I also think that its only in giving the feedback (because you have to think), that you can start to see what you actually think rather than what you think you think.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:11 am
it was more a reminder of a saying that a recent ‘guide’ used to say – that you get better at what you practice – and practicing is what should be focussed on, not the desired results
October 30th, 2007 at 12:41 am
most important thing i learnt is the PTV and CVS TO BVS lessons.it will be very helpful in my life
October 24th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Keep thinking at all times, while being sufficiently detached from the subject matter. That will eventually result in a CVS2BVS
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Above all, the fact that I can teach myself to think better.
Other important insights were:
- defining what I want in concrete terms is essential if I want to achieve the goal
- I need to focus my efforts towards what I want, and not let days or weeks go by without doing something towards achieving my goals
- the power of ten is simply amazing. It gives hugely expanded insight and choice, through the discipline of not settling for just one of something, but deciding instead to have 10 or 100 or more.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:25 pm
SDNT and that concentrate on the process, results will follow.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Dont stop thinking. Never assume you cant learn another way. Be inspired.
October 9th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Never restrict your perspectives nor your reception of others’ perspectives, and always question the underlying values of your thoughts. I have always been aware of this. SOT has clarified and shown the way to habituate these. Thank you!
October 8th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
That there is always a better way and it is amazing what you see when you look 180 degrees.
October 7th, 2007 at 10:06 am
CVS2BVS
October 7th, 2007 at 5:57 am
Reading other views on the same info, data, story and lessons. Everyone has a different line of sight on the elephant and can render info from that position. Helping me acquire a 3-D Knowledge.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:48 am
This series of lessons has served a variety of ends, including:
. the need for objectivity and clarity in one’s thinking generally
. providing a number of useful tools with which to alert ourselves to possibilities, and
. alerting us to macro trends in Western thought, both positive and negative.
Increasingly, the future of the world depends directly on positive and effective thinking at all levels.
Well done, SOT.
Bruce
September 21st, 2007 at 10:48 am
CVS2BVS
September 16th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Having gone through your SOT Course for the last ten weeks, complimented by my regular vespertine musings, I have realised the following: (i) that we humans have considerable control over our environments if we assume charge of our thought engineering department; (ii) that knowledge of Clinical Psychology, Metacognition, Statistics, Personal Finance, and Communication confer unimaginable personal power; and
(iii) that a sthenic will coupled with super brainpower is a fatal weapon capable of engaging in both symmetric and asymmetric conflicts.
In improving your teaching materials, you may kindly consider using best of the ancient and recent knowledge available on physical exercises, diet, nutraceuticals and occult teachings of the Far Eastern nations (on breathing and meditation) to boost brain power. Also, please ensure that we, your students, do not miss a few e-lessons, as I missed some of mine.
Notwithstanding this, your e-lessons do conduce metanoia. And all that for free in the era of capitalism is amazing. Thanks, Dr. Hewitt-Gleeson.
September 14th, 2007 at 11:51 am
To understand where other people may be coming from in terms of constraints upon their thinking and how difficult it is to appeal to what matters to them.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:55 am
As for my personal standpoint, Igot for myself fresh sofware program
for my necktop computer which will propell me to BVS everyday onward. Just knowing that my CPU is aware of this fact is already a
sucess for me not mentioning the future merits that goes with it.
Thanks to SOT and all its faculties for making this momentuos event freely possible to anyone who is genuinely interested in their intellectual development and advancement.
More power to you Mr. Michael Gleeson and may the Soveriegn power be with you.
September 13th, 2007 at 1:59 am
take time to make a real decision instead of a snap decision based on old prejudices
September 12th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Learning never stops & keep an open mind. The questions are challenging, refreshing & revitalizing.=CVS2BVS
September 4th, 2007 at 5:58 am
The only thing we have to do in our life is: CHOOSE
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 am
Recognition of PTV and “I’m right-you’re wrong” thinking mode in Western societies, eg. Australia, is a valuable insight.
CVS2BVS is a reality-checklist to escape and search for a better view of the current situation.
September 1st, 2007 at 11:39 pm
PTV awareness was very important ; PRR also CV2BVS too; thank you for everything!!!
August 15th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Look! up in the sky. Its a …………………..
August 1st, 2007 at 8:23 pm
The ability or skill to write down a DFQ questions of my own any subject or challenge, write discuss next to it , then Submit a DFQ to myself.
for me it is the handle or meta skill that brings the others to life
August 1st, 2007 at 4:35 am
I will tell to many of my friends that learning is a never ending story, and that research and creative approach, to free our brains from many cultural, political and personal walls already exists and it is called SOT Course for a Quantum Leap for Thinking.
Thank you very much Michael for your fine and generous Teachings.
Sincerly
Fortino Garza
Texas USA
July 27th, 2007 at 2:45 am
It was very enlightening to read the PTV analysis and that creates a lot of self criticism. I think that the notion that there is no 100% truth was most usefull to me because it enables me to be much more productive in almost all conversations i have. I have noticed that people find it wonderful that i am interested in the full version of their stories and don’t try to project my own truth on things anymore.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Have a sense of humour in everything you do, for a smile, laughter eases tention and promote understanding. It also creates bonds of sharing between people, and that we always have choices.
And, of course, PRR improve BVS.
Thanks again for stimulating lessons.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:11 am
I’m not sure I could say which *one* thing was the most important.
Two candidates stand out: PTV (for making me realise that though I see the Catholic Church as a pretty evil institution generally, that it actually still has a huge grip on my thinking, and the (western?) world generally; CVS2BVS, for being so obvious, it’s often missed – often just a few minutes ‘extra’ thinking before taking action can lead to vastly better outcomes. That both of these ‘software for the brain’ ‘ideas’ are globally applicable. I am still daily amazed at how much PTV there is all around me, literally everywhere!!
July 16th, 2007 at 1:12 am
No thing is too small to apply good thinking skills toward and every day offers new challenges to think about.
Thoughts are things so make them good ones.
July 13th, 2007 at 7:11 am
That there is always a better view of the situation. That choices are always available.
Michael, you have taken thinking to a new level. Thank you for the training.
July 12th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
CVS to BVS
Always good to stop and reconsider your perception of a situation and at least think of other available perceptions – whether you change your mind or continue believeing your first instinct/thought could be irrelevant if you at least stop out of yourself for the moment to consider other options. I think. I love the CVStoBVS as a simple reminder that there are many ways to view things not just one.
I also love PRR – seems so simple but really is true
I also love simplicity and that cahnge and growth doesn’t have to be heartbreaking and painful it can make sense and happen over time. Set goals and the steps towards achieving them. Again it seems so simple but it is invaluable knowledge. Thank you Michael!
July 7th, 2007 at 12:12 am
There’s a whole tool kit of strategies, habits, and thinking skills to use and the best thing is they actually work.Use them.
July 4th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
There is always room for improvement. Look for better ways of thinking or doing. Don’t get stuck in a rut. Always be open to new ideas.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
That seeing the world through right or wrong doesn’t actually get you anywhere….no growth in that thought sequence. It just feeds the ego which does not need feeding like that anyway!!
It is only growth when you look to find a better situation or idea to the present one that is the real pathway forward….growth big time from inside out!! After this thought process then action followed by observation, evaluation and action again. That way what you think about actually becomes reality by acting upon it. It is no good just thinking without action afterwards. And with all actions they become perfected by repetition and continual evaluation.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I would have to say that it has easily improved my confidence by ten x ten. Lol. I have STARTED AND ACHIEVED things that i never would have thought possible by me since starting this course and my outlook and thoughts on life are so much better and positive.
Once again i thank you for this opportunity to improve myself in so many ways and i will forever be in your gratitude.
June 20th, 2007 at 1:15 am
noting in patricular, I’m so lucky man like before…:)
June 18th, 2007 at 12:49 am
This training is great for anyone wanting to continue working on their thinking flexibility and agility.
June 10th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
There is always a better way.
May 25th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
The opportunity to realize & utilize new and different perspectives which provide many other options other than one point of view.
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:29 am
The most important thing for me is to learn to let go of the need to be ‘right’!
May 14th, 2007 at 8:43 am
The most important thing I have taken away from School of Thinking and this training is an understanding of how the diversity of opinions and thought processes has come about; the Plato Truth Virus is probably what I consider the most important lesson. This one explanation has opened up a vast array of possibilities for me.
May 12th, 2007 at 4:47 am
There is more than one way to look at things. Just because we have been brought up to believe/percieve things one way does not mean that there are not other ways. We should have an open mind on everything and we should be willing to explore other ways of thinging
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:57 am
have learned new ways to look at things and refined knowledge I had stored in my brain I have forwarded many of the classes to my friends and colleges I have enjoyed it everyday I found it refreshing. I also looked at some of the other responses and was amazed at the diversity of effect it had on different people. thank you
April 29th, 2007 at 10:42 am
I learn that there are better path to follow then the path I was on. It has open my eyes and thank for helping me to do so.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:33 am
My life, I’m glad i lived through it.
April 15th, 2007 at 12:19 am
It has enabled me to break free from the standard way of thinking that our society has taught me. For which MANY THANKS INDEED!
March 31st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
The realisation. Of myself, and the way others percieve things differently.
March 17th, 2007 at 7:12 am
A more thorough understanding of the wrong path to travel !!!
March 14th, 2007 at 4:17 am
For me learning about PTV, I had no idea. I am printing these out and going over them daily. I knew from experiance that is how I learn,(rep.) I am presently a truck driver which gives me plenty of time to think, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I really enjoyed this will tell everyone I know and probably sign up for the sales part. Agin thank you. Ben
March 5th, 2007 at 5:42 am
It allows me to structure, well name, some of the nebulous concepts in my head, and also to follow and trust in my own thoughts as they are based on sound reasoning
March 4th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
some controversial ideas which help dispell one’s comfort zone. Afterall, change is growth.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:59 am
It’s a simple but drammatic realization of one’s self. Thinking methodically, reflecting on what is being thought and constantly being aware of one’s follies and fallacies, the course makes a great contribution to the world thought process.
February 7th, 2007 at 11:16 am
The SDNT ‘search engine’ has helped me overcome my inertia on many tasks. Anyone who talks a lot about what they need to do, what they would like to do, how busy they are and how little time they have needs this particular software for their brain. As one astute teacher used to say, “How could you possibly run out of time? You had all the time that there was!’
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am
re-confirmation that we choose our responses to stimuli, choose our attitudes and behaviours, and choose to make changes!
The one challenge for me was all the acronyms – I could really only cope with CVSTOBVS. Working in a large organisation we are already over-acronymised – I think I made up a new word!
– so found the others difficult.
The other real source of value was reading other people’s responses to questions (particularly Adam’s below, v insightful). It spurred me on to respond rather than just think about it and maybe do it later.
I’ll think I’ll be back in another few months to re-do the SOT training as a refresher!
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:32 am
CVSTOBVS was a great influence on my life – so easy to remember & so powerful to use!
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:26 am
There is a different way.
You need to see if it will make a difference to you.
try it.
You may end up with a better view then your current view of your situation.
January 20th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
My mind is more flexible and therefore more able to adapt to our changing environment.
January 19th, 2007 at 8:12 am
I enjoyed the challenge to my existing way of thinking. We can all get caught up in our comfy paradigm, and I have found it refreshing to be questioned on my thinking. And I liked the framing of the challenge to the truth, or the one right way, that we have to face almost every day. It has been good!
January 15th, 2007 at 9:13 am
That I am happy with my way of thinking. The lessons made me look at my piont of view of the world & the way I valuate what happens around me. I would not change anything except to take the time to think a little more about things that happen in my life- why & what can I do to handle the situation betteror improve the way I react. I would advise a friend to do the lessons, be open minded, to think & to learn.
January 14th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
For me it was he CVSTOBVS philosophy. What a way to live life-to always seek out a better way of doing, seeing or living life. Not only has this impacted my business life but also my personal and family life as well.I also would like to mention the unchecktocheck lessons. They have kept me focussed on what I need to do both in my professional and personal life and it ties in beautifully with CVSTOBVS. I thank you for this and I will revisit the lessons to further improve myself and thinking. Thank you for SOT, it has been a positive influence on my life.