[.ca] The Mind Accelerator: Your Lexicon for Success (ISBN 0973197102)

Phase 1.1 and 1.2 are great, the rest is ok:
I loved the first phase of this book. It really boosted my confidence. I was a little dissapointed in the rest of the book. It covers image streaming, I-Reading (photo reading) and imagination techniques to exercise the faith you have in yourself that you truly are a more intelligent person. The book was put together quite nicely, but the propaganda on the website can get you hooked and was a bit misleading. A note for Jenna from Australia, I'm not sure if you are aware that Cassius Clay and Muhammed Ali are the same person. The book states that Ali beat Frazier for the title before it was stripped from him for not going to the war in 1967. Ronald from Detroit is correct, Ali never fought Frazier until 1971, and never actually won the title from him. They fought 3 times in the 70's, ALi lost the first one, the second was a non title fight, and ALi already had the title in their third meeting. This is to clarify that the book made a mistake.. NO big deal but it was a good point that they should be more careful with their facts before publishing them.

If you can copy and paste, you can be an author too!:
In Phase 1.1 this book tells a story about Muhammed Ali and how he beat Joe Frazier for the heavyweight title in the 60's. Being a boxing fan I knew this was incorrect..it was Sonny Liston, not Joe Frazier that Ali beat for the title. This seemed like a trivial error at first, but a red flag went up when I thought about it. IF THE AUTHOR DOESN'T TAKE THE TIME OR EFFORT TO GATHER ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT A MAJOR SPORTING EVENT THAT SHE CHOOSES TO USE AS A METAPHOR, then how accurate is the subsequent material? Basically what the author did was take some apples, pears, bannanas and oranges, put them into a blender, then advertised that she had just created a new revolutionary fruit potion that will increase your life span by 50 years. As stated by another reviewer, the section on image streaming is copied and pasted from Win Wenger's books and web site material. The I-Reading section is copied from the photo reading books by Paul Scheele. The goal setting section is is copied from any other goal setting book "think of a goal and write it down", wow, there's a new concept. In a nutshell this is a collection of copywrited material, slightly altered, aggregated in between 2 covers with fancy designs and bold claims.

Get out of your mental prison!:
Imagine that right now you are a prisoner inside your own body. You try to read a book, but it is too hard... You want to become a lawyer or a doctor, but you cannot get the grades for that, and even if you could have, you know that it will be too hard for you and you might not succeed... Sometimes you try to understand things but it is too hard to hold the thought and you are blurry most of the day, and cannot concentrate... You look towards your future and see only darkness... What would become of me, you ask, if even reading a simple book is too hard for me? Not any more!!!!! In each and every one of you there is a potential of becoming a real genius. It can be done in a completely natural way. I have been using the ideas in this book about 5 months for now, and I have to tell you that not only that it gave me a great hope for the future, but most importantly it gave me real results! For instance I used to read one word after another, and not the entire sentence. I used to practice a lot, but there was something missing... Now I can read fast, ho...so very fast! I am no longer constricted to a word after word reading. I see a sentence and immediately understand it! I can read fast like a pro. It was always a dream of mine, and now I accomplished it! I have never been sharper in my entire life. My information processing is unbelievably fast. I am always concentrated and learning new things (or reading them) is very easy and fun for me now! Now I feel confident about my future. When I think about the future I see only the great life that I know I will live. And with these concepts you can even become a real genius! A real one! So are you tired of leaving a poor and incompetent life? Buy this book! Not only that you get the book, but you also get to join a forum in the Internet. There are advisers that will gladly help you. Your life is worth those measly few bucks. Save your life! Save yourself...

Brilliant Book for Young and Old:
The Mind Accelerator is a unique self-improvement book that launches individuals from all walks of life - Accountants, Physicists, Housewives, Students and even Children, towards their goal by helping them to overcome their self-destructive beliefs and to forge new positive beliefs to ignite their self-esteem and drive towards their ultimate goal in life. Apart from shaping beliefs, the book also introduces techniques that help people to access their subconscious, with the intent of vastly improving their current intelligence, ingenuity, creativity and the ability to absorb and integrate knowledge into their subconscious library. Unlike most self-help books, the Mind Accelerator differentiates its ability to help others reach their goals and clarify doubt by allowing buyers to gain infinite access to a forum page loaded with dedicated users of the book as well as experts who will no doubt provide a bounty of new information and updates to those who want to improve themselves. The book is highly recommended for all to read as it contains a library of information that aims to bring people from the nadir of failure onto the zenith of success and to transform people in the abyss of intellect and creativity into forbiddable geniuses of unlimited ingenuity and innovation. Of the hundreds of users whom I have encountered in the forum page provided by the book, none has failed to master the techniques in the book and reap the benefits.

Ali beat Frazier:
Who is this guy from Detroit and what is he talking about? Cassius Clay beat Liston for the title-- Ali Beat Frazier for the title to avenge his come back loss, just like the book says. It showed Ali had guts and belief in himself, and it was a worthy point. Anyhow, I digress. This was an excellent read for me and has pulled me up and out of a tough spot in my life (divorce). The Mind Accelerator has been a sage of advice for me over the past couple months, and I recommend it to anyone else who is depressed and unsatisfied, as I was. BOL- Jenna