Preface

All through the earlier years of my life, even into adulthood, I've had countless ups and downs. I suppose most people have accepted that as being the norm. However, I have some great news! It doesn't have to be that way anymore. From birth, my biological parents gave me up for adoption, however I was adopted by a wonderful couple who reared me as their own with all of the love and affection that any child could dream of. During high school, I was seriously ill in my senior year and was hospitalized, therefore I couldn't graduate with my classmates and had to attend summer school to receive my diploma. That of course made it difficult for me to enter a respectable university; furthermore, my father informed me that if I wanted to attend college, I was going to have to pay all of the expenses myself. My Dad had come from the old school, so to speak, and believed that if a boy was ever to become a man he had to make it for himself. However, at that time in my life I thought he was abandoning me, although now I understand the wisdom of his actions; it was one of the best lessons he ever taught me. Therefore, in order for me to pay for school, I had to join the Navy, reluctantly that is. I guess you could say, there weren't many other options. Anyway, after a couple years of active duty I was able to attend college on the G.I. bill, which covered most of my tuition and book fees. It took a little extra time for me to finish school, because I had to work part-time throughout college, but I can assuredly say, it was all worth it.

After graduating from university, I spent quite a few years in and out of dead end jobs and small businesses that I had started myself. You see I just wasn't satisfied earning a salary-man's income. Actually, it was almost impossible for someone with an undergraduate degree who was earning an average wage just to survive, because of the poor economic condition during those years. I knew there had to be more out there and I was going to find it. I even remember asking myself, how do successful people achieve these greater things in life? My father had always told me it was through hard work and diligence, little by little. Well... part of that is true, but it looked to me as though I was headed down that infamous path to a dead end lifestyle. I thought, surely there must be a reason why successful people were successful, and you know what, there truly is.

It wasn't until my mid thirties, after I had been previously married and divorced with a three-year old child to support that I came across an old college friend who introduced me to a company owned by two brothers that promoted and taught P.M.A. or Positive Mental Attitude to all of their staff. Even though the owners of this establishment were highly successful, and had all of the things in life that most of us dream of having, it was clearly obvious that these guys were just a couple of average fellows, nothing special in the least. However, it occurred to me, if this P.M.A. thing worked for them, surely it will work for anyone. Well... to make a long story even longer, for the first time in my life, I started listening to these principles of P.M.A. and acted upon them. Let me tell you, the results were astounding, it has changed my life beyond reason. It has put all things into proper perspective for me, so now I'm delighted to say that I have all of the things I've ever wanted. I'm on track to obtain all of my personal and financial goals; my life is finally balanced and filled with happiness. Yours can be too! Therefore, and if you allow me, I'd like to share these fundamental principles that I have learned with you.

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