Elle Achieves her Dancing Goal! I just thought I would let you know that I have kind of achieved a goal! At the start of the year, I told myself that I really wanted to succeed in dancing this year and that was going to be my main focus. Last year I did really well in school, because I got dux of year 7 and numerous other awards. This year I did pretty well at school, getting an excelent achievement award, and outstanding student in technology! I was very happy with that! And at dancing this year, at our awards night, I recieved the senior student award! This is basically dux of my age level in dancing! I was very pleased with myself by achieving my goal! :)
And so are we! Congratulations, Elle.
10 year old Josh Imagines His Way into Captain's Position! Dear Liliane,
It was the last match of the cricket season in the under twelves competition and I wanted to be captain. This was my last chance so it was pretty nerve racking. And this was my first season so that did'nt help. This was going to take a lot of imagining! So every night for the next week I kept thinking and I hardly stopped. When I had nothing to do I just kept imagining. Well it was time for the big day and I was pretty nervous. So I took a look at the pitch and then my coach walked up to me and said I was captain! It felt great but it was short lived. I would'nt be playing next week because I was going to camp. But I was still happy because I knew I had acheived something.
From Josh.
Jess creates a job where there wasn't one...
Sixteen year old Jess Wynne is a young woman with big vision for herself. Not only is she an emerging singer - she won a competition which resulted in her singing the national anthem on Australia Day at the official celebrations in Mornington - but she recently set her sights on a job that didn't exist - and got it!
Jessi wanted to be a life guard at the local swimming pool but when she contacted them to enquire about a job they said she was too young, they usually hired boys, and there wasn't a job available anyway. Well, Jess didn't let that deter her! She sent her resume in anyway and kept asking questions until she found out that she'd have to go through a Police Check. Jess surprised the manager she spoke to by immediately organising the paperwork she would need and paying the fee. She kept following up until they granted her an interview... and they were so impressed with her maturity and commitment that they offered her a job.
This is another fabulous example of First Force, Second Force, Third Force. To read the whole story in Jess's words, just scroll down...
Want to write your own book? Read this!
The Wynne family are special friends of mine who have been brought up with the ideas in The Mastery Club since they were little kids - like Nina! They shared their story about how they wrote and self-published a book called Meditations For Kids - By Kids in a slide show that I presented at the launch of The Mastery Club in 2006.
It just occurred to me that YOU might like to hear their story yourselves. If you click on the picture of the Wynne kids below, you can listen to them telling the story of how they went from initial idea through LOTS of obstacles and challenges to finished book - and then had it picked up by a publisher! What a great example of First Force, Second Force, Third Force!
PS Look out for their book - you'll love it.
Bethany and Grace hold their first official art exhibition!
They are shown here with local MP, Mr Tony Smith.
"Bethany and i decided in March that we would like to hold an art exhibition as part of our homeschooling program, so we organised art lessons and arranged to display our work at the local Community Centre. We had to travel down to Castlemaine every Friday for our art classes. It was hard getting up early and driving for 3 hours, but it was also fun sleeping, giggling, and being mischievous the whole way there.
"On the opening night it was so exciting to see more and more people coming through the door. It was also exciting in the way that we had achieved our goal. Our teacher Sue spoke on a tape because unfortunately she couldn't make it, and we gave a speech on how it all came to pass.
"Bethany and I would surely like to work up to more exhibitions in the future." - Grace, 12 years old
"What a wonderful feeling it was when every one had come to support and encourage us for our inaugural art exhibition. The experience was one never to forget. One years organisation was worth it in the end. i can't explain how excited i was on the night! It was almost like we were just about to get really really famous! That's one way i could describe it, but the other feeling is indescrible all i can say is that i was very
nervous and had an upset stomach especially when the side of my dress was in pieces so i had to pin it up! (not so delightful.)
"It was a great night!" - Bethany, 12 years old
Stephanie has won her scholarship! Do you remember reading this?
"I finished the book and it was really one of the best books I've read in my life. Daddy and Mummy want to read it next. I am now visualising winning a scholarship for the school I want to go to." - Stephanie Rose Limm, age 10 (from the testimonials page of The Mastery Club).
Well, last week Stephanie sent me this email:
Dear Liliane,
I am still visualising for that scholarship. In the mean time I have been working on 3 other projects that I have now achieved. 1) our school has a buddy program and I used The Mastery Club to secure the buddy i wanted. 2) i got into the same class for next year as my best friend. 3) i also got onto the same house as my friend. Best wishes, Steph Limm
And last night her excited aunt sent me an email saying:
"Hi Liliane
I got a call tonight from a very excited Stephanie, at her primary school graduation, to say that she had just gained a scholarship to secondary school [of her choice].This was her Mastery Club project from day 1!
She will email you too, Cecilia."
Well done, Stephanie! You've held your vision with love, and you deserve the outcome. We know you will create a wonderful experience there.
Have you tried visualising for sporting activities?
"We used The Mastery Club principles when ten pin bowling last night. The children were worried over their technique etc, but we encouraged them to relax and just picture the ball going straight, and the pins falling. It worked, of course! They did so well." - Belinda
The McRitchie Kids have been using these principles for a while...
  
As a home educating family who plan and set goals through visualisation, we have particularly enjoyed reading The Mastery Club. It is refreshing to read a personal development book in novel form written for children. We have learnt further how to develop our skills and want to share a couple of our stories to date.
Hi, I’m Haley and I’m 13. Last year my netball team made it to the grand final with a team we had lost to in the previous grand final. I knew as the goal shooter that I had to improve my accuracy. I had recently heard the story about the basketball test where a group practised shooting goals, another group only visualised shooting goals and the other group did nothing. Knowing the results of the visualising group was almost as good as the practising group, that is what I did for the week leading up to the grand final.
In the game we played very well and were even all the way. In the final 20 seconds I had the ball; this was my moment. The whole stadium, I found out later, was holding their breath, but I shot the goal with total conviction that it would go in cleanly, and that is exactly what it did! Mum asked me how I felt at that moment with all the pressure. I answered, “Calm and relaxed. I knew it would go in!”
Hamish and Angus here now, we are 12 and 10. We love playing football and we decided at the end of the footy season last year to improve on our 2005 vote count results.
To achieve this we decorated our bedroom at the end of the season with all our footy photos and posters of our footy idols, and our past trophies and medals. We then trained throughout summer, running on the oval, as stamina was our weakness! We practised our overhead marking and visualised making our speeches with our trophies in our hands. When we went to bed, we would talk about how we were going and coach each other on what we needed to work on, particularly the nights before and after the game.
Last week was end of season vote count and we both came home very happy, having completed our task.
Lachlan here now. I am 14 and want to tell you about our dog Fergus. I have wanted a dog for a very long time. It was something that I couldn’t make happen on my own, I had to get the family used to the idea and get them to come around to thinking it was their idea! I have had rabbits for a long time but you can’t take rabbits for a walk. As I grew older Mum and Dad came around to the idea of a dog, but there was a strong criteria!!
Over time I would point out dogs I liked. Border Collies had been in both Mum’s and Dad’s families when they were younger, I found out. I began to point them out whenever I saw one... We started as a family to talk about what we each wanted in a dog. To see the list you would think it was going to be impossible!! We now have the dog of our dreams; he is a companion to us all, he is quiet, patient, his markings are symmetrical, he rarely barks, is gentle on the garden, loves soccer and football, plays ‘fetch’ and loves to be trained, isn’t a fussy eater, enjoys baths, and swimming. He travels well in the car and is sociable to both people and other dogs. He is amazing and everyone loves him.
Eight year old Emma uses visualisation for sports successes at school 
What you think about can come about.... On the 2nd of March 2007 I had my school’s Swimming Carnival. One week before the carnival I started to visualise my two swimming events. I could see my swimming coach’s face as I won the race! I also thought about shaking hands with the Principal as I collected my ribbon at the end of the race. I got two firsts!! I was just amazed! Two weeks later on the 16th of March it was the Athletics Carnival. I hadn’t been winning the races at sports practise but again every night as I went to sleep I kept on visualising myself running a great race! I got two firsts again! It was magnificent!! I felt like I was an olympic athlete! And that’s what visualising does!
Adult success stories – Helen Patrice For years, I’ve had in my head the idea that writers struggle, that a writer in Australia can’t earn enough purely from writing and has to take other jobs. I can also remember the exact moment I nobly thought I had to give up my writing to marry and raise children. For just as many years, I secretly wanted it to be different. I wanted to write full time, to write just the way I wanted, and not compromise, and be paid handsomely for it. It took nearly 20 years to come to the point where I was ready to give up because it wasn’t happening. Then, in rapid succession, I read The Mastery Club, saw The Secret, and the universe sent a bunch of related books my way. I immersed myself in the idea of change and the idea of Mastery.
In one month, I’ve turned from ‘writer who got occasional articles into NOVA magazine’ to ‘NOVA columnist every month’. I’ve had several other articles accepted, and am starting other writing projects, full of excitement. Now that I’ve achieved the columnist position, I’m looking at where to head next on my writing journey.
I also got really clear on a bunch of other issues. I resigned 2 jobs that weren’t right for me, and although I’m now working at a job I’m not thrilled with, I’m allowing myself to see that it’s helping me get clearer on what sort of work I want to do.
Miracles are occuring in my life, and for the first time in a long time, I’m valuing myself and thus, other people are valuing who I am also, and what I do. I have gone from contemplating giving up everything and remaining on anti-depressants for the rest of my life to finding my way to a life I’m starting to love.
Blitzing Maths! Dear Liliane
I have recently read The Mastery Club throughout my school holidays as a request by my Japanese teacher Nicole Papasidero. I am happy today to say that the book totally inspired me and made all the concepts that my teacher tried to explain to me before much more clear. It taught me to act on my dreams and that anything is possible. I first learnt about this concept when my teacher introduced it to me mid 2006. Mrs Papasidero let my Japanese class watch “The Secret”, then she explained it all to us again and asked us to start with small goals. I never really thought that I could control my whole life. But I gave it a go for my end of year maths exams and if you knew me you would probably know that I’m not the brightest at maths. I thought about it a lot because I wanted to achieve a high result so badly. On the side I did a bit of study just to make sure it would come true. To my surprise I achieved top of my intermediate maths year! I cannot thank you or my Japanese teacher Mrs Papasidero enough. Being a constant negative thinker then hearing about this gave me a real attitude change that I could do or be anything I want.
Thanks again – Celeste, age 15
Outstanding HSC Results
The Mastery Club book was given to my brother from our mum’s friend a few months before his H.S.C started. He didn’t think he would have the time to read it because of all the studying he had to do. My brother was struggling with study and wouldn’t believe he would do so well in his exams. Mum suggested he should start reading the book. So he did and thought it was interesting. My mum’s friend then gave us the movie called The Secret for my brother to watch. He really began to believe in studying hard and doing well. It was only days left until his big exams, and everyday and night he would visualise sitting for his exams and thinking he would do his best to get top results.
Months later he was given his results. He didn’t have the guts to open the envelope to reveal his marks, but he did and his UAI score was 90!! He did extremely well and is now going to attend a college that he WON a scholarship for. My Family and I are all so proud of him and always will be.
That goes to show how your book The Mastery Club and a movie The Secret really helps.
Thank you – Nicole, age 13
What are YOUR school results going to be this year? Decide NOW!
Moving on up through the Tae Kwon Do grading belts 
Dear Liliane,
Just an update on the first project my girls, Brianna (left) and Kiara (right) set themselves… to pass their next grading in Tae Kwon Do.
Well, they did it!! Brianna now gets a yellow belt, and Kiara progresses up to a green belt. They were visualising even on the way to the grading that night, and told me beforehand that they’d passed already.
Dad, the ever protective father, was not sure Brianna was ready and thought she should wait a few months, but boy did she show him!
This is one very proud Mum.
Thank you for your influence on their lives, sincerely. Nici x
Big Dreams 
“After reading Liliane Grace’s book The Mastery Club I was inspired to change my life. My latest goal is to go to Africa. I went to travel agents to get brochures on Africa and I just love all the pictures inside them! I see these pictures differently to everyone else because I picture myself in them.
“Since that day when I decided I was going to Africa my life revolves around.... Africa. I get myself in the mood by listening to African music and just picturing my family and me there. If there’s a show on TV about Africa I’m watching it. Our house is covered with pictures of Africa and affirmations. They are everywhere! Under the clock, above the TV, on the computer, above door handles, on my vision board, on my dad’s vision board and even near the toilet paper.
“My family is constantly reminded that we can change everything in our life just by positive thoughts. Talking about vision boards, mine is on my ceiling where I look at it every night before I go to sleep. Such little things make a big difference. The Mastery Club has made a big impact on my life and I would like to thank Liliane Grace for inspiring me.
“This time next year I’m going to be in Africa riding elephants and having the time of my life.”
Jordan, Age 13
NB. Sometimes it’s appropriate to share your dreams, and sometimes not, so do what feels right to you. - Liliane
An 'A' for Music Some members have been using the tools described in The Mastery Club and getting some pretty cool results. One 10 year old, who would like to remain anonymous, did some Guided Visualization with her mother about three times in the couple of weeks leading up to her flute exam. Would you like to know how she went?
She achieved an “A”, and this was the highest mark of all her teacher’s students. To top it off, she told her mother that she wasn’t nervous at all, which had been a concern in the weeks leading up to the exam.
Well done!
Getting a job where one didn’t exist - Jess Wynne's story in her words: I am involved in surf lifesaving, and have been for seven years now. It is something I really enjoy, participating in many activities such as: patrolling, senior training, being a water safety at nipper training and carnivals, a trainee operator at LSV Comms (Lifesaving Victoria Communications State Centre) and much more!
Early last year I thought it would be interesting and exciting to get my pool lifeguard certification from Lifesaving Victoria (LSV). While I was too young, for you need to be sixteen and I wasn’t sixteen until July, LSV let me do the course, saying I just couldn’t get work until I was sixteen, which is fair enough. At the course, I was told most aquatic centres start hiring people in August and September, so when I turned sixteen at the end of July I applied for a job at Monash Aquatic and Recreation Centre, which I thought was the nearest pool to me (though it is still a forty-five minute drive!). One thing led to another and it turns out I didn’t get a job there, though it was because I didn’t follow them up, not because they didn’t want me!
At the end of January this year, all homes on the Mornington Peninsula got distributed a book, with maps for the local area, coupons for local shops etc. In this book was a section near the beginning that was titled ‘Aquatic Centres’. I was rather surprised, for though I know there are swimming pools on the Mornington Peninsula, I didn’t think there were any Aquatic Centres down this way, which are the pools that hire lifeguards.
There were two pools in Frankston, Jubilee Park and Pines Forest, and after calling them I found out they were linked, that they had the same people running them. I also found out that the Pines pool closed at the end of March, which meant there would be half the amount of people required to work. Craig, the man who hires the lifeguards, told me there might be some short term work available in March, when the uni students went back to uni, and before the Pines pool closed. He said if I was interested I could drop my resume in and we’d take it from there.
A few days later they had my resume sitting in their hands, and a couple of days after that I called to see if they’d received it. I was told yes, they had my resume, but to work there I needed a police check, something I didn’t have. I never knew this and told them I thought I had to be eighteen to get one, for I was mistakenly thinking of something else! They said that I needed to have one to work there, and that the police checks took about two weeks to get. I got off the phone feeling very deflated, my hopes of working at the pool dashed.
Nevertheless, I investigated things on the internet, and on the Police website I didn’t find anything mentioning that I had to be eighteen. Mum drove me down to the local police station, where I picked up a form and was told I didn’t have to be eighteen to get a check! (Yay!)
When I got home, I gave Craig a call and he told me it would be worthwhile for me to get the police check. Ten days later my police check came in the mail; once again I called Craig telling him this time that I’d received the check. We organised a time for an interview, and after he’d called another time on a different day to reschedule the interview, on the 3rd of March, over a month after I’d first contacted them, I was on my way to an interview.
I arrived at the pool and met two nice men; luckily I liked them, for they were to become my future employers. During the interview Craig first walked around the pool with me, asking questions and he told me that they didn’t normally hire people under eighteen. He informed me that although the management weren’t allowed to discriminate on the basis of age, he’d found that people under eighteen generally weren’t mature enough to handle the responsibilities of a pool lifeguard position. Also, as the pools are in Frankston, he told me that they get some rough/aggressive people attend their pools, and the lifeguards needed to be able to deal with them. I noticed that they didn’t have any females on at their pools, so also it appeared that they preferred to hire males, for the reason listed above. He told me that I was lucky to get this far, as basically there was no job available, but my persistence in calling them, and getting the police check of my own accord, even though he kept putting me off, was looked upon well in their eyes. He said they liked my maturity, enthusiasm, motivation and persistence. He asked was I still interested even if they couldn’t give me much work. I said “Yes;” I wanted the job. Next I spoke to the other man, Kent, and he asked me a few more questions.
Kent then said I would need to go for a medical (basically a check-up to see that I was fit for the job) in Cheltenham. He said he’d call me with the details the next day, and after they called and sent the details to the wrong email address, finally I had the details of the place, and called them and booked my self in for the medical on the Friday, which was a few days later.
After going for the medical and doing my pool lifeguard update, by the end of the weekend I was ready to start work. The pool lifeguard award has to be requalified annually and it was almost exactly a year to the day that I’d done my pool lifeguard course; it took me a year to get a job!
The next week, I worked twice, once at each aquatic centre. I had a really great time and knew I’d landed a great job, one that I would enjoy and meet many nice people. I got myself a job that didn’t exist.
Jessica Wynne
18th March 2008
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