Today, my company achieved another milestone by officially opening our Adam Khoo Learning Centre (AKLC) Tampines Branch at Blk 106 Tampines St 11. The guest of honour was Ms Irene Ng, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tampines.

Adam Khoo And Ms Irene Ng

This is part of our mission and strategy of bringing our programs to the heartlands of Singapore. We are aiming to open 2-3 more centres every year all over the island so that every student can benefit from our life changing courses.

I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the residents/parents who turned up in full force to lend us their support and love!

From left: Serene Seah - Centre Teacher, Patrick Cheo - Group CEO, Adam Khoo - Group Chairman, Ms Irene Ng - GOH and MP for Tampines, Fredrick Tan - Managing Director, Ashok Menon - Centre Teacher, Joseph Ho - Centre Teacher, Lynn Koh- Centre Executive

This post is specially dedicated to all the 100+ orphans of Khmer Friendship Orphanage in Phom Penh.

I would like to say a special thank you to Ingvill Solbø Christiansen and her team for helping us to distribute copies of ‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’ and ‘Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny’ as well as our motivational posters (’If I Can’t , I Must… There is no failure, only learning experiences) to these children and creating a positive an nurturing environment in their classrooms!

Ingvill (who came all the way from Norway) graduated from my Patterns of Excellence program and decided to make a massive difference in her life and the lives of disadvantaged children around the world-starting from Cambodia.

Her aim is to empower as many orphans as possible to get into university and break the poverty cycle! Thank you for helping the Adam Khoo Education Foundation to reach out to these children!

Sopha is studying 1st year Bachelor in Accounting and is nervous about her upcoming exams. She was so happy to get some of your posters, and very keen on reading more of the books.


The I am Gifted books were clearly right on target.

At the University where every class would have 50-100 students.

The students preparing to start at the University after summer, were equally keen to be well prepared.

Ingvill had them read up paragraphs in order to qualify for the books, and they did quite well in reading. Whether their comprehension was just as deep remains to be seen.

Long lines to get a book…

…and posters too.

At the orphanage the classroom got a facelift with posters too.

This classroom is used to provide the kids with extra English lessons after school hours.

Every year, Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group trains close to 39,000 students (from 5 countries) in personal development, brain based learning, leadership skills and inter-personal skills. In fact, 25% of all SIngapore Schools engage my company as their chosen education partner.

To give my students an awesome experience, we require the passion, talent and commitment of hundreds of coaches and facilitators every year. If you have the passion for teens and children, have lots of positive energy, are a great role model and fast in learning new skills, join my company as a SUCCESS COACH (full time or part time).

We are having a selection session and training this Sunday 31 May at 10 am at Adam Khoo Training Centre (10 Hoe Chiang Rd. #01-01 Keppel Towers) at 10am. If you are interested to join us on this amazing journey, send an SMS to my Coach Manager (or call) Rossana at 96948261.

Hi everyone,

Just would like to share this email I received from Yong Chang. Congratulations on your awesome mid-year results!

From: Yong Chang Chin
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:39 AM
To: i-did-it@akltg.com
Subject: I did it! (Yong Chang of Singapore IAG 16-19 Nov 2007)

24/5/08
Dear Adam,

It has been a good long 6 months since your camp. I have finally began to see results. Thank you.

I can understand how busy your schedule is, so I will make this as brief as possible.

Before the camp, I was an average, under-performing secondary student in St. Joseph’s Institution. Before, I never really took my studies seriously, which was a miracle I came in second in my class in sec 1. Even though I topped my class, I was still very lousy as compared to the other students in the level. What’s more, I was happy with my results. What irony.

Anyway, now, in my latest exam, the Mid Years, I am very proud to say that I have done well. The results are as follows.

English Language 74 A2
Literature in English 78 A1 (highest in class)
History 78 A1
Mathematics 96 A1 (highest in class)
General Science 90 A1 (highest in class, highest in cohort)
Chinese Language 57 C5

Overall percentage: 78.83% (highest in class)

My teacher even said - “Yong Chang is a very bright boy who is mature and responsible. He is a gem to his classmates.”

The only big obstacle i have left is my chinese. I am actively looking for solutions to solve this obstacle. Before, I can honestly say that I have given up on Chinese. Now, even though I have not improved, I am not discouraged at all. Instead I am even more motivated to do well because everyone does not believe I can. =)

Another piece of good news is that I have applied for National Junior College Integrated Programme. I have passed the first stage in their selection, which is a General Ability Test (GAT). My NJC english and math test will be held on this coming Monday. I sincerely hope that I will do exceptionally well. However, I want your opinion on a matter. Is a normal secondary school education or an IP education better?

I hope you can reply soon. Thank you - for everything.

Yours sincerely,
Yong Chang

(Specially extracted from my upcoming book: Secrets of Millionaire Entrepreneurs)

Why is it that 80% of companies that are able to survive the first five years of business will usually fail in the next five? Shouldn’t they know what to do after being in business for the first five years?

The reason is because markets and economies are changing so fast that what works in business today will not work in three to five years. If you have the mindset of constantly doing things the same way and maintaining the status quo, you will soon be out of business.

Successful entrepreneurs are engaged in constant and never-ending improvement. They are always finding ways to innovate and improve their business operations, marketing, products and services. They know that if their business is not improving and growing, it is dying. Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) once remarked that the key to succeed in business is to innovate and make yourself obsolete. If you don’t make yourself obsolete, your competitors will make you obsolete.

This is why the moment a software like Windows is released, Microsoft is already working on the next version and upgrades like Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Vista and so on. Bill Gates knows that the moment they stop innovation, another company will create an even better software and take over their customers.

This is exactly what has happened to companies that did not change fast enough. Back in the 1990s, the top selling mobile phone was Motorola. Motorola produced the best-designed and technologically advanced phones. Everyone, including me bought a Motorola phone. So, where is Motorola today? Last I heard, their mobile phone business has been losing so much money that Motorola is thinking of shutting down the whole mobile phone business altogether. What happened? Well, Nokia and Sony Ericsson happened to innovate even better designed and more user friendly handsets that captured all of their market shares and profits.

Do you know which is the first search engine on the Internet? Is it Google? Yahoo? MSN? The answer is none of them. The world’s first search engine is Alta Vista. Many of you may never have heard of this brand simply because it has it is an obscure site that very people go to. Needless to say, the company that was once a market pioneer and leader is now a business failure. Again, what happened was that the founders had the mindset that their search engine was good enough and there was no need to change what was working.

This left the door wide open for Yahoo! to come in and take away that leadership position. Then what happened next? Well, Yahoo! was too slow to extend their service range and innovate their advertising services such that Google (one of the newest Internet search engines) came along and took away 70% of the market share, leaving the remaining 30% to be fought over by the other search sites. In today’s ever-changing marketplace, a company that is the market leader today could be bankrupt five years later, if they stop innovated and finding new ways of doing things.

Instead of seeing this fact as a threat, see it as a fantastic opportunity. This means that your new company could take over the leadership position of the largest competitor today and even put them out of business! The key is to find a way to serve their customers even better then they can!

So, let me emphasize again that unless you keep innovating and changing the way you do business, you will be out of business soon enough. I can tell you that if I did not grow my business to enter new regional markets like Indonesia, China, Thailand, India and Malaysia, I will be bankrupt today! My company’s monthly overheads are about $500,000 and Singapore only accounts for 50% of my sales and profits. If I did not constantly focus on creating new programs (i.e. the Wealth Academy and Internet Marketing Academy series), writing new books (two a year) and changing my marketing and distribution strategy every day (i.e. entering the Singapore schools market), I wouldn’t still be the market leader in personal development training in Asia. Another competitor would have caught up and blasted me away to oblivion.

Today, it is impossible to maintain your position in the market by doing the same thing. The reason is because customer’s expectations change constantly, competitors improve constantly, employees work habits change constantly and so forth. So if you keep doing business the same way, you are actually going down, as everything around you is improving.

Hi Guys and Gals

Check out my latest series of advertisements for the upcoming holiday programs for ‘Superkids’ and ‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’ It is a very different look and feel from my old ads.

Any comments and feedback on them?

My latest book, “Nurturing the Winner & Genius in Your Child” hit #5 on the National Straits Times Life Best-Sellers List on its debut. I believe this book will go on to help help thousands of parents to bring out the very best in their children.

For the last 12 years, I have been training thousands of students (aged 9 above) through my Superkids and ‘I Am Gifted So Are You!’ Programs. What has made my programs highly sought after has been our ability to help teens to break through limiting mindsets and develop the confidence, motivation and learning skills to become successful in school and in life.

So, why did I write this book on parenting? Well, many parents have often been amazed at how I am able to get their kids to listen to me and be inspired when they have not been able to get through to them for years! “What is your secret, Adam?” ” How do you get my children to even come back and volunteer as your coach for 5 days when I cannot even get them to clean my room?’ In this book, I reveal all the answers.

The big secret is that if we want to bring out the best in our kids, we must first understand their model of the world. The way kids see the world are completely different from their parents. We must learn to talk in their language! This book will teach parents how to talk so their kids will want to listen.

So, how did I learn all these strategies. Well, after training over 300,000 students and talking/counseling with more than 100,000 parents over the years, I have discovered some obvious patterns in the way different parents talk to, encourage, discipline and deal with their kids. I have discovered that children who have high self esteem and motivation do not come about by chance. Their parents have certain paradigms and patterns of thinking that make it so. In this book, I will reveal the paradigms and strategies of highly effective parents.

So, look out for it in all major bookstores today!

After all the chicken Little people crying out recession (the damn media sensationalizing bad news), official GDP figures released on Monday (30 April) shows that the US grew 0.6% in the first quarter, official confirming that there is no recession (to be in a recession, GDP must be negative for two consecutive quarters/6 months)…at least for now. That shows you cannot believe anything you read in the newspapers nowadays.

In fact, there was a series of surprising economic reports that shows a recession is not likely developing:

1) Consumer spending increased by 1%

2) Unemployment rate for April improved to 5%, down from the 5.1% figure in March

3) Nonfarm payrolls for April decreased by 20,000, much less than the 81,000 reported in March, and less than the 75,000 decline that economist predicted

4) Factory orders for March climbed 1.4%

5) US Dollar is showing more strength while commodity prices are beginning to come down (as a result of the FED signaling an end to interest rate cuts). This should reduce inflation and improve consumer’s disposable income further.

Not Bad…But Not Good Either

Note that the data coming out is NOT good, it’s just not as bad as what everything has been saying. The US is unlikely to go into a recession, but growth will remain sluggish and flat, at least for the next quarter. The good news is that the fiscal stimulus package and the aggressive interest rate cuts HAS NOT even taken any effect Yet. Once the FEDs actions start taking effect in the second quarter, economy is likely to start growing again by the second half of the year.

The Market Update

The S&P 500 managed to stay on an uptrend above it’s 20 & 50 day MA and breaking through and stay above the 1400 resistance, while the Dow broke through the 13,000 resistance and has stayed above. On the Singapore front, the STI progressed through the 3,000 point barrier to close at 3200 points.

My Wealth Academy Portfolio is finally in the green, with my Singapore stocks up +7.32% for the last 4 months and US stocks up just +0.43%, powered mainly by the strong gains in Apple (+41.8%), Google (+12.37%) and Visa (+38.1%)

If you want to learn how to massively profit from the markets, join me at the next Wealth Academy Live Training in Singapore 15-18 May! Call 62740105 and speak to Wandy/ Terence before all the seats are sold out

Recently, I was doing a recruitment seminar (to fresh graduates from the local universities) for one of the large insurance companies in Singapore. I talked about how anyone could achieve time freedom and financial freedom by becoming a financial advisor in Singapore. I shared how becoming a financial advisor was a powerful strategy in becoming your own boss and having the potential of earning unlimited income WITHOUT having to have lots of startup capital.

What shocked me as the number one reason that stopped them from even considering the career was, ‘ we don’t like to sell’ or ‘we don’t feel comfortable with being a salesperson’ Somehow, many of these grads were under the impression that by being a graduate, selling was beneath them!

I looked them in the eyes and told them, ‘ If you do not like the idea of selling to someone else, you will NEVER EVER BE RICH!!!!!’ I believe that if you don’t like salespeople or if you don’t like to sell yourself, you can forget about ever becoming wealthy.

I believe that in order to achieve ANYTHING in life, you must be great at SELLING! If you want to land that lucrative job, you must be great at SELLING YOURSELF during the interview. If you want to get that promotion, working hard and being loyal is not good enough. It is not always the smartest and most hard working person who gets the promotion. It is the person who is able to SELL HIS IDEAS to management and the person who is able to SELL and convince top management why they are the best person for the job.

The person who ends up President of the United States (or any country) is not the smartest person around (look at Bush), but it is the person who is best able to SELL themselves and their ideas to the people.

If you want to get the man or woman of your dreams, you have to SELL YOURSELF (it is called dating). All CEOs are top salespeople. They have to constantly sell their vision to their employees, sell their company, brand and products to the market and sell their business to investors. All the prophets like Jesus, Buddha, Confucious, Mohammed etc… had to sell the concept of salvation.

I have seen so many people with PhDs, Masters Degrees, from Top colleges and even people in the Gifted Program with super high IQs who will NEVER EVER be rich simply because they cannot sell.

Looking back at my life, I feel that what gave me the edge over all my friends and competitors was the fact that I learnt to enjoy and be great at selling! That is what made me into a best-selling author, one of the highest paid speakers in Asia. It also allowed me to build one of the strongest brands in education and training.

To be honest, when I first started, I felt uncomfortable with selling too. I felt uneasy asking people to give me money (which is what selling is all about). I had the wrong perception that the person who sells gains at the expense of the person buying.

Then, I realized that if you provide a product or a service that truly adds value to people’s lives, then it is a win win situation. You are helping that person solve a problem, meet a need or achieve a desire/goal. At the same time, you get rewarded for the value you have created for that person. So, go forth and create value to the whole world… and become rich in the process

The June school holidays are coming soon and I will once again be running my Superkids (For ages 7-12) and ‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’ (For Teens aged 13 and above) Life Transformational Camps in Singapore, Jakarta, Medan and Kuala Lumpur.

My Kids and Teen programs are based on my very first book I wrote 10 YEARS AGO, entitled ‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’ It chronicles my journey from a student who was kicked out of school at age 9 (Primary 3) and labeled a slow and hopeless learner by friends and teachers and how I learnt the accelerated learning and personal success strategies to become one of the top students in Singapore (I was later ranked among the top 1% of academic achievers in the National University of Singapore and a pioneer in the talent development program/ Gifted Program).

What really inspired me to write the book and to spend my last 16 years inspiring and teaching students to bring out the very best in themselves in that I believe that if I CAN CHANGE, then ANYBODY CAN CHANGE. I believe that there are many many students out there in the world who are just like where I was. Students who have given up hope in their studies and their future simply because they have failed too many times in the past and have been constantly labeled and reprimanded by well meaning teachers and parents. So much so that they have formed a MENTAL BLOCK and even HATRED towards studies and exams.

So, how do I help children and teens to transform their lives through my intensive holiday programs? Well, there are three things that I focus on..

1) LEARNING MASTERY
First thing I do is teach students the RIGHT WAY on how to learn. By teaching and demonstrating powerful learning skills like super memory techniques, speed reading,information gathering, whole brain note making, concentration techniques and thinking skills, teens will be amazed and gain so much confidence when they discover that they can make learning extremely easy and fun.

2) PERSONAL MASTERY
While scoring straight ‘A’s is important, I believe it is certainly no guarantee of success. For our children to become successful in school and in life, they must develop PERSONAL MASTERY skills such as learning to design their destiny through goal setting and career planning, developing unstoppable confidence and high self-esteem, learning to manage stress and motivate themselves, time and life management and the ability to overcome failure and setbacks

3) RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION MASTERY
The third ingredient of success in life that we must teach our kids at a young age are basic but very important values like RESPECT, GRATITUDE and RESPONSIBILITY. I believe that to achieve anything in life, we must learn how to work well with others, express ourselves confidently and to learn to manage relationships with friends and family

If you have friends or family members (kids or teens) who you know can truly benefit from the Superkids and I Am Gifted, So Are You Programs, do encourage them to call 62740105 (Singapore), (603)77250212 (Malaysia) or (62)215723315 (Jakarta) and speak to our customer care officers or attend one of our FREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS this coming weekends!

In Singapore
Free Introductory Workshops:
Dates/ Timings:2 May (Fri 7pm), 3 May (Sat 2pm), 4 May (Sun 2pm),
9 May (Fri 7pm), 10 May (Sat 2pm), 11 May (Sun 2pm)
Venue: Adam Khoo Training Centre, Singapore

Life Transformational Workshops:
Superkids Camps (5 Days): 24-28 May, 2 June- 6 June, 11-15 June
I Am Gifted Camps (4 Days): 29 May-1 June, 7 June- 10 JUne

In Malaysia
Free Introductory Workshops:
Dates/ Timings:
3 May (Sat 3pm), 4 May (Sun 3pm)
10 May (Sat 3pm), 11 May (Sun 3pm)
Venue: Adam Khoo Training Centre, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Life Transformational Workshops:
Superkids Camps: 24-26 May (Penang), 31 May- 2 June (Petaling Jaya)
I Am Gifted Camps: 27 May-30 May (Seremban)

In Indonesia
Free Introductory Workshops:
Dates/ Timings:3 May (Sat, 2pm) in Jakarta
4 May (Sun 2pm) in Medan

Life Transformational Workshops:
Superkids Camps: 23-26 June (Jakarta)
I Am Gifted Camps: 26 June-30 June (Jakarta), 19-22 June (Medan), 1-4 July (Surabaya)

You can also listen to a recording of one of my LIVE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS at this link.

=> Click HERE To Download

I would like to share some of the hundreds of emails that some of my past students have sent me and how the program has been indeed life transforming for them.

Live With Love and Passion

Adam Khoo