Enriched learning focuses on the effectiveness of integrating new material. The more you learn about the concepts of enriched learning, the more you will discover things that your parents, teachers, and even neuroscientists didn't know just a decade ago.

For instance, ninety-five percent of your behavior is a result of patterns and habits, most of which you acquired when you were very young. Most of us grew up with ineffective study habits. Why? Because our educators and caregivers didn't know any better. Those thousands of wasted hours sitting in classrooms and studying at home have often yielded frustration, self-limiting beliefs, and low self-esteem. Don't take it anymore! No matter what your age, you can learn with success and delight.

Freud popularized the concept of the subconscious, sometimes called the unconscious or the non-conscious. I'll use all of these words interchangeably. Although your conscious mind has an important role to play, learning has a great deal more to do with subconscious processing than conscious thought. The chief responsibility of the mind is to protect; in fact, to survive. Remember this as you learn how to nourish and develop your mind.

Let me use an analogy to explain the power of the subconscious mind. If your feet are flat on the floor, the area under your feet corresponds to the processing ability of your conscious mind. The floor area in the room not covered by your feet represents the power of your subconscious mind. Your conscious mind operates at about 126 bits per second, while your subconscious mind is 10,000 times faster than that. As you can see, the power is really in the subconscious. That is the common thread you will find in this book.

Elephant trainers use a very interesting technique to control their animals. When the elephant is still very young, the trainers attach one end of a strong chain to one of the elephant