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Our biggest fan is the editor of a local magazine and he caps what we do here very nicely in a letter he wrote to us after taking our courses. He then went on to publish this letter in Having Fun and Go Places magazines without even asking or charging us a dime for he feels we are doing something here that is set to change the lives of millions of Kenyans and people around the world. We have reproduced his letter here in full...

 

The Editor’s Experience at Open Source Systems LTD

With skepticism I entered an office located in a magnificent setting on a private lake in Nyari Estate, Nairobi and was invited to meet the other students in my group. On a deck facing a small section of very private Acacia forest teaming with birdlife my life was totally changed by a group of dedicated engineers working on that most precious of possessions we each carry between our ears – our brain! To say that the setting is unique is an understatement but what happened next and for the following 4 weeks was totally mind-blowing.

We started with Speed Reading. This is what had caught my attention in the first place. Promises that my reading speed would be doubled in the first class were borne out in full to my utter amazement. First session testing showed that my starting reading speed was 150 words per minute. Further careful assessment showed that I had developed several very easily corrected bad habits. Among them regression, back skipping and sub-vocalization were pointed out to me and it was explained that these habits held me back and came from my past when I had been told to read by sounding out words – entirely appropriate technique for a school-going youngster but not appropriate for a university graduate like myself. Then to my complete and total amazement, a few minutes later, after some exercises and learning of some new reading methods I was re-tested at 700 words per minute! I kid you not – this is exactly what happened! Completely hooked I was eager to come back for more.

In subsequent classes more techniques were taught including such things as meta-guiding, pacing and peripheral vision enhancement. But the most amazing of all was the revelation that traditional school training has all but shriveled our right brains – the half responsible for colour, rhythm, spatial awareness, imagination, daydreaming and dimension – to the extent that we are effectively using only half of that amazing computer we all carry in our heads. To address these issues these Knowledge Engineering people have come up with a system that is a complete rebuild of something you might have heard of that is taking the world by storm even as you read this – Mind Mapping. By adding multiple dimensions to this including their very special CAKE® (Computer Aided Knowledge Engineering) and KREST® (Knowledge Re-engineering Study Technique) they have come up with KMap® which is a souped up version of Mind Maps.

Over the period of the course I learned to KMap and with that came an increase in reading speed to over 5,000 words per minute. But it wasn’t over yet – not by a long shot! We went on to Memory Training and again new techniques, skills and products were brought to light including link systems, peg systems, phonetics, M3® and more. Putting it all together I achieved 5,000 words per minute and, get this folks, 100% recall of what I had read – yes that’s right – if I choose to I can now read an entire book at speeds I could never have dreamed of before the course and then get 100% recall of every word, idea, picture and train of thought in the book AND retain those concepts for the rest of my life. I’ve done it and proved it to myself and others – a 300 page text book in under an hour complete with total recall!

So, how long did it take you to read the 4 paragraphs above? If it took you two minutes you are reading at just over 280 words per minute or what the typical adult can achieve. Take this course, I urge you, you would then be able to read this text in about 15 seconds but more importantly, you would have total recall of information contained herein. How would this impact your life? I don’t know about you but I am still finding new and amazing applications each and every day that I live and what a life – these guys made each day look so much brighter, the sky so much bluer and the world – my oyster.

Ed - Go Places & Having Fun
"My child was lying 20th out of 24 in his class before he took your classes. After the 12 weeks of classes he sat his end of term exams and we waited with baited breath for his results. You can imagine our surprise and relief when he rose to 11th and then to 3rd in the following term"

"We cannot thank you enough for what you have done for us" Dr W K, Parent, Nairobi

 
"I took your courses with a very skeptical frame of mind. Starting at 220 wpm did not surprise me but getting to 650 wpm after just 2 hours did...BIG TIME! Now at 3,300 wpm with 98% recall my life is so much easier I cannot tell you how much it has changed."

M DeLuc - US student visiting parents and on holiday in Nairobi over summer break.

 
My notes in ‘A’ Level Physics, Chemistry and Biology added up to 6 large box files. I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity and reached a stage where I could not even face them let alone cram any of it. You reduced this to 67 mind maps that I can recall absolutely perfectly!"

 
You are truly amazing. Thanks a million for saving my life AND getting me those coveted 3 A’s at ‘A’ Level.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Paul M, A Level Student, Nairobi

"Work requires that I read 5-6 journals per week, 4 newspapers each day, Newsweek and Time magazines just to stay abreast of the competition. It used to take me all week to get through this mountain of reading. Now it takes just ˝ an hour each morning!"

Amazing. Keep up the good work. ... PBK,Magazine Editor, Nairobi, Kenya

"With advancing age I felt that I was beginning to lose it. I could not remember as much as I used to. You taught me that MENTAL EXERCISE is just as if not more important than physical exercise. I now have M3® mastered and know so much that people half my age are blown away by what I can tell them. Alzheimers be dammed - I now have no fear at all of this horrible affliction that affected both my parents.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. WG ,Senior Citizen, Perth, Australia

"if you don’t know how to mind map, you don’t know anything! These people are absolutely right - how can we be expected to live in this brave new world with skills we learned at kindergarten level? Don’t think about it ... shell out the money and get into this course. It will change your life, supercharge your career and boost you into the stratosphere."

BBK - CEO of a large hospital

"The ULTIMATE STRESS RELIEVING PILL" ... just take one mind map a day to keep ALL the doctors away !!!!
Hooray for mind maps and for guys like you that make life such a joy to live.
DKH - University Professor, Auckland, New Zealand