Before this programme I was doing just good ,I thought I had got the plot together there were a few loose ends but it was something I could work through ... I have a high profile job ,two actually I am the Managing Director of the Blossom Kochhar group and also the Deputy chief expert for WorldSkills which is an international portfolio that works with the governments of the world to give structure the the hairdressing skill and other skills ,as the Managing Director of the Blossom Kochhar group I was know to bring my company out from the ashes to where it is now in 10 years after my fathers death , I know people often talk about me in business circle how did manage to do it because I am not a business graduate I was 35 years old then :) , I have a strong spiritual practise ,I am have been initiated into the shamanic way of life since the past 5 years But since a while I was feeling there was something more that I needed to do , i was restless business had lost it’s sheen the motivation had gone an di knew something big was going to happen that was going to shake up things for me I would like to backtrack a little 13 years ago I was working in the fashion industry as a make up and hair artist ... I worked in top Bollywood & Hollywood movies had my own show on national television . I been always been on the top of my skill, when younger at the age of 11 I was a child protege I was awarded the youngest hairdresser in 2000 schools in America but then left the fashion and movie industry and took over a part of my family business that teaches people hair , make up beauty I did that for a few years and really loved my job and then one day I got to know my father had cancer and in a few months I had to take up his position because they was a take over bid by the employees , I sat in his office with 4 days of him passing away ,I knew nothing how to do this but 10 years I learnt to kick ass mine and others and again brought my company back to No 3 position in India . So life was carrying on but this feeling of dissatisfaction kept coming through and some where in Oct 2019 while I was meditating one morning ,a story came to me and I started to write it down which I am still writing . Just before I did your course I got stuck some where in March 2020 , India got lockdown , my whole business overnight shut down and I am still working through it but what also happened was my story disappeared I would stare at my computer screen for hours and zilch !nothing would come through I would do innumerable shamanic journeys meet my guides but again i would write a little the words felt shallow , I went through a month and a half and nothing was inspiring me and then the question arose within me why am I writing this story ? Am I just wasting my time who would like to read a story of a Turtle called Ollie and a man called Joy , stories are written by people who have studied literature or are professors or people like you Vishen and I am only passed 12 grade . One day my mother gave me a belated birthday gift The Silva ultramind system by MindValley ... I had already enrolled in a few courses but I kept thinking what is this new course going to teach me that I already can’t do , yes I have problems but I’ll work through it and I can go into deep meditative states , I am already healing people via energy medicine ... what ? And then I started the course and I can’t begin to tell you how I can feel myself changing every moment let’s start with my book my burning question why am I writing the book gets answered , I start doing the centring excercise I apply the three scene technique , the mental video technique to write more creatively and boom one day I am looking for music On YouTube and I see a documentary called finding Joe and this documentary talks about how a story becomes a legend , the hero’s journey and I just sit back in shock because the book I am writing is all about this and I start to cry because I got my answer so clearly , I am suppose to write this story not me but for humankind and then I have also notice what The Silva Ultramind system dose to writer ,it has unlocked some thing for greater in force inside of me , this book is not about just writing a book anymore , I know that it will connect the dots for many who will read it like it did for me , I want people to truly align to their potential and life purpose like Joy and Ollie did ,in the past few weeks my language has changed I am thinking and talking of a bigger picture and the words and the story that is unfolding as I write ... it surprises me too at times , I sit back and think how did I do this , did I write this ? I know this book is special who ever has read bits and pieces of what I write now , I see the magic in their eyes when they look up , I see tears , I see them smile ,this Book I wrote because the universe wanted it written ... why ? I still do not know :)) but time will tell but a story needs to be told now ,the course came into my space and brought to me for a reason I had a choice not to participate but I did and I am so grateful, that I did this favour to myself .... i use to also keep wondering what am suppose to achieve in this lifetime , , I again have been realigned to my purpose ,again I have to pull my business up but this time time I am filled with a purpose , I have a bigger vision now ,it’s not going to be about me or my family or company any more I have a much larger picture that I need to address so thank you Vishen Lakhiani , thank you for creating a platform like MindValley that can help people like me create and contribute to Change the world we live in , thank you Joe Silva for these techniques , they are simple but powerful because even though I meditate I go way deeper now and I learnt that there is always something more to learn :) it’s wonderful to be off my high horse !! I love being a student again ... and I know now the sky is not the limit I have the ability now to transcend all this to get my answers ,I needed tools to make my vision become a reality and that’s what I have now and will hope to equip myself with more as time goes by ,I never realised my learning curve had stopped enrolling in this course has made me realise that to be a good leader we need to keep learning and challenging ourselves because we are at a position where we need to inspire to be the change and till we don’t or have experienced we can’t lead before I sign of I would like to also talk about another aspect that has changed ,since 8 months my vision was getting worse ... and in one of your talks Vishen You mentioned something on the lines that another MindValley instructor spoke about that our outer world is a reflection of who we are inside and I must say since the past 15 days my vision has improved and I I feel I can read without my glasses now so once the inner fog clears up the physical body heals it’s a small aspect of change but a very big learning for me . I wrote this not because I expect to win :) , like a good business woman you gave a deadline a date and I followed it .... I just wrote this to let you know and your team know and the Joe Silva family know that some one sitting in India is so grateful to you all for what you do and keep doing you inspired me , you realigned me again to my higher purpose and we can be the best meditators or leaders , famous or not so famous and know as the most grounded people but a time comes in all our lives where we get stuck and need help and when we ask the universe it is given I know when I need help I have a place to go and search , you have created a tool bag of some sort :))) With gratitude and love Samantha .Kochhar