Bernhard Richter - Youre Not A Failure... Our Minds Been Hacked: How To Reprogram Your Life To Become Successful And Happy

I dedicate this book to everyone who has become despondent; feeling inferior thinking they are not worthy enough that good things can still happen to them; who cant see their way forward out of the personal or the financial mess theyre in; who think they have tried everything, but all they experienced were failures upon failures and to those who lost hope of ever been able to live a better life in the future.

So many people motivated and encouraged me in so many ways during strenuous and frustrating periods of the writing process for whom I am eternally thankful. And it is not always someone who personally said something to me.

Reflecting on the road of becoming an author, I now know something very important many people just accept as part of what happens to them in life. I realized that my whole life was a journey where the knowledge I gathered and the experiences, especially those creating strong emotional feelings, were part of the sources equipping me to inspire and help others to persist and find joy as well.

The sources I drank from are so numerous that I cant remember everyone. I would however name but a few of those persons whose knowledge, experience and expertise in different niches filled me with insight. It might have been just a word or two, a sentence, an online course, regular marketing emailed wisdom, webinars, videos, or podcasts.

As I processed, understood and applied the information to my own life, I found what worked, how it worked and the results it yielded. I used bits of all the information like pieces of a puzzle to renew my thoughts and create my own mind picture. It stimulated my emotions, behavior, and words that helped me wove the knowledge and insight I accumulated into a cloth that I now present to you, the reader, as this book.

With this book I want to help and bless you as I have been helped and blessed so that you in turn can also help and bless others with your knowledge. It is therefore not an academic handbook for success, but rather self-help guideline that are easy to understand and enjoyable to read.

Here are only a few of the many people whose teachings blessed and influenced me in some way or other during different stages of my life. You probably know some of them:

Napoleon Hill, Robert Kiyosaki, Tony Robbins, John Asaraf, the mind master, Vic & Lisa Johnson who were the first to plant the seed of writing books into my mind, Chandler Bolt, Anik Singal, Christian Mickelson, Nick Stephenson, Mark Dawson, Derek Rydall, Eben Pagan, Geoff Affleck, Mark & Megali Peysha, Natalie Ledwell, Bob Proctor, and others.

Also a special thanks to my editor, Amelia, whos done a great job!

I think my family was initially a bit skeptic, even though they supported me in my quest to write a book. Then, not long after I started, they began asking How long still? or How far from done? Later they were wondering if Ill ever finish it. But, they were never negative nor did they criticize me. They gave me the opportunity and all the time I needed, telling me they think its great every time I read parts to them trying to find an honest sounding board.

Therefore, to my dear wife, Betsie, thanks for the reminders and encouragement and willingness to go many days for long periods without the attention you deserved. Thanks to my children, Andri, who helped with whatever she could, Johann, and Eleanore as well as Anthony, our grandchild, for your support and believing in me. I love you all dearly and appreciate you more than what I show you.

I also give special thanks and honor and praise to the Lord my God who saved me through Jesus Christ His Son and empowered me by His Holy Spirit to do exceedingly above what I can think or pray for. He is my Source and I give Him all the credit.

Lastly, there are some family members, friends and co-workers that played a crucial role leading up to the launching of this book and I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for their advice, assistance and involvement.