Secrets Of Success Teens - Adam Khoo (FULL)

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Teo Aik Cher is an educator whose words and illustrations have
been featured in numerous publications. He has illustrated for Adam
Khoo’s best-selling books ‘Secrets of Millionaire Investors’ and
‘Nurturing the Winner & Genius in Your Child’; the Speak Good
English booklet ‘Speak Well, Be Understood’; illustrated and
wrote for the first and second Singapore Kindness Movement
books. His cartoons are also featured regularly in the Chinese
Newspapers Lian He Zao Bao where he has a weekly weekend column.
He is the author and illustrator of two best-selling books ‘Why Procrastinate?’ and ‘Why
Take Action?’ which have been featured in Teenage magazine. He was also intervie
wed
on 938 Live.
Aik Cher is
also a Graduate of Conrad’s Wealth Academy Pattern Trader Tutorial.
He can be reached at
About Gary Lee
Mr. Gary Lee is the Regional Head of
Training Division and Master Trainer
for AKLTG, training flagship programs
such as the “Transformation Teaching”
workshops, the “I Am Gifted, So Are
You!™” and the “Super Kids™” training
programs conducted by the company. A
Trainer since 2000, Gary has trained
participants regionally in countries
including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand,
Singapore and India.
Gary has been involved in training programs and learning methodologies

since the age of 15. Having years of extensive experience with countless
adolescents and children ranging from those with academic difficulties
to those with learning disabilities and childhood traumas, he has helped
countless teens and children to believe in themselves and overcome all
odds in order to be the best they can be. His core brain based learning
competencies include the learning brain from a neuroscience approach,
the fragile brain with learning disabilities, and applications of brain based
learning from a classroom perspective. He is also the co-author of the
book “Nurturing the Winner & Genius in your child”, which was on the
National bestseller list for 14 weeks.
A licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ (NLP), a brain
based certified trainer and an MBTITM accredited Facilitator, Gary
coaches numerous people towards professional and personal excellence
in the adult programs that AKLTG has under its wing. Today, he mentors
working professionals to reignite their motivation and passion to better
their communication at work and at home. As a certified Master clinical
Hypnotherapist and hypnotist under the National Guild of Hypnotists
(NGH) and International Association of Counselors and Therapists
(IACT), Gary uses the knowledge he has to help organizations resolve
conflicts, team buil
d and gain personal mastery through emotional
intelligence, and also to help parents understand their children through
the many ad-hoc parenting talks that he ha
s conducted for many years.
Once a below average student, Gary used the strategies and methodologies
that he shares today to catapult himself to the top 5% students in his
About Adam Khoo
Adam Khoo is an entrepreneur, a best-selling author and a peak
performance trainer. A self-made millionaire by the age of 26, he
owns and runs several businesses with a combined annual turnover

of over $30 million. He is the Executive Ch
airman of Adam Khoo Learning
Technologies Group Pte Ltd, one of Asia's Largest Public Training
Companies and Education Group.
Adam is also the best-selling
author of nine other books
including 'I Am Gifted, So Are
You!', 'How to Multiply Your
Child's Intelligence', 'Clueless in
Starting a Business' and 'Master
Your Mind, Design Your Destiny',
which was the second highest
selling book in Singapore in
2004 and has been on the Straits
Times Life! best-sellers list for
thirty-six weeks. His others books
include 'Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires', 'Secr
ets of Millionaire
Investors', 'Secrets of Building Multi-Million Dollar Businesses' and
'Profit from the Panic'.
Adam holds an honors degree in business administration from the
National University of Singapore. As an undergraduate, he was
ranked among the top one percent of academic achievers and became
a pioneer in the Talent Development Program, which is the university's
gifted program.
Over the last 20 years, he has trained over 550,000 students, teachers,
professionals, executives and business owners to tap their personal
power and achieve
excellence in their various fields of endeavor.
His success and

achievements are regularly featured in regional
media such as the Straits Times, the Business Times, the New Paper,
Lianhe Zaobao, Channel News Asia, Channel U,
Channel 8, Newsradio
938, The Hindu, The Malaysian Sun, The Star and many more. In
2008, 'The Executive Magazine' ranked Adam among the 25 richest
Singaporeans under the age of 40.
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#01-01 Keppel Towers
Singapore 089315
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Acknowledgements By Gary Lee
To my dad and mum Victor and Carina, who have loved me unconditionally
all my growing up years and supported me in good and bad times.
To my brother Gerald, who I know ha
s got my back all the time.
To Elsa, who has been my inspiration in the many things I do.
To Adam for being my friend and bringing me onboard this journey
of empowering lives. To Stuart, w
ho has enlightened me in my life
professionally and personally. To Patrick, who has helped me become
a better manager by learning from him.
To my fellow trainers Amin Morni, Ramesh Muthusamy, Leroy Frank
Ratnam, Melvin Chew, Danny Tong, Freddy Gomez, Andrea Chan,
Pamela Chong, Yuan Yee, Anna, Iunia, Jeff, Hui Min and Siew Peng .
To Candice Koh, who has taught me how to become a more
emotionally connected person.
Special appreciation to Serene Quek, Katherine, Rossana, Andrew, JD,
Natalie, Leonard and Desmond for your invaluable support. To Chris
for doing a great job in publishing this book. Also, Special thanks to
Huiwen, Ying Xian and Dhiraj from the Superkids/ 'I Am Gifted' team.
Special thanks also to Fredrick Tan, Dr. Peter Yan, Dr. Cheah Yin Mee
and Radiah from Adam Khoo Learning Centre. To Queenie and
Webster from Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group Sdn Bhd
(Malaysia) and to Susanna S Hartawan, Alien Tan, Anni Bahar and
Sintawati Halim from PT Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group
(Indonesia). And to all the staff who have contributed to building a great
place where all of us love to work in…you know who you are!
To the entire staff of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group, who
have dedicated their time and effort to make this company the number 1
public training company in Singapore and a market leader in schools.

To my friends, Shahnaz, Petrina, Marcus Tan, C
heryl Th am, Lydia
& Woei Tang, Kalai, Lin Kuek, Jaelle Ang, Kyrie, Kristy, Theresa,
Vivian Lim and many more that I have not mentioned, thanks for being
an integral part of my journey and allowing me to appreciate the
Also By Adam Khoo
I Am Gifted, So Are You!
Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny
Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires
Secrets of Millionaire Investors
Secrets of Building Multi-Million Dollar Businesses
Clueless in Starting a Business
Profit from the Panic
How to Multiply Your Child's Intelligence
Nurturing the Winner & Genius in Your Child
Acknowledgements By Adam Khoo
To my parents Vince, Betty and Joanne, who have given me
unconditional love and support throughout the years.
To my wife, Sally, who has been my pillar of inspiration and strength
for the last 17 years. To my two daughters Kelly and Samantha,
who make me smile everyday. To my partner, Patrick Cheo,
who has been sharing my vision and continually pushing me to the
next level. To my partner Stuart for being the ultimate tag
team partner on this amazing mission of empowering lives.
To Gary Lee for years of friendship and support.
Special thanks to my best buddy Jovasky Pang.
To my friends and colleagues Conrad Lim, Keong Hee,
Ramesh Muthusamy, Amin Morni, Melvin Chew, Danny Tong,
Leroy Ratnam, Freddy Gomez, Candice Koh, Woei Tang, Yuan Yee,
Hui Min, Andrea, Iunia, Benjamin, Pamela and Jeff, who keep bringing

our programs to a higher level through their passion and dedication.
To the entire staff of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group
and Adcom, who have tirelessly spent all their weeke
nds and late nights
working to build the companies at an incre
dible rate.
This book is also dedicated to the hundreds of coaches & Whoosh
members who have volunteered their time to continuously come back and
coach for the Superkids™, ‘I Am Gifted So Are You!™’,
‘Patterns of Excellence™’ and ‘Wealth Academy™’ programs.
To all my principals, teachers & lecturers from Ping Yi secondary school,
Victoria Junior College and The National University of Singapore,
who have played a tremendous part in shaping the person I am today.
Especially to Prof. Wee Chow Hou, Mrs. Lee Phui Mun,
Mrs. Ng Gek Tiang, Prof. Kulwant Singh & Prof. May Lwin.
To my mentors and trainers who have helped me discover the true power
within myself. To my first mentor, Ernest Wong, who taught me
how powerful I really was. To my success and wealth mentors
Dr. Tad James, Dr. Richard Bandler, John LaValle, Brad Sugars,
Robert G. Allen and Anthony Robbins, who have all taught me
the invaluable strategies of wealth and success.
Secondary School. Gary has since graduated from the National University
of Singapore. While studying in NUS, he balanced his time between his
academic work and rigorous career as a trainer. Today, while training
and managing staff strength of about 30 people, he found the time to
pursue a fi
nancial MBA from Manchester Business School.
He was also personally trained under many other gurus in their own
specialized fields including Adam Khoo, NLP™ Master Trainer & creator
of Timeline Therapy™ Dr. Tad James, Co-Creator of NLP Dr. Richard

Bandler and, in the United States, Dr. George Bein, NGH certified instructor
and well known Hypnotherapist and Eric Jensen, author and pioneer of
many well-known brain based learning materials and programs.
Gary lives by the success paradigms he shares with the people he has
trained. Amidst his daily training schedule,
he is also currently a director
of a learning company and a co-founder of another company dealing in
holistic health. In his many entrepreneurial endeavors, Gary has learnt
and mastered the various challenges in business building and managing
people which he infuses into his training.
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements i
About Adam Khoo & Gary Lee iv
Chapter
ONE : Unleash the Winner Within 1
Chapter
TWO : The Awesome Power You Have 23
Chapter
THREE : If You Believe You Can, You Can! 39
Chapter
FOUR
:
Must I Love Myself?
57
Chapter
FIVE
:
School, Is It Really Important?
75
Chapter

SIX : Mastering Your Mind for Success 89
Chapter
SEVEN : Think Big And Make It Happen! 109
Chapter
EIGHT
:
Friends Make You or They Break You
141
Chapter
NINE
:
Making Parents Our Partners
163
Chapter
TEN
:
The Big Secret to Scoring ‘A’s [Part I]
183
Chapter
ELEVEN
:
The Big Secret to Scoring ‘A’s [Part II]
207
wonders of what life has to offer. To my business partners in
Bodynav Institute and best mates, Max and Wilson, thanks for holding
the fort and building the company with me.
This book is also dedicated to the many coaches who have given their
heart and soul to make a Difference in the lives of many teens and children
in the “I Am Gifted, So Are You!™” and the “SuperKids™” programs.
To my principals, teachers and lecturers from St Andrew's junior school,

Secondary school, Junior college and The National University of Singapore
who taught me the good values and beliefs that have shaped me into
the person I am today. To my mentors and trainers who have shared with
me invaluable knowledge about being successful in life, Dr. Richard
Bandler, Dr. Tad James, John La Valle, Paul
McKenna, George Bein,
Ernest Wong, Eric Jensen, Rich Allen and David Freeman.
To the many schools and organizations that I have
trained, thank you
for your invaluable support and opportunities to forge close partnerships.
I look forward to greater bonds in many years to come.
Also By Adam Khoo
I Am Gifted, So Are You!
Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny
Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires
Secrets of Millionaire Investors
Secrets of Building Multi-Million Dollar Businesses
Clueless in Starting a Business
Profit from the Panic
How to Multiply Your Child's Intelligence
Nurturing the Winner & Genius in Your Child
SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS
i
Acknowledgements By Adam Khoo
To my parents Vince, Betty and Joanne, who have given me
unconditional love and support throughout the years.
To my wife, Sally, who has been my pillar of inspiration and strength
for the last 17 years. To my two daughters Kelly and Samantha,
who make me smile everyday. To my partner, Patrick Cheo,

who has been sharing my vision and continually pushing me to the
next level. To my partner Stuart for being the ultimate tag
team partner on this amazing mission of empowering lives.
To Gary Lee for years of friendship and support.
Special thanks to my best buddy Jovasky Pang.
To my friends and colleagues Conrad Lim, Keong Hee,
Ramesh Muthusamy, Amin Morni, Melvin Chew, Danny Tong,
Leroy Ratnam, Freddy Gomez, Candice Koh, Woei Tang, Yuan Yee,
Hui Min, Andrea, Iunia, Benjamin, Pamela and Jeff, who keep bringing
our programs to a higher level through their passion and dedication.
To the entire staff of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group
and Adcom, who have tirelessly spent all their weekends and late nights
working to build the companies at an incredible rate.
This book is also dedicated to the hundreds of coaches & Whoosh
members who have volunteered their time to continuously come back and
coach for the Superkids™, ‘I Am Gifted So Are You!™’,
‘Patterns of Excellence™’ and ‘Wealth Academy™’ programs.
To all my principals, teachers & lecturers from Ping Yi secondary school,
Victoria Junior College and The National University of Singapore,
who have played a tremendous part in shaping the person I am today.
Especially to Prof. Wee Chow Hou, Mrs. Lee Phui Mun,
Mrs. Ng Gek Tiang, Prof. Kulwant Singh & Prof. May Lwin.
To my mentors and trainers who have helped me discover the true power
within myself. To my first mentor, Ernest Wong, who taught me
how powerful I really was. To my success and wealth mentors
Dr. Tad James, Dr. Richard Bandler, John LaValle, Brad Sugars,
Robert G. Allen and Anthony Robbins, who have all taught me
the invaluable strategies of wealth and success.
SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS

ii
Acknowledgements By Gary Lee
To my dad and mum Victor and Carina, who have loved me unconditionally
all my growing up years and supported me in good and bad times.
To my brother Gerald, who I know has got my back all the time.
To Elsa, who has been my inspiration in the many things I do.
To Adam for being my friend and bringing me onboard this journey
of empowering lives. To Stuart, who has enlightened me in my life
professionally and personally. To Patrick, who has helped me become
a better manager by learning from him.
To my fellow trainers Amin Morni, Ramesh Muthusamy, Leroy Frank
Ratnam, Melvin Chew, Danny Tong, Freddy Gomez, Andrea Chan,
Pamela Chong, Yuan Yee, Anna, Iunia, Jeff, Hui Min and Siew Peng .
To Candice Koh, who has taught me how to become a more
emotionally connected person.
Special appreciation to Serene Quek, Katherine, Rossana, Andrew, JD,
Natalie, Leonard and Desmond for your invaluable support. To Chris
for doing a great job in publishing this book. Also, Special thanks to
Huiwen, Ying Xian and Dhiraj from the Superkids/ 'I Am Gifted' team.
Special thanks also to Fredrick Tan, Dr. Peter Yan, Dr. Cheah Yin Mee
and Radiah from Adam Khoo Learning Centre. To Queenie and
Webster from Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group Sdn Bhd
(Malaysia) and to Susanna S Hartawan, Alien Tan, Anni Bahar and
Sintawati Halim from PT Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group
(Indonesia). And to all the staff who have contributed to building a great
place where all of us love to work in…you know who you are!
To the entire staff of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group, who
have dedicated their time and effort to make this company the number 1
public training company in Singapore and a market leader in schools.
To my friends, Shahnaz, Petrina, Marcus Tan, Cheryl Th am, Lydia

& Woei Tang, Kalai, Lin Kuek, Jaelle Ang, Kyrie, Kristy, Theresa,
Vivian Lim and many more that I have not mentioned, thanks for being
an integral part of my journey and allowing me to appreciate the
SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS
iii
wonders of what life has to offer. To my business partners in
Bodynav Institute and best mates, Max and Wilson, thanks for holding
the fort and building the company with me.
This book is also dedicated to the many coaches who have given their
heart and soul to make a Difference in the lives of many teens and children
in the “I Am Gifted, So Are You!™” and the “SuperKids™” programs.
To my principals, teachers and lecturers from St Andrew's junior school,
Secondary school, Junior college and The National University of Singapore
who taught me the good values and beliefs that have shaped me into
the person I am today. To my mentors and trainers who have shared with
me invaluable knowledge about being successful in life, Dr. Richard
Bandler, Dr. Tad James, John La Valle, Paul McKenna, George Bein,
Ernest Wong, Eric Jensen, Rich Allen and David Freeman.
To the many schools and organizations that I have trained, thank you
for your invaluable support and opportunities to forge close partnerships.
I look forward to greater bonds in many years to come.
SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS
iv
About Adam Khoo
Adam Khoo is an entrepreneur, a best-selling author and a peak
performance trainer. A self-made millionaire by the age of 26, he
owns and runs several businesses with a combined annual turnover
of over $30 million. He is the Executive Chairman of Adam Khoo Learning

Technologies Group Pte Ltd, one of Asia's Largest Public Training
Companies and Education Group.
Adam is also the best-selling
author of nine other books
including 'I Am Gifted, So Are
You!', 'How to Multiply Your
Child's Intelligence', 'Clueless in
Starting a Business' and 'Master
Your Mind, Design Your Destiny',
which was the second highest
selling book in Singapore in
2004 and has been on the Straits
Times Life! best-sellers list for
thirty-six weeks. His others books
include 'Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires', 'Secrets of Millionaire
Investors', 'Secrets of Building Multi-Million Dollar Businesses' and
'Profit from the Panic'.
Adam holds an honors degree in business administration from the
National University of Singapore. As an undergraduate, he was
ranked among the top one percent of academic achievers and became
a pioneer in the Talent Development Program, which is the university's
gifted program.
Over the last 20 years, he has trained over 550,000 students, teachers,
professionals, executives and business owners to tap their personal
power and achieve excellence in their various fields of endeavor.
His success and achievements are regularly featured in regional
media such as the Straits Times, the Business Times, the New Paper,
Lianhe Zaobao, Channel News Asia, Channel U, Channel 8, Newsradio
938, The Hindu, The Malaysian Sun, The Star and many more. In
2008, 'The Executive Magazine' ranked Adam among the 25 richest

Singaporeans under the age of 40.
SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS
v
About Gary Lee
Mr. Gary Lee is the Regional Head of
Training Division and Master Trainer
for AKLTG, training flagship programs
such as the “Transformation Teaching”
workshops, the “I Am Gifted, So Are
You!™” and the “Super Kids™” training
programs conducted by the company. A
Trainer since 2000, Gary has trained
participants regionally in countries
including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand,
Singapore and India.
Gary has been involved in training programs and learning methodologies
since the age of 15. Having years of extensive experience with countless
adolescents and children ranging from those with academic difficulties
to those with learning disabilities and childhood traumas, he has helped
countless teens and children to believe in themselves and overcome all
odds in order to be the best they can be. His core brain based learning
competencies include the learning brain from a neuroscience approach,
the fragile brain with learning disabilities, and applications of brain based
learning from a classroom perspective. He is also the co-author of the
book “Nurturing the Winner & Genius in your child”, which was on the
National bestseller list for 14 weeks.
A licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ (NLP), a brain
based certified trainer and an MBTITM accredited Facilitator, Gary
coaches numerous people towards professional and personal excellence

in the adult programs that AKLTG has under its wing. Today, he mentors
working professionals to reignite their motivation and passion to better
their communication at work and at home. As a certified Master clinical
Hypnotherapist and hypnotist under the National Guild of Hypnotists
(NGH) and International Association of Counselors and Therapists
(IACT), Gary uses the knowledge he has to help organizations resolve
conflicts, team build and gain personal mastery through emotional
intelligence, and also to help parents understand their children through
the many ad-hoc parenting talks that he has conducted for many years.
Once a below average student, Gary used the strategies and methodologies
that he shares today to catapult himself to the top 5% students in his
SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS
vi
Secondary School. Gary has since graduated from the National University
of Singapore. While studying in NUS, he balanced his time between his
academic work and rigorous career as a trainer. Today, while training
and managing staff strength of about 30 people, he found the time to
pursue a financial MBA from Manchester Business School.
He was also personally trained under many other gurus in their own
specialized fields including Adam Khoo, NLP™ Master Trainer & creator
of Timeline Therapy™ Dr. Tad James, Co-Creator of NLP Dr. Richard
Bandler and, in the United States, Dr. George Bein, NGH certified instructor
and well known Hypnotherapist and Eric Jensen, author and pioneer of
many well-known brain based learning materials and programs.
Gary lives by the success paradigms he shares with the people he has
trained. Amidst his daily training schedule, he is also currently a director
of a learning company and a co-founder of another company dealing in
holistic health. In his many entrepreneurial endeavors, Gary has learnt
and mastered the various challenges in business building and managing

people which he infuses into his training.
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements i
About Adam Khoo & Gary Lee iv
Chapter
ONE : Unleash the Winner Within 1
Chapter
TWO : The Awesome Power You Have 23
Chapter
THREE : If You Believe You Can, You Can! 39
Chapter
FOUR : Must I Love Myself? 57
Chapter
FIVE : School, Is It Really Important? 75
Chapter
SIX : Mastering Your Mind for Success 89
Chapter
SEVEN : Think Big And Make It Happen! 109
Chapter
EIGHT : Friends Make You or They Break You 141
Chapter
NINE : Making Parents Our Partners 163
Chapter
TEN : The Big Secret to Scoring ‘A’s [Part I] 183
Chapter
ELEVEN : The Big Secret to Scoring ‘A’s [Part II] 207
UNLEASHING
THE WINNER WITHIN
CHAPTER ONE

SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS
3
Unleashing the
Winner Within
Hi! My name is Adam and I’m the guy who wrote this book.
I don’t know about you, but when I was younger, I never liked to read
anything but comics. I found books boring and preferred to entertain
myself gaming or watching TV.
So, if you are like me, I can understand that reading this book may seem
like a big stretch. This is why we have packed this book with lots of
pictures, snazzy designs and fascinating stories to make our learning
journey as exciting as possible.
I don’t know if your parents bought this book for you to read, or you
picked it up yourself. Whatever the case, I promise that I will be sharing
with you answers to questions and problems about life and school that
you have been searching for.
I know because I was one bored teenager (and near bottom of the class)
not too long ago. So here in this book I will show you how to deal with
all the problems you face as a teen.
The ideas and strategies I will reveal will not only make your life a whole
lot easier (yup! being a student can be really stressful and tough), but also
show you how to make your teenage years exciting and successful.
Playing the Teenage Game Can Be
Tough, So Here are the ‘Cheat’ Codes
Feeling overwhelmed by so many
problems everyday? Demanding
parents, peer pressure, extra curricular
activities, homework, depression. Or
maybe tough exams, boring teachers,

class projects, tuition teachers, irritating
brothers and sisters, nagging mothers
the list goes on.
CHAPTER
ONE
Unleashing the
Winner Within
4
To say that teenage life can be overwhelming and stressful is an
understatement! Playing the teenage game can sometimes be tougher
than playing the latest PS or Xbox RPGs! In real life, there appear to
be a whole lot more ‘enemies’ we need to tackle simultaneously, many
things we cannot seem to control, and levels which are a whole lot more
difficult to get pass.
At the same time, in real-life we can’t hit
the restart button. If we make big
mistakes & mess up, we can’t start all over
again from square one. We have to face
painful consequences for wrong decisions.
This is why it is really important to
play the game of Real-LIFE armed
with the most effective tools!
Isn’t it great when you can get
your hands on ‘game strategy’ books
and cheat codes, where they tell you
how to easily win certain games? You know exactly where the weapons
are, which shortcuts to take, where the enemies are coming from, how to
perform secret moves, and how to give yourself extra ‘power ups’!
The good news is that there are winning strategies and ‘cheat codes’
in the game of real life as well! Read along and I will show you the secrets

and strategies you can use to stop losing and start winning.
I have discovered that confident, happy and successful teens are NOT
necessarily born with ‘superior talent’, ‘extraordinary intelligence’,
‘motivated genes’, or ‘super good looks’ (although it may seem so). It’s
just that they have discovered the right strategies of how to win at the
game of life.
Imagine yourself being able to
✌ Balance your work, play and family effectively
✌ Achieve top grades in school
✌ Get along with your parents
(even though they may still drive you crazy at times)
✌ Motivate yourself whenever you feel lazy
✌ Make friends easily and become popular in school
✌ Confidently deal with any challenges
✌ Make smarter decisions
SECRETS OF
SUCCESSFUL TEENS
5
All these things may seem a million miles away if you are not doing too
well right now. However, let me tell you that no matter how lousy your
results have been in the past, they can improve really fast when YOU
want to make that change, and when you have the ‘cheat codes’ to make
the best decisions and take the right actions. Plus, if you are already doing
‘okay,’ think about how much better you can do with the right tools.
So What Makes Me the Expert?
Now, you may be thinking to yourself that
all this sounds really good, but what makes
me such an expert to tell you how to make
your life more successful?
Well, what makes me a super expert

at turning failure into success is
that I used to be a super screw up!
That’s right! I hate to admit it, but I
used to be a total loser, with a capital ‘L’.
Every stupid decision and mistake that
could have possibly been made by a teenager was made by me.
Yet, despite all my failures and mistakes, and my starting out way behind
everybody else, I managed to finally turn my life around 180 degrees
and achieve success in every area of my life, in school and beyond.
My Story…Starting Way Behind
I know that there are some really lucky people who are born ‘gifted’,
‘talented’, ‘full of confidence’ and with superb physiques.
I was NOT one of them.
Unleashing the
Winner Within
6
In my younger days (back in Primary School), I was a blur, pimple-faced,
skinny boy who was not very good at learning anything at all. I found it
difficult to understand anything I had to read, or anything the teacher
taught the first time round.
I kept forgetting what I had learned, made careless mistakes and was
especially bad at Math and Chinese language.
As a result, I did not like school or studying. I found it all too boring and
difficult. I preferred to read comics, watch TV and play computer
games. At school, I got bored during lessons, so I would entertain
myself by picking fights and annoying my teachers. Sure enough, my
average grades were ‘D’s and ‘F’s, and each year I landed in the
worst class in St. Stephens Primary School. Things got so bad that I was
expelled for fighting in class when I was in Primary three (age 8).
Fortunately, another school (Ngee Ann Primary) took me in the next year.

However, I still did not learn my lesson and continued fighting and fooling
around. When I sat for my National Exams (Primary School Leaving
Exams) at age 12, I did so badly that I was rejected from all six secondary
schools that my parents had chosen.
In the end, I was posted to a new, neighborhood school called
‘Ping Yi.’ Although I had great teachers there, I chose to mix around
with the wrong group of classmates. Because of all the negative
influence and peer pressure, I started smoking, fighting and fooling
around once again.
Sure enough, my grades continued to suck big-time. By the end of
secondary one, I was failing six out of eight subjects and was ranked
among the bottom students in the class. I felt totally hopeless and
believed that I could never do well. At that time, I believed that I was
not as 'smart' or as 'intelligent' as other students. I believed that no matter
how hard I tried to study, I could never do well anyway.
It did not help that many people around me reinforced this negative
self-image I had. My tuition teachers, my relatives and some of my
school teachers kept saying things such as, 'why are you lazy?', or 'what
is wrong with you?', or 'why can't you understand such simple things?'
There are some people who are not too good in their studies, but
excel in sports, CCAs or other activities, right? Again, I was NOT
one of them. I seemed to suck in my studies AND everything else I did.
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I was a weak, skinny kid who had very little confidence in himself. In
secondary one, I thought it would be cool (as I was always fighting) to
join the National Cadet Corps for students (a Military Corp) as part of
my school's extra curricular activity requirement. Guess what happened?
I fainted during the first parade, after standing at attention for 30 minutes.

My application was subsequently rejected after I failed the entry tests
(I could not run fast enough, nor march in rhythm).
At the same time, I had constant coughs and colds, and poor stamina.
I would get breathless whenever I ran for more than ten minutes. As
a result, I could not pass the annual National Physical Fitness tests, and
was totally embarrassed when the girls in my class overtook me.
All these lousy experiences sank my self-esteem and confidence to
rock bottom. As a result, I never bothered to take any kind of initiative,
nor did I volunteer for anything. I preferred to 'act blur' and 'take cover'
whenever opportunities were offered.
It did not help that, at the same time, my parents were getting a divorce.
As I was an only child, I became even more depressed and withdrawn.
I felt that everybody was looking down on me.
In my family, most of my cousins were straight 'A' students in
prestigious schools, and winners of scholarships, while I seemed to
be the 'black sheep.'
To make things worse, my father remarried and the next thing I knew,
I had a stepmother and a stepsister. When I found out that my
stepsister was a straight ‘A’ student in Raffles Girls School (one of
the top schools in Singapore), and in the Gifted Programme to boot,
the mere comparison made me feel like an even bigger loser.
Discovering the Winner In Myself
So how did I get from a total loser
to a super successful teenager, and
to where I am today?
Well, at the end of secondary one,
when my life had hit absolute rock
bottom, I actually got totally sick and tired of being a
‘nobody’ and a ‘loser.’ I wanted really badly to change
my life, but had no idea how to do it.

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The turning point in my life came when I was 13-years-old. In desperation,
my father sent me to a motivational camp conducted during one of my
school holidays. It was at this Camp that I was exposed to life transforming
ideas and tools.
You see, I used to believe that other kids were more successful because
they were born 'smarter', 'more talented,' 'more motivated' and also had
better teachers and perfect parents. I used to believe that I could never be
anything like them.
Then, in the camp, I was totally inspired when I learned that actually,
deep inside, we are all born WINNERS. We all have the power to achieve
any kind of success we want. It is just that we have not learned how to
use our power (you will learn about this power in chapter two).
I learned that every person has the same potential for success. If anyone
can achieve anything he/she sets his/her mind to do, then so could I. It
was only a question of using the right strategies.
Fully charged up and wildly excited after that 5-day camp, I started to
read books on HOW to motivate myself, how to improve my memory,
how to speed-read, how to improve my concentration, how to make notes,
and how to manage my time effectively.
(I share all these learning strategies in the later chapters of this book, as
well as in my first best-selling book, 'I Am Gifted, So Are You!')
Aiming for the Sky
Once I changed my beliefs and attitudes about myself, and learned
these powerful learning strategies, I decided to aim for the sky!
I set four big goals for myself and wrote
them on a big sheet of paper that I pasted
up on the wall in my room. My goals were:

#1: Become the top student in my school within
a year. (Remember that I was failing 6 out
of 8 subjects at the time).
#2: Get into Victoria Junior College (VJC).
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#3: Get into the National University of Singapore.
(You have to be among the top 10% of students in the country to
qualify for a place).
#4: Start my own business and become a millionaire by the age of 26!
(This seemed pretty crazy too).
I must admit that setting those four goals seemed totally impossible
and crazy at the time. But you know what? The excitement of possibly
achieving them really challenged me to give my very best.
I started doing things that I had never done before: paying attention in
class, asking questions whenever I did not understand, making effective
notes, using memory techniques, learning from past mistakes, and actually
preparing for exams.
Achieving the ‘Impossible’
After a year of taking action and applying everything I had learned,
I received my secondary two report card with my exam results.
I did NOT top my school. However, I managed to climb from the
bottom of my level to among the top 20 students! Although I did not reach
my goal, I felt tremendously successful because of the big improvement
I had made.
So, the next year, I set my goal once again to top the school. Did I make
it this time? No! However, I improved again, this time to rank among the
top 10 students in secondary three.
The next year, I set my goal to score straight 8 ‘A’s for the Cambridge

‘O’ Level Examinations. When the results came out, I found out I did
not get the 8 ‘A’s I had aimed for; still, I achieved 7’A’s! The results
qualified me to get into Victoria Junior College, helping me achieve my
second goal.
After scoring straight ‘A’s for the Cambridge ‘A’ level examinations,
I achieved my third goal of getting a place in the National University
of Singapore, where I studied Business Administration.
Once in university, I continued to give my very best and apply all the
highly effective learning strategies I had mastered (you will learn these
in chapter 6). Within a year, I was ranked among the top 1% of academic
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achievers in the university, earning a place in the elite Talent Development
Program (the university’s gifted programme).
Within three years, I completed my 4-year honours degree; I had been
placed on the Dean’s List every consecutive year. The best part about
learning super fast and knowing how to manage my time effectively was
that I wrote my first book, ‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’, and started two
businesses while I was still an undergraduate.
Achieving Success Beyond School
By the time I graduated (at 24), I had built two profitable businesses:
a mobile disco company, 'Creatsoul Entertainment', and 'Adam Khoo
& Associates.' The latter was a company that I set up in order to train
school students to achieve good grades and personal success. I was earning
$1,000 an hour as a trainer, and was featured in the local newspapers.
Over the next two years, I expanded my businesses, became the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of my own companies, and also invested
intelligently in property and the stock market; All of these led me to
achieve my first million by the age of 26.

I had finally completed all four goals I had set 11 years before, at the
age of 13.
If I, a 'Total Loser,' Can Do It, Then So Can You!
What I want to impress upon you is that ANYONE can change. If I
could turn my life around, from a total loser to a spectacularly successful
person, so can you. You have the same potential I have and, in the chapters
to come, you will soon learn to use your latent power.
If you are ready to begin, I am going to share with you my first secret…
The Ultimate Success Formula
One of the first secrets I discovered was that
there is a formula for success. People who achieve
success in studies, in sports, in making
friends, in relationships, and later
in their careers and wealth-building,
do so NOT because of luck or lucky
circumstances.
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What I found was that people who succeed follow a series of steps that
I call the ‘Ultimate Success Formula’. There are 8 steps in this formula.
Let’s now learn what they are.
Step 1: Set a Goal
The first step to achieve success in anything
is to set a
clear goal to
achieve
it.
If you don’t know what you want, then how can
you possibly achieve it? If you want to score

90% in your next Math test, you have to first
set a goal to do it. If you want to become a
student leader, you have to first see yourself
achieving this in your mind. If you cannot see your target, how can you
take the necessary steps to hit it?
So what do you want? To score 90% for Math? Score 8 ‘A’s for the
coming exams? Be ranked fifth in class? Become a student leader? Win
a scholarship? Win a sports competition or a talent quest? Which college
are you aiming to get into?
If you have no idea what goals you should set for yourself or what you
really want, don’t worry. 97% of people have no idea either. In chapter
8, you are going to learn about the awesome power of setting goals and
how to use it to create the future you want starting Today.
Step 2: Use the Right Strategy
Once they set their mind on a goal, the second step that all successful
people take is to find the right strategy to achieve it. For any kind of
goal that you want, there is ALWAYS a strategy to achieve it.
If you want to get 100% for a Math paper, there is a strategy to do it. If
you want to be a millionaire, there is a strategy to do it. If you want to
make friends easily and have people really like you, there is a strategy
behind it.
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So how do you find the right strategy? The fastest possible way would
be to study people who have already achieved the goals that you have.
By taking them as role models and learning exactly how they did it, you
can achieve those goals as well.
Again, this is exactly what I did. To achieve my goal of scoring straight
‘A’s and becoming a top student, I learned the strategies that top students

used. To achieve my goal of becoming an effective leader, I modeled the
way good leaders behaved and communicated to others.
In chapters 10 and 11, I will reveal to you the strategies of how to score
distinctions in exams. In chapter 8, you will learn the secrets of how
to make friends and become popular, and in chapter 9 you will learn
the strategies of how to get along with your parents.
Step 3: Take Action
The third step is the most important step of all. It is to simply TAKE
ACTION! To give it your best shot.
Many people never succeed because they may set great goals, know
exactly what to do, but don’t take action. Instead, they keep procrastinating
and saying things such as, ‘I will do it later’, or ‘I will do it tomorrow.’
So what stops most people from
taking action? What stops them
from practicing daily for the next
big game? What stops them from
communicating positively to their
parents?
There are usually two emotions that
stop them: ‘Laziness’ and ‘Fear.’ Do
these emotions stop you from taking
action as well? Well, in chapter 6,
you are going to learn how to program
your brain to overcome laziness, and
motivate yourself instantly.
Again, I took step 3 as well. Once I set my goals and learned the right
strategies, I went back to school and took massive action. I applied
the strategies consistently and started getting results.
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Step 4: Achieve Success or Get a Learning Experience
When you take action and attain the goal that you have set, you will have
achieved ‘Success’. For example, if you went all out to run to become a
student leader, and you got elected, then (again) you would be successful.
However, do you ALWAYS achieve success when you take action? Of
course not! Many times, you may take action but you will not achieve
your goal. Most people call this FAILURE! People tend to be so afraid
of ‘failure’, that they rather not even set goals in the first place. ‘What if
I set a goal and fail?’ is what most people think. ‘It would be a lot safer
to just stop dreaming and accept whatever life gives me’.
Many of us are taught to believe that
successful people are those who never
fail and always get what they aim for.
Well, let me shock you with the
TRUTH about successful people.
Successful people not only fail, but
they fail EVEN MORE than average
people do. This is because they tend
to go for it a lot more!
The ultimate difference between people who eventually succeed and those
who never ever succeed is what they do when they fail. When ‘Losers’

fail, they will tend to give lots of excuses, blame other people and
quit. People with this ‘loser’ mentality will obviously never ever achieve
any kind of success in their life.
Do 'Winners' fail? Of course they do.
The difference is that when people
with the 'Winner's mindset' don't reach
their goals, they don't see this experience
as failure (as most other people do).
They see it as a 'Learning Experience':
their strategy is not working. Instead
of feeling bad, they get motivated
because they have 'learned something'
and are closer to their goals than those people who have never even tried
at all. Winners believe that the only way they can fail is to not even give
it a shot. Not taking action is the greatest failure of all.
The Winner: “When I Fail,
I Learn from My Mistakes
Until I Succeed.”
The Winner: “When I Fail,
I Learn from My Mistakes
Until I Succeed.”
The Loser: “When I Fail,
I Give Lots of Excuses,
Blame Others and Quit.”
The Loser: “When I Fail,
I Give Lots of Excuses,
Blame Others and Quit.”
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Step 5: Keep Changing Your Strategy Until
You Succeed
So, what do winners do when they get a learning experience? Well, they
don’t quit. Instead, they learn from their mistakes, change their strategy
and take action again.
They will keep repeating this process UNTIL they succeed.
“You Miss 100% of the Shots You Never Take”
– Wayne Gretzky, World’s Greatest Hokey Player
Winners Believe:
Failures Bring You Closer to Success
Losers Believe:
Failure is the End of Success
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