The theory of evolution is a naturalistic theory of the history of life on earth (this refers to the theory of evolution which employs methodological naturalism and is taught in schools and universities). Merriam-Webster's dictionary gives the following definition of evolution: "a theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations..."[2] Currently, there are several theories of evolution.

Since World War II a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the evolutionary position which employs methodological naturalism have been atheists and agnostics.[3] In 2007, "Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture...announced that over 700 scientists from around the world have now signed a statement expressing their skepticism about the contemporary theory of Darwinian evolution."[4]

In 2011, the results of a study was published indicating that most United States high school biology teachers are reluctant to endorse the theory of evolution in class. [5] In addition, in 2011, eight anti-evolution bills were introduced into state legislatures within the United States encouraging students to employ critical thinking skills when examining the evolutionary paradigm. In 2009, there were seven states which required critical analysis skills be employed when examining evolutionary material within schools.[6]

A 2005 poll by the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Social and Religious Research found that 60% of American medical doctors reject Darwinism, stating that they do not believe man evolved through natural processes alone.[7] Thirty-eight percent of the American medical doctors polled agreed with the statement that "Humans evolved naturally with no supernatural involvement." [8] The study also reported that 1/3 of all medical doctors favor the theory of intelligent design over evolution.[9] In 2010, the Gallup organization reported that 40% of Americans believe in young earth creationism.[10] In January 2006, the BBC reported concerning Britain:

Furthermore, more than 40% of those questioned believe that creationism or intelligent design (ID) should be taught in school science lessons.[11]

Picture above was taken at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University Press reported in 2014: "Over the past forty years, creationism has spread swiftly among European Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Hindus, and Muslims, even as anti-creationists sought to smother its flames."[13] In addition, China has the world's largest atheist population and the rapid growth of biblical creationism/Evangelical Christianity in China may have a significant impact on the number of individuals in the world who believe in evolution and also on global atheism (see: China and biblical creationism and Asian atheism).

The theory of evolution posits a process of transformation from simple life forms to more complex life forms, which has never been observed or duplicated in a laboratory.[14] Although not a creation scientist, Swedish geneticist Dr. Nils Heribert-Nilsson, Professor of Botany at the University of Lund in Sweden and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, stated: "My attempts to demonstrate Evolution by an experiment carried on for more than 40 years have completely failed. At least, I should hardly be accused of having started from a preconceived antievolutionary standpoint."[15]

The fossil record is often used as evidence in the creation versus evolution controversy. The fossil record does not support the theory of evolution and is one of the flaws in the theory of evolution.[16] In 1981, there were at least a hundred million fossils that were catalogued and identified in the world's museums.[17] Despite the large number of fossils available to scientists in 1981, evolutionist Mark Ridley, who currently serves as a professor of zoology at Oxford University, was forced to confess: "In any case, no real evolutionist, whether gradualist or punctuationist, uses the fossil record as evidence in favour of the theory of evolution as opposed to special creation."[18]

In addition to the evolutionary position lacking evidential support and being counterevidential, the great intellectuals in history such as Archimedes, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, and Lord Kelvin did not propose an evolutionary process for a species to transform into a more complex version. Even after the theory of evolution was proposed and promoted heavily in England and Germany, most leading scientists were against the theory of evolution.[19]

The theory of evolution was published by naturalist Charles Darwin in his book On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, in 1859. In a letter to Asa Gray, Darwin confided: "...I am quite conscious that my speculations run quite beyond the bounds of true science."[20]Prior to publishing the book, Darwin wrote in his private notebooks that he was a materialist, which is a type of atheist.[21] Darwin was a weak atheist/agnostic (see: religious views of Charles Darwin) .[22] Charles Darwins casual mentioning of a creator in earlier editions of The Origin of Species appears to have been a merely a ploy to downplay the implications of his materialistic theory.[23] The amount of credit Darwin actually deserves for the theory is disputed. [24] Darwin's theory attempted to explain the origin of the various kinds of plants and animals via the process of natural selection or "survival of the fittest".

The basic principle behind natural selection is that in the struggle for life some organisms in a given population will be better suited to their particular environment and thus have a reproductive advantage which increases the representation of their particular traits over time. Many years before Charles Darwin, there were several other individuals who published articles on the topic of natural selection.[25]

Darwin did not first propose in his book Origin of Species that man had descended from non-human ancestors. Darwin's theory of evolution incorporated that later in Darwin's book entitled Descent of Man.

As far as the history of the theory of evolution, although Darwin is well known when it comes to the early advocacy of the evolutionary position in the Western world, evolutionary ideas were taught by the ancient Greeks as early as the 7th century B.C.[26] The concept of naturalistic evolution differs from the concept of theistic evolution in that it states God does not guide the posited process of macroevolution.[27]

In 2012, the science news website Livescience.com published a news article entitled Belief in Evolution Boils Down to a Gut Feeling which indicated that research suggests that gut feelings trumped facts when it comes to evolutionists believing in evolution.[28] In January of 2012, the Journal of Research in Science Teaching published a study indicating that evolutionary belief is significantly based on gut feelings.[29][30] The January 20, 2012 article entitled Belief in Evolution Boils Down to a Gut Feeling published by the website Live Science wrote of the research: "They found that intuition had a significant impact on what the students accepted, no matter how much they knew and regardless of their religious beliefs."[31]

In response to evolutionary indoctrination and the uncritical acceptance of evolution by many evolutionists, the scientists at the organization Creation Ministries International created a Question evolution! campaign which poses 15 questions for evolutionists. In addition, leading creationist organizations have created lists of poor arguments that evolutionists should not use.[32] See also: Causes of evolutionary belief

See also: Theories of evolution

Evolutionist Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote concerning the theory of evolution: "The process of mutation is the only known source of the new materials of genetic variability, and hence of evolution."[33] Concerning various theories of evolution, most evolutionists believe that the processes of mutation, genetic drift and natural selection created every species of life that we see on earth today after life first came about on earth although there is little consensus on how this process is allegedly to have occurred.[34]

Pierre-Paul Grass, who served as Chair of evolutionary biology at Sorbonne University for thirty years and was ex-president of the French Academy of Sciences, stated: "Some contemporary biologists, as soon as they observe a mutation, talk about evolution. They are implicitly supporting the following syllogism: mutations are the only evolutionary variations, all living beings undergo mutations, therefore all living beings evolve....No matter how numerous they may be, mutations do not produce any kind of evolution." Grass pointed out that bacteria which are the subject of study of many geneticists and molecular biologists are organisms which produce the most mutants.[35] Grasse then points that bacteria are considered to have "stabilized".[36] Grass regards the "unceasing mutations" to be "merely hereditary fluctuations around a median position; a swing to the right, a swing to the left, but no final evolutionary effect."[37]

In addition, Harvard biologist Ernst Mayr wrote: "It must be admitted, however, that it is a considerable strain on ones credulity to assume that finely balanced systems such as certain sense organs (the eye of vertebrates, or the birds feather) could be improved by random mutations."[38]

Creation scientists believe that mutations, natural selection, and genetic drift would not cause macroevolution.[39] Furthermore, creation scientists assert that the life sciences as a whole support the creation model and do not support the theory of evolution.[40] Homology involves the theory that macroevolutionary relationships can be demonstrated by the similarity in the anatomy and physiology of different organisms.[41] An example of a homology argument is that DNA similarities between human and other living organisms is evidence for the theory of evolution.[42] Creation scientists provide sound reasons why the homology argument is not a valid argument. Both evolutionary scientists and young earth creation scientists believe that speciation occurs, however, young earth creation scientists state that speciation generally occurs at a much faster rate than evolutionist believe is the case.[43]

Critics of the theory of evolution state that many of today's proponents of the evolutionary position have diluted the meaning of the term "evolution" to the point where it defined as or the definition includes change over time in the gene pool of a population over time through such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.[44] Dr. Jonathan Sarfati of Creation Ministries International declares concerning the diluted definition of the word "evolution":

See also: Atheism and equivocation

Dr. Jonathan Sarfati wrote:

All (sexually reproducing) organisms contain their genetic information in paired form. Each offspring inherits half its genetic information from its mother, and half from its father. So there are two genes at a given position (locus, plural loci) coding for a particular characteristic. An organism can be heterozygous at a given locus, meaning it carries different forms (alleles) of this gene... So there is no problem for creationists explaining that the original created kinds could each give rise to many different varieties. In fact, the original created kinds would have had much more heterozygosity than their modern, more specialized descendants. No wonder Ayala pointed out that most of the variation in populations arises from reshuffling of previously existing genes, not from mutations. Many varieties can arise simply by two previously hidden recessive alleles coming together. However, Ayala believes the genetic information came ultimately from mutations, not creation. His belief is contrary to information theory, as shown in chapter 9 on Design.[47]

Dr. Don Batten of Creation Ministries International has pointed out that prominent evolutionists, such as PZ Myers and Nick Matzke, have indicated that a naturalistic postulation of the origin of life (often called abiogenesis), is part of the evolutionary model.[48] This poses a very serious problem for the evolutionary position as the evidence clearly points life being a product of design and not through naturalistic processes.[49]

The genetic entropy theory by Cornell University Professor Dr. John Sanford on eroding genomes of all living organisms due to mutations inherited from one generation to the next is declared to be one of the major challenges to evolutionary theory. The central part of Sanfords argument is that mutations, represented by spelling mistakes in DNA, are accumulating so quickly in some creatures (and particularly in people) that natural selection cannot stop the functional degradation of the genome, let alone drive an evolutionary process that could lead for example, from apes into people.[50]

Sanford's book Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome explains why human DNA is inexorably deteriorating at an alarming rate, thus cannot be millions of years old.[51]

The evolutionist Michael Lynch wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America in a December 3, 2009 article entitled: Rate, molecular spectrum, and consequences of human mutation (taken from the abstract):

Creation scientists and intelligent design advocates point out that the genetic code (DNA code), genetic programs, and biological information argue for an intelligent cause in regards the origins question and assert it is one of the many problems of the theory of evolution.[54][55]

Dr. Walt Brown states the genetic material that controls the biological processes of life is coded information and that human experience tells us that codes are created only by the result of intelligence and not merely by processes of nature.[54] Dr. Brown also asserts that the "information stored in the genetic material of all life is a complex program. Therefore, it appears that an unfathomable intelligence created these genetic programs."[54]

To support his view regarding the divine origin of genetic programs Dr. Walt Brown cites the work of David Abel and Professor Jack Trevors who wrote the following:

In the peer reviewed biology journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington Dr. Stephen Meyer argues that no current materialistic theory of evolution can account for the origin of the information necessary to build novel animal forms and proposed an intelligent cause as the best explanation for the origin of biological information and the higher taxa.[57] The editor of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Dr. Richard Sternberg, came under intense scrutiny and persecution for the aforementioned article published by Dr. Meyer.

See also: Theory of evolution and little consensus and Theories of evolution

There is little scientific consensus on how macroevolution is said to have happened and the claimed mechanisms of evolutionary change, as can be seen in the following quotes:

Pierre-Paul Grass, who served as Chair of Evolution at Sorbonne University for thirty years and was ex-president of the French Academy of Sciences, stated the following:

Today, our duty is to destroy the myth of evolution, considered as a simple, understood, and explained phenomenon which keeps rapidly unfolding before us. Biologists must be encouraged to think about the weaknesses of the interpretations and extrapolations that theoreticians put forward or lay down as established truths. The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge the inadequacies and the falsity of their beliefs. - Pierre-Paul Grass - Evolution of Living Organisms (1977), pages 6 and 8[61]

See: Modern evolutionary synthesis and Theories of evolution

A notable case of a scientists using fraudulent material to promote the theory of evolution was the work of German scientist and atheist Ernst Haeckel. Noted evolutionist and Stephen Gould, who held a agnostic worldview[62] and promoted the notion of non-overlapping magesteria, wrote the following regarding Ernst Haeckel's work in a March 2000 issue of Natural History:

An irony of history is that the March 9, 1907 edition of the NY Times refers to Ernst Haeckel as the "celebrated Darwinian and founder of the Association for the Propagation of Ethical Atheism."[64]

Stephen Gould continues by quoting Michael Richardson of the St. Georges Hospital Medical School in London, who stated: "I know of at least fifty recent biology texts which use the drawings uncritically".[63]

See also: Evolution and the fossil record

As alluded to earlier, today there are over one hundred million identified and cataloged fossils in the world's museums.[65] If the evolutionary position was valid, then there should be "transitional forms" in the fossil record reflecting the intermediate life forms. Another term for these "transitional forms" is "missing links".

Charles Darwin admitted that his theory required the existence of "transitional forms." Darwin wrote: "So that the number of intermediate and transitional links, between all living and extinct species, must have been inconceivably great. But assuredly, if this theory be true, such have lived upon the earth."[67] However, Darwin wrote: "Why then is not every geological formation and every strata full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely-graduated organic chain; and this perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged against my theory."[68] Darwin thought the lack of transitional links in his time was because "only a small portion of the surface of the earth has been geologically explored and no part with sufficient care...".[69] As Charles Darwin grew older he became increasingly concerned about the lack of evidence for the theory of evolution in terms of the existence of transitional forms. Darwin wrote, "When we descend to details, we cannot prove that a single species has changed; nor can we prove that the supposed changes are beneficial, which is the groundwork of the theory.[70]

Scientist Dr. Michael Denton wrote regarding the fossil record:

Creationists assert that evolutionists have had over 140 years to find a transitional fossil and nothing approaching a conclusive transitional form has ever been found and that only a handful of highly doubtful examples of transitional fossils exist.[72] Distinguished anthropologist Sir Edmund R. Leach declared, "Missing links in the sequence of fossil evidence were a worry to Darwin. He felt sure they would eventually turn up, but they are still missing and seem likely to remain so."[73]

David B. Kitts of the School of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oklahoma wrote that "Evolution requires intermediate forms between species and paleontology does not provide them".[74]

David Raup, who was the curator of geology at the museum holding the world's largest fossil collection, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, observed:

One of the most famous proponents of the theory of evolution was the late Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. But Gould admitted:

For more information please see:

Creationists can cite quotations which assert that no solid fossil evidence for the theory of evolution position exists:

For more fossil record quotes please see: Fossil record quotes and Additional fossil record quotes

For more information please see: Paleoanthropology and Human evolution

Paleoanthropology is an interdisciplinary branch of anthropology that concerns itself with the origins of early humans and it examines and evaluates items such as fossils and artifacts.[81] Dr. David Pilbeam is a paleoanthropologist who received his Ph.D. at Yale University and Dr. Pilbeam is presently Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University and Curator of Paleontology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. In addition, Dr. Pilbeam served as an advisor for the Kenya government regarding the creation of an international institute for the study of human origins.[82]

Dr. Pilbeam wrote a review of Richard Leakey's book Origins in the journal American Scientist:

Dr. Pilbeam wrote the following regarding the theory of evolution and paleoanthropology:

Evolutionist and Harvard professor Richard Lewontin wrote in 1995 that "Despite the excited and optimistic claims that have been made by some paleontologists, no fossil hominid species can be established as our direct ancestor...."[84] In the September 2005 issue of National Geographic, Joel Achenbach asserted that human evolution is a "fact" but he also candidly admitted that the field of paleoanthropology "has again become a rather glorious mess."[85][86] In the same National Geographic article Harvard paleoanthropologist Dan Lieberman states, "We're not doing a very good job of being honest about what we don't know...".[86]

Concerning pictures of the supposed ancestors of man featured in science journals and the news media Boyce Rensberger wrote in the journal Science the following regarding their highly speculative nature:

Creation scientists concur with Dr. Pilbeam regarding the speculative nature of the field of paleoanthropology and assert there is no compelling evidence in the field of paleoanthropology for the various theories of human evolution.[89]

In 2011, Dr. Grady S. McMurtry declared:

It is acknowledged that the Laws of Genetics are conservative, they are not creative. Genetics only copies or rearranges the previously existing information and passes it on to the next generation. When copying information, you have only two choices; you can only copy it perfectly or imperfectly, you cannot copy something more perfectly. Mutations do not build one upon another beneficially. Mutations do not create new organs; they only modify existing organs and structures. Mutations overwhelmingly lose information; they do not gain it; therefore, mutations cause changes which are contrary of evolutionary philosophy.

As a follow on, the addition of excess undirected energy will destroy the previously existing system. Indeed, you will never get an increase in the specifications on the DNA to create new organs without the input from a greater intelligence.

Mutations affect and are affected by many genes and other intergenic information acting in combination with one another. The addition of the accidental duplication of previously existing information is detrimental to any organism.

Mutations do produce microevolution, however, this term is far better understood as merely lateral adaptation, which is only variation within a kind, a mathematical shifting of gene frequency within a gene pool. The shifting of gene frequencies and a loss of information cannot produce macroevolution.

As Dr. Roger Lewin commented after the 1980 University of Chicago conference entitled Macroevolution:

The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. At the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer can be given as a clear, No. [Emphasis added]

Dr. Roger Lewin, Evolution Theory under Fire, Science. Vol. 210, 21 November 1980. p. 883-887.[90]

In 1988, the prominent Harvard University biologist Ernst Mayr wrote in his essay Does Microevolution Explain Macroevolution?:

...In this respect, indeed, macroevolution as a field of study is completely decoupled from microevolution.[91]

See also: Creation Ministries International on the second law of thermodynamics and evolution

Creation Ministries International has a great wealth of information on why the second law of thermodynamics is incompatible with the evolutionary paradigm.

Some of their key resources on this matter are:

See also: Theories of evolution

Because the fossil record is characterized by the abrupt appearance of species and stasis in the fossil record the theory of punctuated equilibrium was developed and its chief proponents were Stephen Gould, Niles Eldridge, and Steven Stanley. According to the American Museum of Natural History the theory of Punctuated Equilibrium "asserts that evolution occurs in dramatic spurts interspersed with long periods of stasis".[92] Because Stephen Gould was the leading proponent of the theory of punctuated equilibrium much of the criticism of the theory has been directed towards Gould.[93][94] The development of a new evolutionary school of thought occurring due to the fossil record not supporting the evolutionary position was not unprecedented. In 1930, Austin H. Clark, an American evolutionary zoologist who wrote 630 articles and books in six languages, came up with an evolutionary hypothesis called zoogenesis which postulated that each of the major types of life forms evolved separately and independently from all the others.[95] Prior to publishing his work entitled The New Evolution: Zoogenesis, Clark wrote in a journal article published in the Quarterly Review of Biology that "so far as concerns the major groups of animals, the creationists seem to have the better of the argument. There is not the slightest evidence that any one of the major groups arose from any other."[96]

In 1995, there was an essay in the New York Review of Books by the late John Maynard Smith, a noted evolutionary biologist who was considered the dean of British neo-Darwinists, and Smith wrote the following regarding Gould's work in respect to the theory of evolution:

Noted journalist and author Robert Wright , wrote in 1996 that, among top-flight evolutionary biologists, Gould is considered a pestnot just a lightweight, but an actively muddled man who has warped the public's understanding of Darwinism.[99][100]

Creation scientist Dr. Jonathan Sarfati wrote regarding the implausibility of the theory of punctuated equilibrium and the implausibility of the idea of gradual evolution the following:

Individuals who are against the evolutionary position assert that evolutionary scientists employ extremely implausible "just so stories" to support their position and have done this since at least the time of Charles Darwin.[103][104]

A well known example of a "just so story" is when Darwin, in his Origin of the Species, wrote a chapter entitled "Difficulties on Theory" in which he stated:

Even the prominent evolutionist and geneticist Professor Richard Lewontin admitted the following:

Dr. Sarfati wrote regarding the theory of evolution the following:

Opponents to the theory of evolution commonly point to the following in nature as being implausibly created through evolutionary processes:

Lastly, biochemist Michael Behe wrote the following:

Phillip E. Johnson cites Francis Crick in order to illustrate the fact that the biological world has the strong appearance of being designed:

Stephen C. Meyer offers the following statement regarding the design of the biological world:

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy states regarding a candid admission of Charles Darwin:

In the course of that conversation I said to Mr. Darwin, with reference to some of his own remarkable works on the Fertilisation of Orchids, and upon The Earthworms, and various other observations he made of the wonderful contrivances for certain purposes in natureI said it was impossible to look at these without seeing that they were the effect and the expression of Mind. I shall never forget Mr. Darwin's answer. He looked at me very hard and said, Well, that often comes over me with overwhelming force; but at other times, and he shook his head vaguely, adding, it seems to go away.(Argyll 1885, 244][126]

Research and historical data indicate that a significant portion of atheists/agnostics often see the their lives and the world as being the product of purposeful design (see: Atheism and purpose).[127]

See: Argument from beauty

Advocates of the theory of evolution have often claimed that those who oppose the theory of evolution don't publish their opposition to the theory of evolution in the appropriate scientific literature (creationist scientists have peer reviewed journals which favor the creationist position).[128][129][130] Recently, there has been articles which were favorable to the intelligent design position in scientific journals which traditionally have favored the theory of evolution.[131]

Karl Popper, a leading philosopher of science and originator of the falsifiability as a criterion of demarcation of science from nonscience,[132] stated that Darwinism is "not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme."[133] Leading Darwinist and philosopher of science, Michael Ruse declared the concerning Popper's statement and the actions he took after making that statement: "Since making this claim, Popper himself has modified his position somewhat; but, disclaimers aside, I suspect that even now he does not really believe that Darwinism in its modern form is genuinely falsifiable."[134]

The issue of the falsifiability of the evolutionary position is very important issue and although offering a poor cure to the problem that Karl Popper described, committed evolutionists Louis Charles Birch & Paul R. Ehrlich stated in the journal Nature:

The Swedish cytogeneticist, Antonio Lima-De-Faria, who has been knightedby the king of Sweden for his scientific achievements, noted that "there has never been a theory of evolution".[136][137]

See also: Suppression of alternatives to evolution and Atheism and the suppression of science

Many of the leaders of the atheist movement, such as the evolutionist and the new atheist Richard Dawkins, argue for atheism and evolution with a religious fervor (See also: Atheism and evolution).

Daniel Smartt has identified seven dimensions which make up religion: narrative, experiential, social, ethical, doctrinal, ritual and material. It is not necessary in Smartt's model for every one of these to be present in order for something to be a religion.[138]. However, it can be argued that all seven are present in the case of atheism.[139][140] Please see: Atheism: A religionand Atheism and Atheism is a religion.

See also: Atheism is a religion and Atheism and evolution

Atheism is a religion and naturalistic notions concerning origins are religious in nature and both have legal implications as far as evolution being taught in public schools.[142][143][144]

John Calvert, a lawyer and intelligent design proponent wrote:

See also:

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Actions speak louder than words! How are you going to say that you are against violence and talk about, respect, compassion, equality, peace but then go ahead and consume violence and death! If you don't like senseless violence in this world, then do not practice it three times a day while eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. Talking about how we need to change the world is too easy, especially when you're not even willing to change what you eat for breakfast!

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Good people don't just talk about kindness. They practice it. They don't pray about love. They actually give it. You want to be part of the solution and take responsibility for what you are doing? Well, you can do more than just talk. If you want the world to get better, don't just talk about the change; be the change. Be vegan.

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Overview: This guide provides a comprehensive 7-step process to create a customized personal development plan to help you actualize more of your true potential.

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I leaped into the personal development world with a copy of Tony Robbins Personal Power program. You know, the one from those late night infomercials?

I was 18, and this audio program made a measurable difference in my outlook and behavior.

From that moment onward, I was hooked by personal development. I jumped into whatever interested me.

I hopped from seminar to seminar, from book to book. Investing every possible moment I had, I covered a lot of ground in my first five years.

Reflecting almost 25 years on my personal growth journey, I now see I was missing several vital ingredients essential for long-term, healthy development.

In this guide, I will share with you lessons learned and provide a roadmap for crafting a simple yet powerful Personal Development Plan.

When you dont have a vision, a plan, or a goal, where does your attention go?

For most people, attention goes to entertainment and distraction. Sight, sound, and motion captivate our brains.

Television shows, films, video games, and social media hook the primitive parts of our brain.

If youre an overachiever who defines yourself by external accomplishments and status, your attention likely gets fixated on more work, higher productivity, and making more money.

The primary question when creating a Personal Development Plan is: Where am I going to place my attention and awareness?

When entertainment, distraction, and workaholism consume our attention, something doesnt feel right within us. We may not identify it, but parts of us arent happy with this agenda.

We may not identify it, but parts of us arent happy with this agenda.

To have a full and meaningful life requires us to open to more dimensions of ourselves.

And a Personal Development Plan can help us do just that.

But most people dont know whats available. I wasnt aware of the optionswhen I started my journey. Youthful enthusiasm and naivete guided those early years.

Youthful enthusiasm and naivete guided those early years.

If you go to self-growth seminars or read books in this genre, you may only think within the confines of the illustrations these resources provide.

Before we jump in, heres a quick overview of the steps for creating your plan:

Step 1: Learn the Human Potential LandscapeStep 2: Dream and Create Your VisionStep 3: Select your Areas of FocusStep 4: Discover Your PracticesStep 5: Establish Personal Development GoalsStep 6: Set Your ScheduleStep 7: Monitor your progress

Step 1 is whats missing from most peoples approach to personal growth.

So well start our journey with a larger vision for human potential.

One thing I was missing from my personal development journey was a map of the terrain. How can you navigate through your development without a map?

Every good explorer has one. Such a map shines a much-needed light on the diverse areas of our potential.

A reliable map of human potential wasnt readily available in the early 90s.

The fields of transpersonal psychology, developmental psychology, integral theory, and neuroscience, however, were converging on an answer.

Theorist Ken Wilber played a primary role in synthesizing many fields of research into a cohesive whole.

Before we review these findings, lets define what we mean by personal development.

If you examine most people over the course of a decade, youll observe little change in their development and behavior.

Development implies a permanent change in the structure of your being including your body, brain, or consciousness.

Just because you adopt a new habit doesnt mean you have or will grow from it. If this new habit, however, changes you over time, it will facilitate your development.

Its all too easy to believe youre developing when youre not. I know I deluded myself for many years and theres evidence of this throughout personal development communities.

Reading books in this genre, for example, doesnt mean youre developing.

Personal development books might provide a roadmap for development in certain areas, but real development comes through practice and repetition.

Our behavior and the display of skills and aptitudes are where we can observe signs of permanent change.

Also, its far easier for a someone else to assess these changes than to measure them for ourselves.

Self-help implies theres something wrong with us. The self-help industry profits by subconsciously communicating these deficiencies to its unsuspecting audience.

Actual personal development is how humans realize more of their innate potential.

In an ideal environment, this process happens naturally. Because this perfect environment doesnt exist in society, the call for personal development is an individuals choice.

In my experience, Ive found it helps to take an integrated approach to your Personal Development Plan.

That is, know your menu of options so you can select from multiple areas that interest you.

To create a map for our development, we need to know the categories available to us. These classes include:

Lets look at each of these categories in more detail.

While we used to associate intelligence with IQ; we now know there are many forms of intelligence.

One popular model comes from the pioneering work of Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner and his Multiple Intelligence theory.

In Gardners model, there are nine lines of intelligence:

Logical-mathematical intelligence: logic, abstractions, reasoning, numbers and critical thinking. Thisintelligenceis associated to IQ and intellectual aptitude. This line is also referred to as cognitive intelligence as explored in Jean Piagets research.

Linguistic intelligence: words, languages, reading, writing, telling stories and memorizing words.

Intrapersonal intelligence: to know thyself including ones strengths and weaknesses, emotional triggers and motivations. Ones ability to be introspective and self-reflective.

Kinesthetic intelligence: ones ability to control ones body and ones skill in using it. Also called body intelligence or body-mind connection.

Musical intelligence: sensitivity to sounds, pitch, rhythms, tones, meter, melody, and so on.

Visual-spatial intelligence: spatial judgment and the ability to visualize and imagine with the minds eye.

Interpersonal intelligence: sensitivity to others moods, feelings, temperaments, motivations, and their ability to cooperate with others. Psychologist Daniel Goleman popularized this as Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence.

Naturalistic intelligence: sensitivity to ones environment; the ability to recognize flora and fauna; nurturing and relating to ones natural surroundings.

Existential intelligence: sometimes called spiritual intelligence; relates to ones understanding of themselves in relation to reality or the cosmos.

Other developmental researchers have studied the stages of growth in morals, values, worldviews, emotions, contemplation, spirituality, needs, and psycho-sexual development.

Do you see the diverse range of our potential?

InIntegral Life Practice, Ken Wilber, et al. group these streams of development into four categories:

We each have a different base level of development in each line of intelligence and an innate potential we can realize through practice.

Our environment often thwarts this potential in early childhood. As adults, our responsibility is to resume this upward march.

Skill development is a broad category that includes areas where you can show ability. You can develop skills for personal or professional reasons.

There are skills in communicating, creative problem-solving, collaborating, computer programming, bookkeeping, analyzing, persuading, negotiating, learning, presenting, goal setting, listening, managing, planning, reasoning, predicting, to name only a few.

All skills are associated with at least one line of intelligence (above). With sufficient practice and the right methods, individuals can develop any skill.

One way to get more clarity on your natural skills is to take the free VIA Character Strength survey. Your natural strengths often translate to specific skills.

In your pursuit of personal development, you may have come across the Wheel of Life.

The Wheel of Life is a tool acoach uses to illustrate the various categories of ones life, measure how an individual is doing in each area, and set goals to improve in those areas.

Your wheel might include physical health, relationships, social, financial, professional, personal growth, spiritual, creativity, fun, and emotional.

The message behind the Wheel of Life is that development occurs through conscious effort and being intentional about how you grow within these areas.

Who doesnt have behaviors they would like to change?

We all have set patterns of behavior that get entrenched by unconscious repetition.

Changing these habits requires repatterning the brain.

For lasting change to occur, we repeat the new habit or behavior over time under various circumstances.

The time necessary to install a new habit varies; research suggests it takes 66 days on average.

Why do most personal development programs fail to produce long-term results? Because these programs are one size fits all.

Research shows there is a range of psychological types. In the Enneagram system, there are nine primary types and nine levels of development within each one.

Each type has varying propensities, habitual patterns, strengths and weakness, fears and potentials.

If you want to create an effective Personal Development Plan, be sure youre aware of your psychological type. Each type has a different pathway to higher development.

As a business coachto high-performing entrepreneurs for the last two decades, Ive taken and used most (if not all) the personality tests on the market, including popular ones like DISC and Myers-Briggs.

In my opinion, the Enneagram is far more efficacious, robust, and useful.

You can take a free Enneagram test here. If you wish to take a scientifically-validated version of the test, go to the Enneagram Institute website ($12).

After you get your results, read more about your type and see if it resonates. Then, look for ways to develop your type. (On the Enneagram Institute website, they offer Personal Growth Recommendations for each type.)

If youre interested in pursuing this further, I recommend Riso and Hudsons books, The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types.

By now your mind is reeling with possibilities.

Consider what the above information means about your potential: Developing any line of intelligence gives you greater sensitivity about the world around you.

You can now process information in new and deeper ways.

Every time we grow in a line of intelligence, we perceive the world differently. (See also: The Four Stages of Learning Anything.)

We are more awake than before. We have greater sensitivity to the world around us. Our possibilities are remarkable to ponder.

Now, its time to cast your vision for your future self.

Nietzsche believed it was our destiny to be Ubermensch or Superman.

An Ubermensch is an integrated or whole human being accessing his full potential.

Numerous researchers in developmental psychology have come to a similar conclusion, calling the final stage of development Integrated.

Maslow called this stage of development self-actualization and self-transcendence.

Your vision (and personal development goals) will inspire you if it is true to who you are.

Sometimes we create a vision based on what weshould want or what we hope will gain approval from others (our parents, significant others, colleagues, friends).

Such a vision will lack inspiration and will feel meaningless.

So before you cast your vision for your development, find your center and enter a state of mastery first.

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Ziglar had an adventurous life, having 11 siblings, serving in the Navy during World War II.

He managed to achieve quite a lot in life, becoming the Vice President of an automotive company, and towards the end of his life travelling around to take part in various seminars.

The Zig Ziglar quotes left behind after his passing in 2012, are his legacy. Most of Zigs quotes cover the areas he specialized in of course: sales, goals and growth.

Here are the 34 best Zig Ziglar Quotes on Leadership:

1. You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar

2. The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for. Zig Ziglar

3. If youre sincere, praise is effective. If youre insincere, its manipulative. Zig Ziglar

4.If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. Zig Ziglar

5. If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal. Zig Ziglar

6. A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar

7. Unless you have definite precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you. Zig Ziglar

8. The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. Zig Ziglar

9. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you Zig Ziglar

11. Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. Zig Ziglar

12. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. Zig Ziglar

13. The great majority of people are wandering generalities rather than meaningful specifics. The fact is that you cant hit a target that you cant see. If you dont know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals. Zig Ziglar

14. The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little. Zig Ziglar

15. If you learn from defeat, you havent really lost. Zig Ziglar

16. You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. Zig Ziglar

17. Remember that failure is an event, not a person. Zig Ziglar

18. Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and its free-but it cant go anywhere. Zig Ziglar

19. Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. Zig Ziglar

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart. Zig Ziglar

21. Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. Zig Ziglar

22. You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind. Zig Ziglar

23. The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now. Zig Ziglar

24. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Zig Ziglar

25. Its not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you. Zig Ziglar

26. Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker. Zig Ziglar

27. Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. Zig Ziglar

28. When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. Zig Ziglar

29. F.E.A.R. has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours. Zig Ziglar

30. There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations. Zig Ziglar

31. The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to reveal theirs. Zig Ziglar

32. When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, Lets go, lets go, and ceilings start to move up. Zig Ziglar

33. A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. Zig Ziglar

34. You are the most influential person you will talk to all day. Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar (November 6, 1926November 28, 2012) was one of the most effective motivators of his generation. Through his bestselling books and engaging speaking style, Zig Ziglar inspired people with hope, enthusiasm, and zest for life.

He once said, People often say that motivation doesnt last. Well, neither does bathing. Thats why we recommend it daily. Based on his own recommendation, here are 50 quotes by Zig Ziglar to motivate you on a daily basis and keep you growing in a positive direction.

1.) It is your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude. Zig Ziglar

2.) People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest. Zig Ziglar

3.) A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar

4.) You can have everything in life you want, if you just help other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar

5.) F.E.A.R. has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours. Zig Ziglar

6.) I dont care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you dont harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there, youre never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. Zig Ziglar

7.) You are what you are and where you are because of whats gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind. Zig Ziglar

8.) Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. Zig Ziglar

9.) Remember that failure is an event, not a person. Zig Ziglar

10.) You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. Zig Ziglar

11.) The way you see people is the way you treat them. Zig Ziglar

12.) There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations. Zig Ziglar

13.) Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being silly, yet it comes from the old English word seilig and its literal definition is to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous. Zig Ziglar

14.) Goals dont care who has them. Zig Ziglar

15.) But it wasnt until I wrote it down; put a date on it; listed the obstacles I had to overcome; identified the people, the groups, the organizations I needed to work with; spelled out a plan of action; set that time limit in there; and identified all of the benefits to me. It was only when I did that, that the goal became a reality and I lost the weight. Zig Ziglar

16.) Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. Zig Ziglar

17.) You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations. Zig Ziglar

18.) The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to reveal theirs. Zig Ziglar

19.) Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Zig Ziglar

20.) Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker. Zig Ziglar

21.) When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, Lets go, lets go, and ceilings start to move up. Zig Ziglar

22.) Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. Zig Ziglar

23.) It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. Zig Ziglar

24.) You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself. Zig Ziglar

25.) Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. Zig Ziglar

26.) If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. Zig Ziglar

27.) What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar

28.) Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart. Zig Ziglar

29.) A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. Zig Ziglar

30.) If you go looking for a friend, youre going to find theyre scarce. If you go out to be a friend, youll find them everywhere. Zig Ziglar

31.) Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night. Zig Ziglar

32.) Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and its free but it cant go anywhere. Zig Ziglar

33.) Dont let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future. Zig Ziglar

34.) If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal. Zig Ziglar

35.) You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself. Zig Ziglar

36.) Success is dependent upon the glands sweat glands. Zig Ziglar

37.) You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific. Zig Ziglar

38.) Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life. Zig Ziglar

39.) The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for. Zig Ziglar

40.) In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in! Zig Ziglar

41.) You are the most influential person you will talk to all day. Zig Ziglar

42.) A great attitude becomes a great mood, which becomes a great day, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life. Zig Ziglar

43.) Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Zig Ziglar

Motivation is something that you need to strive for everyday.

Dont be discouraged if you feel uninspired. If you encounter failure, just keep going. Its normal to make mistakes on your way to the top. Just keep these quotes by Zig Ziglar nearby so they can remind you to always aim for the best.

See YOU at the top!

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Who can practice law in Florida?

Generally speaking, you must be a member of The Florida Bar in order to practice law in Florida. There are some limited exceptions established by rule or law. For example, the following chapters of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar allow limited practice in Florida without being admitted:

Chapter 12, Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Participation ProgramChapter 13, Authorized Legal Aid Practitioner RuleChapter 16, Foreign Legal Consultancy RuleChapter 17, Authorized House Counsel RuleChapter 18, Military Legal Assistance Counsel Rule

There may be other exceptions allowed by law. You may contact the Bars Unlicensed Practice of Law Department, 850-561-5840, for additional information.

The Florida Bar as an organization has no direct control over attorney admissions. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners is the entity charged by the Florida Supreme Court with assuring that only qualified persons will be admitted to the practice of law in this state. The Board of Bar Examiners investigates the character and fitness of applicants, develops and administers the bar examination for attorney candidates, and submits for Supreme Court approval the names of those qualified for admission to practice.

The Florida Bar offers several services in addition to theFind a Lawyer searchon the homepage to help people find an attorney for access to the justice system. The pamphletHow to find a lawyer in Floridaprovides an overview of what to consider when selecting an attorney. Please see theLawyer Referral Servicepage, and the consumer pamphlet titledLegal Aid in Floridafor details about these options for finding an attorney. Lawyers may also be selected from a list ofboard certified attorneys. Board certification is a voluntary program with standards established by the Supreme Court of Florida to identify attorneys who have special knowledge, skills, and proficiency, as well as good character, ethics and a reputation for professionalism in the practice of law. Experience, testing and peer review are key components of certification. Please see theCertificationportion of our site to obtain a description of the 24 areas in which attorneys may be certified.

The unlicensed practice of law, in its simplest terms, is when someone who is not licensed or otherwise authorized to practice law in Florida practices law. In determining whether the giving advice and counsel and the performance of services in legal matters constitute the practice of law, it is safe to follow the rule that if giving such advice and performance of services affect important rights of a person under the law, and if the reasonable protection of the rights and property of those advised and served requires that the persons giving such advice possess legal skill and knowledge of the law greater than that possessed by the average citizen, then the giving of such advice and performance of services by one for another constitutes the practice of law.

No. The Florida Bar does not license paralegals. But on March 1, 2008, the voluntaryFlorida Registered Paralegal Programwent into effect. The program provides for voluntary registration of paralegals who meet minimum educational, certification or work experience and who agree to abide by an established code of ethics. For the first three years of the program, paralegals who are able to show substantial experience, but who dont meet the education or certification requirements, will be able to become Florida Registered Paralegals under a grandfathering provision. The newChapter 20of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar establishing the program does not set forth the duties paralegals may perform or deal with the fees that can be charged or awarded for the work they do. The primary responsibility for monitoring the work of paralegals whether Florida Registered Paralegals or not rests with the attorneys who employ or supervise them. Additionally, The Florida Bar has been given the authority to investigate and prosecute the unlicensed practice of law. This may include activities performed by nonlawyers who call themselves paralegals. Under Florida Bar rules approved by the Supreme Court of Florida, only a nonlawyer who is working under the direction and supervision of a member of The Florida Bar may use the title paralegal. A nonlawyer who is not working for a lawyer and uses this title is engaging in the unlicensed practice of law. If you have questions regarding the unlicensed practice of law or if you wish to file a complaint against someone practicing law without a license, you may contact the Bars UPL Department at 850-561-5840.

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Subject SpecialismHead of ESOLHead Of Pastoral MentoringEnglish GCSE - A-LevelSocial Sciences - Sociology and Psychology GCSE - A-Level11+

QualificationsMaster of Arts Sociology Social PolicyPGCE Social Science and EnglishAdvanced Educational Practice Certificate SEN / Dyslexia (pending)Cert TESOLCERT ESOL

Lynette is a valuable member of the Personal Success team. She has an invaluable insight into the ESOL curriculum and heads up our ESOL Department. In addition Lynette has an in-depth knowledge of the Social Sciences and English Language curriculum.Moreover, Lynette is a popular tutor amongst the students and constantly achieves grades above student expectations. Using her expertise and drawing on her work experience in a variety of teaching environments, Lynette can design a personalised scheme of work to suit each individual student. This rapport with students continues with relating results and attainment to parents and teachers. Presently, four of her students have just gained admission to two private schools with high standards. This is attributed to Lynette's efforts in preparing them for their 11+ examinations.

Subject SpecialismHead of English Language and LiteratureTeacher of Adults in Literacy & NumeracyTeacher of English as a foreign language

QualificationsB.A Cert Ed.B.A English/Art

Margaret is a committed and proactive teacher and a valuable member of the Personal Success team. Margaret has 25 years teaching experience within the school and private education sector. This gives her an important insight into both roles, and how private tuition can be used to focus on a students weaker curriculum areas. Margaret adopts a calm yet professional attitude to teaching and is committed to helping students achieve their maximum potential.

Subject SpecialismHead of MathematicsHead of ICT

QualificationsMA: Education (Mathematics Teaching and Learning) - PendingPGCE/QTSBSc.Hons (Education and Mathematics)PGD: Computer Science

Morufu not only heads up the Personal Success Group, but also heads the Mathematics and ICT department. Morufu is a highly dedicated and driven teacher and has an in depth knowledge of the key stage 3, 4, and 5 Mathematics curriculum. This was founded in the school environment, allowing him to create structured schemes of work for students to follow that will link in with the curriculum. Morufu is a motivational teacher developing productive environments to enable students to reach their full potential. Over time his links within the Liverpool community have been an important factor in the continuing accomplishments of Personal Success. Raising awareness of the importance of education in a supplementary capacity, and making it accessible to all.

Pupils' feedbacks:

Ibrahim improved from level 3 to level 6 in Mathematics:"My teacher is Mr Bello and I improved form level 3 in less than a year and I wrote my SATS exam with confidence, and I got a good result thanks to Mr Bello. I thank him for his support, good teaching style, and sense of humour."

Roda gained confidence in Maths:"He gave me so much help, my teacher in school even noticed my development. I began to walk into my exams with confidence."

Subject SpecialismHead of Sciences

QualificationsPGCE Applied Science (Masters Level)BSc (Hon). Tropical Disease Biology

Luke heads up our Science department, which includes all core science subjects from primary level to secondary, onto further, and higher education. Luke is a dynamic and confident teacher. His knowledge of the sciences is second to none clearly shown by the qualifications he has achieved. However, he has an innate ability to translate this knowledge to all levels of education, ensuring all students can grasp and understand what targets they have too attain to achieve in there given science subject.Having taught in both the school and private sector his understanding of the (Science) National Curriculum allows him to set up specific schemes of work for individual students, focusing on areas of improvement.

Subject SpecialismHead of Adult EducationSkills for LifeESOLSpanish

QualificationsBA Cert EdOCNW Mentoring Level 3TESOL Level 2Skills for Life Initiative, Leadership, and Management.ESOL Core Curriculum TrainingFernando heads up our Adult Learning Department, but also works closely with our ESOL and Mentoring Department. Fernando is a valuable member of the Personal Success Team. His in depth knowledge of Key Skills tutoring allows him to cover the broad spectrum that encompasses Adult Learning. He has mentored in many different working environments, from workplace industries (Care Homes, Catering, Health), Schools, Colleges, and Universities, and on a personal one to one basis. Moreover, the combination of his advanced knowledge of Adult Learning means our students receive a personalised programme of study, which suits their needs and expectations.

Subject SpecialismHead Of Islamic, Arabic, and Quran Studies

QualificationsBa Hons English Language and LiteratureMasters in English linguisticsPhD Corpus LinguisticsDr Huda Salim is an invaluable member of the Personal Success team. She heads up our Islamic, Arabic and Quran Studies. Dr Salim's extensive knowledge of the Quran, English language and linguistics is the focus of her present PhD study at Liverpool University. Her work is well received amongst her professional peers and her recent studies in corpus linguistics are already being considered as a key contribution to this field of study. Moreover, Dr Salim can relate her knowledge and understanding of the Quran to all levels of students. Ensuring that the correct learning objectives and outcomes met.

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