Coach Elvin McFarlin
Veteran, Founder and Executive Director of Honor 2 Our Heroes, President and Head Coach St. Louis. Express Track
Re: Racism
“In my recent pursuit for answers to COVID-19, racism and George Floyd, among the myriad of horrors I was struggling with, I discovered and completed an online course called “Power Thinking Program.” While a thinking program may sound strange, it provided me with so many insights and beneficial tools. The interesting part of my discovery is that I wasn’t even aware that I needed this information, nor that such tools existed. The program was different than I anticipated. It provided so much more than I could ever have imagined. Its benefits are so numerous, it is impossible to list them all here. If you ask me for one Word to summarize the program benefit, it is SELF-CONTROL. Although the program is universal in application, because each of us travel a different journey, its benefits are individual. The program is essential to our Need to understand how we Think. How we think is directly related to how we act and/or react in every situation in our lives. The most important component of the program for me, is understanding how I think, which is necessary to develop the tools I need to take control of how I act and react, most of the time. When we think of our lives, and what goes on in the world around us, it is easy to understand the importance of being in control of our emotions and our actions. You have probably heard the platitude, “to make the world a better place”; which should be the goal of us all. The song title of these lyrics is “We Are the World", (WE -the people.) I think the majority of people, aspire to make the world a better place. However, when real life happens, we lose our way. I discovered from the Power Thinking Program that 95% of the time, most of us live in reaction mode. What if you could control your actions and/or reactions, most of the time? Well, after completing the Program, I am able to do just that, the majority of the time. I have read books, heard lectures and attended a lot of self-help seminars and courses, most providing me the WHAT I want to achieve. The Thinking Program provided me with the HOW; to take control of my life, my emotions, my interactions with the people around me, and how to command my responses. For the past 45 plus years I have taught in classrooms and coached youth athletics, with the goal of teaching children how to think, how to become positive and productive adults. Little did I know, how little I knew about Thinking, and the influence it has had on my life's decisions, and outcomes. After the Program, I am now certain I have the tools to control my thinking, and perhaps a greater understanding of what it takes to “make the world a better place”. It has also made a huge, positive difference in my relationship with my wife. She’s thankful for the new communication and listening skills that make things so much better. This program is relevant to the needs of so many suffering through our current crises. I absolutely believe it will do the same for anyone willing to put in the work and take the course. If you want to take control of your life, your happiness, your destiny, you must understand how you think. Life is a day-by-day work in progress, and though we call it something different, we are all in search of Peace, the space, the place, the time, we feel our lives are in Control. In order to secure that Command, it is essential to understand how you Think.
In order to understand how you think and the steps necessary to make a true change in your life, you must complete the Power Thinking Program. I believe it is the solution to systemic racism and the critical race theory debate. It has been a Godsend to me, and I believe it is going to change the world. There is nothing else like it. Stay Safe! God bless!!”