Since her childhood, Yusra Mardini’s dream was to become a professional swimmer and represent Syria in Olympic sports tournaments, but the intensification of the battles in Damascus in 2015 reduced her dream to just survival. Like tens of thousands of Syrians dreaming of living in peace, Yusra set off with her sister Sarah, and some of their relatives, on the terrible asylum journey to Europe, carrying with them their dreams of a safe life and resuming professional swimming, but in the middle of the trip between Turkey and Greece, the rubber boat’s engine stopped working. Work, and the boat loaded with passengers began to sink, and despite their many attempts to call for help, no one responded to them. Seventeen-year-old Yusra, her sister, and some other passengers jumped off the boat. To lose weight, they swam with it until they reached Greece, after which the sisters continued their dangerous journey overland to Germany. From swimming to save her life and the lives of her friends, to swimming with a dream of an Olympic medal, Yusra tells her extraordinary story from a refugee fleeing a war-torn country to an Olympian in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. ***** Yousra, we could not be more proud of you for your courage, your ability to resist difficulties, and for the wonderful example you set for children everywhere. Former US President Barack Obama
How I Elevated my Consciousness: First of all, naming my book came easily to me. The first title that came to my mind was “Intellectual Development Using Technical Terminology,” but shortly before publishing the book I changed the title to one that is closer to my heart. I also did that because the purpose behind the book is to introduce the concept of self-improvement in a simplified way, using the working mechanism of technical terminology. You now might be wondering what self-improvement has to do with technical terminology? Thanks to the guidance of God Almighty, I succeeded in writing this book where I discuss the secrets of the mind and its working mechanism according to scientific research by experts in this field. I also explain some of the concepts related to self-improvement while linking them to simple technical terminology to allow the reader to elevate their level of awareness and yet giving them the free perception will to choose an individual approach that best suits them. My target audience is those who find it difficult to reach the maximum level of awareness when it comes to self-improvement. There is no shame in that, for I myself only came to understand that world a short while ago, after my mind connected to those mechanisms and inspired me to start writing once again to finally present you with my findings on this subject matter. My findings are backed by scientific research conducted by experts in the field of human psychology and my vast experience in the science of information technology. Hence, I resorted to writing this topic to simplify the related concepts and clarify how to connect the mechanism of the mind with technical terminology. Although the terminology is found in the science of information technology field is wide, for the purpose of this book, I have chosen a small number of terms to make it easier for the reader to understand their meaning and allow them to quickly connect them with the logic behind self-improvement.
