I am a fairly new member, about 4 months. However, I have been reading books by L. Ron Hubbard for about a year. I have completed the Dianetics seminar and am presently doing the success through communication course. A lot of the data in the books makes a lot of sense and are applicable in life. If applied it can change conditions for the better. At the moment I am studying the technology relating to running a business. Presently, most businesses in South Africa including mine are in a downtrend. With the management techniques I have learned in Scientology presently being put into operation, I know I will be able to reverse this trend upwards.