One of the greatest motivators for men and women to scale heights and overcome what seems to be insurmountable odds is often an incident early in their lives that perpetually challenged them. It is like climbing one's Mt. Everest while pursuing their lives and, more specifically, their chosen fields of endeavor. But how can one get past personal and career life challenges and emerge victorious? That is what this book, "The 8 Streams of Confluent Learning to Personal Effectiveness," is all about. Its author, Ed Teovisio, presents his theory on holistic learning and human potential development with insightful, introspective, & experiential fervor. Ed transcends the term "learning" from its traditional sense making it relevant not only in developing the cognitive mind but also the creative, physical, intrapersonal, spiritual, interpersonal, emotional, and behavioral faculties, which Ed calls the 8 life streams.These streams play an important part in learning, in performing, and in realizing one's success potentials. Confluent Learning or the coming together and meeting at a common point of the 8 life streams can draw out the power to excel in one's chosen fields of endeavor where personal effectiveness is central. Edgar "Ed" Suing Teovisio, born on July 21, 1966 in Manila, finished his Bachelor in Industrial Psychology and Bachelor in Human Behavior Technology at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Manila) in 1987. He took up units of Master in Industrial I Organizational Psychology at the De La Salle University (Taft). He held management positions at The Professional Troup Inc., Philippine Bank of Communications, High Desert Philippines Inc., Express Telecommunications Company Inc., U-BIX Corporation, and Philippine Behavior Centre, Inc. In 1995, he founded Confluent Learning Center which later became Confluent Management Inc. licensed under the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2005. He has served as human resource and organizational development consultant to highly reputable companies, namely: Corporate Holdings Management Inc., Commerce Asia Inc., Toyota Shaw Inc., Toyota Pasig, Rapid Forming Corporation, BCD Philscan Travel & Tours Inc., U-BIX Corporation, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Social Security System, GREPALIFE, Land Bank of the Phils., Duprinter Phils., JGC Philippines, and Bankard Inc., among others.