Four-volume English series
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Magic Four Corners
Yousef Valinasab Zarnaghi
Magic Four Corners — Book 1
ISBN: 978-600-04-9765-1
Inventor · Researcher · Author · Education Entrepreneur
Yousef Valinasab, architect of personal growth roadmaps
Inventor of RDS
Learning-psychology researcher
Software engineer
Author & English educator
I started from zero. Drawing on software engineering, the psychology of learning and language education, I build tools that help each person design a roadmap of their own — not a plan written for someone else.
22
years teaching in exemplary and gifted schools
- years teaching in exemplary and gifted schools
- 22
- international, national and provincial honours
- 24
- published English-teaching volumes
- 10
- years of business and digital-media consulting
- 12
My philosophy
A ruler, or a compass?
Thousands of teenagers, teachers and business owners have skill, effort and motivation — and still don’t grow. The problem isn’t them.
The ruler
It measures everyone against one scale, invites comparison and breeds self-blame. The result: following a plan written for someone else.
The compass
It understands each person through their own traits, wounds, fears and real situation — and helps them design a roadmap that is truly theirs.
It isn’t laziness or lack of motivation. The path simply has to be your own.
03 Three pillars, one craft
Where engineering, mind and language meet
Every tool I build grows out of these three disciplines.
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Computer & software engineering
Designing learning systems and platforms; international champion and judge of web-design and programming competitions.
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Psychology of learning
A precise understanding of the learning mind — the scientific basis of RDS and Hadyar Plus.
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English language education
22 years of teaching, author of ten volumes and creator of the MFC4 method.
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04 Inventions & innovations
Tools built for real growth
Registered invention
RDS
RDS — Roadmap Design System
Engineering a personal roadmap for every learner
A method for engineering roadmaps, learning strategies and language learning that designs each person’s path around their own traits, abilities and real situation — instead of a one-size-fits-all plan. Officially patented, with exclusive intellectual-property rights.
Registered invention
C.A.R.E
C.A.R.E — Intelligent Probabilistic Test Engine
An intelligent engine for building assessments
An intelligent probabilistic test-generation algorithm, officially patented and technically endorsed by Amirkabir University of Technology.
Platform
Hadyar Plus
An intelligent platform for academic guidance and personal development
An intelligent platform for academic guidance and personal development, licensed by Tabriz University of Medical Sciences as a counselling and personal-development centre, with registered exclusive intellectual property.
Method
MFC4
MFC4 — Fast, Principled English Learning
Built on the Magic Four Corners book series
A method for learning English quickly and properly, designed around the four-volume Magic Four Corners series.
05 The rabbit and the turtle
Move at your own rhythm
Copying someone else’s speed and path doesn’t bring progress; it brings disappointment and self-blame. If you have the mind and rhythm of a turtle, you shouldn’t run with a rabbit’s plan.
Real growth begins when self-discovery replaces comparison and imitation, and each person takes their own real step from exactly where they stand. Every method and platform I have built serves this one idea.
Yousef Valinasab
06 Scientific & official recognition
Endorsements and licences
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07 Hall of honours
Recognition earned through real work
- All
- 7
- International
- 2
- National
- 5
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International
Official international judge, web design & programming competitions
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Rank 1International
1st place, international programming & web design competition
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Rank 1National ·1402
1st place nationally, programming & web design competition
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Rank 1National ·1401
1st place nationally, computer competitions — web design
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Rank 1National ·1400
1st place nationally, Kharazmi Festival — English language
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Rank 1National ·1399
1st place nationally, innovative online education
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Rank 1National ·1401
1st place nationally, artist-teachers competition
08 Education & technology ecosystem
Platforms that support learning every day
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RDS Land
rdsland.com
The home of the RDS method — roadmaps, guidance and learning.
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Classtop
classtop.ir
An online academy for skills and languages.
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Schooltop
schooltop.ir
A learning platform for schools and students.
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Rewardland
rewardland.ir
A motivation and rewards platform for learners.
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Teachers Tribune
teacherstribune.com
An international site for publishing English-language articles.
09 Publications
Books and articles
Four-volume English series
2
Magic Four Corners
Yousef Valinasab Zarnaghi
Magic Four Corners — Book 2
ISBN: 978-600-04-9766-8
Four-volume English series
3
Magic Four Corners
Yousef Valinasab Zarnaghi
Magic Four Corners — Book 3
ISBN: 978-600-04-12-24
Four-volume English series
4
Magic Four Corners
Yousef Valinasab Zarnaghi
Magic Four Corners — Book 4
ISBN: 978-600-04-9813-94
Oxford, United Kingdom · 2016
Research article published by Oxford
The problem isn’t laziness or lack of motivation — it’s following a plan written for someone else.
12 Journal
Latest writing
Personal growth
The rabbit and the turtle: why copying someone else’s path doesn’t lead to growth
Many of us work hard, stay motivated and still don’t grow. Perhaps the problem is that we follow a plan written for someone else.
Read moreThe first step
Let’s design your own roadmap together
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