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- Why Have a Mission Statement and Vision Statement? - by Submitted on May 03, 2010 from Don MidgettMartha Graham, dancer, choreographer, and foremost American pioneer of modern dance once wrote, “Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.” We have all at one time or another lost the focus of our intention for our ...
Views: 3485 - The Adaptative and Strenuous Challenge of Being a Stay At Home Dad - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2010 from Christofer FrenchThe Toughest Job Being a "Stay At Home" Dad is a study in focusing on what is not natural to you. It is an extremely tough job. Then, she's a girl. Then she is a Libra. For those of you who are not familiar, a Libra female is proper, balanced, preoccupied with being pretty and love's a nice ...
Views: 1821(1 vote) - The Benefits of Life Coaching: Your Accelerated Growth - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2010 from Mark GibsonPerhaps the most important commonality clients of trained personal coaches have in common is that they achieve their clearly defined life goals sooner by moving through challenges more quickly. Many coaching clients enjoy new levels of happiness, improved communication skills, renewed mental ...
Views: 1483(3 votes) - Improving Memory with Kinesthetic Learning Strategies - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2010 from Liz (Zebe) PearsallKinesthetic learning (touch) is important to learning and memory. Many teachers use kinesthetic learning to help students who have trouble listening or watching lessons. However, kinesthetic learning is important for everyone. Kinesthetic—tactile stimulation—reveals information about ...
Views: 10576(2 votes) - At-risk K-12 learners affected by ADHD and other mood disorders can benefit by using light and sound therapy as an intervention strategy - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2010 from Steve TaylorMy Work with students and adults affected by ADHD, mood disorders and poor sleep, using Light and Sound Therapy devices to improve their outcomes By Steve Taylor, M.S., C.E.T Recently, I managed a 5- month Charter school based demonstration project with at-risk K-12 student learners, to ...
Views: 2575(4 votes) - ***Discover a Means to Improve Dyslexia That No One Knows About - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2010 from Nancy DanielsThrough my many years teaching voice improvement, I have made some startling discoveries regarding dyslexia, stuttering and even spasmodic dysphonia. Because my approach deals with learning how to breathe with the support of the diaphragm, my clients have benefited in ways unimaginable; and, ...
Views: 3492(5 votes) - Proven Strategies to Accelerate Success - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from Samantha JohnsonYou want to accelerate your success. The very foundation of success acceleration is the fact that some of the principles you have in your belief window are not completely accurate, and they must be changed. Change the principles in your belief window that are not true, and you will be well ...
Views: 1579(2 votes) - Are You On Top of The World? - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2010 from Hal WechslerAre You On-Top-Of-The-World or Down In the Dumps? After studying (not just reading) “Motor Action and Emotional Memory”, either the scientists at Radbourd University, Netherlands have made a monster discovery or they need a minimum of one year of therapy to recover their healthy ...
Views: 2248(2 votes) - Is Replaying an Emotional Trauma Good or Bad For You? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2010 from Hal WechslerIs Replaying An Emotional Trauma Good Or Bad For You? Who Cares – But Why Controlled mental replaying of your negative experience (event) is excellent therapy. Repetition with new understanding deadens, dulls and benumbs the pain from the original occurrence. Mental repetition of a ...
Views: 3210(3 votes) - How to Double Your Memory - Permanently. - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Double Your Memory Permanently Is Intelligence the other side of the coin of Working Memory? When kids and adults have poor working memory, are they automatically stupid? What’s “working memory”? Is it’s your brain’s ability to hold information and manipulate it mentally? Some ...
Views: 1883(4 votes) - Increase Brain Power: Binaural Beats - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2010 from Andrew AndersonWhat’s the deal with Binaural Beats? You might have heard about binaural beats, it's a growing movement with an industry that has from small, select followers to a massive amount of believers who have transformed their lives in a positive manner through binaural technology. It’s personal ...
Views: 4622(3 votes) - Keeping Creative - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2010 from David ScottCreativity is a mysterious word. In life creativeness is not limited to human beings. Animals have been highly creative not only in survival but in having a fun time of living. Watching a group of birds play at the ocean begins to look like choreography only where is the master creator there? ...
Views: 1545(2 votes) - What is Associative-Conditioning And Who Cares? - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhat is Associative-Conditioning And Who Cares? Have you checked out Mental Movies.com? Hold it – not yet. They use basic psychological laws to create new habits for success, health, and personal growth. It takes six-minutes daily and is corny, but it is the Real-Deal. I know you don’t ...
Views: 1408(1 vote) - Is Listening to Your Internal Dialogue the Secret of Learning and Career Success? - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Hal WechslerIs Listening The Secret to Helping Others Improve Their Productivity? How many times do we want to talk things over with a Silent Partner, compared to hearing what he/she thinks or knows? Is silence Platinum, Golden or Silver? Neuroscientific research has proof. I heard – if you give a ...
Views: 1500(1 vote) - How Different Are Lefties? - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow Different Are Lefties? Are folks hand-eye-foot Dominant? Yes, but more important, handedness influences our decisions on good or bad, clever or ordinary, skillful or clumsy, and positive or negative. Judgments often hang on our Attitudes, Aptitudes, and only third, Intelligence. Get ...
Views: 1813(4 votes) - What is Human Nature, And What is Not? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhatever is reinforced - improves. Praise raises the probability of a behavior being repeated. Two rules govern human existence: the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain (punishment). How? One is called Operant (operating) Conditioning and the second, Behavior Modification (B-Mod). ...
Views: 1422(2 votes) - Who Needs Good Grades? - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Eugene Yiga“In learning something new, a man improves himself. He either acquires a new skill or becomes more proficient at an old one. In studying, a man acquires new knowledge but this new knowledge need not make any difference to him as a practical man.” – D.C. Lau Every year, final exams are the ...
Views: 1818(3 votes) - Do Inquirying Minds Know this? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Hal WechslerDo Inquiring Minds Know This? A hobby that feeds my sense of curiosity is collecting facts and definitions nobody else knows or cares about. Statistics 1. The human body has 60,000 miles of blood vessels for circulation. If you Google it, scientific research papers quote this number ...
Views: 1563(2 votes) - EyeQ: Removing the Brakes - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2010 from Chris WardleYou're sitting, rather impatiently, at an intersection, staring intently at the red light. Your engine is idling; your fingers are tapping a punctuated meter against the steering wheel. Your mind is racing: you are almost late for an important appointment. The heat of the stifling summer ...
Views: 2312(4 votes) - Brain Enhancement Methods Techniques Software, Maintaining Brain Health and New Brain Improvement Technology Tools - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2021 from Leon EdwardBrain Enhancement can be attained with natural and technical methods both rather quickly and in longer term more permanent results. You will be glad you spent the extra effort in optimizing your brain power and maintaining brain health for your entire life. Being smarter and optimizing your IQ, ...
Views: 4306(3 votes) - Is Our Brain in Conflict? - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2009 from Hal WechslerIs Our Brain in Conflict? No trick question – Professor Emmanuel Donchin, University of Illinois says, “99% of cognitive activity may be NonConscious.” Weird? Google it. His research stands for our Conscious (cognitive-thinking brain) is subordinate to our NonConscious brain by a country ...
Views: 2013(1 vote) - Did You Know This One? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Hal WechslerDid Ya Know This One? Play along with me – which of these motivators beats the rest to excite executives? a) Money b) promotions c) respect d) personal satisfaction Wait. One got 45% rating; the runner up got 29%, next motivator got 18%, and last and maybe least, got only ...
Views: 1549(2 votes) - What's New About Your Left and Right Brain? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Hal WechslerCan B-I-N-G-O Brainwash Homo sapiens? Have you noticed that newspapers and magazines are going belly-up? Statistics are very persuasive 1. More than 105 newspapers have crashed and burned in 2009. 2. Ten thousand jobs in journalism have ceased and desisted in ...
Views: 1511(4 votes) - Jim Rohn Lives - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Hal WechslerJim Rohn Lives Do you believe in the power of personal growth and lifelong change for the better? Wait. That you can improve your core knowledge and personal experiences up to age 93? Well, maybe? Now please read on. December 10, 2009: neuroscientists at Carnegie Mellon University, ...
Views: 1558(2 votes) - EyeQ: Deep Practice for the Brain - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Chris WardleNew York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle recently released his new book, “The Talent Code”. Regarded by Tom Peters as the most important and useful book in 2009, we feel it helpful to any educator or parent wanting to increase the success and skills of their students. Mr. Coyle’s research ...
Views: 4584(5 votes) - Brain Research 2009 is a Winner - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Hal WechslerNew Brain Research in 2009: How To Influence, Persuade and Convince 1. Fact: speak toward your listener’s RIGHT ear to overcome objections. It is wired to their left hemisphere and is accepted as logical and reasonable. 2. Fact: Focus on your listener’s LEFT facial side to read their ...
Views: 1773(3 votes) - The Importance of Addends - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Crewton RamoneIn the course of the last few years, I have taken on students of every skill level and age you can imagine, from 3 to 83, from those who could not count yet to those who just needed some brush up in preparation for calculus. A recurring theme among those students who are getting the poorest ...
Views: 1808(2 votes) - What Is Your Competitive Edge? - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Hal WechslerWhat Is Your Competitive Advantage? Bank of America is repaying the U.S. Treasury its $45 billion TARP loan. What does TARP stand for? A recent survey found only 5% could define the Acronym (word from first letters of words) – Troubled Asset Relief Program. So what? Who cares? Is the ...
Views: 1506(3 votes) - Do You Learn More From Success or Failure? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Hal WechslerDo You Learn More From Failure or Success? Do you agree with these scientific statements? 1. We make conscious decisions 95%% of the time? 2. Emotions drive our behavior, and emotions are the seat (core) of our subconscious mind? 3. We learn more from our failures than our ...
Views: 1741(3 votes) - How to be Outrageous and Make Mon... - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2009 from Hal WechslerHow to be Outrageous And Win The Prize Called Mo… Do you delete 90% of your emails unread? Me too, because Clutter wastes my time and makes feel like a Mooch (patsy, jerk). What makes us stop to read the other unsolicited 10%? Curiosity, and the belief it may just give us Pleasure and help ...
Views: 1456(3 votes) - How to be Outrageous and Make Mon... - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2009 from Hal WechslerHow to be Outrageous And Win The Prize Called Mo… Do you delete 90% of your emails unread? Me too, because Clutter wastes my time and makes feel like a Mooch (patsy, jerk). What makes us stop to read the other unsolicited 10%? Curiosity, and the belief it may just give us Pleasure and help ...
Views: 1575(3 votes) - The Mystery of Sound systems and The Power They Have On Our Lives - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2010 from Andre ZiziIf sound systems that are composed by musicians, scientists, and music engineers were not relevant, then, we would not had bothered to spend billion of pounds creating music, films and documentaries, or bothered to go to the threate, cinema and gala events. What is it about sound systems that ...
Views: 1606(3 votes) - Can We be Too Skeptical? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Hal WechslerCan We Be Too Skeptical? Has your view about President Obama stayed the same since January 21st 2009, or moved under the wheels of the bus? How about some hard numbers by the poll with the most credibility? The public perception on President Barack Obama on January 21, ’09 was a (wow!) ...
Views: 1539(3 votes) - Honoring our Country’s Wingmen on Veterans Day - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2009 from Waldo WaldmanAs we celebrate this Veterans Day to honor our country’s heroes and pay respect to their service and sacrifice, it’s difficult not to get caught up with the emotions and controversy surrounding the recent massacre at Fort Hood Army base in TX. What happened was indeed a tragedy and the families ...
Views: 979(4 votes) - Double Your Influence to Persuade? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Hal WechslerDouble Your Influence And Ability to Persuade? When we ask college students and corporate executives if they know about the power of Influence, students strike out, while up to 74% of executives name a book called Influence: the psychology of persuasion. What’s It All About ...
Views: 2035(4 votes) - Stress Causes Gain? - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2009 from Hal WechslerStress Causes Gain? What is your automatic Association and reaction when you read – “No-Pain”? Right, “No-Gain!” We are not talking about pumping-iron, yet it applies to cognitive learning. Most of us invent reasons not to do the repetitious practice, (home work) it takes to create ...
Views: 1350(4 votes) - Are You a Reading Genius? - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Hal WechslerAre You A Reading Genius? Indeed. Were we taught to read well in school? It’s easy to be a critic, but teachers can only transmit to students what they themselves were taught. They were trained in Reading-Aloud, not Silent Reading. You learned to read aloud. When do you read out loud in ...
Views: 1687(5 votes) - The Enigma of the Subconscious Mind Control - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2010 from Andre ZiziWhy is there so much emphasis on the subconscious reprogramming? Why do celebrities hire hypnotists and therapist? Why sports Olympics are coached by sports psychologist? Why do scientists still study the mind? Well, consider this, the average adults has the subconscious development like ...
Views: 3947(4 votes) - Record Breaking Memory Tips You’ll Never Want To Forget - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Marie O'RiordanHow frustrated have you felt when you’ve forgotten something or somebody’s name? Texan, Ron White, officially has one of the best memories on the Planet and he would tell you right this instant to ‘stop saying you have a terrible memory!’ In an exclusive face-to-face interview at Life ...
Views: 1559(3 votes) - Can 10 Cent Earplugs Improve York Learning & Memory? - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Hal WechslerCan Ten-Cent Earplugs Improve Your Learning, Memory & Reading Speed? NASA’s Astronauts could not use their pens in space so they spent ten million to invent a special ink-flow device. The Russian space cadets had no dinero, and solved the same problem by writing with pencils, which worked ...
Views: 5753(5 votes) - Motivation and Confidence - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Terry HansenMotivation and Confidence Motivation is the amount of or level of desire to accomplish a specified outcome. Confidence is the perception of one’s abilities to succeed in the fulfillment of the specified outcome. Both are related to the same outcome. However, and this is a critical ...
Views: 10365(4 votes) - A Secret About The Reading Code - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Hal WechslerA Secret About the Reading-Code Can Reading More – Help You Live Up to 10 Years Longer? * Can Reading More - Help You Reduce The Risk of Alz Up To 60%? * The average college graduate in the U.S. reads one (1) book a year reluctantly. He/she hates reading, learning, and education. Here’s ...
Views: 1604(3 votes) - What Still, Small, Voice? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Hal WechslerWhat Still, Small Voice? What is Stream-of-Consciousness, and why should you care? Synonyms for stream-of-consciousness are: internal dialogue, self-talk, inner monologue, subvocalization, and the still-small-voice. Professor William James (1842-1910) physician, first U.S. ...
Views: 1389(4 votes) - Don’t You Dare Reach Your Potential - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Marie O'RiordanWhole World Gone Nuts About Reaching Potential Yes, re-read the headline if you’d be so kind. I am 100% seriously encouraging you to not dare reach your potential… Ever. There are huge names out there today promising they can help you reach your potential. It’s time to be afraid – very ...
Views: 1667(13 votes) - How to Write an Essay the Easy Way - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Jan BookFor most students, writing an essay is difficult and time consuming. It takes a considerable amount of time to research about a topic that you will have write about. Plus, a student may have to spend a considerable amount of time in the library to gather up resources and references for his or ...
Views: 3993(6 votes) - Another Aha! Experience - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Hal WechslerA Second Aha! Experience 1. “Counselor Wechsler – please rise and listen carefully. How many legs does a lamb have?” 2. “Dean Reppy, I have never personally met a lamb and counted his/her limbs. I defer to someone with farm experience.” 3. “You have seen pictures, movies, videos of ...
Views: 1407(6 votes) - Some Study Tips for Exams - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Royane RealWhen you are studying for an exam or if you need to learn some material for a presentation, you may be wondering how early you should start to study, and how often you should review the material in order to remember it. Is it best to study large chunks of the information at a time, or should ...
Views: 1651(4 votes) - Are Affirmations Worth Doing? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Hal WechslerAre Affirmations Worth Doing? A poll of our graduates including 81% of corporate executives and 89% of college students absolutely hate daily rituals. They do not make a habit of daily prayer nor reciting positive statements to program their mind. Our research indicates there are very ...
Views: 1509(4 votes) - Discover Your Strongest Intelligence and Your Unique Learning Style - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Royane RealWhen you were going to school, did you do well on exams? Was learning easy for you? Or were you one of those students who had difficulty learning? Did you often feel dumb? Did you grow up convinced that you weren’t very smart? If you didn’t do well in school, it might not have been ...
Views: 4240(4 votes) - What Is Your Intelligence Type? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Royane RealIs there more than one kind of intelligence? How should we define intelligence? Can we really measure it? What is intelligence, really? Several experts in the field of intelligence have proposed that we need to broaden our understanding of what intelligence really is, and the role it plays in ...
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