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- What is the Chain Reaction For Personal Success - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Hal WechslerWhat is The Chain-Reaction For Personal Success If you learn this baby-easy system to use your electromagnetic field RHYTHM consciously – you have a strategy to change (improve) almost anything and everything in your life. Right, and cows can fly and drop off their milk! What is your ...
Views: 1576(4 votes) - What is The Buzzing of The Bees? - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2011 from Hal WechslerThe Secret strategy of Buzzing of The Bees We trained a NYC attorney in Tripling (3x) his Speed Reading and Doubling his long-term memory. That was not what he emailed us about. One of the side-issues in the 12 hours of sessions includes a strategy called The Buzzing of The Bees. This is a ...
Views: 1464(1 vote) - Are People's Judgments Rational And Stable or What? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Hal WechslerAre People’s Judgments Rational And Stable or What? 21st Century Science: If you are a lifelong learner and want a healthy mind-body connection and longevity, you have to consistently and persistently use your brain to keep learning. What does that really mean? How? Did you know up to ...
Views: 1314 - Are People's Judgments Rational And Stable or What? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Hal WechslerAre People’s Judgments Rational And Stable or What? 21st Century Science: If you are a lifelong learner and want a healthy mind-body connection and longevity, you have to consistently and persistently use your brain to keep learning. What does that really mean? How? Did you know up to ...
Views: 1411(3 votes) - How New Scientific Strategies Add To Health & Longevity - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow New Scientific Research Adds to Your Health And Longevity If you are like me about wild medical claims, you are a skeptic and contrarian and believe almost no authority or expert without proof. Sure there are breakthroughs, but the drug companies are the last one to believe. But then ...
Views: 1445(2 votes) - What is The LAw of Expectation? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Hal WechslerWhat is the Law of Expectation, And Who Cares? Now you are an intelligent person, wise in the ways of the world. If you do some quick internet research on the Law of Expectation, what will you find? Answer: Google has to remove this drivel. These articles contain facts a first-grader would ...
Views: 4059(1 vote) - How to Make Conscious Decisions - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Make Big Decisions Consciously – Instead of on Auto-Pilot It is an insult to tell anyone living that they make their most important decisions non-consciously. Homo sapiens pride ourselves on behaviors using logic and reason, math and science, right? Neuroscientists until 2008 ...
Views: 2925(12 votes) - How to Use Influence Principles For Personal Success - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Use Influence Principles For Personal Success And Win Big She was a ten-year old girl scout selling their annual stale cookies. Cut to the chase - she looked up at me and said, "Would you please make a $300 donation to the Girl Scouts of America?" If she were an adult salesperson ...
Views: 2109(3 votes) - How to Stamp Out Personal Fear and Anxiety in Ten-Minutes - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Stamp Out Personal Fear And Anxiety in Ten-Minutes Do you ever read articles or listen to experts who sound so slick you discount their knowledge as just old common-sense? What we are too nice to say is their great solution to your problem is too good to be true. When the answer ...
Views: 2348(3 votes) - How to Dissolve, Destroy and Chew-Up Anxiety And Stress - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Dissolve, Destroy And Chew-Up Anxiety & Stress My grandma told me something at our Thanksgiving Day feast that I will never forget. For those who don’t know me, I am a skeptic, doubter and contrarian, and those are my positive character traits. Would you believe a close relative ...
Views: 1689(2 votes) - How to Fool Yourself Into Health - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Fool Yourself Into Health If you were told by your doctor that he was giving you Sugar Pills for your (IBS) Irritable Bowel Syndrome, would you expect any improvement in your condition? Would you take them twice a day as he/she prescribed? ...
Views: 1677(4 votes) - How to Think Quickly And Why It makes You Happier - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Think Quickly And Why It Makes You Happier If you know this – you are one-in-two-million. What? If you are feeling depressed (discouraged, disheartened or distressed), you own a tool that works 100% of the time to extinguish the four Ds within 10-seconds. If you pay attention ...
Views: 2064(3 votes) - How to Learn Something Important You Never Knew - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Learn Something Important You Never Knew What is more important to your personal success, knowing HOW to do what it takes to succeed, or WHY you want to succeed? Is it the skill-set or your motivation? Are we talking about opinions or scientific research? Does This Help The ...
Views: 1672(2 votes) - How to Double Your Memory in 11-Minutes - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Permanently Double Your Memory in the next 11 Minutes Did you know that after finishing an important article, report or non-fiction book, both students and executives retain about 10% of the key points after 8-hours, and around 5% after 24-hours? So reading alone is not the ...
Views: 2472(1 vote) - How to Use Humming For Health - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Hum Your Way Back to Health Can you keep an open mind about knowledge that is NOT scientific? I have to force myself not to giggle at beliefs and practices of non-scientific cultures. But, recent research on Tibetan practices have proven as real as a heart attack. Do you have to ...
Views: 5855(1 vote) - How to Learn to Love Your Mistakes - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Learn to Love Your Mistakes Why do executives suffer emotionally when the world discovers they are not perfect and make mistakes? Making mistakes, errors or failing makes them feel stupid, embarrassed and worse – incompetent. These emotions lead to chronic stress, a weak immune ...
Views: 1850(1 vote) - How to Stay Happy 24/7 Starting Now - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Stay Happy 24/7 & Add 10-Years to Your Longevity Did your Mom walk around the house singing out loud half the time, and smiling the rest? See if you remember this: a French lady named Jeanne Calment died in 1997. Her birth and death were documented. She was the oldest person who ...
Views: 2894(1 vote) - How to Save Your Brain By Playing Dumb Word Games - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Save Your Brain By Playing Dumb Word Games If it is dumb, why should I do it? Because you are going to live into your late eighties or nineties, and you want to have all your cognitive (senses and memory) skills. See, fifty-percent of seniors past 85 live with Alzheimer or other ...
Views: 2325(4 votes) - Why Air-Writing Doubles Your Memory - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Air-Writing Doubles Your Long-Term Memory You have seen kids play the AIR (make-believe) guitar, while listening to music. Strangely, each time they ACT like performers playing a genuine guitar – they IMPRINT the music and fingering on their long-term memory. How come? They are using ...
Views: 1715(1 vote) - How to Oversome Fear of Change - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Overcome Fear Of Change Does this make sense to you? Humans are wired as a species to have Danger-Avoidance functions take precedence over our Pleasuring-Seeking functions. What does it mean? Fear overrides our desire for pleasure. Is it hard to believe 40-million Americans, ...
Views: 1947(3 votes) - How to Dissolve Information-Overload - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Dissolve Information-Overload Do you experience information-overload from too many daily emails, telephone calls, books, articles and reports? If your career is in the Knowledge Economy and requires updated information to stay competitive in your industry, you are suffering chronic ...
Views: 1332(1 vote) - How to Gesture And Double Your Communicating Skills - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Gesture And Double Your Communication Skills Adults are learners too, so how do we get our point across (comprehension) without sounding like a dominating school teacher? If you visit your doctor and he says your x-rays are Benign, you are a lot happier than if he says the results ...
Views: 2043(8 votes) - Why Your Career Is More Than Making a Living - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Your Career is Emotionally More Than Earning a Living It was Thanksgiving Day, the clan gathered at my Mother-in-law’s home to eat and drink triple (3x) their normal calories, but all is forgiven because it is a sanctioned feast day. Why? It is a ritual for God, U.S. and the ...
Views: 1665 - So What? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Hal WechslerSo What? Did you ever notice that there is an endless conversation going on in your mind called Self-Talk or Internal Dialogue? We stopped being aware of it because it has always been there. It is called – Thinking or Steam of Consciousness. We hold conversations between our – I, ...
Views: 1582(3 votes) - Work or Fun - Do Words Change Minds? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2010 from Hal WechslerWork or Fun – Do Words Change Minds? Are you in the business of influencing, persuading and convincing folks to use your product or service, and not your competitor? We all have a boss, someone to report to, even if it is the Board of Directors. Decisions are not mechanical or ...
Views: 1654(4 votes) - The Baby-Easy Secrets of Speed Reading - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from Hal Wechsler“The Secret of Speed Reading” “Acoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabriigde Uinervtisy, it ddeosn’t mttaer in wttht order the lteers in a wrrd are, the ollny ipmoetnt tihhng is taaht thr frrist and lssat lttteers be at the rgghit pcclae. The rsset cnna be a tooatl msses and yuoo can sittl ...
Views: 2112 - Do You Zone-Out 46.9% of the time (at work)? - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from Hal WechslerDo You Zone-Out 46.9% of The Time (at your office)? Although I am a Contrarian (trained at law school) I have done the research about Mind-Wandering, Day-Dreaming and Zoning-Out. Result: you and I are OOI (Out Of It) a minimum of 30% (at school) to 47% of the time (at your career). ...
Views: 2568(5 votes) - Do You Start Yawning at 2:30pm? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2010 from Hal WechslerDo You Start Yawning At 2:30pm And Finish At 5pm? If you are still breathing and own a TV you have viewed a commercial for 5-Hour Energy Drink. Each dose contains 2-ounces in five different berry flavors. This is an alternative to coffee crashing with its tired, dopey, and sluggish ...
Views: 1930(7 votes) - Why Symphony Conductors live longer - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Symphony Conductors Live Longer. If you read the obituaries for fun and as social history, the #1 occupation producing healthy, long living folks – I mean into their 90s – are musical conductors making ridiculous arm gestures. Can their secret of healthy, long lives, work for ...
Views: 5955(4 votes) - Why Inquiring Minds Care: Health And Longevity - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Inquiring Minds Care: It’s Health And Longevity Do you find that 95% of all Internet articles never teach you anything practical? Can you even remember the last useful strategy or schema (diagram/pattern) you implemented to improve your life? Inquiring Minds read books, articles and ...
Views: 1593(1 vote) - How to Get Hired For The Right Slot in This Economy - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Get Hired For The Right Slot – In This Economy Is it a scientific fact that whatever is measured – improves? Does Attention create Concentration and Comprehension, leading to learning strategies and a better working-memory? Your attention varies based on your motivation to learn ...
Views: 1448(4 votes) - Why Doubling Your Memory is Hot Stuff - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Doubling Your Long-Term Memory Leads to Longevity Did you know your brain is always using multi-senses, not just one, for comprehension? When we are listening to anyone speaking to us (giving a lecture, or movie dialogue), our brain is using a variety of senses, not just our ears, to ...
Views: 1334 - What Are the Top-Ten Worst Human Fears? - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhat Are the Top-Ten Worst Human Fears? Who cares? Inquiring Minds must know. #10. is the mind-boggling fear of Public Speaking and being unprepared. # 9. is the stomach-churning fear of Heights and maybe falling off the roof. # 8. is the panic attack by the thought of Claustrophobia ...
Views: 3208 - Why Mindfulness 101 is a Career Saver - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Mindfulness 101 is a Lifesaver Are you curious about new scientific research on baby-easy meditation that can help overcome chronic insomnia, reduce high blood pressure, and support self-control over anxiety? Would you be interested in scientific research on how about 9 minutes of ...
Views: 2156(2 votes) - Why Emotions in The Workplace Rule - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Emotions in The Workplace Rule Do we see reality as it is, or as we feel at the time? Don’t we all believe that we are objective - while others are emotional? The world is right-brained and only I am rational and left-brained? Wait. In a scientific study of physicians – 90% stated ...
Views: 1517(1 vote) - Why Resistance to Change? - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Resistance to Change is Painful We are not philosophers but like you – very practical folks. Half our job is holding workshops for executives at major corporations to train them in two- days to 3x their learning skills and 2x their long-term memory. What that means is these ...
Views: 1940(2 votes) - Why Paying Attention is The Only Thing - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Paying Attention Is The Only Thing When Vince Lombardi, star football coach was asked about winning in 1959, he said, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” So what? Reading is everything and it is also the only thing to learn Math and Science. Even Engineering and ...
Views: 1449(3 votes) - Chiasma Means Crossing, So What? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2010 from Hal WechslerChiasma Means The Opposite Side, But Who Cares? Wanna be in-the-know about a two-minute exercise to instantly wake up your learning skills and long-term memory? Wait. Do you have trouble getting invigorated and creative at 9 am? Do you suffer from the 2 pm blues when your brain is ...
Views: 1481 - Death of Insomnia - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Shrink Insomnia to 55 Seconds If you are over the age of 35 you already have an intimate relationship with Insomnia. Sleep difficulties are SOP (Standard Operating Procedure). From Latin “somn” means sleep, and “in” translates to Not! I asked a class of 30 high schoolers if they ...
Views: 1575(1 vote) - Why You Should Not Pay Attention to Einstein - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy You Should Not Read Einstein Time Magazine called Al one of the most important figures of the 20th Century. If you put up a prize of $10,000 to discover the only scientist the public knows by name – think about it for a second – yeah it’s Al. So what? Al said: “If “A” is a success in ...
Views: 1955 - Change Your Affirmation - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2010 from Hal WechslerChange Your Affirmation, Change Your Destiny “I AM experiencing a Benign (B-9) body and mind, and feeling better-and-better, on a daily basis infinitum.” If you repeat this affirmation (oath, testimonial) for five-minutes before falling asleep, and three-minutes on waking, you will ...
Views: 1986 - Who Has The Right Skills? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhat Are The Right Skills For Both Job Hunting And Career Promotions? Even though you are working or self-employed, we believe success is a life-long learning-game. Google: New York Times on 7.02.2010: Jobs Go Begging in The Hunt For the Right-Skills. So What, Who Cares, I am OK ...
Views: 1496 - How Do Critics Influence Us? - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow Critics Influence Behavior – And So Should You Half of the major theater critics said they liked Jersey Boys, while the other half called it 1970s corny. The NY Times gave it a moderate rave on November 7th 2005 and in the middle of June 2010 it is still a major hit on Broadway. ...
Views: 1920(3 votes) - Is Memory the Enemy of Learning? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Hal WechslerIs Memory The Enemy of Learning? Did you know that Cursive (connected letters), Printed Lettering, and Spelling are being slowly eliminated? Many teachers in elementary schools have already stopped giving writing and spelling lessons leading to these ancient skills. The use of our ...
Views: 1794(1 vote) - Is Your Memory As Strong As a Sixth-Grader? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2010 from Hal WechslerIs Your Memory As Strong As a Sixth-Grader? President Barack Obama was a law professor at the University of Chicago for 12-years (1992-2004). He was a Senior Lecturer, on the faculty as a part-time professor, specializing in constitutional law. He was asked to teach full-time, but his ...
Views: 1585 - Is Your Memory As Good As a 5th Grader? - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Hal WechslerIs Your Memory As Good As a 5th Grader? If you got five-minutes, you can discover how to remember abstract (tough-stuff) permanently. We teach this long-term memory strategy to ten-year olds (5th graders) and they get it. How about it? Now if your life centers on ditch digging – this is ...
Views: 1424(5 votes) - I Dare You - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Hal WechslerI Dare You To Use the “D” Word With Someone If President Obama used the “D” word on TV – he would be impeach by the following week. I didn’t say convicted – but surely impeached. See, the House of Representatives is the Grand Jury and the Senate does the actual trial. Don’t get nervous ...
Views: 1520(1 vote) - The Day I Forgot How to Breathe - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Hal WechslerThe Day I Forgot How To Breathe “Allergy season may be the worst ever. A monster allergy season is in store for Spring 2010, according to experts. Our alert allergy level is 10.7 out of a maxium of 12.0.” Providence (R.I.) Examiner. Fact: an allergen is a substance, often a protein that ...
Views: 1423(1 vote) - Do You Use Words That Motivate, Persuade & Convince? - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Hal WechslerDo You Use Words That Motivate, Persuade And Convince? You know the expression – All-Talk, No Action. Recent neuroscientific research proves that when you use Direct-Action verbs the listener feels and visualizes the meaning in the Supplemental Motor Region of their brain. They tend to ...
Views: 2579 - Are Mirror Neurons Going to Make Your Career? - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2010 from Hal WechslerCan Mirror Neurons Make You a Star in Your Career? Athletes in football, baseball, soccer and golf swear by the amount of physical practice they put in. Superstars spend almost as much practice time on conditioning their mind for winning. Is this just more New Age weirdness? You can use ...
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