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- 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: 1494(4 votes) - How to Read-And-Remember 300-pages-daily - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“How You Can Read-&-Remember 300-pages-daily - Like JFK, LBJ, Nixon & Carter.” • 1. Bill Gates: “What I want? To be able to read, superfast!” • 2. Warren Buffet: “I’ve wasted ten (10) years reading slowly.” • 3. My partner, Evelyn Wood, the creator of Speed Reading, trained the White ...
Views: 1489(1 vote) - What's The One-Change? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Hal WechslerWhat’s The One-Change You Can Make to Improve Motivation-to Win? If you want people to take action, be induced and incentivize, do this one thing. This applies to a physical goal like finishing a game successfully. Most of us quit in the middle of effort because we get distracted or ...
Views: 1489 - 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: 1487(3 votes) - Boody Language is Your Competitive Advantage - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Hal WechslerBody Language is Critical to Success By H.Bernard Wechsler March 12 2012 Body Language is Your Competitive Advantage The right Questions lead you to winning solutions 1. Visual Image: Do you look like an expert? Don’t we all expect a lawyer, doctor, professor, computer-nerd, ...
Views: 1485(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: 1483(1 vote) - "Brainiacs: Inspiration Triggers Your Goals" - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Brainiacs Say: Inspiration Attracts Your Goals” • 1. “Michael, want to start every day like a Brainiac?” • 2. “Pop, Is it quick & easy, I’m still recovering from the weekend?” • 3. “You already know HOW to do it. It just arranging the steps into a strategy that wins you your goals. ...
Views: 1481 - 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 - What's The GAP and What good is it" - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“What’s The “GAP” in your lower-abdomen (sacral) area?” • 1. “I dunno, & I don’t care much, wait, should I?” • 2. “Would you like to access pleasure, knowledge, and be in the ‘mood’ for s-e-x, at your will? How about Acing exams, and retrieving long-term memories?” • 3. “Anything else, ...
Views: 1467 - 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) - Science Changed Its Mind About Reflexology in 2012 - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Hal Wechsler-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Science Changed Its Mind About Reflexology, November, 2012 • 1. Both the American Medical Association and the National Cancer Institute have changed their mind about Reflexology. It’s an ancient ...
Views: 1450 - 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) - 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) - 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) - Like More Brain Ram? - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2010 from Hal WechslerLike More Brain Memory Today? If you have a baby-easy strategy to deeply relax that requires 1-2 minutes maximum, you can improve your long-term memory up to 40%. That’s a lot and we know three ways. So what? Relaxation releases chronic stress and even adds to your mental health and ...
Views: 1438(3 votes) - True or False: two new strategies to give me energy - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2013 from Hal WechslerTrue or False: “There Are Two-Strategies I Can Do At My Desk to Rejuvenate Me.” • 1. “You decide after you do a mind/body experiment.” • 2. “I like being the judge & jury.” • 3. “The first exercise is called “Friction” and changes your brainwaves (ElectroMagnetic Field), leading to a ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - 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: 1435(3 votes) - New Scientific Research: Believers Make Less Errors - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Hal WechslerNew Scientific Research on Benefits of Belief in a Deity? Let’s get on the same footing – whether the reader is personally a believer or not – this serious research authored by Professor Michael Inzlicht at the University of Toronto, has something important to teach us about our brain. The ...
Views: 1432 - Can Two-Minute Rituals Improve Your Health And Lovevity? - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2009 from Hal WechslerCan These Two-Minute Rituals Improve Your Health & Longevity? This baby-easy anaerobic (no oxygen required) exercise at your desk can reduce your waistline and improve your blood circulation. It requires 2-minutes and works like a charm even for lazybones like me. The Bear Claw: ...
Views: 1428(2 votes) - My Aha! Experience - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2009 from Hal Wechsler“Pop, can you help me with my homework? I got these five last words I can’t figure out how to use each one in a sentence. “ “Sonny, you come to the right window. Gimme your problem. It is just as important to know where to find the right answer, as learning ...
Views: 1426 - Your Eyes Begin to Age After 30, Do this about it. - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2012 from Hal WechslerYour Eyes Begin to “Age” After 30: Discover a New Baby-Easy Strategy To Improve Them – Permanently – Into your Nineties. • 1. NeuroScience: School teaches us to read one-word-at-a-time, while hearing the words in our mind. We reinforce it daily from age 6 to 30. • “So what?” • 2. We ...
Views: 1426(1 vote) - 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) - Why StressBusting Works - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Why StressBusting Can Reduce Your Anxiety & Help Ace Your Career.” • 1. “But is this meditation stuff “practical” or just hot-air?” • 2. “Let’s keep it simple, unless you’re a “Brainiac” & have to know where the “feet-grow-from”. Go to: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, lead author, Fadel ...
Views: 1424(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) - If you Know How to Arouse Curioisty... - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2013 from Hal WechslerIf You Know How to Arouse Curiosity, You Win the Prize • 1. Science tests, everybody else – guesses without proof. If you want super success in school & your career, do the research. • 2. We tested ‘Subject Lines’, the email “message” we all use to decide if we Delete-or-Read. Ten-thousand ...
Views: 1421(2 votes) - First-Things-First, Right? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Hal WechslerFirst-Things-First Two (2) Covert (disguised) SECRETS of All Learning 1. Your WILLINGNESS (Willpower) to take risks and sometimes fail. It’s known as Trial-And-Error, and Cause-And-Effect. Desire is NOT enough. 2. Exercising your AUTO-DIDACTED-NESS (Self-Taught). Everything of ...
Views: 1420 - 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) - Is Einstein Right About Miracles? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Hal WechslerIs Einstein Right About Miracles? First things first, I know nothing about Einstein’s E=mc2. So I researched this much. Matter and energy are different forms of the same thing. One can be turned into the other. Oh yeah, “C” stands for the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second. Why “C”? ...
Views: 1407(3 votes) - Why Guilt Feelings Create Success - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Hal WechslerWhy Guilt Feelings Are Required For Learning And Success a) “It’s not my fault, he started it.” b) “Don’t get mad at me, I couldn’t help myself.” c) “My genes made me do it.” Speed Reading is a requirement for ...
Views: 1406(2 votes) - Stop Believing, "See-is-believing", and "Talk-is-cheap!" - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2012 from Hal Wechsler“Seeing Aint Believing, & Talk Aint Cheap, Yes Really” • 1. Cliches are on auto-pilot in our brain, so there is NO left-brain analysis about what they really mean. • 2. Successful people do NOT wait until their GOALS materialize completely – before they add a Mustard-Seed of faith in ...
Views: 1405(1 vote) - 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: 1401(2 votes) - What Two-Letter Word Terrifies Your BRAIN? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“What is the Two-Letter Word that Your Brain Considers a Threat to Your ‘Survival’? • 1. “It took the invention (1999) of the fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imagery) to show your Brain changes for the ‘worse’ - when it Sees, Hears or even reads the word: No!” • 2. “That’s the ...
Views: 1401(1 vote) - How to Use Your Willpower to Implant Positive Emotions and... - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Hal WechslerHow to Use Your Willpower to Implant Positive Emotions, And Blast-Out Negative Feelings. • 1. Are we consciously focused on our feelings, all-day? • 2. Answer: you and I change emotions during our waking hours more often than people change their underwear and take showers. • 3. Unless ...
Views: 1400 - Could You Make One Personal Change? - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from Hal WechslerCould You Make One Positive Change? Do you have a seer, mentor or commentator you automatically believe based on past experience? It is called the Law of Association – meaning there is a LINK, joining and union with their ideas or beliefs. Association (from Latin) means soci(us) – partner ...
Views: 1398(2 votes) - My Favorite Two-Words R So-What? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Hal WechslerMy Favorite Two Words R – So What? One of my law professors once called me a Miscreant, and I could not get mad until I looked it up. It turns out I was evil, depraved, wicked, and base. Wait – immoral, degenerate, a villain, and a rascal. Latin: beyond belief. It was political. Get ...
Views: 1397(2 votes) - Why You Should Push Yourself to "Speed-Up." - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2013 from Hal Wechsler----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why Should You Push yourself to “Speed-Up? • 1. “But Dr. Franklin, what good is your new invention of Electrics?” • 2. “Dear Lady, what good is a new-born baby?” • 3. Get it? We just don’t know in advance the ...
Views: 1397(4 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: 1394(6 votes) - Immediate Gratification? - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2008 from Hal WechslerImmediate Gratification About Your Future? Henny-Penny, the sky is falling. Washington Mutual and Wachovia have gone belly-up, and General Motors fell from $27.23 to $4.83, from 2007 to 2008. McCain admits it is all a mystery to him, and Obama looks presidential by being calm and promising a ...
Views: 1394 - 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: 1390(1 vote) - "Learn to StressBust Anxiety or Lose 20-Years of Life." - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Learn to StressBust Anxiety or Lose 20-Years of Life.” • 1. “What did you say again, about the Mind and Matter.” • 2. “Oh yeah, “It’s Mind-Over-Matter, but if you don’t have any Mind – Nothing much matters.” • 3. “Is that about left-brain, right-brain thinking?” • 4. “Not. It’s about ...
Views: 1389 - Scary Stuff & Pain Removal by Eye-Movements - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2013 from Hal WechslerScary Experiences & Pain Are Gone in 30-Seconds • 1. “Gettoutahere!” you are Not a medical doctor, psychologist, or ophthalmologist, what the hell do you know about pain removal or trauma?” - he yelled at me. • 2. “Right-on. I suggest you go to your physician, or get a referral to a ...
Views: 1380(3 votes) - Why BEING GROUNDED is Step 1 for Power & Success - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from Hal WechslerIf You’re Grounded, Your Left & Right Brains Are in Alignment For Winning • 1. Get This: everything else depends on it! Human folk are living in the PAST or the Future (in-their-head) about half-their-waking-hours (46.5%) of the time. “Not-grounded” is triggered by Daydreaming, & ...
Views: 1379(3 votes) - You Are More Than Your Left-Brain - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“You are more than 65% Water & 18% Carbon, some Hydrogen, Calcium & Phosphorous, Huh?” • 1. “I slept through Chemistry, so this is all new to me, Pop.” • 2. “Me too. Like father, like son. Here’s what I remember from college Chem, which I failed. “Homo sapiens are Carbon-based life-forms, ...
Views: 1378 - 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: 1374(4 votes) - Secrets of the Oldest Person in the Worlds & Your Benefits - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2012 from Hal WechslerSecrets of the Woman Who Lived Longest – Documented 122 years And What’s In-It-For-You. • 1. You can claim you are the oldest living human, but French woman, Jeanne Louise Calment, had the records to prove it. • 2. What did Ms. Calment do, that you & I can duplicate for health & ...
Views: 1365 - Secrets of the Oldest Person in the Worlds & Your Benefits - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2012 from Hal WechslerSecrets of the Woman Who Lived Longest – Documented 122 years And What’s In-It-For-You. • 1. You can claim you are the oldest living human, but French woman, Jeanne Louise Calment, had the records to prove it. • 2. What did Ms. Calment do, that you & I can duplicate for health & ...
Views: 1359 - How to Double Your Learning & Long Term Memory by a Weird Strategy - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Hal WechslerHow to Double Your Learning & Memory Skills by a Weird-Strategy In 30-Seconds. Yes, really. • 1. Your personal coconut (skull) weighs three-pounds. • 2. Your brain requires about 25% of all the Oxygen that your body uses. • 3. You brain also requires about 23% of all the Glucose ...
Views: 1354 - Would You Invest Six Minutes For Your Health & Longevity? - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Hal WechslerWould You Invest Six-Minutes Daily For Health & Longevity? Have you ever noticed that you and I require Immediate Gratification in order to continue doing daily rituals and practices - for our own best interest? How long can you stick to a diet before falling off the wagon? How about ...
Views: 1349(2 votes) - Comments On Scott Adams: How to Get a Real Education at College - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Hal WechslerComments You Can Use By H. Bernard Wechsler July 11 2011 Comments on Scott Adams: How to Get a Real Education at College 1. Combine Skills: Be a fairly-well provider of multiple skills and talents. It is unusual to have one person who can successfully multi-task skills a) Moderate Art ...
Views: 1336 - 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 ...
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