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- How to Connect Your Right-Brain to Winning - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2013 from Hal Wechsler---------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Link Your Right-Brain to Winning in Under 60-secs “Daddy, Why is that football player – dancing up-and-down?” • Why you should use this baby-easy strategy as a “warm-up” to win at school & career. • 1. ...
Views: 1580 - 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: 1359 - How to FIX Neck-Pain & Headaches a-work in 5-minutes. - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“How to Fix Neck Pain & Headaches at-work in 5-minutes.” • 1. “Pop, my neck hurts, and I got a headache. Do something.” • 2. “Tell your mother, she’ll give you an aspirin. Is this an excuse not to do your homework?” • 3. “I am afraid of pills, and I want an exercise to keep it from coming ...
Views: 1745 - How To Learn New Skills For Life - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2008 from Hal WechslerCan you remember when you first learned to ride a two-wheeler bike? Was it a 1-2-3-success story? Did you fall off the seat, bloody your knees, and scream for your Momma? The most important question is – Did-you-quit? I bet you stopped crying, put a Band-Aid on your knee, jumped on the ...
Views: 890 - How to Raise Your Tolerance For Frustration - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Hal WechslerHow to Raise Your Tolerance For Frustration The CEO walked into the meeting with the bank officials requesting a line of credit of 2 billion dollars. He had the assets to justify the loan and the company had a past history of repaying all their loans. His application was rejected because the ...
Views: 3256 - 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: 1406 - How you React to CHANGE Influences your Success At-Work & At-Home. - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“How do You React to Change at Home, At-Work, & in People?” (For me, it sucks.) • 1. Me: “How do we decide to pay attention or mentally SNOOZE when someone is talking?” • 2. You: “Uh, I don’t know and I don’t care. Why should I?” • 3. Me: “If you don’t get it, you’re leaving money on the ...
Views: 1818 - How your Beliefs Decide Your Success - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2013 from Hal WechslerHow your Beliefs Decide Your Success or Failure • 1. We asked a dozen blog readers, “What’s a turn-on to keep reading, & what makes you hit the Delete?” • 2. Ten of twelve said, “Does it help me solve a problem or do I think, “So what?”, “Who-Cares?”, “WIIFM – what’s-in-it-for-me?” ...
Views: 1628 - 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: 1404 - Improving Your Long-Term Memory - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Hal WechslerOver 70% of students and executives we asked to rate their memory, complained it was not sufficient for the Internet Age. Like stress, everyone has it and no one can delete it without more effort than it’s worth. Stress destroys memory. Past age fifty, 90% of executives call memory loss ...
Views: 1959 - 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: 1593 - Kaizen Means Continuous Improvement - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2008 from Hal WechslerKaizen Means Continuous Improvement “Now is the time that tries men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell is not ...
Views: 1295 - Learn to StressBust to Save 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: 1083 - Living To 95 - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2008 from Hal WechslerWould you want to live to advanced old-age if you knew you would be lucid and active? Researching young people from 18 to 28 concluded they believed old age produced lack of independence, physical immobility and loss of mental acuity. What can we do to produce healthy brain aging? Physical ...
Views: 878 - 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: 1434 - New Research on How-to-Learn Quickly - by Submitted on May 25, 2011 from Hal WechslerNew Research in How to Learn Do you hear every word of text you read, in your mind? Don’t say no! because 99.9% of the rest of us subvocalize all-the-time. The fancy terms for hearing the text mentally, are ‘auditory-reinforcement’ and ‘subvocalization’. So what? Reading and hearing your ...
Views: 1875 - New Research Rhythm for Learning - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2013 from Hal WechslerNew Research: Learning & Memory Up 33% - by Rhythm • 1. “Like a fun way to Ace school and work?” • 2. “Is it l-o-n-g and Boring, Pop?” • 3. “My students say it’s cool & like a video game. Yes or no?” • 4. “I’ll do a ‘Mind Experiment’, like Einstein called it. • 5. It’s tested & ...
Views: 1655 - New Scientific Breakthrough - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2008 from Hal WechslerBrain Wiring: And How Your Hands Influence Your Sight How to Double Your Reading Speed And Improve Comprehension Why California is Absolutely Scientifically Right California law requires you keep both hands on the wheel. No use of hand-held cell phones while driving. Humans see when light ...
Views: 863 - 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: 1441 - Notes to Brainiacs or Those Who Are Becoming Brainiacs - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2013 from Hal WechslerNotes to Me, Myself, & My Shadow • 1. Our brain is a creator of ‘habits’. Its goal is to organize what we do as daily Routines on auto-pilot. That’s good & bad. The benefit of Habit is Not to have relearn daily how to drive, read, dress ourselves & do our job. • 2. Excessive-Habits turn us ...
Views: 1804 - Personality Rules - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2008 from Hal WechslerPersonality Type? We taught two separate classes recently, one with kids (12-15), and the other executives at a Fortune 500 airline corporation. Here’s the connection – we inquired of the kids – ‘Do you experience stress much in you daily life?’ One hundred ...
Views: 905 - Read & Digest This Blog And WIN a PRIZE. Yes, really. - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Before You Can Learn & Remember, Two-Brain Signals.” • 1. Me: “Did you know your evolutionary brain hates change? It considers it a threat. Learning is included.” • 2. You: “So what? Is there a solution to being a great learner?” • 3. Me: “Yes, and it’s quick and easy. But you have to ...
Views: 2001 - Reading Brain Breaththrough 2012 - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2012 from Hal WechslerReading & the Brain Has a Breakthrough. Wow, It Works. • 1. For Brainiacs & other “smart-folks”: up to 70% of U. S. high school students are lousy (not proficient) readers. So what? • 2. N.A.E.P. (National Assessment of Educational Progress), indicates average high school “reading-scores” ...
Views: 1159 - Reward-Yourself to Double your Learning & Memory Permanently - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Our Licensees “Do-Good-Works!” While “Earning Real-Good” • 1. Would you like to profitably help the 30% who drop-out of high school & college annually? You’d be improving lives & helping families live the-American-Dream. • This Work-At-Home niche has an audience of thousands in your county ...
Views: 1607 - Rules For Cool Vendors - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2007 from Hal WechslerRules For Cool Vendors, by H. Bernard Wechsler and Jackie A. Guiliano, Ph.D There are four answers folks want when they read or listen to your proposal or brilliant White Paper. If you remember them, you will influence and convince - verses making the reader yawn with an open mouth, and then ...
Views: 929 - Save Your Eyes - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2007 from Hal WechslerSave Your Eyes How many folks take a do-it-yourself program or self-help workshop and go to the next step of using the new knowledge in every day life? No more than 8% of learners will put their new skills into practical use. Why did they spend their money and time in the first place, if they ...
Views: 1067 - Save Your Eyes - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2007 from Hal WechslerSave Your Eyes How many folks take a do-it-yourself program or self-help workshop and go to the next step of using the new knowledge in every day life? No more than 8% of learners will put their new skills into practical use. Why did they spend their money and time in the first place, if they ...
Views: 1138 - Science And Speed Reading? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2012 from Hal WechslerSCIENCE NOW March 14, 2012 If you choose to place your full, 100% Attention, Concentration, and Intention on the facts of this article, you will discover how to double (2x) your memory, and triple (3x) your learning speed – permanently, for the rest of your life. 1. Testing up to ...
Views: 2793 - 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: 1458 - Science Finally GETS Medications, Do You? - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Hal Wechsler---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Science Finally “Gets” Meditation, Do You?” • 1. “Have you tested “mindfulness-meditation”? You seem to know that you hate it, and it’s a waste of time.” • 2. “Sure, a dozen times, and it gives me a ...
Views: 1585 - 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: 1364 - 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: 1376 - Secrets of Work at Home Marketing - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2014 from Hal Wechsler“How to DOUBLE your Profits from a Work-AT-Home Business” 1. Superstar Licensees teach in multiple NICHES because they earn more income and get more referrals. Examples are: • 1. Elementary school kids 1st to 8th grade. • 2. High school: freshmen to seniors. • 3. College: Community Colleges ...
Views: 1843 - Secrets of Work at Home Marketing - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2014 from Hal Wechsler“How to DOUBLE your Profits from a Work-AT-Home Business” 1. Superstar Licensees teach in multiple NICHES because they earn more income and get more referrals. Examples are: • 1. Elementary school kids 1st to 8th grade. • 2. High school: freshmen to seniors. • 3. College: Community Colleges ...
Views: 1774 - Secrets of Work at Home Marketing - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2014 from Hal Wechsler“How to DOUBLE your Profits from a Work-AT-Home Business” 1. Superstar Licensees teach in multiple NICHES because they earn more income and get more referrals. Examples are: • 1. Elementary school kids 1st to 8th grade. • 2. High school: freshmen to seniors. • 3. College: Community Colleges ...
Views: 1967 - Secrets of Work at Home Marketing - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2014 from Hal Wechsler“How to DOUBLE your Profits from a Work-AT-Home Business” 1. Superstar Licensees teach in multiple NICHES because they earn more income and get more referrals. Examples are: • 1. Elementary school kids 1st to 8th grade. • 2. High school: freshmen to seniors. • 3. College: Community Colleges ...
Views: 1850 - Self-Defense - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2007 from Hal WechslerSelf-Defense: what is a Skunkgun? Statistics put me to sleep, but stories stick in your mind and teach us something. First, who says so, because being a Contrarian I figure folks make up numbers to sell something. The New York Times 10.12.07 reported a bunch of numbers that grabbed my 3-pound ...
Views: 953 - Sitting On Your Can Is Unhealthy - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2007 from Hal WechslerSitting is Deleterious to Your Health And Life I am a lazy-fat-ass, always have been and maybe always will be. Awake 16 hours daily, I sit on my can at the computer, watching tv, reading, and playing video games. Some of the time I am at conferences and company meetings – and telephoning, ...
Views: 1041 - Speed Reading is a Science - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2005 from Hal WechslerWhat ‘Instinct’ Produces Speed Reading? Instinct What’s a 3rd grade definition of ‘instinct’? Is it reflex? Which is closest - ‘intuition’, ‘hardwired’, ‘gut-reaction’ or habit? In college we get this definition – a biological-drive, an inborn pattern of behavior shaped by ...
Views: 1171 - Speed Reading: Got Affirmations? - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2008 from Hal WechslerWhen I listen to anyone talk of a program or system to improve my life, my automatic reaction is, "Sure, right, and so is the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the guy in the red suit and his reindeers--Santa. If you check out your own reactions to new ideas, there is a human tendency to be a ...
Views: 2449 - Spoken vs Reading - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2008 from Hal WechslerSpoken vs Reading Words Ever believe you’re absolutely certain you’re right, but ask 3-4 folks around you just to be sure? “Excuse me but is it just me, or did the floor just move as-if an earthquake hit New York?” Your writer has been studying the influence of words on ...
Views: 1059 - Stop Scaring Me - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2007 from Hal WechslerEven one dose of morphine given to soldiers inhibits (blocks) the ability of the brain to form new memories for learning up to a thirty-days. But you are not a soldier, so who cares? One dose of an opioid prescription drug can block your brain from strong memory and learning for up to a month. ...
Views: 1504 - Story-Telling Rules - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2008 from Hal WechslerDo you have a great memory for what you hear, read or see? If you do, you’re the exception because the rest of us poor souls lose more than 51% of what we hear, read and see within 24 hours. Each passing day another 10-15% of the original memory fades. Just picture ...
Views: 1090 - Stress And Her Sister, Eustress - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2007 from Hal WechslerStress and her sister Eustress Do you suffer more chronic (long-term) stress than your parents? How does modern stress affect your life? Is Stress like the weather, all-talk, and no remedial action? Chronic stress is not getting angry because of the bike in the driveway, it includes insomnia ...
Views: 1760 - Success, Money & The Ideomotor Effect - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2008 from Hal WechslerHave you ever seen a true believer using a Dowser to find water or oil? What about a seemingly sane person using a pendulum to answer financial questions? Yes, like the ouija board. According to the skepdic.com and other famous revealers of truth, the messages are caused by unconsciously moving ...
Views: 2032 - Technology v Education - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2008 from Hal WechslerThe U.S. economy is a horse race between education and technology, and the gap is widening between rich and poor Americans. Have you noticed unskilled labor (white, black and Latino) has lost its bargaining power in the marketplace? There are no jobs of last resort like ditch digging and ...
Views: 999 - The 14 Pound Skunk & the 500 Pound Black Bear - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Hal Wechsler----------------------------------------------------------------------------- • The 14 Pound Skunk vs the 500 Pound Black Bear • 1. “Daddy tell me a story.” “I’m tired, and your mother hates my stories.” “But I won’t tell her, and the story will make you feel wide-awake. It can be a short ...
Views: 2088 - 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: 2123 - The Power of Peripheral Vision - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2011 from Hal WechslerWhat is Peripheral Vision? Normal, everyday vision is called Central vision, it produces high resolution vision. So what? We use it for reading, TV, internet, and driving. Anything requiring maximum acuity (sharpness) of vision requires Central (foveal) vision. This is not a biology ...
Views: 7910 - These Seven Questions Make Geniuses - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Hal WechslerSeven Questions of Genius Speed Reading Rules Every year we read or hear a minimum of five (5) great ideas that would help us in school and in our careers. What happens to them? Our still-small-voice (Internal Dialogue) shouts at us – it will never work – this thing takes too much effort – or ...
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