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- Got Beliefs? - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2008 from Hal WechslerSpeed Reading: Got Belief? If you are like me, you are not 100% sure whether the sun rises in the east or the west? I am weak in science and math, and have no intention of improving. Why? Because I am strong in law, clear headed analysis, and business acumen. Recently I saw a commercial by ...
Views: 1000(1 vote) - Got Learning Skills? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2008 from Hal WechslerSpeed Reading: Got Learning Skills? How smart am I, when I just typed illiteracy with one L instead of two? Do I qualify as a certified illiterate? Nyet - because I have the spelling knowledge and corrected the mistake when I saw it. Tell me if you know that 10% of the U.S. population of 306 ...
Views: 998(1 vote) - Got Paralysis from Analysis? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Hal WechslerGot Paralysis from Analysis? Speed Reading rules. How did you learn to use your computer? How about typing or driving your car? a) Listening to a lecture b) Reading a book or article c) Observation – watching others d) Trial-and-Error e) All-of-the-above f) None of the above. Did you have ...
Views: 991 - 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: 988 - Thinking With Brain and Body - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2009 from Hal WechslerThinking Requires Mind And Body? Picture talking to your boss at work; your primary goal is to figure out the meaning of his words and ideas. Wait – your brain is also predicting what he/she is going to say next. And you are consciously analyzing the intention of the speaker. But wait ...
Views: 988 - Got Scared? - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2008 from Hal WechslerSpeed Reading: Got Scared? Did you hear Secretary of the Treasury, Paulson? He just figured out that the $700 Billion he spent to bailout the banks to loan money to consumers, just did not do the trick. He’s not scared it is just, I am sorry; it was a nice try, but no cigar. If at ...
Views: 985 - Got Counterintuition? - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2008 from Hal WechslerGot Counterintuitive? Fifty years of scientific research agrees: folks believe the better we know individuals (familiarity), the better we like them. Our intuition, gut reaction, and visceral (instinct) belief creates a positive (optimistic) expectation. Nyet. It is has been proven ...
Views: 974 - Got Brains? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Hal WechslerGot Brains? “If you were interviewing applicants to fill a corporate job, aside from the obvious core competencies, what specialized knowledge would impress you?” We asked this question of three Speedlearning classes of about 32 students each at a Fortune 100 company. All 96 ...
Views: 970 - What's Willpower? - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2008 from Hal WechslerCivilization is based on Homo sapiens ability to make millisecond decisions to act or refrain from reacting. Can you recall an instance when your wanted to punch out someone’s lights, and stopped in mid-stride? For dieters, willpower is reacting to your desire to eat three Hershey bars ...
Views: 964 - Got Two Brains? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2008 from Hal WechslerYou Got Two Brains? Dr. Paul D. MacLean (pronounced McLain) is the scientist who proposed humans have a Triune (3) separate but linked brain system. Based on evolution, McLean who passed on in 2007 at age 94, labeled the oldest brain the Reptilian Complex, the second oldest, the Limbic System, ...
Views: 960 - Factoids For The Cool - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2007 from Hal WechslerFactoids For Cool Scholars When you add the suffix ‘oid’ to a word like anthropoid, the meaning becomes human–like. Factoid is appearing like a factual piece of information. It includes knowledge that is brief and trivial, but that conclusion is in the eyes of the ...
Views: 956 - Got Motivation #2? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Hal WechslerSpeed reading rules. Why would a divisional v.p. of a Fortune 100 company quit to join a start-up internet operation? What moves her to hock the house to be an independent entrepreneur? Why would a lawyer give up a lucrative partnership in a 500-person international law firm, to start a ...
Views: 947 - 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: 946 - Got A Stress Busting Strategy? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2008 from Hal WechslerQuickie StressBuster to Save Your Sanity Would you invest two-minute of your day to create a Firewall in your brain against anxiety, fear, and stress? Sure, it’s easy to say yes, but you need to do it for 21 consecutive days in order for this strategy to go on autopilot (habit). Do you ...
Views: 945 - 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: 920 - Age 95 With Excellent Memory - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2008 from Hal WechslerDid you know you have an excellent chance of living to age 95, keeping all your marbles? Jeanne Louise Calment a French citizen, died August 4, 1997, having lived the longest confirmed lifespan – 122 years. Based on the 2,000 censuses, over 34 million U.S. citizens were over the age of ...
Views: 907 - Cooperation Produces Promotions - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2007 from Hal WechslerHow Cooperation Doubles Learning Skills College and graduate school are based on listening to lectures, right? A 2-year Pennsylvania State University (PSU) study says forgettaboutit. In kindergarten you played and learned with a buddy, and in your corporate career, teamwork (buddy-system) is ...
Views: 905 - How To Ace School And Career - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2008 from Hal WechslerHow to Win All the Marbles At School and Career. It’s Positive Priming And Is a Little Bit Weird. My background is law so I am a certified skeptic and contrarian by training. My mindset is if you are a super expert in your subject, you still have to present replicable evidence and ...
Views: 905 - "What You Don't Know..." - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2008 from Hal Wechsler“What You Don’t Know, Can Kill You?” Most of us secretly subscribe to the philosophy, “what-you-don’t know, can’t hurt you.” Come on, admit it, reading or hearing about sickness and dying makes us antsy and queasy, so we change the channel or delete the ...
Views: 899 - 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: 899 - Got Creativity? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2008 from Hal WechslerKids are constantly creating, daydreaming or asking questions. They can transform a boomstick into a baseball bat, rhythmically beat on pots and pans and enjoy their music, and find the resources to build a treehouse without money. By the end of their first year in school, creativity is mostly ...
Views: 895 - Got Risk Tolerance? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2008 from Hal WechslerWhen you want to pick up the butter knife your Bicep and Tricep muscles work in pairs and in opposition, right? One extends, causing the other to contract or your motor function fails, and you are buttering your wrist. We have two different brain circuits for risk and reward, and they are ...
Views: 894 - 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: 883 - Your 3 Pound Coconut - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2008 from Hal WechslerSee in your mind’s eye your computer functioning by your point-and-click commands following the internal software programs controlling operations. If you click Edit and then Select All, your hardware does not respond with a message “I don’t feel like it today.” It’s ...
Views: 879 - Got Your Motivating? - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2008 from Hal WechslerSpeed Reading: Got Your Motivation? If I ask you what turns you on, what moves you to action, and you answer Everything, you just made an enemy. It takes an awful lot to wake folks up from their day dreaming, and get them to use their left hemisphere for planning, logic and reasoning. Accept ...
Views: 878 - 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: 871 - 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: 856 - Hot Button To Winning - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2008 from Hal WechslerThe entire scientific community called him a head-case and tried to shut him up. He could not prove his theories for ten-years, but shouted his conclusions at his medical colleagues as if he had the evidence in hand. Dr. Hans Berger, German neuropsychiatrist and professor at the University of ...
Views: 836 - What's New? - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2007 from Hal WechslerTime is of the essence - is a legal term meaning if we agree on a date to close, pay or complete, failure to meet the time stated can have lethal financial consequences. Let’s round out 2007 with some new research to internalize and implement. Call it time-is-of-the-essence knowledge ...
Views: 819 - Money Luvs Speed - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2008 from Hal WechslerJoe Vitale has written for years that money requires speed of action. How about extending the principle to all successful activities. Career, relationships and personal growth are first dependent on the element of speed. There is more, but first comes speed. Think of it as getting there before ...
Views: 815 - New Research You Must Read - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2007 from Hal WechslerNew Research: Self-Control Requires a Shot of Sugar Do only coaches, teachers and therapists have to exercise self-control on-the-job? How about folks on a diet, parents with kids, and executives influencing and convincing their corporate team? Profound Fact: This may be the most practical ...
Views: 813 - How Daydreaming Overcomes Impulsive Acts - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“How Daydreaming Success, Overcomes Impulsive Acts” • 1. “Pop, what’s with this stuff on “immediate-gratification”, and impatience? Doesn’t every sane person want “it” now, not later?” • 2. “You wanna fight or hear the latest neuroscience. Good. When you’re a little kid, you don’t analyze, ...
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