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- Can Tickling Dramatically Improve Your Health? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Hal WechslerCan Tickling Dramatically Improve Your Health? Is Nature wasteful or thrifty? Evolution uses the same structures by Adaptation for human survival over the millennia. You read that fish gills evolved into the human face and neck, while dinosaurs with tiny feathers evolved into present day ...
Views: 12177(5 votes) - Got Eye-Floaters? - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2008 from Hal WechslerThe Ophthalmologist answered: Floaters are bits of protein that pass along your retina like spots on a leopard. Past age 65 everyone has them. But when they are a new event for you, it may be a sign of Detached Retina. Are they ever a symbol of an Aha! Experience? He answered with a question, ...
Views: 11976 - 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: 7898 - 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) - 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) - 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: 5734(5 votes) - Actors' Memory Secrets - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2008 from Hal WechslerActors & The Laws of Memory I sat at this Broadway Theater and saw an impossible one-man show. Impossible because the actor recited his lines for 90 minutes without making one (1) memory mistake. Can you imagine you-or-me reciting Shakespeare from memory without reading off a prompting ...
Views: 4629 - Why Peripheral Vision is Your Secret Asset - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Hal WechslerWhy Peripheral Vision is Your Secret Asset “Always look people in the eye,” my Pop said, “because Gonifs (thieves, swindlers, and rascals) never look you in the orbs. They are too busy figuring how to steal your 401K like Bernie Madoff.” That remark got me thinking about peripheral and ...
Views: 4417(1 vote) - How to Turn Your Brown Eyes Blue - Weird - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Turn Your Brown Eyes - Blue: A Technique For Health & Longevity Stop: I lost you because you do not want to change the color of your eyes – right? It’s a metaphor, a figure-of-speech for turning the impossible on its little cabeza. Wait. Visual The secret I am revealing is best ...
Views: 4349(1 vote) - How Ben Franklin Invented Speed Reading - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2007 from Hal WechslerHow Ben Franklin Invented Speed Reading And How it Can Improve Your Productivity There are six secret strategies to reading and remembering three (3) books in the time others can hardly finish one. In the 300 million U.S. population, only 20% are interested in personal growth, if you are one of ...
Views: 4125 - 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 Can a Fake Smile Produce Health and Avoid Stress? - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2009 from Hal WechslerHow Can a Fake Smile Produce Health And Avoid Stress? Howard Hughes owned a major airline called Pan-American World Airways from the 1930s to December 4, 1991. Pan-Am required all its flight attendants (Stewardesses) to be thin, attentive, and consistently smile at the passengers. Of ...
Views: 3666(4 votes) - Why Chanting Will Win You Your GOALS, When All Else Fails. - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from Hal WechslerWant a Two-Minute Strategy to Win Your Goals – Now? • 1. Research by Dr. T. Temple Tutler, Cleveland University, indicates that chanting (repetition of a sound or word) produces serious physiological effects. How long? Minimum of Two-Minutes. • 2. Chanting a meaningless sound (Ex. Shreem ...
Views: 3350 - Got Autodidactic? - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2008 from Hal WechslerEver hear of the term – autodidactic? Yes, it is important to understand this principle because it goes to the heart of all learning for students, and continuous education for adults. Short and sweet, autodidactic is from Greek and means self-taught. It places the responsibility for ...
Views: 3340(1 vote) - 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: 3250 - 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 - 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: 3195(3 votes) - What's The Science of Smiling? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Hal WechslerWe constantly update the latest research on brain processing – and what it tells us about the simple – stupid, act of smiling is worth your time. Fact: you cannot think negative thoughts with a Echt (real) smile on your puss. Credit UCLA researchers with experiments proving the power of ...
Views: 3174(2 votes) - Analogy And Metaphor - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2008 from Hal WechslerBill Smith, the manager and team leader at a Fortune 500 company rarely hires young recruits. He doesn’t trust them to make the right business decisions. He’s not prejudice, and has made young hires in the past, but it just didn’t work out. “Young executives just ...
Views: 3129 - 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 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) - SPEED READING, EVELYN WOOD & SPEAKING - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2003 from Hal WechslerEVELYN WOOD'S SPEAKING SUGGESTIONS Here are our memories of a short but brilliant lecture by "Evelyn Wood", the Mother of Speed Reading, to a small group of us about, "how to give a speech". It was a half-century ago, so we admit some lapses, but it has stayed with us and served as a model ...
Views: 2843(1 vote) - 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: 2782 - Ancient Secret for Sleeping Deeply - by Submitted on May 15, 2013 from Hal Wechsler------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Ancient Discovery of Triggering “Sleep” is…” “I just can’t fall asleep”, my 13 year old son said. “It’s eating all that junk that is the culprit, that & 7-hours a day of SyFy with Captain Kirk.” “Pop, you’re two ...
Views: 2706 - "Do you live in a Touch-Phobic society? It's important." - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Do You Live in a Touch-Phobic Society?” • 1. Me: “Are You a skeptic like me? Here something that I researched in scientific journals that Surprised me. Interested?” • 2. You: “Is it long and drawn-out, or philosophy & theory? Will it do me any good? Tell me.” • 3. Me: “It’s about ...
Views: 2688 - Are You A Sheep Or A Billy-Goat? - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2008 from Hal WechslerNot being one who quotes the Bible, gimme some slack. Mathews: 25:32-33. It says, the Sheep are given eternal life, but the Goats are cast into the Lake of Fire. The Goats have some personality traits somebody up there does not like. They are capricious, arbitrary, and erratic, plus flighty, ...
Views: 2607(1 vote) - 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: 2595 - 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 - 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) - "Small Changes Lead to Massive Reactions." - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2013 from Hal Wechsler---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Small Changes (tiniest words) Lead to Massive Reactions” • 1. Imagine this. In 1687, old Isaac Fig Newton at Cambridge, wrote that our Universe was a tidily, predictable, mechanical system. Until 1958, the ...
Views: 2551 - DayDreaming is Your Greatest Asset - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Hal WechslerHow Your Brain’s Executive Network Wins After You Surrender Control Speed Reading Rules In 5th grade, Mrs. Crawford screamed out to the class, “Harold, stop daydreaming and pay attention. My 18-inch ruler gives you five seconds to answer the next question or face ...
Views: 2518 - 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) - 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: 2442 - Why Chewing Gum Boosts Your Brain Performance - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2011 from Hal Wechsler--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why Chewing Gum Improves your Brain Performance Would you be interested in a sure-fire, scientifically researched, simple strategy to Ace exams, interviews, and ...
Views: 2436 - 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: 2363 - 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) - "Did You Know You Can Improve Your "Working-Memory" up to 65%?" - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Did You Know - You Can Improve Your ‘Working-Memory’, Up To 65% With a Two-Minute Strategy. Ask me How?” • 1. Before this new research: the prevailing scientific belief was ‘working-memory’ is fixed, and Not trainable. • 2. “So-What?” When you improve (train) your ‘working-memory’, you ...
Views: 2346(2 votes) - Why Repetition is Hot For Your Brain - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Hal WechslerDo You Use Repetition in Your Life? When I asked this question of our staff and students, they answer with their own ‘defensive’ response, “Why should I?” My answer to them and you is, your parents were right. “About what?” “Repetition is the mother of “learning”. I know a ton of ...
Views: 2329(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) - "Follow-the-Bouncing-Ball!" - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Follow-The-Bouncing-Ball!” • 1. “Pop, in plain English, tell me why using a Pacer or pointer to underline or overline the words of each sentence is worth the bother?” • 2. “Fifty years of reading research show that students from 5th grade through high school, college & grad school, and all ...
Views: 2292 - "Do you Need More Energy about 3:pm cause you're FADING? - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Do you need More Energy About 3PM? Done.” • 1. Mike: “Pop, tell me something new, about acing school?” • 2. Me: “This is the best strategy, baby-easy 30-second exercise, in the past 10-years. It’s a Stress-Buster, and reboots your Life-Energy. • Takes half-a-minute & you can do it yourself ...
Views: 2258(1 vote) - "New Scientific Tool to Activate Your Brain For Quick Learning & Memory" - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“New Tool to Activate Your Brain For Learning & Memory?” • 1. Me: “We have a NEW baby-easy way to add up to 35% to your Memory & Learning. And it’s permanent. Want it?” • 2. You: “I’m not negative or even skeptical but – who says so, how much, and how hard to use is this new tool?” • 3. ...
Views: 2256 - 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: 2232(2 votes) - Why You Need to Crack Your Neural Code for F-U-N - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2013 from Hal WechslerWhy You Need to Crack Your Brain’s Neural Code For F-U-N! “I never win anything, got no friends, and hate school. Nothing is fun.” It was my 12 year old son blaming “me”, for his experiences with people, the environment, and his lack of F-U-N. • 1. I bit my tongue to avoid exposing my own ...
Views: 2219(2 votes) - "Follow-the-Bouncing-Ball!" - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Follow-The-Bouncing-Ball!” • 1. “Pop, in plain English, tell me why using a Pacer or pointer to underline or overline the words of each sentence is worth the bother?” • 2. “Fifty years of reading research show that students from 5th grade through high school, college & grad school, and all ...
Views: 2212(1 vote) - How to Double your Income in 2024 Using Mental-Imagery - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2013 from Hal WechslerHow to Double Your Income in 2014 Using Mental-Imagery • 1. Me: “The latest research at the University of Oslo, & published 12.03.13 in Psychological Science drops a bomb. That what we concentrate on as a Mental-Movie, and emotionalize, creates itself in our experiences.” • 2. You: “Do ...
Views: 2208(2 votes) - 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 ...
Views: 2207 - "Are You Normal & HATE Learning?" - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Are You ‘Normal’ and Hate Learning?” • 1. Me: “Normal is the opposite of Abnormal, right? Dictionary.com defines ‘normal’ as Average-Ordinary-Common. Add: mediocre & second-rate. • Normal makes you Defensive toward Change, Improvement, and expanding your Comfort-Zone. Are Bill Gates, ...
Views: 2179(1 vote) - 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 Subliminal Affirmations? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Hal Wechsler----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why You May Want to Change Your Mind (Attitude) About Subliminal Affirmations After three-years of research, we confirm that listening to subliminal (below the level of ...
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