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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 6 steps to super mindpower
- Ever hear "You can't teach an old dog a new trick?" Well that might be true for dogs, but it's NOT TRUE for humans! Today's research has proven your brain can continue to physically grow -- even into very advanced old age.You might have also thought that you can't grow new brain cells (neurons) once you reach adulthood. Whether or not that is true (the decision is still out) does ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why do we suppress higher thought?
- Throughout History we have imprisoned our brightest stars and thinkers. In modern periods we force them into works of fiction and disallow those Thoughts, which make us question our perceived or created realities by those who rule over us. We attack the innovators, entrepreneurs, personalities and thinkers in our civilizations in every country in the world. Occassionally we allow a few to come for...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Innovation problems and the flow of thought
- The most progressive Think Tanks, Brain Trusts, research facilities in companies and government, etc. do their best work by allowing free thought to flow. If the United States is to lead the world in innovation and know how, technology and invention, then we will need to repel the barriers of the flow of thought. We see the backlogged PTO Patent Trademark Office and the incessant bureaucracy to br...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Learn to trust that gut-feeling
- It just might save your lifeThink of the many times throughout your life when you experienced a strange feeling that turned out to be an early warning of danger.Use your early-warning radar.Did you take heed of that warning and avoid the impending danger, or did you ignore your built-in early warning radar and walk right into harm's-way?The funny feeling in the pit of y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mother of invention or dummy? you decide!
- What would you say to yourself if when faced with a severe problem that could potentially devastate your lifestyle? What would happen if you "did" the first thing that came into your mind? Would you be proud of yourself? Analyze what Jim did and see how you would measure up.Jim had worked hard all his life and had become very wealthy. He had achieved what most people could only dream about....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Going seamless: dissolving the brain divide
- Are you a right-brainer or a left-brainer?The greatest thinkers are at a loss when it comes to answering that question.Just as we admire athletes who are able to hit a tennis ball or throw a javelin with either arm, we should emulate thinkers who engage fully in all kinds of activities without regard to whether or not it suits their specified brain orientation.Labeling yoursel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Howd they do that?
- "How'd they do that?" I asked myself time and time again in my youth.As a journalist and documentary filmmaker, I witnessed ordinary people performing extraordinary feats on countless occasions. I documented individuals in moments of crisis and emergency going beyond the limits they and society believed possible. Caught up in earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and accidents, I watched mild-man...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Improve your business dealings with improvisation
- "Nothing is accidental ... use everything." -- Keith JohnstoneEven the best-laid plans, the proverb goes, go oft astray. And by learning how to improvise like actors or jazz musicians, corporate types can better adapt to the always changing situations that you face.What is improvisation? Trying to explain improvisation is like to trying to describe to someone how to ride a bike. The ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What to do when you are chased by a snake
- I lived for several years on the Japanese island of Okinawa. It is a tropical island setting with a wealth of beauty and lots of things to do. We lived on the side of a mountain that overlooked the Pacific Ocean. The beauty that we were able to observe from there was breathtaking.There were a lot of enjoyable things about living in Okinawa, but one of the things that I enjoyed most was lear...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Its a quantum thing
- We don't need to understand quantum physics entirely in order to appreciate it. Even those who have devoted their lives to the study of the universe and its atomic structure will admit that many mysteries remain. Well, I love mysteries, so let's set the scene for this one...There's a Big Bang. "Whoosh!" go all the molecules. Much swirling commences. Fast forward 12 billion years (give or ta...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Owning your power
- Owning your power, your power to be real, to be who you really are, is really about owning your freedom. Consider how your reasons for not being yourself may have been to get the love or approval of others. Then, you have given others the power to decide your way of being, and thus keeping yourself from being free. In many ways, you have been giving away your power/freedom by your ways of speaking...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Penny for your thoughts?
- Every artifact, every tool, everything ever designed or created by human beings for their own need, comfort, luxury, amusement or advancement began as an idea, a concept?a thought.All wealth had its origins in thought. It is thought that creates. Everything that human beings have created is a product of mind. Wealth is created; it is the effect; thought is the cause.A penny for your ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make ideas your (& their) own: persuade yourself and others
- Have you ever watched a TV program where the supporting actor has a grand idea only to find the lead actor immediately repeat the idea as if it were his own?You've probably experienced it yourself! It goes something like:Friend: "I've got it! We should go to Sparky's for dinner!"You: "Hmm... how about we go to Sparky's for dinner?"Friend: "That's what I just said...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to do what you dont want to
- Before I reveal it, shall we review some things that will help you understand it? Let's start with the premise that you are made up of seven centers (all within you). Each one of these centers--"majestic workhorses"--has influence over your life.Let me list these centers and quickly note their use: The first one is the Instinctive, and it's basically the organic body--your body and body fun...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - All fortunes begin with an idea!
- A new idea is merely the combination of two or more old ideas. The creation of a new idea is the critical first step in establishing any business.People who dream of setting up their own business but don't succeed, generally fall into one of three categories:(1) too few ideas(2) too many ideas or(3) waiting for the 'perfect idea'.Any of these three states of mind...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Success tip from yachting - try to fix the problem yourself
- At 28, Ellen MacArthur is a world record holder. In 2005, she broke the speed record for sailing solo non stop around the world.As a reward and to recognize her great achievement, she was made a Dame, the equivalent of receiving a Knighthood. Like a true 'knight', she is already looking round for her next challenge.Recently, I saw some of the video diary that Ellen MacArthur had kept...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity, innovation, and the importance of spontaneity
- Spontaneity occurs when ideas or behaviours are expressed without evaluation. This lack of evaluation is the key to good idea generation. Some of the links include:a) Large, quality idea pools are built up through a separation of creative thinking from critical thinking. If the people who wrote Red Riding Hood had realised the number of interpretations it has undergone and the various meani...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity and innovation management - teach, coach, learn
- Coaching, training or learning about creativity and innovation involves mastery of at least 12 domains.These include:a) Creativity and Innovation differences and definitions.Often used interchangeably, they ought to be considered separate and distinct. Creativity can be described as problem identification and idea generation and innovation idea selection, development and comme...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Enhancing vulnerability to master perfectionism
- One of the ways a person must advance past perfectionism is to deal with and gradually become more and more vulnerable. Every good perfectionist knows that this is VERY scary.? Vulnerability involves allowing oneself to be open to feedback-both positive and negative from others.? Vulnerability also involves the real risk that a perfectionist will have to experience moments of fragili...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why it?s important to make your idea real
- Say you have an idea for something new and exciting in your life.This may be something as simple as a new arrangement for the garden or as far-reaching as a career change.You get the idea and decide you will do it.Take a moment to use the power of your imagination to get a crystal clear vision of what you want.What will the new issue look like? What will it sound like? ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity and innovation management - good ideas part 2
- The relative ease of i) generating good ideas and ii) lack of resources means that there are usually more good ideas available than can be successfully innovated. As a result, it is often the case that ideas must be evaluated for risk and reward in order to select those that are most likely to succeed.Part 2 of Good Ideas ? Creativity and Innovation Management - will briefly discuss the con...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity and innovation management - good ideas part 1
- The constant search for Good Ideas has resulted in many techniques for generating them. Part 1 of Good Ideas will briefly discuss Franklin's (2003) research into the types of ideas that are most likely to succeed.The research investigated the types of ideas that had been most successful in the past. Six types were defined:a) Need spotting ? where individuals would actively look for a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Innovation makes leaders
- Basically what innovation does is making your business unique and often more progressive in its development.Looking deeper at positive influence of innovation allows us to notice clear tendency from business stagnation to rapid development depending on what level of innovation takes place in business management and planning.The logic behind is simple if your business is a clone in it...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Thousands of failures, but thousands of patents
- Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before he revolutionized the world by inventing and patenting the incandescent light bulb. Because of his desire to create the incandescent light, he was one of the most persistent people in history. The invention in which Edison had the most failures, the incandescent light, was one of his most famous inventions. His persistence also led to many other great...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Techno witch ii - magick with your pc
- You've heard of applied science, well how about applied Magick. The personal computer is just a tool after all, so in theory you should be able to apply the ancient traditions to the modern ways. Here are a few ways that I think you can use your PC to practice metaphysics.The Gods, Goddesses and energies that oversee the running of you computer include Mercury (Hermes) the God of Communicat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing creativity and innovation, part 2 of 2
- Leaders, consultants and managers must be competent in at least thirteen domains to even begin effectively managing creativity and innovation. Part 2 of Managing Creativity and Innovation covers the last six of these domains.h) Group Structure. There is much confusion as which group structure (or combination of structures) maximises creative output. Workshop leaders randomly seem to make pe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing creativity and innovation, part 1 of 2
- Leaders, consultants and managers must be competent in at least thirteen domains to even begin effectively managing creativity and innovation. Part 1 of Managing Creativity and Innovation covers the first seven of these domains.a) The difference between creativity and innovation. Often used interchangeably, the two must be thought of as separate and distinct. One definition for creativity i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choosing a winning business idea
- You've probably heard it a hundred times by now - if you want to make alot of money with an online business you have to offer your own product or service. Well, make that a hundred and one times...It's true. Although affiliate programs are a great way to add additional streams of income, the best money maker is still a unique product or service that you control. That way you earn all of the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mindfulness and beliefs: irrationally yours
- I can't help it--I am a confirmed neuroscience geek.So I was very excited to attend the fifth brain lecture in a series (yes, I bought season tickets!) sponsored by Oregon Health Sciences University. You see, the guest speaker was Dr. Michael Gazzaniga, the father of cognitive neuroscience, and his topic was The Ethical Brain--which happens to be the title of a book he will publish this Jun...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 12 tips for taking smart, calculated risks
- Most of us know we should take more risks. But the "no-guarantee" component of risk-taking makes it a scary proposition in many instances.Try these 12 smart and simple ideas to identify the risks worth pursuing -- and the ones worth letting pass by.1. Think of someone you admire. Would they take this risk?2. Never risk more than you can afford to lose.3. If you have eve...