BRAINTENANCE: MIND BUILDERS

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BRAIN TUNE-UP (A 1st WARM-UP EXERCISE)

Performing arithmetic operations quickly builds your self-confidence, as well as your computation skills. Do these as quickly as you can, without worrying about errors, or pausing to re-check your computations. You will see consistent improvement.

3-DIMENSIONAL "MAGIC EYE" PERCEPTION -- IMPROVE YOUR INTERPRETIVE VISION (A 2nd WARM-UP EXERCISE)

A helpful trick in finding the "hidden" object (or objects) is to get up close to the picture (so that your nose is practically touching it), let your eyes stay unfocused, and gradually back away from the picture. You will find yourself looking into a Three-dimensional portal.

GRE WORD OF THE DAY (A 3rd WARM-UP EXERCISE)

EXERCISE YOUR MIND 1

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EXERCISE YOUR MIND 2

SPEED READ, COMPREHEND AND RETAIN...


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*REACTION TIME

*IS YOUR BRAIN CROSS-LATERALIZED ?

*THE NECKER CUBE ILLUSION

*THE KNIGHT'S TOUR CHESS PROBLEM

EXERCISE YOUR MIND 6: MEDITATION, STIMULATION AND RELAXATION

CHALLENGE YOUR PERCEPTION.

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You can use any one of the helpful math tables listed under the Location bar by simply copying (Ctrl+C) its url address, and then by pasting(Ctrl+V) the url address that you've copied into the Location Bar and pressing the "GO" button. The table will appear in the window, and you can work with it without having to even leave this page! Nifty? I think so.

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Present Value Calculator
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Annuity Calculator
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Braintenance: Can we know what we are thinking?

Dear Friends:

Sometime ago we spoke about (in my monologue, anyway) the notion of detaching one's self from one's own conscious thought processes of the moment and analyzing them with the objectivity of an outsider. Were we able to do this, we could not only observe our behavior and our actions, but we could implement the logical cerebral programming changes necessary to achieve the things which we really wanted in our lives.

My questions to you: Is this possible? And if so, how?

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Public Service Announcement: HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

Public Service Announcement: HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS ["HAI"]

Dear Friends:

I recently received the email which follows from Ms. Barbara Dunn, of HAI Watch News, an affiliate of Kimberly-Clark Health Care. It deals with some of the real-life infection hazards, some of which can be debilitating or fatal, which are all-too-often caused during the course of a routine healthcare visit, medical procedure or treatment. Simply stated...you can check into the hospital for a minor procedure and wind up with a life-threatening infection. The better-informed you are about the nature of this danger, the more proactive that you can be in minimizing your own risks, and those of the ones whom you love.

Some years back, school teachers would quote Poor Richard's and chant, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

While I heartily agree with that sentiment, I would also suggest that you remember the old Internal Energy Plus/ TNNW equation: KNOWLEDGE + APPLICATION = POWER. Educate yourself and stay healthy!

I found the hyperlink in Barbara's letter to be of great interest. Please read on, and click on the link in the letter.

Faithfully, and wishing you the best of health,

Douglas Castle

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Douglas:

One thing everyone can agree on, no matter where they come down on the current health care debates, is that no one should get sick as a result of visiting the doctor.

Hospitals are rightfully expected to get you better but that's not always the case.  Sometimes people are picking up infections, from pneumonia to antibiotic-resistant staph (MRSA), while under treatment for other health problems, or even while just in the hospital having a baby.  That's a situation that could, and should, be completely avoidable.

Kimberly-Clark Health Care is on the forefront of protecting patients from Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and has put together a site dedicated to that prevention called HAI Watch: Not on My Watch.  The site has information for both healthcare professionals and healthcare consumers.

I would like to ask for your help getting the word out on The National Networker.   Here's a microsite which explains everything.  Please use any of the images, logos, videos, etc, on your site:

http://www.haiwatchnews.com/

Please let me know if you have any questions and if you are able to post, I'd really appreciated it if you'd send me the link.

Thank you,


Barbara
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

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I was delighted to receive a comment from Mike on my recent post on http://aboutDouglasCastle.blogspot.com , titled, "OBAMA SAID WHAT?"

Here it is, for all to enjoy --

Mike has left a new comment on your post "OBAMA SAID WHAT?":

It took me 10 minutes to find the comment button.* My favorite is, "President Obama orders banks to loan to those who are qualified" Really? Is he also ordering pizza delivery people to deliver to those who ordered pizza? Who the hell falls for this?

Publish this comment. (I'll publish this one)

Reject this comment.

Moderate comments for this blog.

Posted by Mike to DOUGLAS CASTLE at November 14, 2009 1:05 PM


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Thursday, November 5, 2009

BRAINTENANCE: What Would You Call This Type Of Wordplay?

BRAINTENANCE: What Would You Call This Type Of Wordplay?

Dear Thinkers and Occasional Sufferers Living The 'Examined Life'" :

There are all types of wordplay...Palindromes, Tom Swifties, Hyperbole, Rhymes, Oxymorons, Paradoxes (which are cousins of the oxymorons, by the way) and a veritable panoply of poetic devices that we suffered through in junior high school. Synecdoche, anyone? (Def: A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. An example: "Lend me a hand.").

Visit: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html
But please come back afterwards.


Here are two questions:

1.     What is the appropriate term for an expression used to denote a grouping of animals of the same species? For example: school of fish; pride of lions, pod of whales, gaggle of geese, murder of crows, pack of wolves...

2.     What would you call this type of wordplay?

"There are two types of people in this world. There's the type who divide the world up into two types of people and the type who don't."

I'll have to get back to you. I am working hard at being lazy and trying to accelerate my command of procrastination.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

p.s. One of my daughters asked me when she was quite young, "Dad, if you find the right term for something, how come that isn't called 'termination'?" When I replied, "It's usually called something else, like classification or categorization," she retorted, "That makes no sense. classification would be if you found your class and categorization would be if your found your cat."

p.p.s. One of my friend Stu's favorite lyrics was from a 1960's song performed by the Byrds. As I recall: "I was so much older then/ I'm younger than that now."

A curious optical illusion follows, sent to me by friend and colleague, Rick Itzkowich (a writer for THE NATIONAL NETWORKER Newsletter). I have titled it "The Fallacy Of Classical Architecture"



Thank you, Rick. Perception, unchecked, is subjective reality. I simply see a row of wrenches, or perhaps tomahawks.



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THE 1 PERCENT RULE: DRAW THE LINE - DARE TO DEFINE

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THE 1 PERCENT RULE: DRAW THE LINE - DARE TO DEFINE

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Fear Versus the Positive Incentive - What moves us?

Fear versus Positive Motivation - What moves us?

Dear Thinkers, Ponderers and Students of Life:

It is sad, but true. Human beings are much more readily motivated to action by the threat of pain or loss (i.e.,by fear) than by the opportunity to gain, socially, professionally or financially, with some curious high-risk exceptions where it comes to instant gratification. Of course in these latter exceptions, the risk usually involves getting caught (and it is perceived as unlikely) while the reward is pleasure (which is perceived as very likely).

Fear overcomes inertia or creates inertia, while the positive incentive...the opportunity to gain tends to be far less of a driver. Again, there is another exception here where the potential perceived gain is enormous with respect to the amount of risk or work entailed in the process. People tend toward indolence.

Viewing this situation, why do you suppose our minds and our resultant behavior tend to operate in this fashion?

Here are some possibilities:

1.     Because we visualize threats more powerfully, and more sensorially;
2.     Because we feel that the likelihood of loss is always more probable than the likelihood of gain;
3.     Because we are more emotionally invested in maintaining the "status quo" than we are in getting ahead -- we are only motivated when we feel what little we have, or what little we believe that we deserve;
4.     Because we perceive that an adversary's ability and willingness to carry out a threat is far greater than our ability and willingness to make something positive happen through our efforts;
5.     Because we feel, in the deepest reaches of our subconscious, that we are more deserving of punishment than reward (through feelings of low self-esteem, guilt, and the like) and that it is more likely that harm will come to us than happiness;
6.     Because it is, in fact and perception, easier to run away from something than to run toward something;
7.     Because we feel that we are weaker than those around us.

I would like to know your thoughts, as would Christine West, a colleague and a featured columnist for The National Networker Newsletter. Please either respond by posting directly to this this article in the "comment" section below, or by writing directly to Christine West, noted expert on facing down and overcoming fear, at info@TheBusinessMD.net . If you write to Christine directly, please write "Braintenance and Fear" in the subject line of your email.

You can visit Christine West's website (a beautifully designed one, too) at http://www.thebusinessmd.net/ .

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

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Monday, October 26, 2009

BRAINTENANCE: TM (Transcendental Meditation) Revisited.

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION REVISITEDThis article written and © by Douglas Castle.
Published with permission.
Dear Thinkers:

I have done a fair amount of training in NLP, Hypnotherapy, positive visualization, brainwave entrainment, martial arts and numerous other self-growth modalities and techniques to improve my personal and professional life. In fact, they have been so powerfully helpful at enhancing my ability to be positively creative and productive, that I joined forces with Martial Arts Master Joseph Droual some years ago to create and refine the INTERNAL ENERGY PLUS System of learning and entrainment.
The one method which I have yet to dedicate myself to is Transcendental Meditation. I remember as being a sort of fad in the 1970s, but its long-standing adherents seem to been profoundly benefitted by it in terms of stress reduction, blood pressure reduction, increased perspective and focus, mental clarity, improved resting pulse rate, and re-energization. It is my intention to explore it. And while I do not offer medical or health advice, it might be worth looking into for your own benefit. An excerpted clip from a TM seminar announcement follows for your information. I hope that you find it edifying and enjoyable.
Faithfully,
Douglas Castle

One of the most valuable benefits of the Transcendental Meditation technique is becoming more creative—becoming more innovative and adaptable in the midst of life’s pressures and challenges.
David LynchAward winning filmmaker David Lynch recently toured U.S. college campuses with world-renowned quantum physicist John Hagelin and brain researcher Fred Travis to present how the TM technique promotes extraordinary creativity and total brain functioning—higher states of consciousness.
You can view their compelling presentation at:
Better than watching their talks, however, is improving your own brain’s orderly functioning by practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.




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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Whatever It Takes

WHATEVER IT TAKES

by Douglas Castle for http://aboutDouglasCastle.blogspot.com and for THE NATIONAL NETWORKER COMPANIES. Subscribe to TNNW by clicking on http://twitlik.com/OK .

How much do you want it? - Whatever it is - Again: How much do you truly desire it? It "it" a pressing need? A driving hunger? An unrealized dream?

If your heartfelt, lump-in-the-throat, wild-eyed answer is a raspy "I have to have it," then be prepared:

1. To pull out all of the stops and pull in all of the markers;

2. To accept that you are on a mission...or perhaps a quest;

3. To vow to yourself that you will absolutely not be stopped and will not quit until you've gotten it;

4. To put all other things second;

5. To find your allies and identify your enemies, but to understand that you are ultimately alone with your choice and your fate. But take comfort in that your fate is largely what you choose to make it.


Do whatever it takes. Do not leave this life with your book unwritten and your song unsung. Do not let anyone else discourage you, or deflate you or scorn you for wanting it (whatever it is) so much that you seem obsessed; or perhaps even possessed. You must defy inertia, other people's negativity, and your own fear to get what you desire. The only way to repay the vast indebtedness that your life owes your heart is by finishing, or by dying in the process of getting there.

Champions are not made by accident. Champions are made by fulfilling a pledge to themselves.

If you want it badly enough, you will do WHATEVER IT TAKES. If you deny yourself, the whole world loses.

Damn it all. Do it.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

BRAINTENANCE: Read This Because I Said So.

Dear Cerebral Centurions:

Here is something borrowed from another blog (at tremendous risk and expense) which those of you who are interested in the art of pursuasion will find a bit funny, but quite thought-provoking. I am fascinated with the workings of the Human mind, the ways in which it is manipulated, and the use of language in achieving this manipulation. From a practical standpoint, this represents an interesting twist on the traditional methodology of endorsement advertising for credibility.

I am reminded of an issue of THE NATIONAL LAMPOON from many years ago, which sported a bleak cover with a picture of a sorry-looking mutt with a gun up against the side of its head. The cover title was "BUY THIS MAGAZINE OR WE'LL SHOOT THIS DOG." Tasteless? Yes. Offensive? Yes. Did I buy it? You bet I did!

--DC

http://twitlik.com/Endorsements

I have come up with an excellent way to use a "counter-endorsement" (a LINGOVATION!) instead of an endorsement. A counter-endosement can be every bit as powerful as an endosement.

Here's an example (come up close and form a semi-circle everyone):

O.J. Simpson does not read The NATIONAL NETWORKER Newsletter. He'd never click on http://twitlik.com/OK for his free subscription.

Or perhaps this one:

Would you rather get a free subscription to The NATIONAL NETWORKER Newsletter at http://twitlik.com/, or go hunting with Dick Cheney?

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

A NOTE ABOUT HYPERLINKS:
In some of the short newsfeed postings (in particular, those from http://htxt.it/), the hyperlinks are not live. They are not dead -- no, they are merely sleeping. To awaken them, just copy them (Ctrl+C) and paste them (Ctrl+V) into your browser and press the "go" button...the sleeping link will immediately come to life and you'll be directed to the proper page so that you can read the referenced article or posting.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

BRAINTENANCE: Definitions - It's Great to Know What We're Talking About.

Dear Friends:

You might wish to give some thought (with some investigation in the lexicography and etymology departments, both of which are open late for the holidays) to the commonly perceived meanings of these terms:

ASSET

LIABILITY

DESPISE

COMMUNISM

DEMOCRACY

CORRUPTION

NOTORITY

OPULENT

RESPONSIBILITY

GOD

UNITY

BI-PARTESAN

PARTISAN

NATURAL

RACISM

RESPECT

Happy hunting. I'll be upstairs in the library. You can use a dictionary for this. It's not (ahem) "rocket surgery".

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle






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HUMANITAS MAXIMUS, TAKING COMMAND!, INTERNAL ENERGY PLUS BLOG, INTERNAL ENERGY PLUS WEBSITE, THE NATIONAL NETWORKER, THE GLOBAL FUTURIST, THE INTERNATIONALIST PAGE.
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