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- My First Job - Wow! - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Hal WechslerMy First Job Was a Pisser 1. I just hit age 16, went to the NYC Education Dept. and got my Working-Papers. 2. I got $35 in birthday gifts, and paid $25.50 for a used Schwinn bike. 3. Western Union on Pitkin Avenue hired me, (after-school) to deliver telegrams by bike. 4. It happened after ...
Views: 1772 - Yoga Eye Exercises Rule - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Hal WechslerYoga Eye Exercises Help Double Reading Speed If you get bored by these facts about your eyes, hang in because coming up are baby-easy two-minute exercises to improve your vision to function up to ninety-five years. Have you noticed that many Seniors past eighty years old, read with ...
Views: 1756(2 votes) - 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: 1740 - "Why You Must Reward Yourself First to Learn a New Skill." - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2013 from Hal WechslerWhy You MUST Reward Yourself to Learn a New Skill • 1. Me: “Mike” (my 15 year old kid) do you know why Communism failed in the powerful Soviet Union?” • 2. Mike: “I want to win a scholarship, ace the SAT, and land “Hot-Girls”, so Who-Cares? So-What? And WIIFM (What’s In It For Me?)” • 3. ...
Views: 1738 - 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: 1730 - Are You Still a Learning Machine? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2011 from Hal WechslerAre you STILL a Learning Machine? If you are finished with school, for 95% of us, we quit learning. The problem with that is a static brain begins to unravel and invites deterioration like Alzheimer’s. You know the expression, ‘Use it or Lose it’. Put your arm in a cast for 6-weeks and the ...
Views: 1729 - Why Creativity is Your Secret to Winning Promotions At-Work - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Is creativity the Secret to winning Career Promotions?” • 1. Mike: “I see that look in your eye. You want to educate me like I don’t get enough in school all day.” • 2. Me: “Kid I got a lot to do, but making sure you never come back to live in my house After you graduate college is in the ...
Views: 1716 - Why Inquiring Minds Care: Health And Longevity - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Inquiring Minds Care: It’s Health And Longevity Do you find that 95% of all Internet articles never teach you anything practical? Can you even remember the last useful strategy or schema (diagram/pattern) you implemented to improve your life? Inquiring Minds read books, articles and ...
Views: 1716(1 vote) - Why Using I-AM, is a Game-Changer - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Why Using, “I-AM”, is a Game-Changer!” Remember this? “I-Am-What-I-Am, and That’s All That I-Am, I’m Popeye-The Sailor Man. I’m Strong at The Finish, Cause I Eats Me Spinach. I’m Popeye-The-Sailor-Man.” [Repeat the Lyrics] “I-am-what-I-am, and that’s all that I-am. I’m ...
Views: 1716(1 vote) - Why Luck is a Skill You Can Double - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2011 from Hal Wechsler------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why Luck is a Skill you Can Double (2x), And Win at Texas Hold’em – Consistently Our research asked Law School seniors what they learned to use from law school in their relationships, and private ...
Views: 1708(2 votes) - Got The Einstein Memory System? - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2008 from Hal WechslerGot a Great Memory? Would it improve your learning and produce career benefits if you could absolutely, positively double your long-term memory? Ninety-five percent of students and executives learn the Einstein Memory System within seven (7) days, and are actively using it to ace their exams ...
Views: 1705 - Why Putting your Feelings Into Words..... - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2013 from Hal WechslerWhy Putting Your Feelings Into Words Empowers you • 1. “Pop, I have to stand up in front of 25 clients & convince them our new system is the solution. I have done my homework, but am scared I might blow it.” • 2. “Right. You think Positive affirmations are “Hot Air”. Do you feel that icy ...
Views: 1704 - So What? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Hal WechslerSo What? Did you ever notice that there is an endless conversation going on in your mind called Self-Talk or Internal Dialogue? We stopped being aware of it because it has always been there. It is called – Thinking or Steam of Consciousness. We hold conversations between our – I, ...
Views: 1702(3 votes) - How to Use Your Voice to Succeed in Anything." - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2013 from Hal WechslerHow to Use Your Voice to Influence-Persuade-Convince Others • 1. “Tell me something Pop, how much does good-looks, intelligence, and money affect how women see me?” • 2. “You want the psychology or neuroscience answer? Not much, maybe 15%. You didn’t name the Killer-Factor that others ...
Views: 1701(1 vote) - Are there Urban Myths Blocking MONEY From Reaching You? - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2013 from Hal WechslerAre there Urban Myths That Block M-o-n-e-y From Your Life? • 1 “Aw quit it, I know you believe it, and mean well, but what I say out loud or hear in my head are “white-noise”, just meaningless chatter. My words are powerless, and so am I.” • 2. When I said that to my mother, I was convinced ...
Views: 1700(2 votes) - 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: 1700 - Death of Insomnia - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Shrink Insomnia to 55 Seconds If you are over the age of 35 you already have an intimate relationship with Insomnia. Sleep difficulties are SOP (Standard Operating Procedure). From Latin “somn” means sleep, and “in” translates to Not! I asked a class of 30 high schoolers if they ...
Views: 1695(1 vote) - "Both Cannabis & Chronic Stress Blow-Out Our Motivation." - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Both Cannabis & Chronic Stress Blow-Out Our Motivation” • 1. “But I’m smart, hardworking, why can’t I win success?” • 2. “Snap answer: you run away from Obstacles and your Mind-Set (Attitude) in not in alignment with Coping.” • 3. “I have no idea what “Obstacles, Attitude & Coping” even ...
Views: 1694 - 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: 1692 - What is the Chain Reaction For Personal Success - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Hal WechslerWhat is The Chain-Reaction For Personal Success If you learn this baby-easy system to use your electromagnetic field RHYTHM consciously – you have a strategy to change (improve) almost anything and everything in your life. Right, and cows can fly and drop off their milk! What is your ...
Views: 1691(4 votes) - A Secret About The Reading Code - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Hal WechslerA Secret About the Reading-Code Can Reading More – Help You Live Up to 10 Years Longer? * Can Reading More - Help You Reduce The Risk of Alz Up To 60%? * The average college graduate in the U.S. reads one (1) book a year reluctantly. He/she hates reading, learning, and education. Here’s ...
Views: 1687(3 votes) - 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: 1687 - "Specific Strategies to ACE school & Career with Dinero" - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“If you don’t have specific strategies to help me, get out of my face.” • 1. Me: “Mike (my 15 year old), which is more important, your LEFT or your RIGHT hemispheres?” • 2. Mike: “Oh, it’s time for my Speedreading101.com education. Do I have to answer this question, I got homework.” • 3. ...
Views: 1679 - "These Experiences Can Raise Your Annual Income up to 53%." - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“These Experiences Impact Your Annual Income.” • 1. “But Pop, I get Bored fast. Don’t say it, ‘I have a limited attention-span’. I remember. A goldfish has 9-seconds, and my generation has only 8. Tell me something I can use.” • 2. “I’ll tell you some stuff I learned this week Online. You ...
Views: 1678(1 vote) - How to Permanently Own Luck, Accelerated Healing... - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2011 from Hal Wechsler---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Permanently Own LUCK, Accelerated Healing… We have received this hidden knowledge from the Guru-With-No-Name. He lives in India and visited the U.S. where he gifted us with these ...
Views: 1678(2 votes) - 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, ...
Views: 1677(1 vote) - How to be Outrageous and Make Mon... - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2009 from Hal WechslerHow to be Outrageous And Win The Prize Called Mo… Do you delete 90% of your emails unread? Me too, because Clutter wastes my time and makes feel like a Mooch (patsy, jerk). What makes us stop to read the other unsolicited 10%? Curiosity, and the belief it may just give us Pleasure and help ...
Views: 1673(3 votes) - Beat Stress With Your Nose - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2009 from Hal WechslerBeat Stress With Your Nose Speed Reading Rules New scientific research shows that when we are under Stress-Overload, more than 100 genes push our body and mind into overdrive. So what? That weakens our immune system, and makes a lousy situation even worse. The Meaning of ...
Views: 1671 - "What's the Secret of Convincing a Group?" - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2013 from Hal WechslerWhat’s The Secret of Speaking to a Group & Convincing Them? My teenager Michael, asked me to help him improve his Talk for Class President. • 1. “Mike, there are two-things that rivets our attention other than Ben Franklins ($100) falling from the sky.” • 2. “In my circles $10 bills would ...
Views: 1663(1 vote) - Do Inquirying Minds Know this? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Hal WechslerDo Inquiring Minds Know This? A hobby that feeds my sense of curiosity is collecting facts and definitions nobody else knows or cares about. Statistics 1. The human body has 60,000 miles of blood vessels for circulation. If you Google it, scientific research papers quote this number ...
Views: 1661(2 votes) - How Far Can We Go With The Power of Thought? - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow Far Can We Go With The Power of Thought? Do you have to understand the science of electricity, electrons and protons, in order to turn on the lights in your room, your TV or computer? Click the button, throw the switch, or wave your hand, right? If the public had to pass a test on how ...
Views: 1660 - How to Ace the Interview - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Hal WechslerHow to Ace The 2010 Interview Common sense would tell us that a job interview whether for your first employment out of school or for CEO of a NYSE company, requires planning and research. This same famous - common sense - tells us that holding a seashell to our ear retains the sound of ...
Views: 1657(2 votes) - "Are You Saying We Read With Our EARS?" - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Are you Saying We See With our EARS?” • 1. “I showed my teenager Mike, this new scientific research that came to a weird conclusion about how we SEE. • 2. “Pop, I don’t get it. We don’t just see with our eyes, the retina part, they say past experience and our expectation change the ...
Views: 1656(1 vote) - Jim Rohn Lives - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Hal WechslerJim Rohn Lives Do you believe in the power of personal growth and lifelong change for the better? Wait. That you can improve your core knowledge and personal experiences up to age 93? Well, maybe? Now please read on. December 10, 2009: neuroscientists at Carnegie Mellon University, ...
Views: 1653(2 votes) - Did You Know This One? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Hal WechslerDid Ya Know This One? Play along with me – which of these motivators beats the rest to excite executives? a) Money b) promotions c) respect d) personal satisfaction Wait. One got 45% rating; the runner up got 29%, next motivator got 18%, and last and maybe least, got only ...
Views: 1652(2 votes) - I Dare You - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Hal WechslerI Dare You To Use the “D” Word With Someone If President Obama used the “D” word on TV – he would be impeach by the following week. I didn’t say convicted – but surely impeached. See, the House of Representatives is the Grand Jury and the Senate does the actual trial. Don’t get nervous ...
Views: 1640(1 vote) - Which Came First, Gestures or Speech, And Who Cares? - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhich Came First, Speech or Gestures, And So What? Adults are learners too, so how do we get our point across (comprehension) without sounding like a dominating school teacher? If you visit your doctor and he says your x-rays are Benign, you are a lot happier than if he says the results ...
Views: 1639 - Why Emotions in The Workplace Rule - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Emotions in The Workplace Rule Do we see reality as it is, or as we feel at the time? Don’t we all believe that we are objective - while others are emotional? The world is right-brained and only I am rational and left-brained? Wait. In a scientific study of physicians – 90% stated ...
Views: 1636(1 vote) - ANTs Verses APTs Are Powerful Stuff - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from Hal WechslerANTs Verses APTs is a Head Thing Some people pick-up the strategies, techniques and tactics of Speed Reading in 20-minutes, others in 2-hours, some, in five-hours. Still others take up to “one-week” to feel comfortable with using Speed Reading 101.org We are all different based on the ...
Views: 1634 - Can We be Too Skeptical? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Hal WechslerCan We Be Too Skeptical? Has your view about President Obama stayed the same since January 21st 2009, or moved under the wheels of the bus? How about some hard numbers by the poll with the most credibility? The public perception on President Barack Obama on January 21, ’09 was a (wow!) ...
Views: 1632(3 votes) - Be a Brainiac, And ACE Exams - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2012 from Hal WechslerBrainiacs Live For “Testing-Pops” to Ace Exams • The heart of Acing exams is not the text, but taking command of your emotions - first. Why? If you are human, you are stressed-out, full-of-tension, and in high anxiety. Your memory has gone South, and not to Miami. • Stop now, and take ...
Views: 1630 - Boody Language is Your Competitive Advantage - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Hal WechslerBody Language is Critical to Success By H.Bernard Wechsler March 12 2012 Body Language is Your Competitive Advantage The right Questions lead you to winning solutions 1. Visual Image: Do you look like an expert? Don’t we all expect a lawyer, doctor, professor, computer-nerd, ...
Views: 1626(1 vote) - Are Affirmations Worth Doing? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Hal WechslerAre Affirmations Worth Doing? A poll of our graduates including 81% of corporate executives and 89% of college students absolutely hate daily rituals. They do not make a habit of daily prayer nor reciting positive statements to program their mind. Our research indicates there are very ...
Views: 1624(4 votes) - SPEED READING AND "ACT-AS-IF" - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2003 from Hal WechslerWilliam James, professor at Harvard, (1842-1910d), at the turn of the 20th century, is an American psychology icon. He has more quotes attributed to him than Mark Twain. A century later his philosophy of "act-as-if", stands up under fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imagery), as a valuable ...
Views: 1622(2 votes) - Can Self-Talk Implement Success or Failure? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Hal WechslerCan Self-Talk Implement Success or Failure? When you were a little kid, you probably talked out loud to yourself. Maybe you had an invisible playmate. Perfectly normal. Today you hold internal dialogues, but they are silent. A survey of scientists indicates it is common to ask questions ...
Views: 1621(3 votes) - What's The One-Change? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Hal WechslerWhat’s The One-Change You Can Make to Improve Motivation-to Win? If you want people to take action, be induced and incentivize, do this one thing. This applies to a physical goal like finishing a game successfully. Most of us quit in the middle of effort because we get distracted or ...
Views: 1620 - Who Needs a Boot Camp (basic-training) for Learning & Critical Thinking? - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2011 from Hal WechslerWho Needs a Boot Camp (basic-training) For Learning & Critical Thinking? Neuroscientists estimate about 83% of students and 76% of executives are missing the link between knowing and doing. It is called the “critical-thinking” step. Use-it-or-lose-it. My Pop used to say, “Something for ...
Views: 1617(2 votes) - "Brainiacs: Inspiration Triggers Your Goals" - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2013 from Hal Wechsler“Brainiacs Say: Inspiration Attracts Your Goals” • 1. “Michael, want to start every day like a Brainiac?” • 2. “Pop, Is it quick & easy, I’m still recovering from the weekend?” • 3. “You already know HOW to do it. It just arranging the steps into a strategy that wins you your goals. ...
Views: 1616 - Do we have Five Streams of Consciousness That Run Us? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Hal WechslerAre There Five Streams of Consciousness That Run Us? You probably know Home sapiens come with a switchboard between our left and right brain to process new sensory information. Remember its name and you win a prize – Corpus Callosum (Latin for firm body). You and I hold conferences and Q&A ...
Views: 1616(1 vote) - Can Specific Words Change Your Body's Behavior? - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from Hal Wechsler(Don’t Laugh) - Can Specific Words Change Your Body’s Behavior? The latest neuroscience research makes skeptics nervous. And you and I are both skeptics, right? The normal (standard) mind-body connection for interpersonal communication is? All information transfer between humans is managed ...
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