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Jun30
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In an interesting look at games with attractive mental challenges … Dr Patsi Krakoff at Mind-FX Science shows the other side of computer  games. That aha moments of conquering mental games is fun for many of us – and the mind can flourish with games such a Brain Age.
“I know that some people can get addicted to computer games.” Patsi said in her blog, Computer Gaming: Recovery and Treatment for Addicts. I’d have to agree with her statement, “I am attracted to the addictive qualities of mental pleasures. I can even spend a few hours trying to beat my score at Mahjong Masters. But I get too bored with spending enough time online with simple games.”
Here's Patsi’s story about computer game addiction recovery centers that will interest you, about a detox center in the . Closer to home we’re reminded, “… if you know someone who might need help, the article also talks about other treatments available in the ”
Do you know anybody for whom mind games has moved past challenge or the aha buzz...into addiction…? Do you agree it can happen...?
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Jun30
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Readers like to see an opposing viewpoint for pretty much every topic I can think of… Call it love for research in me… but I can see a thing more clearly when I look at it’s opposite side. Have you noticed that...
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Whenever I’m simply surfing for fresh ideas and wisdom… want to read good writing from a leader I trust, I tend to hit on Tom Vander Well’s blog at QA QnA. Why…? Tom teaches at the same time he is learning...
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While it may not be a good idea to act if you sense a 40 percent change of success... neither should you wait until you are 100 percent sure. By then it's almost always too late.... We too often hold...
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To stir creative insights, consider multiple intelligences to solve problems at work. How would each intelligence, bring new life in one area at work today?1). Musical response: From viewpoint and interest of a musician interested in vocal sound distinctions, lyrics,...
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There was a time in my career when organization came especially hard for me…. I missed many important deadlines … because I failed to see them in piles on my desk…. When my business expanded internationally I had to...
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An Ontario Info-Tech Research Group reported that computer batteries on laptops have caused recalls you may be unaware of over the past year. Your laptop could pose a threat to your own and other’s safety, especially if you travel much ...
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A June 29th study reported at Physorg.com detected prejudice in the brain. Scientists reported that people “view members of social out-groups, such as homeless people, with disgust and not a feeling of fellow humanity. Twenty-four Princeton University undergraduates viewed color...
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Jun29
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I had lunch with a business colleague the other day, who said, “Everybody in my department wants to change somebody else….” How many people do you know who simply complain about others … but seem to go nowhere new personally?...
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If you are like me ... you want to see good opposing views from your Internet searches, with reliable resources you can measure and organize for accuracy. Then you’d also likely enjoy this rather cool search engine to help you out.This site gives...
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Could you see yourself hanging onto every word your boss utters at a meeting and then giving him back a project -- that holds all his best ideas... the next morning? The Bioethics and Politics Blog, tells us the “smart pills”...
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It's out and it's rewiring older brains into younger sharpness. You can take a few tests to get your DS Brain Age -- then lower that age weekly with fun daily mental teasers.A fellow blogger and friend, asked me about...
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Seth Godin’s blog, Nine things marketers ought to know about salespeople, left one very small gap which I decided to pop an idea into. The reason I enjoy reading Seth’s ideas is because they resonate! Maybe that’s also why I...
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At their blog Defense tech edited by Noah Shactman…. you can now get all the details on the latest pack mule they named BigDog. Apparently, “the two bots were running around Marine Corps Air Station New River recently -- along...
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I am especially intrigued by Wired News story where David Cohn showed LED architecture’s Agbar Tower and wish my own city would look at color’s impact on the business districts. Ok, I happen to live in the slowest growing city in the...
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One reader at Brain Based Business inspired several posts to address stressors ... in ways that increase serotonin for well-being…. Have you stored any mental software to reboot your mind in tough times you face? I'll admit that when too many stessors hit me ... I, too,...
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A reader at Brain Based Business inspired this series of posts about getting past stress for several reasons. That reader named the stressors that many of us face on a regular basis. Then reflective questions raised our curiosity for more...
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When Charles Dickens wrote, “Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some,” he was really referring to a situation similar to a recent...
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A reader of my June 28th blog, Cortisol Shuts Down Your Ability to Communicate” commented, “... as I drove to work yesterday I pondered that if I had been cut off by another driver, and resisted the urge to respond...
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I’d heard the US Patent and Trademark was the place to go for a trademark we bought several months ago. After filling out the forms online, I was quite surprised to see how quickly my full fees were sucked off...
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As more employers get rid of their commitment to health care for people who retire, more workers fear what will happen to them in their senior years. Some firm’s have forgotten the adage that: Taking care of health is taking...
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Jun28
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Oxford researchers have identified the very first neurons in that part of the brain that sets us apart from all other animals. Dr Irina Bystron from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford ,...
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When we describe helping a dog to sit or a dolphin to jump ... we speak of their training. But for helping humans…? Isn't there a more thoughtful word that would encourage us to see the extravagance of the human...
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The Huffington Post pulled the plug on a blogger … because of poor tone, and that got me wondering if good tone is growing as fast as the rapid proliferation of blogs these days…. What do you think? With the...
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Researchers at Radiological Society of North America now tell us that memory loss impacts more brainpower than once thought. It’s a shock to see people we know begin to lose their ability to remember the simplest things. New research reveals...
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Take control of that “out of sorts feeling” and you’ll also help your team to avoid the kind of cortisol an angry customer might bring…. You’ll find consensus faster. Robyn and I recently held an exciting phone conference with a...
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Could you name what you want from your career in one brief sentence? If the most intelligent person you know went after it … what would it take that person to get it…? Ok, since we tend to use about...
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Jun27
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I’ve been looking for ways to connect blog comments more to working networks in my brain ... and I wondered if other people out there are running into the same snags. Here are a few tips I learned on a very busy day:...
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How many IQ points did you add today? Most people seem shocked when asked how they increase their IQ and cognitive abilities at work. That’s likely because it was once thought that intelligence and mental capabilities were set in stone…...
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I just read an interesting news piece at Daily Science News called Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math . The story quoted from Associated Press: “Things add up differently for native English speakers compared with people who learned Chinese as...
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Once you hitch your wagon to a star … stay consistent to live and communicate a new vision… and watch your brain’s responses. Then do today what you want to become tomorrow. Nudge thinking aside for one day just to...
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When it comes to the human brain, what you do is what your brain becomes! This news is especially good because it can launch you in a better direction … at no cost and with mental resources you already possess. ...
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For some people … the standard business plan is a waste of time…. Have you ever tried to communicate a new vision in a way other than business plans? Build quality results and create a plan to put feet onto...
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Jun26
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Did you cell phone ring in the last hour? If you answered you might have jolted a few brain waves as a result.... I was interested in a report at WASHINGTON Reuters today that “cell phone emissions excite the part...
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Ever fall asleep at the wheel? An interesting study in BMJ-British Medical Journal shows that people drive when they know they are falling asleep … and this problem contributes more than you may realize to traffic injuries and death. Traffic...
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Follow a new path to work today and chances are you are using more brainpower than yesterday. Just change one thing you do and you’ll grow dendrite brain cells for a new direction. Most of us fall into ruts along...
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Principled decision making is tied to your internal or belief systems and they shape your introspective intelligence through what you do…. It’s a no brainer that external behaviors or performances shape a firm’s outcomes. In the same way a mercury...
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Ethical actions come from shaping beliefs into accounting practices. It can be developed in your workplace through a few Intrapersonally intelligent tasks…. Ask employees to state one important belief about ethical accounting practices on one side of a notepad, and...
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There are likely three sections to your case study. Problem Implementation Results The opening 'problem' section carries your punch that readers can relate to. It’s best to write about issues with significant business impact for readers. A winning case study...
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Case Studies are effective promotional tools. Next to White Papers, they’re second in popularity ... used to promote products or services. Have you ever been commissioned to write a case study…? If so, you’ll know that a case study...
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Jun25
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Interesting brain research offers clues to best management approaches, according to Nobscot’s Weblog. Nesbot’s post quotes Business + Strategy magazine which links neuroscience, psychology and business management practices. I wasn’t surprised to see how “many standard business practices such as...
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What's the Most Commonly Used Noun? That was the question posed by the Associated Press in London, and raised at WLTX – TV in Columbia, SC. The results are a bit scary ... given the fact that words we speak...
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I was interested in a story posted today about growing networks of neurons in rats… at Emerging Technology Trends in Roland Piquepaille’s story … Mixing brain cells and nanodots …. Ateam of Israeli researchers grew self-organizing networks of rat brain...
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Scott Thomas in June 12’s Bizjournals … ’s smartest cities asked the question…”Which community boasts the highest concentration of brainpower -- and therefore can claim to be 's smartest big city?” It’s not my city…. Think it’s yours…? Apparently it’s...
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Sometimes I simply want to start my day with more than one sided stories ... and I’d like them in tone that cultivates curiosity and nurtures dialogue. Mainstream media narrows the views ... and blogs too often ignore the tone. Thoughtful...
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Miss one or two steps in a brain based decision making process, and it can wipe out your good efforts toward resolving a problem and holding onto your solution. When employers and employees avoid a few pitfalls, they operate from...
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Have you ever been in a group that comes up great ideas at the retreat? Do these get carried through back at work the next week? If you follow up as a solid problem solving practice lasting change is likely...
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After you have evaluated your responses to the problem… it’s time to choose and implement the best alternative. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for – because it offers a new window of opportunity for growth in your department...
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The part that people tend to most avoid in brain based problem solving strategies is the evaluation part… It’s not difficult to do if you set out with clear criteria to measure and it is critical to evaluate possible alternatives....
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Jun24
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Gather and organize facts concerning identified alternatives... and thoughtful solutions you'd likely never expect... will pop up from surprising places. Ask people who suggested alternatives to add a priority number beside solutions they’d go with… or scribble a question that...
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To problem solve for brain based results is to identify possible alternatives. Since the brain finds winning solutions faster when it sees several possibilities … why not lay out the problem on the left side of a chart. Then… beside...
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After you have stayed alert and defined the problem… you’re ready to collect the facts and use them to redefine your problem … if necessary. And you’ve likely noticed is usually redefined after facts are gather… especially for those...
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Have you ever met a person who appears troubled but cannot get a handle on why? When you define the problem you face… your brain is freed to find solutions. So how do you begin to define a problem you’ve...
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When employers and employees remain alert to detect early signs of problems … they tend to operate from similar advantage points. It’s evident when you work with leaders who remain alert to indications and symptoms of problems, that they are...
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Problems are to the healthy brain as a gate is to a secret graden. Your mind loves problems because they offer a challenge of sorts … and that is the brain’s way of triggering action for a solution. So it...
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Have you ever asked a person for directions when you are lost on a road trip? You repeat back the directions …smile at the stranger…and pull away from the curb with confidence. It goes something like this ... "Turn left…...
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In March 1988, when I taught at the University of Victoria in British Columbia , a good friend of mine… and best selling author…Hal Lawrence… gave me a book. It’s called…How to Take the Fog out of Writing by Robert...
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In my recent work in Ireland ... I was delighted to see that the most progressive medical professionals look for words that shed the jargon when they spoke of key medical problems and possibilities. They also seek more evidence based...
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I just read an interesting post at Simple Thoughts -- Simple solutions for smart people. Apparently... “For $1,000, many people will be able to own an extra brain by 2017 “ Makes you wonder if there is a reduced...
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Jun23
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I was fascinated by Steve Hardy’s post… Creative Generalist from a session he attended at IdeaCity …in Toronto this week … about being an agent of change. The top 10 list describe traits of leaders as brain based change agents,...
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Yesterday I attended a dinner at Wegman's 2006 Rochester LPGA … and at this Ladies professional Golf Association ... I felt Robert Wegman’s spirit which kept this tournament alive. This grocery chain leader cared deeply about the women golfers, the...
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“Leaders are usually extroverted, conscientious, open and emotionally stable, according to previous research. Intelligence is important when combined with attributes like motivation, persistence and dominance….” That’s according to the article, Brain-Based Leading… in Notre Dame Business Magazine, by Elizabeth Station....
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What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? I happen to be listening to a CD of Gregorian chant, because a museum in Waterford, Ireland ... last week inspired me to see the value of this music...
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If you knew that music enhanced intelligence … enriched mental health … and increased your immune system to protect you against disease… would that change the way you whistle while you work? In a new volume of the Annals of...
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What questions do you ask yourself when you price a product that you want to sell well? Ever think to ask, “Will this match the way a customer's brain is hardwired? The reason you’ll want to consider that question is...
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Jun22
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Lately researchers have begun to express concern that some fast paced cities such as New York are causing people to become hypomanic --. Andy Behrman ... author of Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania... tells how he moved to Manhattan with undiagnosed...
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I was intrigued by Ann Michael’s post… The Change Resistors: A Collaborative Series…and especially by the questions that engage her readers on a key topic…. Ann asked, “Are there behaviors you’ve witnessed that appear to support change but actually prevent...
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What’s for dinner…? Dr. Antonio Convit… the medical director for the Center for Brain Health at the New York University School of Medicine … tells us that when it comes to memory, you are what you eat. Do you believe...
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It’s been bandied about for years…. Does estrogen therapy improve memory and brain power in women during menopause? Any guess at the new response? It is common knowledge that while aging itself can result in a decline of some cognitive...
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In one of my many discussions about the brain … with medical professionals in Ireland last week… I was made aware that we often accommodate physical disabilities at work… but still tend to run from hiring or helping people with mental...
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Did you know that female athletes produce more testosterone … the male reproductive hormone …when they are in the peak of their competition…? Or did you know that these women athletes produce even greater testosterone amounts when they win a...
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