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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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I just returned from Europe … and could not help but notice that people there seemed less consumer driven… but equally concerned with ideas and products that appear to extend life. Is it a clever marketing ploy that gets us...
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Feeling Spun Out of Control … ? You may suffer from hypomania and it may be rewarded at work....Does your workplace encourage people to move too far… too fast… for too much… with too many reasons to run into problems...
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I was reading some interesting breakthroughs that work to preserve memory as people age...Baby Boomers are hitting 60… and already some are telling stories of memory loss. Dr. Peter Kramer, author of the best selling book… Listening to Prozac …...
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I once worked with a man who tried to quit smoking by wearing patches, chewing gum, fasting, praying and getting hynotized. He still smokes.... Have you ever tried to kick one habit or to launch another… and found your head fights...
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Jun21
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Have you ever wondered why some Men Act More Aggressively? Researcher Stephen Manuck, from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center told us why… and also suggested that nurturing mothers can decrease later aggression in their sons. The study found that aggression...
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Apparently whenever you crave or get a new insight, that process feels pleasurable because the brain is getting its fix. Have you experienced that buzz? When a person “gets something” that aha moment triggers a biochemical shot of natural opium-like substances,...
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You can prepare you brain now for a terrific retirement, and the happiest singles and couples are doing just that. Jan Cullinane and Cathy Fitzgerald show how the brain factors into a well-planned and executed retirement. They claim that while...
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Have you considered how to create a niche that moves your firm forward in a unstable economy? All the resources you need are found in people around you. Mathematically-logical people will help organize actions and track progress. Verbal-linguistic people will...
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Want Five Surefire Ways to Kill Brainpower at Work? Here’s a list compiled by leaders who compete to destroy brain cells around them at work: 1. Wake up in REM! You’ll be sure to tick off anybody who comes within...
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Jun20
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Researchers increasingly show how your brain’s neural networks are influenced by your gene pool, by your life experiences, and by what you choose to do in any day. When it comes to change … and your unique brain architecture …...
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Recently, in a lush Irish country garden at Margaret and Gherhard Denny’s cozy home in Waterford, Ireland, Dr. Robyn McMaster and I … spent an evening with brilliant leaders.… Amid laughter ... music... and stories that helped us know one...
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At a brain based business conference I led ... the topic of sleep came up ... and one man and his wife complained about their lives uprooted from the time they turned out the lights until the alarm dragged them out...
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I often observe and talk to people who leave their companies because of interpersonal problems. The number one reason people tell you they leave a firm is because of poor relationships they experienced with cranky managers. A manager can make...
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Jun19
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While in Ireland last week I had the privilege of collaborating with an amazingly visionary leader, who got me thinking about the value of distinguishing any organization. I was reminded how its unique features prospered the MITA Brain Base Renewal Center ......
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Business leader and author Richard Contino wrote a book in the late 90s telling leaders to trust their guts. Do you rely on your intuitive intelligence to make important decisions? Recently, Warren Childs, a guest blogger at Brain Based Business...
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Reg Stewart… a good friend of mine … and highly respected Rochester leader in hospital quality control and organization for improved results, speaks of becoming the person you’d like others to see in you…. But can we? Do you remember...
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Jun18
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Making life's decisions can be a frustrating and difficult venture. In the 60's, 70's and early 80's, our information was limited to encyclopedias, printed media, broadcast television and radio. How then could intelligent, informed decisions be reached on any matter...
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Jun17
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A colleague, and fellow leader, Warren Childs, asked: “How do we discern that we are truly self-aware .... considering a given subject?” The subject Warren suggested and which intrigues me... was, “Trust your inner instincts...” His suggestion was “consider your...
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Jun13
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I am in Ireland this week certifying a brilliant group of medical professionals in MITA brain based leading. They are already teaching me more about visionary leadership than I am giving out... and I also learned something about visionary business...
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Jun12
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We know that change starts with somebody’s insight… but recent studies tell us more about why some people seems to lack an ability to make decisions based on good insights. Few would deny that to stir the kind of...
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A good friend introduced me to an interesting cognitive therapist, Donalee Markus, of Donalee Markus Ph.D. & Associates... who created brain based programs and 11,000+ content-free paper and pencil exercises that address needs of people with brain injuries.... or who simply want more...
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Jun10
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If you've thought of the human brain as rather fixed... you'll be happy to know that it is the most vibrant and changing organ you possess. Intelligence is not fixed... personality is not set in stone and brain cells do not take a...
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If you showed employees things that are good or that stimulate contentment… the brain creates comparable realities. Martin Seligman, founder of the positive psychology movement and former president of the American Psychological Association, researched and tracked 47 severely depressed adults....
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Have you ever noticed that when you expect good … that good seems to find you faster…? Researchers now confirm that when it comes to your brain… expectation shapes reality…. Your mental map… which includes you’re your ideas about how...
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Did you know that if you pay close attention to what you do ...or think at work... whether that’s a thought, an insight, an image, or even a frightening or angry memory, your brain strikes a tighter association with that...
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Jun 9
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Would you be surprised to hear that angry men’s facial expressions are seen faster than other faces in a crowd? That fact was found to be true… especially for male observers. Read the report by Mark Williams of the Massachusetts...
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Have you ever noticed how people who seem curious about life in general… also possess more power to change behaviors in themselves and in others…? They ask questions rather than wield commands ... the way we see in those who...
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Have you ever wondered why work gets boring at times? Have you thought about how your own brain invokes ordinary routines and familiar practices…? Routines such as stacking papers in a certain place… or responding to emails as they...
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Leaders who grasp current brain breakthroughs can also use these to launch and sustain mindful change…. Have you seen it done…? Organizational transformation … that includes the nature and habits of the brain … will help leaders to recognize why...
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Recently, Dr. Sam Walton spoke at Brain Based Business of traditional organizational culture that tends to work against innovation… Breakthroughs in brain research increasingly explain how to transform organizational culture in a way that innovations will succeed. Jerry is...
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I just heard a facinating recording of CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks program on the human brain. The program highlights a new book… Mind Hacks: Tips and Tricks for Using your Brain … by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb. Listen...
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Jun 8
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Is your organization benefiting from proliferation of research about the brain over the last two decades…? Researchers now have an increasingly accurate view of human nature and behavior change… which could become a central part of your organizational change efforts… Do...
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It was Francis Bacon, who first said … Knowledge is Power… and business leaders have repeated it ever since… But is it…? How many business leaders have you heard link, knowledge and power lately…? It’s evident by the way we...
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Do you agree with Peter F. Drucker when he said, “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” Have you...
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Did you know that obsessive compulsive disorder … or OCD … affects 3 percent of Americans… often goes untreated… and can ruin a person’s business career …? Or it can ruin a life…. Do you repeat things,...
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If you’ve ever stood far too long … in a line of far too harried customers …with far too few clerks …who seem to have far too much to handle… you get the picture I faced yesterday. It was either the...
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If you wonder what nature has to do with your brain… your blog… or your business… you’ll want to read Know More Media CEO… Hal Halladay’s post … Learning Leadership in Moab… shows naturalistic intelligence at its best. Let nature...
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If you write a blog already, you’re likely already stronger than most people, in language intelligence… There are though, innovative ways to use language in blogs so that readers in general … and especially for readers who look for challenge...
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Leaders at KnowMoreMedia often engage writers in their network in ways that challenge, inspire and encourage collaboration… Do how do you bring people together in ways that help them in business? Blogs can be used to help people learn from...
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Jun 7
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Does your writing help readers to see where they stand as humans… and do you offer tips to encourage a vision for where a person is headed…? If so... you’ve likely tapped into your intrapersonal intelligence as a writer. Suggest tips...
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You can add new colors… textures and shapes to a blog simply by using your spatial intelligence to show your topic visually with a bit of flare…. Watch your spatially alert readers jump onboard with your blog in ways that...
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Feel in the mood to sing or sway your blog into some musical notes waiting in the wings of your musical muse…? If so, here are a few tips to liven up the cadence in your next blog: 1. Compare...
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Why not blog today through the math parts of your brain and give the rest of your brain cells a break…? Logical-mathematical writing is especially fun for those who think logically or enjoy numbers ...and it can get the rest...
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I’d like to thank Maria Palma at Customers are Always … for asking about new blog ideas… because that request inspired an up-coming series of posts on the topic of blogging breakthroughs. I'm looking forward to this series... and if you...
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Jun 6
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Have you ever seen a person jump into a rage over what may seem like a minor frustration… to others at work? A new study integrates biology and cognitive science to describe why some people throw objects, break furniture or...
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I stumbled into an interesting international race between ants at bOING bOING where Mark Frauenfelder starts the post World Cup played by ants with the words …” Now I know why the FIFA World Cup is such a big deal....
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At Pink Tentacle blog site, I read about an interesting new looking glass coming out in Japan … that allows no obstacles to perfect vision…. Imagine what this would do for the camera you own… and check it out at ...
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Yesterday was especially reflective for me … partly because of John Updyke’s concern about people drawn to fundamentalism which can lead to terrorism… and partly because Dr. Sam Walton’s story of lived creativity. These two men left me thinking more...
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Jun 5
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Inspired by the way Dr. Sam Walton leads The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. School of Education at St. John Fisher College, in Rochester NY... I am pleased to kick off our Creative Mind Series with Sam’s sort of creativity. His...
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Feel overwhelmed by so many small facts to pack into your brain ... just to make it through another fast-paced-day ... with technology nipping your heels at every step? If that describes your situation, you'll be glad to know that your brain can help...
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A friend told me she heard a Christian radio announcer make some rather unusual statements yesterday... while she watched her grandson to help her daughter. The young man was addressing stay-at-home moms and he told them three things … I found rather...
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Imagine human brain tissue mixed with a well designed computer and you are looking at where the latest research is headed…. Nerve tissue interfaced with a computer chip at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistryfor Biochemistry in Martinsried ... near Munich...
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If you fight cravings like food… tobacco … or any number of things … you’ll be happy to see researchers are closer to helping the brain to avoid addictions. It’s just out that genetically altered mice no longer like cocaine…....
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Jun 4
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Today I was thinking about comments left at blogs, and wondering how blogger comments can bring together people and business for better benefits…? What do you think? Dialogue’s said to be the key to workplace inclusion … according to Valda...
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One supervisor I met me recently had just taken a walk … alone … mainly to get away from the negativity in his department…. What’s it like where you work…? Daily conflicts plagued this supervisor’s staff … because of...
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I just read an interesting project over at Jack Yan’s site, The Persuader Blog… If you’re looking for a creative team project to pull your staff together… you’d be interested in the new team book project that waits for the...
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In brain based practices ...people link what they believe ...to shape what they do at work..... Not surprisingly, your brain is more effective when you deliberately link what you do to match what you believe. What do you think…?Start with one strong...
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Research was done to see if business people went for beauty first and BSI Bulletin in Association with Harvard Business School Publishing, reported that the brain tends to associate beauty with good….The project leaves me with several questions… Do attractive...
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Feel overwhelmed at work? Anybody else out there notice facts, figures sheer details and that swirl and sweep in and out of your noodle like Katrina hit the busted walls of weakened homes? Ok, so maybe it’s just me that...
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Jun 3
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I always find something new and interesting over at Road Gladiator and today was no exception…. Melissa Petri wrote about the In-Flight Magazines…in hopes they’d remain more than advertisements for travelers. I agreed with Melissa… but her story also pinged a...
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We’ve been getting closer and now it’s here... almost…. Can you imagine opening a door simply by thinking it open...? It could happen soon ... all because of the Brain Machine Interface or BMI for short… a robot project posted...
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Does your business suffer from rampant employee absenteeism …? Employees who fail to come to work tend to zap the life out of transportation industries, and other services…. What do you do when absentee employees hurt business…? Do you fight...
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It’s not everyday you meet a person on the links, whose conversation catches your attention between swings. It happened yesterday when a golfer added to our team said, My husband’s just waiting for a buyout.” When I asked her why,...
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"Humor helps just about everything in the brain and in business ..."Make this statement and people tend to tell you hilarious stories… Recently a colleague told me he observed men’s and women’s brains clash in a funny way … in...
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Getting the Most From Brain-Friendly Targets? (Take the survey here... to see your brain’s capabilities) 1). For the most part I'm inspired by what I do daily. 2). The reason you rarely find me overwhelmed is because I prioritize. 3). When I...
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Jason shared at a conference I gave on how the brain helps or hinders success at work, "My boss carries this cup around that says “I know it already…” and then the middle manager went on to explain how his...
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I was interested to see how chocolate may boost brain power. Have you found that to be true…? According to Megan Rauscher at New York Reuters Health – it’s time for chocolate lovers to celebrate new findings that suggests...
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Jun 2
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Look at Katie Couric as Drawing Brainpower From MI… and then ask How Is She Smart? Katie mixes intelligences that we all possess … but that sometimes fail to use at work… Her mental acumen is vivid in the following ways ... ways your's too...
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At the Buzz Machine ... blogger Jeff Jarvis showed how many of us still read at Instead of reading He quotes Richard Charkin, head of Macmillan publishers in the , who wrote a blog with stats about reading that will lilkely surprise you.... Jeff...
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A popular blogger… Denis de Bernardy… on Technology and eBusiness posted an interesting news piece… 'Baby' Robot Learns Like a Human.... What do you think? Don't it make you wonder how close to the real thing is Babybot's "brain" …?...
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Jun 1
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Which hand do you reach with first…? Seems that those who use both hands pretty much equally for tasks such as writing a memo ... or turning a knob...probably also have brains that connect left and right hemispheres more.... People...
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Are you hitting a good stride at work between excitation and inhibition? If so ...you’ll likely have less pain than fellow workers' who’s brains slip out of balance…According to research at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California …...
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Did you know that "master planners" in your brain likely coordinate other key cognitive tasks... such as reading memos... learning certain rhythms at work... or analyzing graphs.... Check it out in today’s ScienceDaily ... and see how new brain images point out specific...
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The University of Manchester just came up with a study you can hand your supervisors while you catch a siesta today… They show how brain cells or 'neurons' that keep our minds alert shift to “off” after we eat.Do you...
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