"New Scientific Research: how to avoid Dementia & Alz now & later."

“Want to be YOU at age 93? New Research Offers Proof.”

·       1. Me: Important news: “University of Texas, Dallas, 10.21.13, lead author, Denise Park, in journal, Psychological Science offers verified evidence you can avoid Dementia and even Alzheimer’s as a Senior.

·       You are going to live to 95, if you avoid being run-down by a City bus. Problem: 50% of Seniors over 80 have Alz or other forms of ‘dementia’. Wanna avoid it?”

·       2. You: “Sure, but will the solution be complicated, time- consuming and annoying?”

·       3. Me: “Expect it to be great fun and even pleasure. Be motivated to enjoy your present intelligence & memory in your Senior years. OK?”

·       4. You: “My memory is my Mind and sense of reality. Sure, tell me more.”

·       5. Me: “You may have heard that learning NEW skills in your Senior years enhances you brainpower. It’s a scientific fact. But just watching Jeopardy on TV, or playing Bridge does not create “Cognitive-Reserve”.

·       6. You: “Cognitive-Reserve is probably what avoids dementia, right? What does it take to make a difference

In staying mentally healthy as a Senior?”

·       7. Me: “Get this: learning things that are Mentally- demanding, challenging, and Unfamiliar. You gotta break out of your Comfort-Zone.”

·       8. You: “So doing the “Same-old, same-old” won’t cut it, huh? Playing Bridge or with that TV show is just NOT enough. Examples of what WILL work would be helpful.”

·       9. Me: “SpeedReading101.org fits the bill. It requires both

Short & long-term memory participation.

·       You use both left-brain analysis, and right-brain pattern-recognition, together with using creative-imagination.”

Learning something NEW is the secret. The fact that it’s fun and useful, and easy to master, is a bonus.”

·       10. You: “Ok, seminars & personal growth workshops, what else?”

·       11. Me: “Learn how to be a photographer or an artist. Don’t get nervous, your work is for you, not to hang in the Metropolitan.

·       It’s learning and improving on a NEW skill. It makes your Brain work creating new Neural Networks, with Synaptic-Connections. That’s the secret, see?”

·       Some folks travel a lot as a Senior. An extra benefit is they can practice learning a new language. Just some useful phrases to order dinner or make a purchase is dynamite for your brain’s health.”

·       12. You: “That sounds easy and fast. When should I start?”

·       13. Me: “Is NOW good for you? Not kidding. The More You Learn (now) the healthier your brain stays. The secret again is what you learn is Unfamiliar, Demanding,

Mentally Challenging. Not ‘same-old, same-older’, right?”

·       14. You: “I’m on this, like flies on sticky-paper. If I control sanity or dementia, I want my Mind, identity & IQ to my last day. That’s right, and thanks.”

·       15. Me: “If you start now, you will begin to notice your memory improves within seven (7) days of practice.

·       Become aware when you are being Argumentative, Sarcastic, Defensive, and speaking cynically. You create a negative attitude that terminates your learning & lowers your memory speed.”

·       16. You: “How come?”

·       17. Me: “Everyone’s Mind is protective of the Status-Quo, and does NOT want to improve. You have to baby your mind into learning new skills & knowledge. Why? Your Mind sees anything NEW as a Threat to your survival.”

·       18. You: “Forget I asked WHY. The psychology is not important, I want my entire 95 years to be Mindful & happy. Thanks for the Send-Off.”

·       See ya, Remember, “You SNOOZE, you lose.” And, “The faster you learn, the longer you stay mentally-strong.”

·       Copyright © 2013, Bernard Wechsler

   

  

“Want to be YOU at age 93? New Research Offers Proof.”

·       1. Me: Important news: “University of Texas, Dallas, 10.21.13, lead author, Denise Park, in journal, Psychological Science offers verified evidence you can avoid Dementia and even Alzheimer’s as a Senior.

·       You are going to live to 95, if you avoid being run-down by a City bus. Problem: 50% of Seniors over 80 have Alz or other forms of ‘dementia’. Wanna avoid it?”

·       2. You: “Sure, but will the solution be complicated, time- consuming and annoying?”

·       3. Me: “Expect it to be great fun and even pleasure. Be motivated to enjoy your present intelligence & memory in your Senior years. OK?”

·       4. You: “My memory is my Mind and sense of reality. Sure, tell me more.”

·       5. Me: “You may have heard that learning NEW skills in your Senior years enhances you brainpower. It’s a scientific fact. But just watching Jeopardy on TV, or playing Bridge does not create “Cognitive-Reserve”.

·       6. You: “Cognitive-Reserve is probably what avoids dementia, right? What does it take to make a difference

In staying mentally healthy as a Senior?”

·       7. Me: “Get this: learning things that are Mentally- demanding, challenging, and Unfamiliar. You gotta break out of your Comfort-Zone.”

·       8. You: “So doing the “Same-old, same-old” won’t cut it, huh? Playing Bridge or with that TV show is just NOT enough. Examples of what WILL work would be helpful.”

·       9. Me: “SpeedReading101.org fits the bill. It requires both

Short & long-term memory participation.

·       You use both left-brain analysis, and right-brain pattern-recognition, together with using creative-imagination.”

Learning something NEW is the secret. The fact that it’s fun and useful, and easy to master, is a bonus.”

·       10. You: “Ok, seminars & personal growth workshops, what else?”

·       11. Me: “Learn how to be a photographer or an artist. Don’t get nervous, your work is for you, not to hang in the Metropolitan.

·       It’s learning and improving on a NEW skill. It makes your Brain work creating new Neural Networks, with Synaptic-Connections. That’s the secret, see?”

·       Some folks travel a lot as a Senior. An extra benefit is they can practice learning a new language. Just some useful phrases to order dinner or make a purchase is dynamite for your brain’s health.”

·       12. You: “That sounds easy and fast. When should I start?”

·       13. Me: “Is NOW good for you? Not kidding. The More You Learn (now) the healthier your brain stays. The secret again is what you learn is Unfamiliar, Demanding,

Mentally Challenging. Not ‘same-old, same-older’, right?”

·       14. You: “I’m on this, like flies on sticky-paper. If I control sanity or dementia, I want my Mind, identity & IQ to my last day. That’s right, and thanks.”

·       15. Me: “If you start now, you will begin to notice your memory improves within seven (7) days of practice.

·       Become aware when you are being Argumentative, Sarcastic, Defensive, and speaking cynically. You create a negative attitude that terminates your learning & lowers your memory speed.”

·       16. You: “How come?”

·       17. Me: “Everyone’s Mind is protective of the Status-Quo, and does NOT want to improve. You have to baby your mind into learning new skills & knowledge. Why? Your Mind sees anything NEW as a Threat to your survival.”

·       18. You: “Forget I asked WHY. The psychology is not important, I want my entire 95 years to be Mindful & happy. Thanks for the Send-Off.”

·       See ya, Remember, “You SNOOZE, you lose.” And, “The faster you learn, the longer you stay mentally-strong.”

·       Copyright © 2013, Bernard Wechsler

   

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"Are You Normal and hate Learning?"

“Are You ‘Normal’ and Hate Learning?”

·       1. Me: “Normal is the opposite of Abnormal, right? Dictionary.com defines ‘normal’ as Average-Ordinary-Common. Add: mediocre & second-rate.

·       Normal makes you Defensive toward Change,  Improvement, and expanding your Comfort-Zone.

Are Bill Gates, Warren Buffet & Donald Trump Normal?”

·       It’s not just Semantics - ‘Normal’ is for losers. Extraordinary ideas and actions bring home the bacon.”

·       2. You: “My life experience tells me that “abnormal” is dangerous, and scary. I don’t Hate learning, it just takes too long and more effort than it’s worth.”

·       3. Me: “I turned down offers to buy into Apple, Google & Amazon at a few bucks each. I was NORMAL. I did catch Gold at $35 and made a couple of bucks. That’s ABNORMAL. Which do you Choose?”

·       4. You: “I wish I bought any one of them. But RISK is scary, yes or no?”

·       5. Me: “And so is “Change”. Improvement is Change, and improvement come from Learning, so learning is scary too. Yet we know, “You SNOOZE, you lose.”

·       6. You: “I believe in learning, your motto, “The faster you learn, the more you EARN,” makes sense. But…”

·       7. Me: “Here’s why Normal is ‘Scary’. See: Psychological Science journal, 9.05.11, University of Pa. Jack Goncalo.

Creativity introduces new ideas, strategies & behaviors.

·       97% of people vote in favor of “Creativity”. But this loved

CREATIVITY produces mental Uncertainty. So Normal people REJECT creativity when they see it in action.”

·       8. You: “Are you saying normal-people cannot be creativity and make money?”

·       9. Me: “You got it in spades. When Normal folks personally get or see something original, new, & creative…they run like their fundament is on-fire.”

·       10. You: “Any proof for that belief?”

·       11. Me: “What and when was the last Major improvement or change at all in-your-daily-existence?

Human fear Newness because DIFFERENT is risky.”

·       12. You: “Not proof, in my opinion.”

·       13. Me: “Try this. We’re born ‘hardwired’ for 75% of what we do in life. Digestion, immunity, breathing & heart pumping, right? We have no UNCERTAINTY, it’s on auto-pilot. No decisions to make, it just works. DNA & RNA.”

·       14. You: “So we are born disliking the UNKNOWN. And only Freaks – the Abnormal people desire Creativity.”

·       15. Me: “Second reason: we are brainwashed (programmed) by family-media-culture & government what are Normal, acceptable goals, ideas & beliefs.

·       Do you want people to think you’re a Terrorist or Revolutionary? You get isolated by your own society. Education through graduate school, teaches us what is Normal. And Creativity is Not acceptable for 97% of us.”

·       16. You: “No. I admit newness sounds good, but let others be the guinea pig for novelty. My comfort zone finds Uncertainty too risky.”

·       17. Me: “Right. And that’s why we have Resistance to change located in a neural-network in our brain. Get this please:

·       We take PRIDE in the way we do things, even when they are harder & bad for us. “You-Can’t-Tell-Me-What-To-Do!” Professor Goncalo says: we associate negative works like Vomit-Poison-Agony with “Creative-Ideas”.

·       18. You: “OK, now that I’m aware of my resistance to change, so what?”

·       19. Me: “Accept that you hate Uncertainty, and need a new strategy to improve your life. More later, OK?”

·       See ya

·       Copyright © 2013, Bernard Wechsler

 

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Why Creativity is Your Secret to Promotions At-Work.

“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 top-ten on my goals.”

·       3. Mike: “Will it be about politics which I hate or culture which is Boring? Wait. Will it help me win hot-girls or make me a ton of money?”

·       4. Me: “If you are bored, raise your right hand, and you go your way, and I’ll…”

·       5. Mike: “I like that thing you said about, “even a broken clock is right twice-a-day.” Tell me something.”

·       6. Me: “There a lot of secrets to success in relationships, school & at-work. One Secret talent works in All of them.

You can learn it. And it’s easy, and quick. Interested?”

·       7. Mike: “Tell me and promise it’s not going to hurt my head.”

·       8. Me: “Creativity”.  If you are not creative, that means

you are a Drone, a Robot, and never will be a Leader or make serious Money. That’s how powerful being CREATIVE is.”

·       9. Mike: “I just Googled create and creative. It means something  produced from your Imagination. It’s a different kind of “Thought”, and is “Original’.”

·       10. Me: “Create and Creative come from Latin meaning to Make. Cousin Albert (Einstein) said, “Intuition (being creative) is the most important thing in your brain.”

·       I say Creativity is the same as Insight-Inspiration-Intuition & an Epiphany, a Revelation. The secret is making it happen.”

·       11. Mike: “Cut to the chase. How?”

·       12. Me: Two steps: use your consciousness (Left- Brain) to do all the research on what you want to create  & be creative about. Google it.

·       Subconsciousness. Use your Right-Brain to remember past experiences, patterns you recognize, and Emotionalize it. Give your own personality’s Twist.

·       What does this new thing you want to write about, draw a picture of, or INVENT bring to mind? Relax & let Mental-Movies Create (make it happen).”

·       13. Mike: “Not too clear. How to I instantly pop out my creativity in writing a song, a story, or asking for and getting a date with a hot-girl.”

·       14. Me: “Nobody knows. But we do know it come easily and fast when you let your Right-Brain lead the way. It is about your Attitude, Mood, Beliefs, & expectations.

·       Best research on creativity is by Professor Martinsen at BI Norwegian Business School, 4.02.2013. He created a list of list of 7-personality-traits that creative folks have.

·       15. Mike: “I need something I can remember, not 7. Pop, be creative.”

·       16. Me: “If you understand and have these 2-traits, you will be creative and win all-the-marbles. One: “Flexibility:

See different aspects of the issues & ideas, not just the one YOU like.

Don’t be afraid to be wrong. Trial-and-Error produces the “feedback” to be creative. Be your own editor.

·       17. Mike: “What the other trait?”

·       18. Me: It’s called “Association”. You let your right-brain link (combine) ideas together that are weird, ridiculous, humorous, and Unnatural. Can you imagine a Horse sleeping in your bed? Think ‘science-fiction’, & wing it.”

·       Professor Martinsen recommended you experience negative emotions. Let you Moods fluctuate. Don’t have or use  a lot of self-confidence. Creativity is a FLOW state.”

·       19. Mike: “I like the be weird stuff. What else?”

·       20. Me: “Do you remember the neurotransmitter (brain hormone) Dopamine? Good. It is called the “Pleasure” (feel-good) hormone. When creativity is Flowing, you get doses of Dopamine in your brain. You feel good and have fun. You want to keep doing it.”

·       21. Mike: “Pop, what do you want me to Take-Away about how to make Creativity work for me?”

·       22. Me: “Mike, step one, if you meditate for five-minutes before you begin your creative activity, you improve your Mindset, Mood, & Attitude. Sit down, close your eyes, & relax.

·       Step two: Four Diaphragmatic breaths and on exhaling, chant “Hum-m, Hum-m, Hum-m, & Hum-m on each breath.

·       Step three: Intend a SMILE on your face for 18-seconds at a time. It activates your right-brain.

·        Step four: let you imagination, mental-pictures go where they want. Follow the pictures for CUES & hints about your area of interest. Pay attention, but let it flow by itself. You are creative, and it will be there for you.”

See ya,

Copyright © 2013, Bernard Wechsler

  

"Some Strategies can IMPROVE your life. Here's one."

“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. Me: “Forget it, you’re out of my will. More for your siblings. See ya.”

·       4. Mike: “Is this stuff going to really help me win a scholarship, a hot-girl-friend, or get rich working?”

·       5. Me: “It’s going to give you the “competitive-edge” to win by acing exams & getting “A” in your classes. If you use these strategies (easy & fast systems) you’ll get Promotions, Bonuses & be happy 24/7. Good enough?”

·       6. Mike: “I know you want to help, but …”

·       7. Me: “Here’s the deal. Hang in for five minutes, and if the knowledge is not important IN-YOUR-OPINION – you are free to leave and play Video-Games all nite.”

·       8. Mike: “Deal, and remember, you said in MY opinion, not yours, Pop,”

·       9. Me: “What’s you answer to that original question, left or right brain, which is better?”

·       10. Mike: “In school they teach us that it’s the LEFT-brain

(hemisphere) because it contains reason, logic, & planning.

No question, “analysis, math, language & music “are vital.

I choose RIGHT brain because it runs creativity, emotion &

remembering ‘patterns’.”

11. Me: “Nice shot Mike, the latest research, Oct. 4, 2013, at Florida State University, lead author, Dean Falk. It’s published in the journal, “Brain”. The answer is: both brains working together.”

·        12. Mike: “A trick question to fool me.”

·       13. Me: “Write this down, it’s important to remember. The largest bundle of fibers in the Brain is called the Corpus Callosum.

·       It functions like a switchboard. It connects left & right hemispheres (brain) to communicate one-to-the-other.

Lefty & Righty are partners, & what one knows, it tells the other.

·       So what? If you want to be a Brainiac, you need to have both halves of your cerebral cortex work as a team.

·       14. Mike: “Wait. I got it. If you’re only working with either one, you are short-changing yourself. “The whole

Is greater than the sum of its parts.”

·       15. Me: “Brilliant, on-the-dinero. Now guess which famous man had the largest corpus-callosum? Guess.”

·       16. Mike: “Pop, I’m not a mind-reader. Ben Franklin, G. Washington? No, they would be the smartest. A scientist, right?”

·       17. Me: “That’s worth $10 added to your allowance. The answer is Cousin Albert.”

·       18. “Mike: “Great, like I didn’t know he was the top Brainiac. Everyone knows Einstein. Now show me how to improve my Corpus Callosum. I got homework to do.”

·       19. Me: “Baby-easy and quick. You goal is to get both halves of your integrated, working like a team, not separately.”

·       20. Mike: “Tell me the STEPS.”

·       21. Me. Step one. “Sit down, close your eyes and keep a SMILE on your face for 2-minute of this practice.

·       Step two: four Diaphragmatic breaths. On Exhaling, chant a loud, “Hum-m. Hum-m. Hum-m. Hum-m. Total of 16-times.

·       Step three, pay attention. Mentally visualize the symbol for “Infinity”, an ‘eight’ sleeping on its back. Got it?”

·       Step four: Raise your dominant hand, stick out your Index-Finger and physically Trace (like an Air-Guitar) a three-foot wide Infinity-Symbol in front of you.

·       Trace the sleeping 8 again with your dominant index-finger. A total of six (6) times. Wide, in front of you. Peripheral-Left, all-the-way to Peripheral-Right. 3-feet wide.

·       Step five: Now do exactly the same thing with your other hand, using your opposite Index-Finger. Get it?”

·       22. Mike: “That’s easy. First TRACE the “Infinity” with my right-hand index-finger for a minute or so. Next TRACE the “Infinity” with my left-hand index-finger. My eyes are closed and I am visualizing right?”

·       23. Me: “Sure. Now Open your eyes and do this AIR tracing in front of you 3-foot wide, moving left-to-right.

Exactly the same 2-minute exercise (strategy)but with your eyes open. How many times? Six-times.

·       24. “Mike: “Don’t tell me. I’m programming your mind to use both sides instead of one. How many days do I…?”

·       25. Me: “Once a day for 14-days, or twice-a-day for 4-minutes for one-week (7-days). Your mind begins to improve daily, so finish the exercise. Got it?”

·       26. Mike: “Makes a lot of sense, and being like Cousin Albert is worth the effort. Thanks, Pop.”

·       See ya,

·       A) “The faster you learn, the more you earn.”

B) “You SNOOZE, you Lose.”

c) “The WHOLE is greater than the SUM of its parts.”

Copyright © 2013, Bernard Wechsler

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