| Look familiar? It is the disclaimer of every Wall | | | | a vacuum. Our motor cortex affects our sensory |
| Street listed company. Yet baseball wagers tens | | | | cortex (processing) - comprehension and |
| of millions annually on A-Rod and Mariano Rivera | | | | understanding. |
| because of their Past Performance. We act as if | | | | Sensory processing is a set of actions signaling |
| the past equals the future. | | | | the brain what is going on in your body and in the |
| All sports are based on compiling statistics and | | | | world around you. |
| manipulating the numbers to auger next year's | | | | Please remember this: when it is conscious, the |
| results. All NFL managers have their secret book | | | | more gross senses you use in learning, doubles |
| with plays based on what quarterbacks and | | | | and triples your competency, compared to using |
| receivers did in the recent and distant past. | | | | only One sense. |
| Louis Pasteur, French chemist said, "Chance | | | | Example: learning any new skill: use vision and |
| favors only the prepared mind." | | | | observe a master in action (speed reading). Add |
| Luck | | | | to that visual sense, listening or reading the |
| 1. "Better an ounce of luck than a pound of Gold." | | | | specific strategies to embed them as neural |
| Pinkie Lee | | | | networks in your brain for long-term memory. |
| 2. "Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will | | | | Lastly, kinesthetic is tactile, haptic, and sense of |
| come up with a fish in his mouth." Robert Fulton, | | | | touch. You are seeing, hearing, and doing (using |
| inventor | | | | your hand and fingers) to reinforce the new skill |
| 3. "Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits | | | | of say, speed reading. How? Using a Laser pacer |
| down with him." Edwin Schrodinger, German | | | | to underline what you are studying. It will 3x your |
| physicist | | | | knowledge. |
| 4. "Men of action are favored by the Goddess of | | | | Google: David J. Ostry, McGill University. Lawrence |
| Luck." Abraham Maslow | | | | Rosenblum, Psychological Science, February 2009 |
| 5. "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the | | | | Swift Knowledge For The Smart At Heart |
| success of those you dislike?" Jean Cocteau | | | | 1. If you want to ask something from another, |
| 6. "Luck is a dividend of sweat: the more you | | | | and want to double (2x) the odds in your favor |
| sweat, the luckier you get." Ray Kroc Ray K of | | | | of getting it - maneuver yourself to speak into his |
| McDonald's also said, "When you're Green you are | | | | her right ear. |
| growing, but when you're Ripe - you stink!" | | | | Lots of research confirms this tactic. How you do |
| Have you heard that 50% of all Lottery winners | | | | it, is the challenge. |
| end up broke and declare bankruptcy? Hold it! It is | | | | 2. Extending your Right arm (body movements) |
| an urban myth, not a statistic. The reality is that | | | | assists in learning and memory. This physical |
| 90% hold on to the bulk of their winnings. | | | | activity triggers your left hemisphere, activating |
| "Fear of loss is greater than desire for Gain." | | | | your linguistic (information) processing system. |
| Whoever said - Easy Come, Easy Go, lied | | | | Google: A. Lleras, professor at U of Illinois, |
| because once we take ownership of an asset, | | | | Urbana-Champlain. |
| Fear sets in, and it is harder to gamble. | | | | We use the same structures of our brain in |
| Four Stages of Learning Anything | | | | thinking about doing something, as in carrying out |
| Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and | | | | the physical activity. Extension of your right arm |
| superstar college professor said: | | | | jumpstarts the problem solving process. |
| 1. Unconsciously Incompetent. We start so stupid | | | | This research has been replicated internationally. |
| we do not even know there is a better way. | | | | Do your own experience and improve your |
| Example: I always read like a snail, and never | | | | decision making, learning and memory. |
| heard of speed reading strategies. | | | | 3. Our secret process to trigger your brain for |
| 2. Consciously Incompetent: we have see some | | | | analysis and comprehension is One-Minute of prep |
| folks speed read, but do not believe it really | | | | by extending you right arm to trace in the air a |
| works, and surely not for us. I'm staying exactly | | | | Infinity symbol. It looks like a reclining #8. |
| where I started, but with knowledge, but no | | | | Do a one-minute Air-Guitar (make-believe) |
| personal competency. | | | | two-foot by two-foot symbol. |
| 3. Conscious Competency: I learned how to speed | | | | Why? You are contacting your Corpus Callosum, |
| read, understand and use the strategies, and see | | | | the switchboard for information exchange |
| the benefits. Problem: I have to concentrate all | | | | between your left and right hemispheres. The goal |
| my attention to speed read, so it's hard and | | | | is integration both halves of your brain for learning |
| annoying, and I avoid it mostly. | | | | and long-term memory. |
| 4. Unconsciously Competent: I have practice | | | | Endwords: |
| speed reading for 21 consecutive days (28 | | | | Would you be more competitive by reading and |
| minutes daily), and now it is a Habit and on | | | | remembering three (3) books, articles and |
| autopilot. I do not have to think about the | | | | reports, in the time your peers can hardly finish |
| process, it is like typing on my word processor - | | | | even one? Only those who desire promotions and |
| baby-easy and automatic. | | | | success need apply. |
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