Кращі нотатки та цитати з книги:
"... парадокс людства. Людський розум одночасно геніальний і жалюгідний, блискучий та ідіотичний."
"... ми часто не усвідомлюємо, як мало ми розуміємо. В результаті ми часто буваємо занадто самовпевнені - переконані у власній правоті щодо речей, про які насправді мало що знаємо."
Тренуй Свій Розум та Інтелект. (промо-лінк)
"Ми всі більшою чи меншою мірою страждаємо на ілюзію розуміння - ілюзію, що ми розуміємо, як речі працюють, хоча насправді наше розуміння мізерне."
"Просто вражає, який фрагментарним і неглибоким є наше розуміння знайомих нам предметів - навіть предметів, з якими ми стикаємось постійно"
"Розум - здатність витягати з потоку даних, що надходить до наших органів чуття, глибшу, абстрактнішу інформацію."
"Ключове значення розуму для розуміння ілюзії знання: зберігання деталей часто непотрібне для ефективної дії; загальна картина - це зазвичай усе, що нам треба."
"Причиново-наслідкове мислення - це наша спроба використати знання причиново-наслідкових механізмів для того, щоб зрозуміти зміни. Воно допомагає нам робити припущення про те, що станеться в майбутньому, через обмірковування того, яким чином певні механізми перетворять певні причини на певні наслідки."
"... ми постійно робимо висновки, але ці висновки не грунтуються на логіці з підручників - вони грунтуються на логіці причиново-наслідкових зв'язків." !!
"Замість мислити в категоріях пропозиційної логіки - логіки, яка каже нам, чи певне твердження істинне, чи ні, - люди мислять у категоріях каузальної логіки, логіки причиново-наслідкових механізмів" !!!
"Замість придушити неправильну інтиїтивну відповідь і трохи порозважати, щоб дійти правильної відповіді, люди просто вибовкують інтуїтивну відповідь - перше, що спало на думку."
"Надзвичайно роздумливих людей тягне до деталей, і цим вони відрізняються від більшості."
"Можливо, ми такою великою мірою покладаємося на десяткову систему числення саме тому, що маємо десять пальців. Відзначте, що діти часто рахують за допомогою пальців."
"У спільноті знань важливіше не мати знання, а мати доступ до знань."
"Велика частина людського розуміння складається просто з усвідомлення того, що знання десь там є. Глибоке розуміння зазвичай складається зі знання того, де це знайти. Тільки справжні ерудити оперують знаннями, що зберігаються в їхній пам'яті."
"Френк Кайл (відкрив ілюзію глибини пояснення)"
"ілюзії пояснювальної глибини: мені здається, що я розумію речі краще, ніж я їх насправді розумію, тому що я включаю розуміння інших людей у свою оцінку мого власного розуміння" !!!
"Сам акт пошуку в інтернеті і віднайдення відповідей на один тип запитань підсилив в учасників відчуття того, що вони знають відповіді на всі запитання, включно з тими, відповідей на які вони не шукали."
"найменший шматочок знань викликає в нас таке відчуття, ніби ми експерти"
"факти про людське невігластво становлять аргумент на користь представницької демократії, а не прямої демократії. Ми вибираємо представників. Ці представники повинні мати час і здатність знайти експертні знання, що допоможуть приймати хороші рішення."
"Сильні лідери застосовують силу спільноти знань, оточуючи себе людьми, які мають глибоке розуміння конкретних тем. Що ще важливіше, сильні лідери дослухаються до тих експертів."
"інтелект перестає бути здатністю людини доходити висновків і розв'язувати задачі - він стає мірою того, який внесок людина зробила в процес висновування та розв'язування задач, яким зайнята група. Для цього залучаються не лише індивідуальні спроможності до обробки інформації на кшталт хорошої пам'яті та швидких центрів здійснення обробки. До цього належатиме здатність розуміти кут погляду інших людей, ефективно чергуватися, розуміти емоційні реакції і слухати. Інтелект стає значно ширшим феноменом, якщо його розуміти в термінах спільноти знань."
"collective intelligence - колективний інтелект"
"успіх групи не є в першу чергу функцією інтелекту окремих її членів. Він визначається тим, наскільки добре вони працюють разом" !!!
"Люди створені насамперед для дії, а не для слухання лекцій, операцій із символами чи запам'ятовування фактів."
"Ілюзія розуміння виникає тому, що люди плутають розуміння зі знайомістю або впізнаванням."
"Навіть якщо ми запам'ятали текст, це не гарантія того, що ми його зрозуміли. Щоб зрозуміти текст, треба попрацювати над ним уважно і старанно, докладаючи зусиль, щоб у ньому розібратись. Треба подумати про намір автора... Багато учнів плутають вивчення з легким читанням."
"люди поверховіші, ніж їм здається, і що ми страждаємо від ілюзії знання"
"ми підвладні ілюзії знання, тому що плутаємо те, що знають експерти, з тим, що ми знаємо самі. Той факт, що я маю доступ до знань когось іншого, змушує мене почуватись так, ніби я вже знаю, про що кажу."
"треба визнати, що ви не знаєте того, чого ви не знаєте."
"для однієї публікації сьогодні в середньому потрібні зусилля і експертні знання майже 6 науковців. Як і в багатьох інших галузях, наукова спільнота функціонує завдяки командній роботі." !!!
"ефект Даннинга-Крюгера: ті, хто вміє щось найгірше, переоцінюють свої вміння найбільше. Цей ефект можна спостерігати, якщо дати групі людей певне завдання, а потім запитати їх, наскільки добре, на їхню думку, вони з тим завданням упоралися. Ті, хто показав погані результати, переоціюють свою успішність; ті, хто показав потужні результати, свою успішність часто недооцінюють."
"Розум схований у спільноті, а не в окремих людях. Тож процедури прийняття рішень, в яких було дано місце мудрості спільноти, даватимуть кращі результати з більшою імовірністью, ніж процедури, в яких вирішальну роль відіграватиме відносне невігластво окремих одинаків. Сильний лідер - це такий лідер, якиз знає, як надихнути спільноту і скористатися наявними у них знаннями, а також вміє делегувати відповідальність тим, хто має найільше спеціальних знань."
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Полюби свой мозг. Как превратить свои извилины из наезженной колеи в магистрали успеха
Заметки и цитаты из книги:
"Было чрезвычайно интересно наблюдать, как пациенты повышали температуру рук с помощью умственного усилия, иногда на 6-9 градусов по Цельсию."
"Самогипноз, наведение образов и прогрессирующая мышечная релаксация (целебная тренировка)"
"Овладейте диафрагмальным дыханием. Диафрагмальное дыхание - одна из центральных техник биологической обратной связи, способствующая быстрому облегчению."
"Методика дыхания №2. Каждый раз, когда вы испытываете тревогу, гнев или напряженность, сделайте глубокий вдох и задержите воздух в легких на две-три секунды, а потом сделайте медленный выдох примерно на пять секунд. Повторите это упражнение до 10 раз, и, скорее всего, вы полностью расслабитесь."
"Молитва и медитация снижают стресс; они улучшают сосредоточенность, память и настроение, а также усиливают функцию префронтальной коры, помагая вам принимать более взвешенные решения."
"Медитация милосердия. [Я цел, невредим и избегаю бед. Я в здравии и силе. Я счастлив и целеустремлен. Я в мире и покое.]"
"в своей замечательной книге "Тайный язык сердца" Барри Голдштейн описал свойства музыки с точки зрения нейронауки."
"плей-лист для лучшего самочувствия (см. книгу стр. 56)"
"www.mybrainfitlife.com"
"природные пейзажы и фракталы (бесконечные патерны) снимают стресс"
"Главная функция тела состоит в том, чтобы носить мозг (Томас Эдисон)"
"Потерю мозговых клеток гораздо труднее возместить, чем любые финансовые потери."
"Когда вы перестаете учиться или общаться с другими людьми, ваш мозг начинает умирать."
Тренируй свой мозг. Игры для мозга и тренировка скорочтения. (промо)
"Даже одно сотрясение мозга утраивает риск самоубийства."
"Когда вы спите, ваш мозг избавляется от отходов жизнедеятельности. Без надлежащего сна эти вещества причиняют ущерб мозгу."
"Универсальный совет, как быстро почувствовать себя лучше: сьеште свекольный салат, посыпанный тыквенными семенами, и несколько кусочков темного шоколада с чашечкой зеленого чая."
"Заведите еженедельную привычку узнавачть что-то новео"
"В кулинарии пользуйтесь гвоздикой, мощным антиоксидантом"
"Ешьте креветки для повышения уровня ацетилхолина, нейротрасмиттера памяти."
"Принимайте добавки: жирные кислоты Омега-3 и мультивитамины"
"Пользуйтесь приложениями, такими как ThinkDirty, Healthy Living (ewg.org), для обзора продуктов личной гигиены и устранения токсичных ингредиентов"
"Универсальный совет, как быстро почувствовать себя лучше: ходите в сауну - чем чаще, тем лучше."
"Поставьте блокаторы синего цвета на ваши гаджеты."
"Выключайте гаджеты на ночь или кладите их подальше от головаы."
"Правило № 1. Никогда не теряйте мозговые клеткы. Правило № 2. Никогда не забывайте о правиле № 1."
"клетки мозга обволакиваются белой жироподобной субстанцией под названием миелин, которая действует как изоляция для медных проводов. Миелинизация помогает нейронам работать от 10 до 100 раз быстрее."
"когда вы укрепляете контроль над какой-то областью вашей жизни, это приводит к улучшению в других областях жизни"
"Люди не меняются, когда они видят огонь. Они меняются лишь после того, как чувствуют ожег. (Пастор Рик Уоррен)"
"важно осознать свои автоматические привычки и решить, полезны они или вредны для вас"
"Двусмысленность и неопределенность - это враги перемен"
"Откладывайте ноутбук, планшет, смартфон и другие устройства как минимум за час до отхода ко сну."
"наиболее успешные люди принимают свои ошибки, так как могут учиться на них."
"Единственный способ измениться - изменить то, что приносит вам удовольствие!"
"Пользуйтесь крошечными привычками для больших перемен."
"когда я совершаю ошибку, то спрашиваю себя: "Какой урок я могу извлечь из этой ошибки?""
"Согласно контент-исследованию, проведенному маркетинговой группой outbrain.com, в 2012 году пользователи в два раза чаще кликали на заголовки негативных новостей, чем на все остальные"
"медитация - отличный способ для успокоения ума. Исследования показали, что медитация замедляет частоту серцебиения, снижает кровяное давление, усиливает кровообращение, способствует пищеварению, укрепляет иммунную систему, улучшает когнитивное функционирование, память и способность сосредоточиваться, замедляет старение мозга и уменьшает тревогу, депрессию и раздражительность."
"Нами управляют не люди или события, а наше отношение к ним."
"Магическое соотношение - 5:1. Мы обнаружили, что пока на каждые пять позитивных взаимодействий между людьми приходится не более одного негативного взаимодействия, партнеры могут иметь стабильные и счастливые отношения в течение долгого времени (Джон Готтман, психолог)"
"Люди, имеющие прочные социальные связи, более счастливы и здоровы, а также живут дольше других."
"Милосердие и прощение - это акты силы, а не слабости."
"концепция "мозговой резерв""
"Английское слово passion (страсть) происходит от латинского слова passionem, что значит "страдание" или "терпение". Страстное увлечение требует выносливости и может сопровождаться страданием - и все благодаря особенностям работы мозга."
"... разного рода устройства, онлайн-сообщества, видеоигры, постоянно включенный телевизор и фильмы ужасов истощают наши центры удовольствия. Лихорадочный образ жизни с постоянным поиском удовольствия лишает нас способности испытывать удовольствие от простых вещей."
"Медитируйте. Это защищает ваш мозг и развивает ощущение благополучия."
"Уделяйте внимание смеху: юмор стимулирует центры удовольствия, но не истощает их."
"Тот, кто знает, зачем стоить жить, выдержит почти любую жизнь. (Фридрих Ницше)"
"Любовь - это высшая цель, к которой может стремиться человек (Виктор Франкл, психиатр)"
"когда мы не в силах изменить положение, то сами должны измениться ... (Виктор Франкл)"
"спроси себя: чему я действительно могу научить других людей? (как узнать вашу цель)"
"Служение цели, которую вы признаете великой, приносит истинную радость жизни. (Джордж Бернард Шоу)" !!!
"... самым эффективным упражнением для родителей: проводить 20 минут в день со своим ребенком и заниматься только тем, чем хочет ребенок" !
"Мозг и разум нуждаются в постоянном источнике энергии, чтобы управлять вашей жизнью. Думайте о питании как об аккумуляторной батарее, которая наполняет вас энергией."
"Нутрицевтики - это пищевые добавки с лечебными свойствами."
"Витамин D. Наиболее известная роль этого витамина состоит в укреплении костей и активизации иммунной системы, но витамин D также необходим для здоровья мозга, настроения и памяти. Низкий уровень ассоциируется с депрессий, аутизмом, психозами, болезнью Альцгеймера, рассеянным склерозом, середчными заболеваниями, диабетом, раком и ожирением."
"Информация + действие = перемена в жизни !"
"в Писании сказано, что Бог есть любовь (1-е Послание от Ионна, 4:8)"
"Любовь к незнакомым людям (agape) или даже к знакомым людям (storge или phileo), по данным исследований, делает вас более счастливым человеком."
"Гамма-волны (более 40 циклов в секунду) - очень быстрые мозговые волны, часто наблюдаемые во время медитации и творческий состояний."
"Синдром Ирлен - это проблема, связанная с обработкой зрительной информации, когда определенные оттенки цветового спектра оказывают раздражающее воздействие на мозг."
"Нейрофизиологический тетс WebNeuro для оценки вашего мозга."
"Занимательные игры для мозга и инструменты для повышения мотивации. (www.mybrainfitlife.com)"
"Было чрезвычайно интересно наблюдать, как пациенты повышали температуру рук с помощью умственного усилия, иногда на 6-9 градусов по Цельсию."
"Самогипноз, наведение образов и прогрессирующая мышечная релаксация (целебная тренировка)"
"Овладейте диафрагмальным дыханием. Диафрагмальное дыхание - одна из центральных техник биологической обратной связи, способствующая быстрому облегчению."
"Методика дыхания №2. Каждый раз, когда вы испытываете тревогу, гнев или напряженность, сделайте глубокий вдох и задержите воздух в легких на две-три секунды, а потом сделайте медленный выдох примерно на пять секунд. Повторите это упражнение до 10 раз, и, скорее всего, вы полностью расслабитесь."
"Молитва и медитация снижают стресс; они улучшают сосредоточенность, память и настроение, а также усиливают функцию префронтальной коры, помагая вам принимать более взвешенные решения."
"Медитация милосердия. [Я цел, невредим и избегаю бед. Я в здравии и силе. Я счастлив и целеустремлен. Я в мире и покое.]"
"в своей замечательной книге "Тайный язык сердца" Барри Голдштейн описал свойства музыки с точки зрения нейронауки."
"плей-лист для лучшего самочувствия (см. книгу стр. 56)"
"www.mybrainfitlife.com"
"природные пейзажы и фракталы (бесконечные патерны) снимают стресс"
"Главная функция тела состоит в том, чтобы носить мозг (Томас Эдисон)"
"Потерю мозговых клеток гораздо труднее возместить, чем любые финансовые потери."
"Когда вы перестаете учиться или общаться с другими людьми, ваш мозг начинает умирать."
Тренируй свой мозг. Игры для мозга и тренировка скорочтения. (промо)
"Даже одно сотрясение мозга утраивает риск самоубийства."
"Когда вы спите, ваш мозг избавляется от отходов жизнедеятельности. Без надлежащего сна эти вещества причиняют ущерб мозгу."
"Универсальный совет, как быстро почувствовать себя лучше: сьеште свекольный салат, посыпанный тыквенными семенами, и несколько кусочков темного шоколада с чашечкой зеленого чая."
"Заведите еженедельную привычку узнавачть что-то новео"
"В кулинарии пользуйтесь гвоздикой, мощным антиоксидантом"
"Ешьте креветки для повышения уровня ацетилхолина, нейротрасмиттера памяти."
"Принимайте добавки: жирные кислоты Омега-3 и мультивитамины"
"Пользуйтесь приложениями, такими как ThinkDirty, Healthy Living (ewg.org), для обзора продуктов личной гигиены и устранения токсичных ингредиентов"
"Универсальный совет, как быстро почувствовать себя лучше: ходите в сауну - чем чаще, тем лучше."
"Поставьте блокаторы синего цвета на ваши гаджеты."
"Выключайте гаджеты на ночь или кладите их подальше от головаы."
"Правило № 1. Никогда не теряйте мозговые клеткы. Правило № 2. Никогда не забывайте о правиле № 1."
"клетки мозга обволакиваются белой жироподобной субстанцией под названием миелин, которая действует как изоляция для медных проводов. Миелинизация помогает нейронам работать от 10 до 100 раз быстрее."
"когда вы укрепляете контроль над какой-то областью вашей жизни, это приводит к улучшению в других областях жизни"
"Люди не меняются, когда они видят огонь. Они меняются лишь после того, как чувствуют ожег. (Пастор Рик Уоррен)"
"важно осознать свои автоматические привычки и решить, полезны они или вредны для вас"
"Двусмысленность и неопределенность - это враги перемен"
"Откладывайте ноутбук, планшет, смартфон и другие устройства как минимум за час до отхода ко сну."
"наиболее успешные люди принимают свои ошибки, так как могут учиться на них."
"Единственный способ измениться - изменить то, что приносит вам удовольствие!"
"Пользуйтесь крошечными привычками для больших перемен."
"когда я совершаю ошибку, то спрашиваю себя: "Какой урок я могу извлечь из этой ошибки?""
"Согласно контент-исследованию, проведенному маркетинговой группой outbrain.com, в 2012 году пользователи в два раза чаще кликали на заголовки негативных новостей, чем на все остальные"
"медитация - отличный способ для успокоения ума. Исследования показали, что медитация замедляет частоту серцебиения, снижает кровяное давление, усиливает кровообращение, способствует пищеварению, укрепляет иммунную систему, улучшает когнитивное функционирование, память и способность сосредоточиваться, замедляет старение мозга и уменьшает тревогу, депрессию и раздражительность."
"Нами управляют не люди или события, а наше отношение к ним."
"Магическое соотношение - 5:1. Мы обнаружили, что пока на каждые пять позитивных взаимодействий между людьми приходится не более одного негативного взаимодействия, партнеры могут иметь стабильные и счастливые отношения в течение долгого времени (Джон Готтман, психолог)"
"Люди, имеющие прочные социальные связи, более счастливы и здоровы, а также живут дольше других."
"Милосердие и прощение - это акты силы, а не слабости."
"концепция "мозговой резерв""
"Английское слово passion (страсть) происходит от латинского слова passionem, что значит "страдание" или "терпение". Страстное увлечение требует выносливости и может сопровождаться страданием - и все благодаря особенностям работы мозга."
"... разного рода устройства, онлайн-сообщества, видеоигры, постоянно включенный телевизор и фильмы ужасов истощают наши центры удовольствия. Лихорадочный образ жизни с постоянным поиском удовольствия лишает нас способности испытывать удовольствие от простых вещей."
"Медитируйте. Это защищает ваш мозг и развивает ощущение благополучия."
"Уделяйте внимание смеху: юмор стимулирует центры удовольствия, но не истощает их."
"Тот, кто знает, зачем стоить жить, выдержит почти любую жизнь. (Фридрих Ницше)"
"Любовь - это высшая цель, к которой может стремиться человек (Виктор Франкл, психиатр)"
"когда мы не в силах изменить положение, то сами должны измениться ... (Виктор Франкл)"
"спроси себя: чему я действительно могу научить других людей? (как узнать вашу цель)"
"Служение цели, которую вы признаете великой, приносит истинную радость жизни. (Джордж Бернард Шоу)" !!!
"... самым эффективным упражнением для родителей: проводить 20 минут в день со своим ребенком и заниматься только тем, чем хочет ребенок" !
"Мозг и разум нуждаются в постоянном источнике энергии, чтобы управлять вашей жизнью. Думайте о питании как об аккумуляторной батарее, которая наполняет вас энергией."
"Нутрицевтики - это пищевые добавки с лечебными свойствами."
"Витамин D. Наиболее известная роль этого витамина состоит в укреплении костей и активизации иммунной системы, но витамин D также необходим для здоровья мозга, настроения и памяти. Низкий уровень ассоциируется с депрессий, аутизмом, психозами, болезнью Альцгеймера, рассеянным склерозом, середчными заболеваниями, диабетом, раком и ожирением."
"Информация + действие = перемена в жизни !"
"в Писании сказано, что Бог есть любовь (1-е Послание от Ионна, 4:8)"
"Любовь к незнакомым людям (agape) или даже к знакомым людям (storge или phileo), по данным исследований, делает вас более счастливым человеком."
"Гамма-волны (более 40 циклов в секунду) - очень быстрые мозговые волны, часто наблюдаемые во время медитации и творческий состояний."
"Синдром Ирлен - это проблема, связанная с обработкой зрительной информации, когда определенные оттенки цветового спектра оказывают раздражающее воздействие на мозг."
"Нейрофизиологический тетс WebNeuro для оценки вашего мозга."
"Занимательные игры для мозга и инструменты для повышения мотивации. (www.mybrainfitlife.com)"
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Підсвідомості все підвладне (Джон Кехо)
Кращі цитати та нотатки:
"Теорії, що уможливлювали створення голограми, вперше сформулював у 1947 році Денніс Габор, якого згодом відзначили Нобелівською премією за його відкриття. Голограма є явищем, у которому "ціле" міститься в кожній із частин. Наприклад, певний голографічний ефект має морська зірка."
Тренуй Свій Мозок (промо-лінк)
"Наразі вважається, що реальність має голографічну природу і що наш мозок також працює відповідно до принципу голограми. Процес мислення має вигляд, ідентичний до первісного стану Всесвіту, та складається з тих самих "компонентів". Мозок - це голограма, що інтерпретує голографічний всесвіт"
"Мозок - це голограма, що інтерпретує голографічний всесвіт" !!
"Свідомість - це енергія в її найчистішій і найдинамічнішій формі" !!
"Свідомість є потужною силою, яка впливає на кожний аспект вашого життя. Вона, по суті, основна й найважливіша частина вашої сутності, як і головна причина вашого успіху або невдач."
"Усе за своєю чистою та найглибшою сутністю є енергією, і під час процесу мислення ви працюєте з величезною кількістю цієї енергії у швидкій, легкій та мобільній формі думки. Думка завжди намагається знайти форму, завжди шукає спосіб вийти назовні, намагається проявити себе. Намагання матеріалізуватись у фізичний еквівалент є прородою думки."
"... поодинока думка не має багато сили, але завдяки повторенню вона може стати концентрованою і спрямованою, а її сила зросте в багато разів. Що більше повторювати думку, то більше енергії та сили вона генеруватиме і то легше зможе проявити в реальності."
"Слабкі й розсіяні думки - слабкі й розсіяні сили. Потужні й концентровані думки - потужні й концентровані сили."
"ви за допомогою думок постійно створюєте власну реальність"
"Обставини та ситуації не мають сили вас стримувати. Єдине, що стримує та змушує стояти на місці, - це ваші думки."
"Ваша реальність зміниться тільки після того, як ви створите нову свідомість, а не раніше. Спочатку - нова свідомість."
"Ваш розум створює вашу реальність. Ви можете усвідомите це і примусити ваш розум працювати на вас, або можете ігнорувати це й дати йому зомгу працювати у такий спосіб, що триматиме вас на місці. Але ваш розум завжди створюватиме вашу реальність."
"Досконалість у бедь-якому занятті залежить насампаред від наявності у свідомості чіткого уявлення про це заняття."
"Точна візуалізація: подумки генеруйте детальні зображення та сцені, що відповідають вашим бажанням... Повторіть в розумі кілька разів."
"Вільна візуалізація: дозвольте образам і думкам вільно з'являтися та зникати, не зосереджуючись на чомусь конкретному."
"Дві умови успішної візуалізації. 1) Завжди візуалізуйте свою мету, ніби ви вже досягли її. Зробіть її реальною у своїх думках. 2) Візуалізуйте свою мету щонайменше раз на день, щодня. Сила в постійному повторенні."
"Будь-яка думка, яку ви закріпили у своїй свідомості та регулярно підживлюєте, дасть результати у вашому житті."
"Ваші думки мать більше сили, ніж ви очікуєте, й будь-який образ, який утримуєте в думках, також є силою, що врешті-решт дасть результат."
"найпростішою з відомих мені технік впливу на свідомість є афірмації"
"Афірмації - короткі фразі, що містять вербальну формулу, яка при багаторазовому повторенні закріплює нобхідний образ або установку в підсвідомості людини."
"Робіть короткі афірмації. Вони мають бути як мантри: короткі та прості, легкі для вимови і повторень."
"Свідомість створює реальність, а ви створюєте свідомість."
"Думки - це енергія ..."
"Усі люди, які багато чого досягли, довіряють своїй інтуїції та викоситовують її."
"вправи (афірмації) найкраще виконувати щовечора перед сном. Час переходу від свідомого до несвідомого стану є найслушнішим для досягнення підсвідомості."
"приклад афірмації: "моя свідомість - це мій партнер в успіху""
"Якість вашого життя залежить від якосіт ваших думок та ідей."
"Особливо цікавими сни робить те, що вони є точкою "зустрічі" свідомості й підсвідомості, місцем контакту образів повсякденного життя з прихованою мудрістю підсвідомості"
"Тлумачення снів - це завжди живий діалог із підсвідомістю."
"Техніка розмірковування - це найкращий відомий мені спосіб розвитку здатності до концентрації."
"Практика розмірковування є невіддільною частиною нашого навчання."
"Майже в усіх проблемних сферах життя проблема - це Ви, так само Ви - її розв'язання"
"Ми є тим, що думаємо про себе."
"Ставте питання. Немає нерозумних питань. Єдине нерозумне питання - те, яке ви не поставили."
"Тренуйте мозок шукати багато рішень. Вивільнюйте свою творчість і уяву."
"Складнощі у житті - це вказівники, що мають бути побачені. Запитайте себе: що мая проблема може розповісти про мене? Що вона говорить мені про власні думки? Переконання? Дії? Вибір? Спосіб життя? Що ця проблема намагається мені сказати."
"Проблем нема, є лише можливості."
"щоб полюбити ближнього, ми спочатку маємо навчитися любити себе"
"Усім подобається перемагати, але кому подобається тренуватись? (Марк Шпіц)"
"У ХХІ столітті людина потребує нових навичок. Інтуїція, тлумачення снів, візуалізація і креативність - лише деякі з інструментів, які знадобляться вам, щоб стати успішними."
"Теорії, що уможливлювали створення голограми, вперше сформулював у 1947 році Денніс Габор, якого згодом відзначили Нобелівською премією за його відкриття. Голограма є явищем, у которому "ціле" міститься в кожній із частин. Наприклад, певний голографічний ефект має морська зірка."
Тренуй Свій Мозок (промо-лінк)
"Наразі вважається, що реальність має голографічну природу і що наш мозок також працює відповідно до принципу голограми. Процес мислення має вигляд, ідентичний до первісного стану Всесвіту, та складається з тих самих "компонентів". Мозок - це голограма, що інтерпретує голографічний всесвіт"
"Мозок - це голограма, що інтерпретує голографічний всесвіт" !!
"Свідомість - це енергія в її найчистішій і найдинамічнішій формі" !!
"Свідомість є потужною силою, яка впливає на кожний аспект вашого життя. Вона, по суті, основна й найважливіша частина вашої сутності, як і головна причина вашого успіху або невдач."
"Усе за своєю чистою та найглибшою сутністю є енергією, і під час процесу мислення ви працюєте з величезною кількістю цієї енергії у швидкій, легкій та мобільній формі думки. Думка завжди намагається знайти форму, завжди шукає спосіб вийти назовні, намагається проявити себе. Намагання матеріалізуватись у фізичний еквівалент є прородою думки."
"... поодинока думка не має багато сили, але завдяки повторенню вона може стати концентрованою і спрямованою, а її сила зросте в багато разів. Що більше повторювати думку, то більше енергії та сили вона генеруватиме і то легше зможе проявити в реальності."
"Слабкі й розсіяні думки - слабкі й розсіяні сили. Потужні й концентровані думки - потужні й концентровані сили."
"ви за допомогою думок постійно створюєте власну реальність"
"Обставини та ситуації не мають сили вас стримувати. Єдине, що стримує та змушує стояти на місці, - це ваші думки."
"Ваша реальність зміниться тільки після того, як ви створите нову свідомість, а не раніше. Спочатку - нова свідомість."
"Ваш розум створює вашу реальність. Ви можете усвідомите це і примусити ваш розум працювати на вас, або можете ігнорувати це й дати йому зомгу працювати у такий спосіб, що триматиме вас на місці. Але ваш розум завжди створюватиме вашу реальність."
"Досконалість у бедь-якому занятті залежить насампаред від наявності у свідомості чіткого уявлення про це заняття."
"Точна візуалізація: подумки генеруйте детальні зображення та сцені, що відповідають вашим бажанням... Повторіть в розумі кілька разів."
"Вільна візуалізація: дозвольте образам і думкам вільно з'являтися та зникати, не зосереджуючись на чомусь конкретному."
"Дві умови успішної візуалізації. 1) Завжди візуалізуйте свою мету, ніби ви вже досягли її. Зробіть її реальною у своїх думках. 2) Візуалізуйте свою мету щонайменше раз на день, щодня. Сила в постійному повторенні."
"Будь-яка думка, яку ви закріпили у своїй свідомості та регулярно підживлюєте, дасть результати у вашому житті."
"Ваші думки мать більше сили, ніж ви очікуєте, й будь-який образ, який утримуєте в думках, також є силою, що врешті-решт дасть результат."
"найпростішою з відомих мені технік впливу на свідомість є афірмації"
"Афірмації - короткі фразі, що містять вербальну формулу, яка при багаторазовому повторенні закріплює нобхідний образ або установку в підсвідомості людини."
"Робіть короткі афірмації. Вони мають бути як мантри: короткі та прості, легкі для вимови і повторень."
"Свідомість створює реальність, а ви створюєте свідомість."
"Думки - це енергія ..."
"Усі люди, які багато чого досягли, довіряють своїй інтуїції та викоситовують її."
"вправи (афірмації) найкраще виконувати щовечора перед сном. Час переходу від свідомого до несвідомого стану є найслушнішим для досягнення підсвідомості."
"приклад афірмації: "моя свідомість - це мій партнер в успіху""
"Якість вашого життя залежить від якосіт ваших думок та ідей."
"Особливо цікавими сни робить те, що вони є точкою "зустрічі" свідомості й підсвідомості, місцем контакту образів повсякденного життя з прихованою мудрістю підсвідомості"
"Тлумачення снів - це завжди живий діалог із підсвідомістю."
"Техніка розмірковування - це найкращий відомий мені спосіб розвитку здатності до концентрації."
"Практика розмірковування є невіддільною частиною нашого навчання."
"Майже в усіх проблемних сферах життя проблема - це Ви, так само Ви - її розв'язання"
"Ми є тим, що думаємо про себе."
"Ставте питання. Немає нерозумних питань. Єдине нерозумне питання - те, яке ви не поставили."
"Тренуйте мозок шукати багато рішень. Вивільнюйте свою творчість і уяву."
"Складнощі у житті - це вказівники, що мають бути побачені. Запитайте себе: що мая проблема може розповісти про мене? Що вона говорить мені про власні думки? Переконання? Дії? Вибір? Спосіб життя? Що ця проблема намагається мені сказати."
"Проблем нема, є лише можливості."
"щоб полюбити ближнього, ми спочатку маємо навчитися любити себе"
"Усім подобається перемагати, але кому подобається тренуватись? (Марк Шпіц)"
"У ХХІ столітті людина потребує нових навичок. Інтуїція, тлумачення снів, візуалізація і креативність - лише деякі з інструментів, які знадобляться вам, щоб стати успішними."
Friday, March 13, 2020
Accelerated Learning: 2 Manuscripts - Speed Reading: How to Read a Book a Day, Photographic Memory
Book notes:
"Speed reading will empower you, help maintain your focus, and increase your levels of comprehension. "
"Speed reading will give you the ability to read at least one book a day. Imagine how much information you can attain and retain! You can join the ranks of very successful people around the world who consider reading as an important tool to thrive in almost every area of life."
Readlax: #1 Speed Reading App. Read 3x Faster! (promo)
"the average person can read approximately 200 to 250 words in a minute, or take about 2 minutes to read a page of a document? With speed reading, you can actually double your reading rate of words/minute."
"The art of speed reading improves your comprehension skill by allowing you to have a “bigger picture” grasp of what you are reading. As a skill, this can be advantageous to your work or profession. "
"Reading is a complex skill. Different people have different ways on how they make sense of letters and how they are put together. It is not true that you need both of your eyes to be focused on a specific letter within a word. Each eye can actually focus on different letters simultaneously, normally two characters away from each other. Your brain puts these images together and constructs the word."
"Typically, people learn to read when they begin school and they are commonly taught to do so word by word. Word by word reading causes the eyes to be fixated on only one word, sometimes the previous one, taking the reader back a step in reading and comprehension. This mechanical form of reading is rather slow, but this is the most common way through which people read and comprehend."
"There is fixation – basically staring at a word or a couple of words which usually takes a quarter of a second. Then one’s eye will move to another word or set of words, the process is called saccade, and it takes a tenth of a second. Then the reader repeats the cycle and pauses about half a second to comprehend what he or she just read. These mechanical processes put together become the reason why an average person can read about only 200 to 250 words a minute."
"The different types of reading are:
- Mental reading
- Auditory reading
- Visual reading.
Mental reading is also known as sub-vocalization. It is a way of reading wherein one sounds out every word internally, much similar to saying something to yourself. Mental reading is the slowest type of reading. Readers who practice mental reading can read to about 250 words a minute. Auditory reading is a bit faster, as it requires the person..."
"The fastest type is visual reading. Instead of sounding out the words or hearing them, the reader comprehends what the word means by sight, making them read an average of 700 words a minute."
"There are reading materials that you should never speed read. You must know when and how to adapt a reading technique according to the material on hand."
"The concept of “reading by letters” was changed when it was proved, through studies and experiments, that people have the ability to read not just one word, but a group of three, five, or even more words at a given time."
"Here’s how speed reading expands the natural way of reading: You see the words. Initially you read a group of words (usually 3 to 5) at a glance. If they are words that you are familiar with, you don’t have to read them one by one. Next, you magnify your vision and try to read and comprehend more words at a glance. Many well-practiced speed readers can easily see and process about 10 to 16 words. Then you magnify your vision to read line by line, horizontally and vertically, per page. Most good speed readers can easily see and process about 2 to 3 lines at once."
"You do silent reading. Average readers sound out words as they read. This is okay for beginners but if you want to speed up, you will have to do away with it. Speed readers can read without the voice (not even a whisper in their mind) and just use their eyes and brain."
"You decode the words. The mind decodes words that you fail to recognize. It breaks the words into syllables and tries to get the meaning then pronounce it. When you don’t know what it means, you check the dictionary. An average reader will take a much longer time to read when they encounter unfamiliar words. As you read more material, you are introduced to more new words. You will eventually increase your speed reading rate whilst you also continue to expand your vocabulary. You will find it easier to decode words after that. You comprehend the material. Learning something and understanding it is the purpose of reading. It is not just seeing letters, words, phrases or sentences put together – it’s about getting the whole thought, obtaining information and probably gaining new perspective. When it comes to speed reading, the level of your comprehension can be determined by the following concentration, extensiveness of your vocabulary"
"Concentration: Whenever you read, you need to have concentration. Speed reading would require double the average amount of concentration you put into reading text."
"Extensiveness of vocabulary: When you have a wide vocabulary, you will find it easier to understand the material you are reading."
"Reading speed: It is not just about reading fast – it is about reading wisely. It’s all about perspective: a speed reader knows when they need to speed up and when they need to slow down and take his time."
"Before you begin to apply speed reading techniques, you need to know where you are right now as a speed reader."
"IF YOU READ 1 to 200 WORDS PER MINUTE, You are very likely a TALKER (translated: SLOW READER). This means that you read words at the same speed as you speak. Talkers usually practice sub-vocalization – you may even find yourself moving your lips as you read. Talking back or sounding out holds you back because you are hearing your voice in your head and you can’t go any faster than the way you talk."
"IF YOU READ 200 to 300 WORDS PER MINUTE, You are considered an AVERAGE READER. You only probably read when you have to, and you won’t take up reading as a hobby."
"IF YOU READ 300 to 700 WORDS PER MINUTE, Consider yourself an ABOVE AVERAGE READER. You are someone who rarely vocalizes and you can read chunks of words at a glance while completely understanding the material."
"IF YOU READ MORE THAN 700 WORDS PER MINUTE, You are a SPEED READER! You find yourself reading more than 10 words at a glance... You can read both vertically and horizontally without much problem. You have great comprehension. You not only enjoy reading, but you are very confident about your skill."
"Myth 1. When you speed read, you don’t enjoy reading. This is false because speed reading actually allows you to read more efficiently. And when you read more efficiently – you not only save time, you also understand more!"
"Myth 2. When you speed read, you don’t have to understand as well and as much as average reading. This is untrue since speed reading requires a higher level of focus. When you concentrate well, you will also comprehend things better. With speed reading, you are able to read in context and understand better in the least amount of time. "
"Myth 3. When you speed read, you skip words. You don’t skip anything when you speed read, the difference is that you no longer read the text word by word. Speed reading makes you read words in chunks or by line so you don’t fixate your eyes on just one."
"Myth 4. When you speed read, you need to move your finger across the text. A guide or a pacer is a helpful tool when you begin to learn speed reading. You use it to mark where you are on the page to prevent regression and help you keep focus."
"Here are some more reasons that will help you decide to start learning and improving on your speed reading skills: You will have develop better time management... You will be empowered... You become more confident. Speed reading can improve or strengthen your personality... You will have better memory. A lot of people can read through something and forget what they have read after a while. Speed reading techniques can increase your understanding of a topic or fact that you have come across... You will feel more relaxed. People who read will tell you that it can be a very relaxing, stress-busting pastime... You will enhance your learning capabilities. Speed reading is a way to enhance your focus. When you know how to give your full concentration on whatever task you are doing, you will get better at it – this applies not just to reading... You will be more sophisticated with your thinking. Science says that speed reading can positively affect the brain’s neuroplasticity... You will have less stress. Since speed reading trains you to focus, through it you would be able to increase your meditation skills... You will be inspired to achieve or dream more. With enhanced memory, focus, thinking, and creativity, you will find yourself aspiring for more... You will be more innovative as a leader. Speed reading can enhance your thought processes and make you a better leader... You become good at problem-solving. Speed reading allows you to reframe problems by understanding key ideas and unlocking your imagination."
"Studies indicate that the subconscious mind solves problems at 100,000 mph while the conscious mind can only go at a maximum of 150 mph." !!!
"How does speed reading help you solve problems faster? Speed reading gives you the skill to course more facts and figures to your subconscious. When the subconscious has more information, it can solve problems better. This is called logic training. When you speed read, you train your brain to be more efficient at receiving and understanding new information then connecting it to what is previously stored."
"Remember, the goal of learning to read fast is more than just speed – it is to become more efficient at reading and comprehension."
"Sub-Vocalization... young readers were trained to pronounce every word in their heads or mutter under their breaths while they read... Their reading speed is similar to how fast they talk. While it is conventional, sub-vocalization prevents a person from improving his reading speed."
"the average talking rate of a person is 200 to 250 words per minute. When you subvocalize, you read at the same speed."
"Here are some tips on how to stop “saying or hearing words as you read” and kick that bad habit out of your life: Don’t read for sound. This means that you read for meaning. It is a lot like listening. You hear words – but the voice is not yours – and your brain makes the connection of what the speaker (in this case, the author) is trying to send across."
"Stop those lips from moving."
"Quiet the inner reading voice."
"Think of words as symbols instead of sound."
"Take in more words. When you widen what you see, you are making yourself read more words and your brain stops vocalizing. Speed reading is all about focus. Concentrate hard and find thought units and not words in sentences."
"Word-by-Word Reading. This is about focusing on reading separate words instead of ideas. You can get the gist of a phrase or sentence in groups of words instead of taking it one by one."
"learn how to properly chunk words together and get what they mean as a block."
"You can increase your vision span to absorb in more words and still understand the concept."
"Creating blocks of words, also called “word-chunking”, is a way to eliminate sub-vocalization."
"Chunking means you train your eyes to read a set of words at once."
"Read one block as one concept"
"Ineffective Eye Motion. As with reading word by word, when you don’t use your peripheral vision to work your way across the text, you will be a slow reader. When your eyes are not trained to take in a lot of words or a whole line of text, you will read ineffectively."
"Normally, your eye can see about an inch-and-a-half at a time – this means that it is possible to view up to five words at a glance."
"To overcome ineffective eye motion, you need to relax and expand your gaze. By doing so, you will not see a single word specifically, but blocks of words that hold meaning."
"Regression. Skipping back to the words you have already read is called regression. This is a common practice of slow readers... When you regress, there is the danger of losing your comprehension of the whole subject."
"If you want to be able to read fast and comprehend well, take away as much distraction as you can. Set up a conducive reading environment. Try to avoid multitasking as you read."
"A speed reader has greater comprehension when they read in chunks or phrases since there is stronger meaning conveyed."
"Speed reading is not just about moving your eyes quickly across the page, it is about having good focus while maintaining a wide span of vision."
"The fewer fixations, the faster reading."
"If you are a slow reader, you will read this sentence in 5 to 8 eye fixations – as your eyes go word by word. When you are a fast reader, you will have greater span of vision and be able to read this in two or four eye fixations only.
["A thing | of beauty | is a joy | forever."]
["A thing of beauty | is a joy forever."]"
"Your background, education, and interest all factor into your rate of speed reading. Your knowledge of a topic will influence how fast you read per eye fixation."
"Eye Fixations and Vocabulary The wider your vocabulary, the greater your word recognition will be as you read."
"If you want to get an average of your speed rate (words per minute), count the number of lines you can read in a minute then multiply by ten – you use 10 because it is the average number of words per line in printed books."
"Speed reading is more than just getting through a material very fast. It is about understanding the information you have just read better and quicker than you normally would. Speed reading is about efficiency. "
"Remember that proper posture is essential."
"Make sure to practice proper posture when reading. When sitting, push your hips far back to the chair. Your feet should be flat on the floor. Your knees should be a bit lower or at the same height as your hips. Get an ergonomic chair – your back should have proper support."
"Regular meditation will help you a lot because it frees your mind from distractions and mental clutter."
"A relaxed mind will have a higher level of concentration."
"Read in intervals. A 50-minute interval is the most ideal time for focusing on an individual task, according to Peter Drucker."
"Read with a purpose. When you have a goal in mind, you will not read mindlessly. Reading with purpose will make going through the material easy and fast."
"Find a good place to read. Not only should you be in a comfortable, ergonomic seat, you should also be in a room where you won’t be distracted by people who might constantly interrupt you."
"make a mind map: take notes and draw images."
"Regular practice is essential – you need to make speed reading a habit. Any skill requires dedication and time. Do not be frustrated when it takes time to improve your speed reading skills."
"Remember that you cannot speed read everything. There are some things you need to read thoroughly in its entirety and give ample time to comprehend. These include letters from people you love, legal documents, important financial reports, novels, prose, information that needs to be memorized, and others of similar nature."
"Strengthen your eyes. Your eyes are your primary sense organ for reading so you should make them strong and ready for reading. This can be done through daily eye exercises and rest."
"Ultra-successful people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, John Maxwell, and Mark Zuckerberg believe in the power of reading books."
"Choose when to read. Choosing the time you sit down and get to reading is as important as choosing your material."
"You can read EARLY every day. Many students do this – they study early in the morning because the mind retains more information in the morning compared to when you stay up late into the night when the brain is tired."
"You can also choose to read BEFORE GOING TO BED. Other people find that their minds are clearer and can be much more focused when they have attended to and completed their tasks for the day."
"Improve your vocabulary. The more words you know, the easier it will be for you to speed read and you will be able to read and know a whole lot more."
"Ask questions. You can boost your reading comprehension by checking through headings and subtitles and turning them into questions... When you know what you are looking for – answers to the questions you formed – you will be more focused and alert to what you are reading."
"Always bring your book with you."
"Decide to read, read, read."
"Reading should be for your own enjoyment, pleasure, and education."
"Prioritize reading. To help you prioritize, you can organize your reading materials into three categories: important, average, and least important... Make sure that you read according to importance."
"Borrow or purchase more books than you can read."
"Always do eye exercises. Eye movement is very crucial in speed reading and when you build your eye muscles, the faster you will read and you will avoid eye strain."
"When you make time to practice regularly, you will become a more efficient speed reader."
"Speed reading involves a lot of eye movement. The muscles around your eyes can be strengthened so that you won’t strain your eyes whenever you speed read. Exercise will also give you more flexibility and clearer vision. Strong eye muscles will also deteriorate less with aging."
"you cannot have something significant if you don’t put in a significant amount of work into it."
"Our minds find it easier to process information that has a picture of an existing object than something that is purely abstract."
"our minds can visualize words but not numbers."
"Visualization is the process of forming mental images in mind."
"Memory is one of the key mental faculties. It is the mind's ability to retain and retrieve information."
"three main stages of memory creation: encoding, storage, and retrieval."
"Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model... According to this model, a human memory is composed of three components namely, sensory register, short-term memory, and long-term memory... A sensory register—a register or stimulus received through the senses—usually does not reach the storage phase as it is easily forgotten or neglected... A short-term memory, also known as a working memory, is a memory that can stay in the brain for about 18 to 30 seconds if not rehearsed... When an information is held in the short-term memory storage for a considerably long period, it is automatically transferred to the long-term memory storage; thus, it becomes a long-term memory."
"Creative thinking is your way to meet the demands of a great memory"
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"Speed reading will empower you, help maintain your focus, and increase your levels of comprehension. "
"Speed reading will give you the ability to read at least one book a day. Imagine how much information you can attain and retain! You can join the ranks of very successful people around the world who consider reading as an important tool to thrive in almost every area of life."
Readlax: #1 Speed Reading App. Read 3x Faster! (promo)
"the average person can read approximately 200 to 250 words in a minute, or take about 2 minutes to read a page of a document? With speed reading, you can actually double your reading rate of words/minute."
"The art of speed reading improves your comprehension skill by allowing you to have a “bigger picture” grasp of what you are reading. As a skill, this can be advantageous to your work or profession. "
"Reading is a complex skill. Different people have different ways on how they make sense of letters and how they are put together. It is not true that you need both of your eyes to be focused on a specific letter within a word. Each eye can actually focus on different letters simultaneously, normally two characters away from each other. Your brain puts these images together and constructs the word."
"Typically, people learn to read when they begin school and they are commonly taught to do so word by word. Word by word reading causes the eyes to be fixated on only one word, sometimes the previous one, taking the reader back a step in reading and comprehension. This mechanical form of reading is rather slow, but this is the most common way through which people read and comprehend."
"There is fixation – basically staring at a word or a couple of words which usually takes a quarter of a second. Then one’s eye will move to another word or set of words, the process is called saccade, and it takes a tenth of a second. Then the reader repeats the cycle and pauses about half a second to comprehend what he or she just read. These mechanical processes put together become the reason why an average person can read about only 200 to 250 words a minute."
"The different types of reading are:
- Mental reading
- Auditory reading
- Visual reading.
Mental reading is also known as sub-vocalization. It is a way of reading wherein one sounds out every word internally, much similar to saying something to yourself. Mental reading is the slowest type of reading. Readers who practice mental reading can read to about 250 words a minute. Auditory reading is a bit faster, as it requires the person..."
"The fastest type is visual reading. Instead of sounding out the words or hearing them, the reader comprehends what the word means by sight, making them read an average of 700 words a minute."
"There are reading materials that you should never speed read. You must know when and how to adapt a reading technique according to the material on hand."
"The concept of “reading by letters” was changed when it was proved, through studies and experiments, that people have the ability to read not just one word, but a group of three, five, or even more words at a given time."
"Here’s how speed reading expands the natural way of reading: You see the words. Initially you read a group of words (usually 3 to 5) at a glance. If they are words that you are familiar with, you don’t have to read them one by one. Next, you magnify your vision and try to read and comprehend more words at a glance. Many well-practiced speed readers can easily see and process about 10 to 16 words. Then you magnify your vision to read line by line, horizontally and vertically, per page. Most good speed readers can easily see and process about 2 to 3 lines at once."
"You do silent reading. Average readers sound out words as they read. This is okay for beginners but if you want to speed up, you will have to do away with it. Speed readers can read without the voice (not even a whisper in their mind) and just use their eyes and brain."
"You decode the words. The mind decodes words that you fail to recognize. It breaks the words into syllables and tries to get the meaning then pronounce it. When you don’t know what it means, you check the dictionary. An average reader will take a much longer time to read when they encounter unfamiliar words. As you read more material, you are introduced to more new words. You will eventually increase your speed reading rate whilst you also continue to expand your vocabulary. You will find it easier to decode words after that. You comprehend the material. Learning something and understanding it is the purpose of reading. It is not just seeing letters, words, phrases or sentences put together – it’s about getting the whole thought, obtaining information and probably gaining new perspective. When it comes to speed reading, the level of your comprehension can be determined by the following concentration, extensiveness of your vocabulary"
"Concentration: Whenever you read, you need to have concentration. Speed reading would require double the average amount of concentration you put into reading text."
"Extensiveness of vocabulary: When you have a wide vocabulary, you will find it easier to understand the material you are reading."
"Reading speed: It is not just about reading fast – it is about reading wisely. It’s all about perspective: a speed reader knows when they need to speed up and when they need to slow down and take his time."
"Before you begin to apply speed reading techniques, you need to know where you are right now as a speed reader."
"IF YOU READ 1 to 200 WORDS PER MINUTE, You are very likely a TALKER (translated: SLOW READER). This means that you read words at the same speed as you speak. Talkers usually practice sub-vocalization – you may even find yourself moving your lips as you read. Talking back or sounding out holds you back because you are hearing your voice in your head and you can’t go any faster than the way you talk."
"IF YOU READ 200 to 300 WORDS PER MINUTE, You are considered an AVERAGE READER. You only probably read when you have to, and you won’t take up reading as a hobby."
"IF YOU READ 300 to 700 WORDS PER MINUTE, Consider yourself an ABOVE AVERAGE READER. You are someone who rarely vocalizes and you can read chunks of words at a glance while completely understanding the material."
"IF YOU READ MORE THAN 700 WORDS PER MINUTE, You are a SPEED READER! You find yourself reading more than 10 words at a glance... You can read both vertically and horizontally without much problem. You have great comprehension. You not only enjoy reading, but you are very confident about your skill."
"Myth 1. When you speed read, you don’t enjoy reading. This is false because speed reading actually allows you to read more efficiently. And when you read more efficiently – you not only save time, you also understand more!"
"Myth 2. When you speed read, you don’t have to understand as well and as much as average reading. This is untrue since speed reading requires a higher level of focus. When you concentrate well, you will also comprehend things better. With speed reading, you are able to read in context and understand better in the least amount of time. "
"Myth 3. When you speed read, you skip words. You don’t skip anything when you speed read, the difference is that you no longer read the text word by word. Speed reading makes you read words in chunks or by line so you don’t fixate your eyes on just one."
"Myth 4. When you speed read, you need to move your finger across the text. A guide or a pacer is a helpful tool when you begin to learn speed reading. You use it to mark where you are on the page to prevent regression and help you keep focus."
"Here are some more reasons that will help you decide to start learning and improving on your speed reading skills: You will have develop better time management... You will be empowered... You become more confident. Speed reading can improve or strengthen your personality... You will have better memory. A lot of people can read through something and forget what they have read after a while. Speed reading techniques can increase your understanding of a topic or fact that you have come across... You will feel more relaxed. People who read will tell you that it can be a very relaxing, stress-busting pastime... You will enhance your learning capabilities. Speed reading is a way to enhance your focus. When you know how to give your full concentration on whatever task you are doing, you will get better at it – this applies not just to reading... You will be more sophisticated with your thinking. Science says that speed reading can positively affect the brain’s neuroplasticity... You will have less stress. Since speed reading trains you to focus, through it you would be able to increase your meditation skills... You will be inspired to achieve or dream more. With enhanced memory, focus, thinking, and creativity, you will find yourself aspiring for more... You will be more innovative as a leader. Speed reading can enhance your thought processes and make you a better leader... You become good at problem-solving. Speed reading allows you to reframe problems by understanding key ideas and unlocking your imagination."
"Studies indicate that the subconscious mind solves problems at 100,000 mph while the conscious mind can only go at a maximum of 150 mph." !!!
"How does speed reading help you solve problems faster? Speed reading gives you the skill to course more facts and figures to your subconscious. When the subconscious has more information, it can solve problems better. This is called logic training. When you speed read, you train your brain to be more efficient at receiving and understanding new information then connecting it to what is previously stored."
"Remember, the goal of learning to read fast is more than just speed – it is to become more efficient at reading and comprehension."
"Sub-Vocalization... young readers were trained to pronounce every word in their heads or mutter under their breaths while they read... Their reading speed is similar to how fast they talk. While it is conventional, sub-vocalization prevents a person from improving his reading speed."
"the average talking rate of a person is 200 to 250 words per minute. When you subvocalize, you read at the same speed."
"Here are some tips on how to stop “saying or hearing words as you read” and kick that bad habit out of your life: Don’t read for sound. This means that you read for meaning. It is a lot like listening. You hear words – but the voice is not yours – and your brain makes the connection of what the speaker (in this case, the author) is trying to send across."
"Stop those lips from moving."
"Quiet the inner reading voice."
"Think of words as symbols instead of sound."
"Take in more words. When you widen what you see, you are making yourself read more words and your brain stops vocalizing. Speed reading is all about focus. Concentrate hard and find thought units and not words in sentences."
"Word-by-Word Reading. This is about focusing on reading separate words instead of ideas. You can get the gist of a phrase or sentence in groups of words instead of taking it one by one."
"learn how to properly chunk words together and get what they mean as a block."
"You can increase your vision span to absorb in more words and still understand the concept."
"Creating blocks of words, also called “word-chunking”, is a way to eliminate sub-vocalization."
"Chunking means you train your eyes to read a set of words at once."
"Read one block as one concept"
"Ineffective Eye Motion. As with reading word by word, when you don’t use your peripheral vision to work your way across the text, you will be a slow reader. When your eyes are not trained to take in a lot of words or a whole line of text, you will read ineffectively."
"Normally, your eye can see about an inch-and-a-half at a time – this means that it is possible to view up to five words at a glance."
"To overcome ineffective eye motion, you need to relax and expand your gaze. By doing so, you will not see a single word specifically, but blocks of words that hold meaning."
"Regression. Skipping back to the words you have already read is called regression. This is a common practice of slow readers... When you regress, there is the danger of losing your comprehension of the whole subject."
"If you want to be able to read fast and comprehend well, take away as much distraction as you can. Set up a conducive reading environment. Try to avoid multitasking as you read."
"A speed reader has greater comprehension when they read in chunks or phrases since there is stronger meaning conveyed."
"Speed reading is not just about moving your eyes quickly across the page, it is about having good focus while maintaining a wide span of vision."
"The fewer fixations, the faster reading."
"If you are a slow reader, you will read this sentence in 5 to 8 eye fixations – as your eyes go word by word. When you are a fast reader, you will have greater span of vision and be able to read this in two or four eye fixations only.
["A thing | of beauty | is a joy | forever."]
["A thing of beauty | is a joy forever."]"
"Your background, education, and interest all factor into your rate of speed reading. Your knowledge of a topic will influence how fast you read per eye fixation."
"Eye Fixations and Vocabulary The wider your vocabulary, the greater your word recognition will be as you read."
"If you want to get an average of your speed rate (words per minute), count the number of lines you can read in a minute then multiply by ten – you use 10 because it is the average number of words per line in printed books."
"Speed reading is more than just getting through a material very fast. It is about understanding the information you have just read better and quicker than you normally would. Speed reading is about efficiency. "
"Remember that proper posture is essential."
"Make sure to practice proper posture when reading. When sitting, push your hips far back to the chair. Your feet should be flat on the floor. Your knees should be a bit lower or at the same height as your hips. Get an ergonomic chair – your back should have proper support."
"Regular meditation will help you a lot because it frees your mind from distractions and mental clutter."
"A relaxed mind will have a higher level of concentration."
"Read in intervals. A 50-minute interval is the most ideal time for focusing on an individual task, according to Peter Drucker."
"Read with a purpose. When you have a goal in mind, you will not read mindlessly. Reading with purpose will make going through the material easy and fast."
"Find a good place to read. Not only should you be in a comfortable, ergonomic seat, you should also be in a room where you won’t be distracted by people who might constantly interrupt you."
"make a mind map: take notes and draw images."
"Regular practice is essential – you need to make speed reading a habit. Any skill requires dedication and time. Do not be frustrated when it takes time to improve your speed reading skills."
"Remember that you cannot speed read everything. There are some things you need to read thoroughly in its entirety and give ample time to comprehend. These include letters from people you love, legal documents, important financial reports, novels, prose, information that needs to be memorized, and others of similar nature."
"Strengthen your eyes. Your eyes are your primary sense organ for reading so you should make them strong and ready for reading. This can be done through daily eye exercises and rest."
"Ultra-successful people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, John Maxwell, and Mark Zuckerberg believe in the power of reading books."
"Choose when to read. Choosing the time you sit down and get to reading is as important as choosing your material."
"You can read EARLY every day. Many students do this – they study early in the morning because the mind retains more information in the morning compared to when you stay up late into the night when the brain is tired."
"You can also choose to read BEFORE GOING TO BED. Other people find that their minds are clearer and can be much more focused when they have attended to and completed their tasks for the day."
"Improve your vocabulary. The more words you know, the easier it will be for you to speed read and you will be able to read and know a whole lot more."
"Ask questions. You can boost your reading comprehension by checking through headings and subtitles and turning them into questions... When you know what you are looking for – answers to the questions you formed – you will be more focused and alert to what you are reading."
"Always bring your book with you."
"Decide to read, read, read."
"Reading should be for your own enjoyment, pleasure, and education."
"Prioritize reading. To help you prioritize, you can organize your reading materials into three categories: important, average, and least important... Make sure that you read according to importance."
"Borrow or purchase more books than you can read."
"Always do eye exercises. Eye movement is very crucial in speed reading and when you build your eye muscles, the faster you will read and you will avoid eye strain."
"When you make time to practice regularly, you will become a more efficient speed reader."
"Speed reading involves a lot of eye movement. The muscles around your eyes can be strengthened so that you won’t strain your eyes whenever you speed read. Exercise will also give you more flexibility and clearer vision. Strong eye muscles will also deteriorate less with aging."
"you cannot have something significant if you don’t put in a significant amount of work into it."
"Our minds find it easier to process information that has a picture of an existing object than something that is purely abstract."
"our minds can visualize words but not numbers."
"Visualization is the process of forming mental images in mind."
"Memory is one of the key mental faculties. It is the mind's ability to retain and retrieve information."
"three main stages of memory creation: encoding, storage, and retrieval."
"Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model... According to this model, a human memory is composed of three components namely, sensory register, short-term memory, and long-term memory... A sensory register—a register or stimulus received through the senses—usually does not reach the storage phase as it is easily forgotten or neglected... A short-term memory, also known as a working memory, is a memory that can stay in the brain for about 18 to 30 seconds if not rehearsed... When an information is held in the short-term memory storage for a considerably long period, it is automatically transferred to the long-term memory storage; thus, it becomes a long-term memory."
"Creative thinking is your way to meet the demands of a great memory"
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Brain Fitness: The Easy Way of Keeping Your Mind Sharp Through Qigong
Book notes:
"In Chinese medicine, the brain is related to kidney energy. If you have poor kidney energy (and I was apparently born this way), you will have memory, arthritis, hair, teeth, and bone issues."
Readlax: Speed Reading. Brain Games. Memory Training. (promo)
"I need my brain to be healthy for my quality of life, for conducting business, for creating new methods to achieve health and fitness, for teaching, for healing, for helping others, and for fighting my own aging process."
"There is no doubt that the mind can affect the body and even heal the body."
"In my experience, using the body to heal the mind has proven to work much better than using the mind to heal the body."
"Body-Brain-Mind Healing. My idea is to use physical exercises and movement to stimulate the brain and get the brain chemicals activated."
"By balancing the left and right sides of the brain, upper and lower brain, cross brain, frontal and back brain through body movements and bringing new information to the brain, we help brain cells communicate with each other."
"Stress can make the mind confused, vulnerable, and debilitated."
"When the emotion centers in our brains are not balanced, our minds become unbalanced."
"Fear can make you unable to see things from the proper perspective. It stops you from moving forward. It prohibits you from seeing the possibilities and discovering your potential."
"TAIJIQUAN IS AN ANCIENT Chinese martial arts exercise, well known for its ability to improve physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental health. It is also effective for disease prevention, healing, antiaging, and self-defense. Taiji is a well-rounded and well-balanced form of exercise."
"Taiji helps prevent brain aging."
"Qigong (sometimes spelled chi gung or qi gong) is also an ancient Chinese exercise and offers many of the same benefits as taiji. However, qigong is an easier form of internal energy exercise for health, well-being, antiaging, and healing. Qigong is easier to learn and easier to practice than taiji. The beauty of qigong is that you get results sooner. But both of these exercises are part of anti-brain-aging practice."
"Taiji is an art, a beautiful art of motion."
"Performing taiji is like dancing in the clouds."
"Taiji is preventive medicine—energy medicine or natural healing medicine—because it enhances your self-healing ability, balances your energy, and prevents disease."
"Taiji is a mind-body-spirit exercise, whereas most Western-style exercises are mainly focused on developing the body."
"The mind is the thinking part of our existence responsible for our ability to read, analyze data, use computers, solve problems, and make plans. The body is the physical part of our existence: eating, sleeping, walking, jogging, cooking, and other physiological functions. And the spirit is the meaningful part of our existence; this is where our hopes, our dreams, fears, love, and hate are expressed. All of these are equally important."
"Taiji helps open the body’s energy pathways when practiced through mind, body, and spirit."
"In Chinese medicine, there are three fundamental substances called jing, qi, and shen. They in some way refer to our Western terms body, mind, and spirit and work side by side to keep us healthy."
"Taiji is known as a meditative art form."
"Mind, body, and spirit connect with one another in an important way."
"When you let your mind, body, and spirit work together, you are at peace with yourself."
"Your energy pathways running through your body also run through your brain and affect all parts of the brain including the neurochemicals."
"Taiji and qigong not only increase the oxygen flow in the body but also increase its usage by organs and tissues."
"These exercises also help to prevent respiratory infection, cold, flu, or any kind of lung disease."
"When we forget something important, it costs us money, time, and energy. In some cases, it can be very disturbing."
"We should keep in mind that anything can change, and anything can improve."
"The brain consists of three main parts: the forebrain, the midbrain, and the hindbrain. The forebrain is made up of the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus (the hypothalamus is part of the limbic system, which is involved in memory, learning, emotion, and motivation). The midbrain is the smallest part that helps relay auditory and visual information. The hindbrain includes most of the brainstem and the cerebellum, among other parts. The brainstem is responsible for very basic functions like breathing and the beating of the heart, while the cerebellum is associated with movement, special perception, and balance."
"Research carried out by Dr. Robert Ornstein (University of California) found that the left brain handles these mental activities: "
"Mathematics ■ Language ■ Logic ■ Analysis ■ Writing ■ Other similar activities The right brain handles different activities: ■ Imagination ■ Color ■ Music ■ Rhythm ■ Daydreaming ■ Other similar activities"
"the logical, objective left brain fits more with Western philosophy or culture, whereas the intuitive, subjective right brain fits more with Eastern philosophy or culture."
"try to make their lives better with a balance of tradition and change."
"In Chinese medicine, the mind is closely related to heart energy."
"This explains why so many people with long-term stress are prone to heart disease an..."
"New findings from science show that if the brain is consistently stimulated, no matter at what age, it can remain young and healthy."
"Learning should never stop."
"the day you stop learning is the day you stop living."
"Breaking the routine is a brain fitness workout."
"research has shown that when we watch TV, the brain is less active, even less active than during sleep."
"sleeping disorders can accelerate aging, especially brain aging."
"A good night’s sleep is also an important part of healing from many illnesses."
"The brain, although only about 2 percent of your body weight, consumes roughly 20 percent of the oxygen you breathe in!"
"Taiji movements are very good brain fitness exercises."
"We use aerobic exercise to increase our heart rate and promote better circulation. We also need brain fitness exercises to improve our brain function and learning abilities."
"The well-known kinesiology and learning researcher Dr. Paul Dennison, along with his wife, movement educator Gail Dennison, have developed a movement program that has been proven to exercise the brain. They call it Brain Gym. Brain Gym is a movement-based technique to enhance learning ability for children who have learning difficulties in conventional settings."
"The exercise movements from taiji and qigong can help adults achieve maximum learning and delay the brain-aging process."
"Taiji and qigong strengthen all of the organs—kidneys, heart, liver, spleen, and lungs. In traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney system is related to the brain. The heart system is related to shen (spirit) and also to the brain. The liver system is related to emotions and moods and is also associated with the brain. The spleen system is linked to digestion, absorption, metabolism, and blood—all bringing nutrients to the brain. The lung system controls qi intake and is also related to the brain. As you can see, all of the organs are in fact related to the brain. By exercising the brain, you help the body, and by exercising the body, you help the brain."
"We all know that martial arts practice is intended to make you strong and disciplined. Martial arts can give you mental power that helps you achieve."
"Taiji and qigong help you feel rooted, stable, and focused, allowing you to find your passion. This kind of practice helps you become more aware of yourself and your spirit. It makes you more able to listen to your heart and soul. Taiji brings you closer to nature; it helps you think and act more naturally, more authentically."
"Touching can bring many benefits to our body, mind, and brain. Neuroscientists can see the effect of touch on the brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging. There is an increase in blood flow that is correlated with an increase in neuronal activity. Touch appears to affect multiple brain regions at both the conscious and unconscious levels. Touch has a wide range of impacts on the brain, influencing our sensations, movements, thought processes, and capacity to learn new movements."
"Taiji has not only helped me physically but mentally and spiritually as well."
"Walking with a friend and talking is very good for the brain because it adds that all-important social aspect."
"Keep Learning Always try to think about ways you can improve yourself in all dimensions. You can learn a new language or learn to play chess or cards. You could take up knitting or even the piano, make things with your hands, become skilled at fixing things, learn a musical instrument, join a new organization, meet new people, and explore new places to vacation."
"Read We always tell kids to read more for their intellectual development. As adults, we should do the same thing."
"Reading is always good for our brains. Reading aloud is even better because you also get brain stimulation from the sound."
"Memorize Numbers Practice remembering different number sequences—phone numbers, house numbers, birthdays, anything with a number."
"The more you practice, the better it is for your brain’s health. Start practicing right away, and work on it every day. As the saying goes, “Use it or lose it.”"
"Sing Singing, either with a group or on your own, accompanied or unaccompanied—even doing karaoke—is an excellent brain exercise and qi practice. When you sing, there is a lot going on in your body and your brain: you have to remember the words and the melody, and you have to try to stay in tune."
"The vibration and energy stimulate the brain like a wake-up call. Singing helps you to quickly move qi and build better stamina."
"Qigong is easier than taiji. It also has many different forms from which to choose. Some of them can be more difficult than others. Some people think qigong is too boring and not challenging enough. This is because they don’t really know qigong well and haven’t practiced it properly. If you practice qigong right, it is not boring at all."
"We live in a dynamic world. Modern people are dynamic, and the flow of information is dynamic. We all assume we are smart and do things in a smart way. But we often lose our common sense to distraction, stress, illness or physical ailments, and emotional distress. Our focus is often on others—their successes, problems, and points of view. We often forget to pay attention to ourselves. This causes us to lose common sense."
"Happiness helps our brains and bodies maintain balance, and it prevents brain and body aging."
"Our brains have such power to control our lives. The brain controls the mind, the mind controls behavior, and behavior is the vehicle that drives life in many different directions. Our brains and minds can make all the difference in life. They can make our lives miserable or make our lives joyful. They can destroy us and others. They can bring a lifetime of happiness and success."
"life is a test: you can move forward or you can quit, depending on your mind-set and how you think about things."
"Life is about creating happiness, not getting it."
"lifelong learning is a crucial part of brain health and overall well-being."
"Learning is an important part of making things change for the better. Open your mind, learn from many different sources, and learn from the past, but don’t stay in the past. This will help you understand life better, see things from multiple angles, and make better decisions in all situations."
"Think about your goal, make a plan for attaining it, then follow that plan."
"Your mind comes first in learning, healing, and antiaging. When practicing taiji or qigong, you need to focus on the body movements and energy center."
"The mind produces internal"
"movement, and internal movement produces external movement. All movements are directed from your mind."
"Ancient taiji masters stated, The root is at your feet, power is initiated by your legs and directed by your abdomen, then expressed through your hands."
"When there is an upward movement, then there is also a downward movement; when there is a left movement, then there is also a right movement"
"Breathing is important in both taiji and qigong practice. Breathing should be deep, slow, and coordinated with the movements."
"Always Warm Up before Training and Cool Down After"
"I strongly recommended doing the warm-up exercises described in this book because they are designed specifically to stimulate your brain."
"If you focus on disease, you have disease."
"If you focus on problems, you have problems."
"If you focus on life, you have life."
"If you focus on success, you will be successful."
"If you focus on the positive of everything, everything in your life will be positive."
"In Chinese medicine, the brain is related to kidney energy. If you have poor kidney energy (and I was apparently born this way), you will have memory, arthritis, hair, teeth, and bone issues."
Readlax: Speed Reading. Brain Games. Memory Training. (promo)
"I need my brain to be healthy for my quality of life, for conducting business, for creating new methods to achieve health and fitness, for teaching, for healing, for helping others, and for fighting my own aging process."
"There is no doubt that the mind can affect the body and even heal the body."
"In my experience, using the body to heal the mind has proven to work much better than using the mind to heal the body."
"Body-Brain-Mind Healing. My idea is to use physical exercises and movement to stimulate the brain and get the brain chemicals activated."
"By balancing the left and right sides of the brain, upper and lower brain, cross brain, frontal and back brain through body movements and bringing new information to the brain, we help brain cells communicate with each other."
"Stress can make the mind confused, vulnerable, and debilitated."
"When the emotion centers in our brains are not balanced, our minds become unbalanced."
"Fear can make you unable to see things from the proper perspective. It stops you from moving forward. It prohibits you from seeing the possibilities and discovering your potential."
"TAIJIQUAN IS AN ANCIENT Chinese martial arts exercise, well known for its ability to improve physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental health. It is also effective for disease prevention, healing, antiaging, and self-defense. Taiji is a well-rounded and well-balanced form of exercise."
"Taiji helps prevent brain aging."
"Qigong (sometimes spelled chi gung or qi gong) is also an ancient Chinese exercise and offers many of the same benefits as taiji. However, qigong is an easier form of internal energy exercise for health, well-being, antiaging, and healing. Qigong is easier to learn and easier to practice than taiji. The beauty of qigong is that you get results sooner. But both of these exercises are part of anti-brain-aging practice."
"Taiji is an art, a beautiful art of motion."
"Performing taiji is like dancing in the clouds."
"Taiji is preventive medicine—energy medicine or natural healing medicine—because it enhances your self-healing ability, balances your energy, and prevents disease."
"Taiji is a mind-body-spirit exercise, whereas most Western-style exercises are mainly focused on developing the body."
"The mind is the thinking part of our existence responsible for our ability to read, analyze data, use computers, solve problems, and make plans. The body is the physical part of our existence: eating, sleeping, walking, jogging, cooking, and other physiological functions. And the spirit is the meaningful part of our existence; this is where our hopes, our dreams, fears, love, and hate are expressed. All of these are equally important."
"Taiji helps open the body’s energy pathways when practiced through mind, body, and spirit."
"In Chinese medicine, there are three fundamental substances called jing, qi, and shen. They in some way refer to our Western terms body, mind, and spirit and work side by side to keep us healthy."
"Taiji is known as a meditative art form."
"Mind, body, and spirit connect with one another in an important way."
"When you let your mind, body, and spirit work together, you are at peace with yourself."
"Your energy pathways running through your body also run through your brain and affect all parts of the brain including the neurochemicals."
"Taiji and qigong not only increase the oxygen flow in the body but also increase its usage by organs and tissues."
"These exercises also help to prevent respiratory infection, cold, flu, or any kind of lung disease."
"When we forget something important, it costs us money, time, and energy. In some cases, it can be very disturbing."
"We should keep in mind that anything can change, and anything can improve."
"The brain consists of three main parts: the forebrain, the midbrain, and the hindbrain. The forebrain is made up of the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus (the hypothalamus is part of the limbic system, which is involved in memory, learning, emotion, and motivation). The midbrain is the smallest part that helps relay auditory and visual information. The hindbrain includes most of the brainstem and the cerebellum, among other parts. The brainstem is responsible for very basic functions like breathing and the beating of the heart, while the cerebellum is associated with movement, special perception, and balance."
"Research carried out by Dr. Robert Ornstein (University of California) found that the left brain handles these mental activities: "
"Mathematics ■ Language ■ Logic ■ Analysis ■ Writing ■ Other similar activities The right brain handles different activities: ■ Imagination ■ Color ■ Music ■ Rhythm ■ Daydreaming ■ Other similar activities"
"the logical, objective left brain fits more with Western philosophy or culture, whereas the intuitive, subjective right brain fits more with Eastern philosophy or culture."
"try to make their lives better with a balance of tradition and change."
"In Chinese medicine, the mind is closely related to heart energy."
"This explains why so many people with long-term stress are prone to heart disease an..."
"New findings from science show that if the brain is consistently stimulated, no matter at what age, it can remain young and healthy."
"Learning should never stop."
"the day you stop learning is the day you stop living."
"Breaking the routine is a brain fitness workout."
"research has shown that when we watch TV, the brain is less active, even less active than during sleep."
"sleeping disorders can accelerate aging, especially brain aging."
"A good night’s sleep is also an important part of healing from many illnesses."
"The brain, although only about 2 percent of your body weight, consumes roughly 20 percent of the oxygen you breathe in!"
"Taiji movements are very good brain fitness exercises."
"We use aerobic exercise to increase our heart rate and promote better circulation. We also need brain fitness exercises to improve our brain function and learning abilities."
"The well-known kinesiology and learning researcher Dr. Paul Dennison, along with his wife, movement educator Gail Dennison, have developed a movement program that has been proven to exercise the brain. They call it Brain Gym. Brain Gym is a movement-based technique to enhance learning ability for children who have learning difficulties in conventional settings."
"The exercise movements from taiji and qigong can help adults achieve maximum learning and delay the brain-aging process."
"Taiji and qigong strengthen all of the organs—kidneys, heart, liver, spleen, and lungs. In traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney system is related to the brain. The heart system is related to shen (spirit) and also to the brain. The liver system is related to emotions and moods and is also associated with the brain. The spleen system is linked to digestion, absorption, metabolism, and blood—all bringing nutrients to the brain. The lung system controls qi intake and is also related to the brain. As you can see, all of the organs are in fact related to the brain. By exercising the brain, you help the body, and by exercising the body, you help the brain."
"We all know that martial arts practice is intended to make you strong and disciplined. Martial arts can give you mental power that helps you achieve."
"Taiji and qigong help you feel rooted, stable, and focused, allowing you to find your passion. This kind of practice helps you become more aware of yourself and your spirit. It makes you more able to listen to your heart and soul. Taiji brings you closer to nature; it helps you think and act more naturally, more authentically."
"Touching can bring many benefits to our body, mind, and brain. Neuroscientists can see the effect of touch on the brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging. There is an increase in blood flow that is correlated with an increase in neuronal activity. Touch appears to affect multiple brain regions at both the conscious and unconscious levels. Touch has a wide range of impacts on the brain, influencing our sensations, movements, thought processes, and capacity to learn new movements."
"Taiji has not only helped me physically but mentally and spiritually as well."
"Walking with a friend and talking is very good for the brain because it adds that all-important social aspect."
"Keep Learning Always try to think about ways you can improve yourself in all dimensions. You can learn a new language or learn to play chess or cards. You could take up knitting or even the piano, make things with your hands, become skilled at fixing things, learn a musical instrument, join a new organization, meet new people, and explore new places to vacation."
"Read We always tell kids to read more for their intellectual development. As adults, we should do the same thing."
"Reading is always good for our brains. Reading aloud is even better because you also get brain stimulation from the sound."
"Memorize Numbers Practice remembering different number sequences—phone numbers, house numbers, birthdays, anything with a number."
"The more you practice, the better it is for your brain’s health. Start practicing right away, and work on it every day. As the saying goes, “Use it or lose it.”"
"Sing Singing, either with a group or on your own, accompanied or unaccompanied—even doing karaoke—is an excellent brain exercise and qi practice. When you sing, there is a lot going on in your body and your brain: you have to remember the words and the melody, and you have to try to stay in tune."
"The vibration and energy stimulate the brain like a wake-up call. Singing helps you to quickly move qi and build better stamina."
"Qigong is easier than taiji. It also has many different forms from which to choose. Some of them can be more difficult than others. Some people think qigong is too boring and not challenging enough. This is because they don’t really know qigong well and haven’t practiced it properly. If you practice qigong right, it is not boring at all."
"We live in a dynamic world. Modern people are dynamic, and the flow of information is dynamic. We all assume we are smart and do things in a smart way. But we often lose our common sense to distraction, stress, illness or physical ailments, and emotional distress. Our focus is often on others—their successes, problems, and points of view. We often forget to pay attention to ourselves. This causes us to lose common sense."
"Happiness helps our brains and bodies maintain balance, and it prevents brain and body aging."
"Our brains have such power to control our lives. The brain controls the mind, the mind controls behavior, and behavior is the vehicle that drives life in many different directions. Our brains and minds can make all the difference in life. They can make our lives miserable or make our lives joyful. They can destroy us and others. They can bring a lifetime of happiness and success."
"life is a test: you can move forward or you can quit, depending on your mind-set and how you think about things."
"Life is about creating happiness, not getting it."
"lifelong learning is a crucial part of brain health and overall well-being."
"Learning is an important part of making things change for the better. Open your mind, learn from many different sources, and learn from the past, but don’t stay in the past. This will help you understand life better, see things from multiple angles, and make better decisions in all situations."
"Think about your goal, make a plan for attaining it, then follow that plan."
"Your mind comes first in learning, healing, and antiaging. When practicing taiji or qigong, you need to focus on the body movements and energy center."
"The mind produces internal"
"movement, and internal movement produces external movement. All movements are directed from your mind."
"Ancient taiji masters stated, The root is at your feet, power is initiated by your legs and directed by your abdomen, then expressed through your hands."
"When there is an upward movement, then there is also a downward movement; when there is a left movement, then there is also a right movement"
"Breathing is important in both taiji and qigong practice. Breathing should be deep, slow, and coordinated with the movements."
"Always Warm Up before Training and Cool Down After"
"I strongly recommended doing the warm-up exercises described in this book because they are designed specifically to stimulate your brain."
"If you focus on disease, you have disease."
"If you focus on problems, you have problems."
"If you focus on life, you have life."
"If you focus on success, you will be successful."
"If you focus on the positive of everything, everything in your life will be positive."
Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention (Stanislas Dehaene)
Best book notes:
"We identify only ten or twelve letters per saccade: three or four to the left of fixation, and seven or eight to the right"
"whole pipeline of mental processes continues to operate for at least one-half second after the word has been presented."
"It takes only twenty or thirty milliseconds of word viewing for our brain to automatically activate a word’s spelling, but an additional forty milliseconds for its transformation into sound, as revealed by the emergence of sound-based priming"
"Visual analysis is only the first step in reading. Subsequently, a variety of distinct representations must be brought into contact: the roots of words, their meaning, their sound patterns, their motor articulation schemes. Each of these operations typically demands the simultaneous activation of several separate cortical areas whose connections are not organized in linear chains. All the brain regions operate simultaneously and in tandem, and their messages constantly crisscross each other. All the connections are also bidirectional: when a region A connects to a region B, the converse projection from B to A also exists."
"mental operation like reading"
"only one, the left occipito-temporal region, appeared to play a central and specific role in reading"
"This region is systematically located deep in the left lateral occipito-temporal sulcus"
"Reading is a cognitive, social, and cultural activity that dates back five thousand years"
"What is amazing is that in spite of these vast differences in the way we learned to read, we all call on the same area of the brain to recognize the written word."
"Quite apart from cortical topography, words and faces also have different preferred hemispheres. When we recognize a word, the left hemisphere plays the dominant role. For faces, the right hemisphere is essential."
"A good reader can recognize words regardless of how they are positioned (assuming, of course, that they do not exceed our retina’s limited resolution)."
"First, reading is a sophisticated construction game—a complex cortical assembly line is needed to progressively put together a unique neural code for each written word. Second, conscious reflection is blind to the true complexity of word recognition. Reading is not a direct and effortless process. Rather, it relies on an entire series of unconscious operations."
"Any word we read is initially funneled through the letterbox area, which plays a dominant and universal role in the recognition of writing."
"The lateral temporal region seems to play an essential role in the mediation between the shapes of words and the elements that constitute their meaning. This region can be subdivided into subregions that specialize in different categories of words. Faces, people, animals, tools, vegetables . . ."
"two essential stages in reading: the orthographic filter, which accepts legal letter strings, and the semantic filter, which sorts words according to meaning."
"Pseudo-words or meaningless strings of letters like “trid” or “plosh” that respect the spelling rules of English."
"We recognize the written word using a region that has evolved over time and whose specialty, for the past ten million years or more, has been the visual identification of objects."
"the preferred images that make the neuron fire would become increasingly complex. A small, inclined bar is enough to bring on a significant discharge in the primary visual cortex. More complex curves, shapes, fragments of objects, or even entire objects or faces are, however, needed to trigger neurons at the higher levels."
"neurons would begin to respond to increasingly broader portions of the retina. Each neuron is defined in terms of its receptive field, or the place on the retina to which it responds. The receptive fields broaden by a factor of two or three at each step. This means that the part of the retina to which the preferred object must be presented for the neuron to fire doubles or triples in diameter at each step."
"an increasing degree of invariance is present. Early on, neurons are sensitive to changes in location, size, or lighting of the incoming picture. In higher-level areas, in the move up the hierarchy, neurons tolerate increas..."
"Single neurons are slow computers. They receive and transmit information in about ten milliseconds, which is a million times slower than the speed of an electronic microprocessor."
"the Japanese neuroscientist Keiji Tanaka made a remarkable discovery: the monkey brain contains a patchwork of neurons dedicated to fragments of shape. Collectively, these primitive shapes constitute a sort of “neuronal alphabet” whose combinations can describe any complex form."
"Perhaps the most striking feature of the inferior temporal neurons is that many of their preferred shapes closely resemble our letters, symbols, or elementary Chinese characters (figures 3.4 and 3.6). Some neurons respond to two superimposed circles forming a figure eight, others react to the conjunction of two bars to form a T, and others prefer an asterisk, a circle, a J, a Y . . . For this reason, I like to call them “proto-letters.”"
"the inferior temporal cortex relies on a stock of geometrical shapes and simple mathematical invariants. We did not invent most of our letter shapes: they lay dormant in our brains for millions of years, and were merely rediscovered when our species invented writing and the alphabet."
"Complex objects are recognized through the configurations of their contours. At the places where they join, these contours form reproducible configurations shaped as T, L, Y, or F."
"the capacity to learn is the result of a sophisticated evolutionary process."
"Every child, however, in the first few months of life, quickly learns to recognize faces, voices, native language, and a sense of empathy for others"
"tentative model of the neuronal architecture for reading"
"A hypothetical model of the neuronal hierarchy that supports visual word recognition."
"At each stage, neurons learn to react to a conjunction of responses from the immediately lower level. At the bottom of the pyramid, which is shared by word and image recognition, neurons detect local contrasts and oriented bars. As one climbs further up, neurons become increasingly specialized for reading. They detect letters, letter pairs (bigrams), then morphemes and small words. At each stage, the receptive field broadens by a factor of two or three, while the neuronal ..."
"the well-known fact that the ventral visual system is organized as a hierarchy going from the occipital pole in the back of the brain to the anterior regions of the temporal lobe."
"At the next step, when responses from several neurons tuned to letters are combined, we arrive at neurons sensitive to letter conjunctions. Such neurons, for example, might signal the presence of the letter “N” one or two letters to the left of the letter “A”—a very useful feature if one is to separate similar strings such as “AND” and “DNA.”"
"my colleagues and I have proposed that the most useful letter combination to which neurons should attend is a “bigram”—an ordered pair of letters such as “E left of N.” It is easy to wire a neuron so that it responds selectively to this letter pair but can tolerate some shift in the location of its component letters."
"No one has ever seen bigram neurons. Their existence is the matter of an educated guess, based on what we know about the primate visual system. For the time being, they are a purely theoretical construction that cannot be tested directly with our somewhat rudimentary imaging techniques."
"Grainger and Whitney finally came up with the idea of open bigrams. They noted that words could be encoded not as a list of letters, but as a list of the pairs of letters they contained."
"This similarity explains why we can still read the word “bagde” when two of its letters are inverted."
"Another advantage of the bigram code is that it is insensitive to changes in location and size."
"bigram neurons only fire if the first letter of a pair is less than two letters away from the second."
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"For instance, a neuron coding for the pair AM can react to the words “ham,” “arm,” and “atom,” but not to “alarm” or “atrium.”"
"morphemes, the smallest linguistic units to have semantic meaning"
"more frequent the bigram, the stronger the activation in the letterbox area"
"We should also bear in mind that eye movements, in the course of reading, always draw the relevant words into a narrow area of the visual field, close to the fovea and mostly to the right of it. When we learn to read, only the neurons that code for these locations are given the opportunity to convert to letter and bigram detectors. Indeed, only words presented at the center of gaze, or slightly to the right of it, and at an angle close to horizontal, are efficiently processed by the ventral occipito-temporal pathway.174 Thus only a limited number of neurons are concerned."
"Reading activates a narrow band of cortex, several centimeters long, extending from the back of the brain to the front of the left occipito-temporal sulcus. Functional subdivisions have now been detected in this strip.175 The neuronal code clearly becomes more abstract as it progresses toward the front of the brain."
"visual word form area occupies a relatively extended strip of cortex, whose back end responds to simple letters while the front responds to complex word"
"If my scenario about innate cortical biases is correct, there is no prewired area for reading, but several genetic biases create a gamut of neuronal preferences for different types of visual stimuli. During reading acquisition, visual word recognition simply lands in the cortical location where neurons are most efficient at this task. In all humans, the intersection of genetic gradients creates a single “sweet spot” for letter strings—the letterbox area."
"In spite of their obvious diversity, all writing systems share numerous visual features—highly contrasted contours, an average number of about three strokes per character, and a reduced lexicon of shapes that constantly recur, even in unrelated cultures."
"most characters are composed of roughly three strokes (curves that can be traced without ever lifting or stopping the pen). Variability around this mean is rather low—our capital letters, for instance, have either one stroke (C, I, J, O, S, U), two strokes (D, G, L, P, Q, T, V, X), three strokes (A, B, F, H, K, N, R, Y, Z), or four strokes (E, M, W), but never more."
"I would like to propose that the magic formula of three strokes per character was chosen by our forefathers because it corresponds to the way in which the neurons’ receptive field increases across the hierarchy of visual areas."
"Corroborating Leroi-Gourhan’s statement, in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), the birthplace of writing, number symbols played an essential role in the emergence of the written code."
"Each of the letters that we routinely use in our Roman alphabet thus contains a small, hidden drawing dating back four thousand years. An “m” symbolizes waves (mem or mayyūma), an “n” is a snake (nahašu), an “l” a goad (lamd), a “k” a hand with outstretched fingers (kaf), an “R” a head (res) . . ."
"Learning to read involves connecting two sets of brain regions that are already present in infancy: the object recognition system and the language circuit. Reading acquisition has three major phases: the pictorial stage, a brief period where children “photograph” a few words; the phonological stage, where they learn to decode graphemes into phonemes; and the orthographic stage, where word recognition becomes fast and automatic."
"At the age of five or six, when children are exposed to their first reading lessons, they already have an expert knowledge of phonology. They also possess a vocabulary of several thousand words, and have mastered the basic grammatical structures"
"In 1985, the British psychologist Uta Frith introduced a model of reading acquisition that has become a classic and distinguishes three main learning stages.221 This is of course a theoretical simplification, since in fact the three stages are not rigidly partitioned."
"Frith’s three simple steps provide a rough outline of the massive changes that occur in the child’s mind. If nothing else, from the standpoint of pedagogy, they provide a very useful description of the child’s learning curve."
"According to Frith, the first reading stage, which occurs around the age of five or six, is “logographic” or “pictorial.” The child has not yet grasped the logic of writing. The visual system attempts to recognize"
"directly onto meanings, without paying attention to individual letters and their pronunciation—a sham form of reading."
"The development of a grapheme-to-phoneme conversion procedure is characteristic of the second stage in reading acquisition, the phonological stage. At this point, whole words cease to be processed. The child learns to attend to smaller constituents such as isolated letters and relevant letter groups (“ch,” “ou,” “ay” . . .). He links graphemes to the corresponding speech sounds and practices assembling them into words. He can now even sound out unfamiliar words."
"The first years of reading instruction lead to the emergence of an explicit representation of speech sounds. The key stage is the discovery that speech is made up of atoms or phonemes, which can be recombined at will to create new words. This competence is called “phonemic awareness.” Studies by the psychologist José Morais have shown that the discovery of phonemes is not automatic. It requires explicit teaching of an alphabetic code.224 Even adults, if illiterate, can fail to detect phonemes in words."
"In the final analysis, the relation between grapheme and phoneme development is probably one of constant reciprocal interaction or “spiral causality.” The acquisition of letters draws attention to speech sounds, the analysis of speech sounds refines the understanding of letters, and so on in a never-ending spiral that leads to the simultaneous emergence of the grapheme and phoneme codes."
"clearest feature of the orthographic stage is that word length gradually ceases to play a role. At the phonological stage, children slowly decipher words sequentially, one letter at a time. As a result, reading time increases with the number of letters in a word. At the orthographic stage, as reading becomes increasingly fluent, this length effect slowly vanishes. It is essentially absent in expert adults—we all read words using a parallel procedure that takes in all letters at once, at least in short words (eight letters or fewer)."
"In summary, growing parallelism and efficiency are characteristic of the orthographic stage. An increasingly compact word code appears that represents the entire letter string in a single snapshot. This neuronal analysis, organized like a hierarchical tree, can now be effortlessly transmitted in parallel to brain regions that compute meaning and pronunciation."
"Reading time does not depend on word length. It takes us almost the same time to read short and long words, regardless of number of letters (within an interval of about three to eight letters)."
"our visual system simply processes all letters simultaneously and in parallel rather than one after another."
"In young children, however, the process is different. During the first few years of reading acquisition, reading time is strictly related to the number of letters in a word. This word length effect takes years to vanish. The massive impact of the number of letters on young children’s reading time provides clear evidence that reading is not a global"
"Recognizing a whole word can be faster and more efficient than recognizing a single letter. This effect, discovered by Cattell, was replicated by Gerald Reicher and popularized..."
"Typographical errors that respect the overall contour of a word are more difficult to detect than those that violate it."
"In summary, there is no longer any reason to doubt that the global contours of words play virtually no role in reading. We do not recognize a printed word through a holistic grasping of its contour, but because our brain breaks it down into letters and graphemes. The letterbox area in our left occipito-temporal cortex processes all of a word’s letters in parallel. This fast and parallel processing probably explains why well-known and respected psychologists once propounded theories of global or “syncretic” reading. Today, we know that the immediacy of reading is just an illusion engendered"
"These studies reveal a solid link between early phonological abilities and the ease with which literacy will later be acquired. Most dyslexic children seem to suffer, above all, from a faulty representation of speech sounds. Poor functioning at this level prevents precise processing of spoken words and the consequent pairing with visual symbols."
"In some children, the speech impairment is so drastic that the diagnosis may be different. Pediatricians no longer speak of dyslexia, but of dysphasia or of specific language impairment—yet as soon as these children have phoneme processing deficits, they also tend to suffer from severe reading impairment."
"children learn to read . . . by reading!"
"It is thus essential that children continue to read so that their literacy skills become automatic and enrich their visual vocabulary of graphemes, morphemes, and words."
"reading deficits come from a core impairment in the processing of speech sounds."
"Reading opens up whole new vistas on the nature of the interactions between cultural learning and the brain."
"The neuronal recycling model should extend to cultural inventions other than reading."
"If God existed, he would be a library. —UMBERTO ECO"
"In the case of reading, the hypothetical cultural invariants are concrete and tangible. From Chinese characters to the alphabet, all writing systems are based on a morpho-phonological principle—they simultaneously represent word roots and phonological structures. They also rely on a small inventory of visual shapes shared throughout the world, and first discovered by Marc Changizi (see chapter 4). A broad range of universal, neurologically constrained features underlies the apparent diversity of writing."
"Reading that pleases and profits, that together delights and instructs, has all that one should desire. —JACQUES AMYOT, 1513–1593"
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