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Age 95 With Excellent Memory
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Did you know you have an excellent chance of living to age 95, keeping
all your marbles? Jeanne Louise Calment a French citizen, died August 4,
1997, having lived the longest confirmed lifespan – 122 years.
Based on the 2,000 censuses, over 34 million U.S. citizens were over the age of 65,
12.4% of the population. More interesting, 4.2 million Seniors are over the age of 85; they increased 38% compared to the 1990 U.S. census.
Three words associated with Senior Citizens are: Senescence, the biology of ageing;
Gerontology, the study of the ageing process; and Geriatrics, diseases of the
elderly.
Learning and Memory
Who wants to live to 122 if you cannot enjoy a lucid memory and intelligence?
No volunteers. Alzheimers and other diseases causing dementia have dropped about
3.5% in Seniors since 1990.
The University of Michigan has release a study of 11 thousand Seniors tracked almost ten-years by Dr. Ken Langa. It concludes: folks 70 years and over had a reduced rate (3.5%) of cognitive impairment from 1993 to 2002.
This information is a red light to scientists who must know the cause of the reduction. The article is published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
Dr. Langa says, “we found a clear relationship between the more education people
had the better they performed in cognitive tests.”
Not all senior citizens spend time in school getting a Bachelor’s, Master’s or
Ph.D. What many did to help reduced their risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other forms of mental disability was self-help life-long learning.
Use-It-Or-Lose-It
Playing Chess, Bridge or board games that require the use of memory and anlaysis
create Cognitive Reserve. Continuous playing on a regular basis does the trick. It appears that learning a new language as a Senior, daily article reading, using the Internet for personal growth, and even watching Jeopardy on tv, activate
your neurons (brain cells) and hippocampus (memory structure).
Teaching kids or your peers a skill or subject you have experience and expertise,
triggers your own brain to perform better. You do not have to be a professional
teacher to tutor local kids in math (if that uses your expertise), just give them some tricks and tips you have learned over the years.
My father never went to school; he had to help support his family back in the
beginning of the 1900s. Yet he was a numbers wizard and could beat a calculator
in a race. He was “auto-didactic’ (self-taught) in what was necessary to be a
successful entrepreneur. He taught himself to read the New York Times, add
sales figures and analyze financial statements.
Reading
The last thing adults learned about effective reading occurred in the 3rd grade.
We suggest a lack of knowledge is the basis for reading like a snail with porous
concentration. The average college graduate in the U.S. reads as slow as molasses
and forgets 80% of the article, report and facts within 24 hours.
In the U.S. 200-250 words per minute with 70% comprehension is typical for college
graduates in 2008. Kids and adults with speed reading training average about 1,000
words per minute with about 80% comprehension. Speed readers will read up to five times more than snailers because it’s fun and not boring.
Would it be useful to kids in high school, college or graduate school to read and remember three (3) articles reports and books in the time their peers can hardly
finish one? Would corporate executives score more promotions by increasing their
personal productivity up to 38%?
Check it out – top executives spend about four hours daily reading business reports, memos and articles in the Wall Street Journal. When you read more than your competitors you ability to be creative and imaginative doubles.
Many executives complain to the Human Resources department about Information
Overload since the advent of the Internet. Imagine if they could triple their ability
to learn and remember more information. Every salesperson is capable of doubling the number of presentation they make by organizing their time better.
The latest marketing research indicates the greater number of daily calls for appointments, followed up by executive presentations, can produce up to 100%
more sales.
So What
If you are committed to winning promotions in your career, and for students, acing school with the highest grades, speed reading is the first step to success.
Over the past ten years our research shows tripling your reading speed and doubling your long-term memory, moves both students and executives to the
fast-tracks for excellence.
It is now an accepted scientific principle, the greater the number of books, articles,
and reports you read monthly, the higher your comprehension of what you are
studying. We are members of the Knowledge Economy and if we choose not
to be life-long learners, you give the advantage to your competitors.
We suggest you discover how to increase you ability to read three (3) words at a time, reduce subvocalization by half, improve your comprehension by 10%, and
go from porous to powerful comprehension and long-term memory.
Learning to speed read is not like learning to read, you already know that. We suggest you learn the 20-Minute Hour; how to accomplish three-times as much
than your peers in the same time.
If you are prepared to bring out the best within yourself, reduce the risk of
Alzheimer’s up to 40%; even increase your longevity up to 14 years. Your secret is
to be a life-long learner.
See ya,
copyright © 2008
H. Bernard Wechsler
hbw@speedlearning.org
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Author's Bio
Author of Speed Reading For Professionals, published by Barron's;
business partner with Evelyn Wood creator of Speed Reading,
graduateing 2 million, including the White House staffs of
four U.S. Presidents.
www.speedlearning.org
hbw@speedlearning.org
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