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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Detecting Deceivers: How to determine if someone is lying to you

If I said that everyone lies and deceives a bit, would you agree? Well, it’s true, believe me! There are five ways to detect that people are lying. 1. How you feel. Firstly, trust your gut feelings. All of us are hard-wired to detect danger and deceit. This survival mechanism is largely unconscious, but has ways of telling us it’s working. For instance when we experience the unsettled feeling we can get when something just seems out of place or doesn’t seem quite the way it should.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Try - How That One Simple Word Can Disempower You

I am sure you have heard someone say: Well, I tried. To TRY is a cop-out. It's an escape hatch. Try is one word that I would like you to remove from your vocabulary, unless you are talking about a legal trial. When we promise to do something by saying that we'll try, we're setting ourselves up for failure. Listen to news reports or the speeches of politicians. They are rife with that word. Here are some examples that I found in the news in just ten minutes.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Leadership Effectiveness: The Power of Communications, Motivation, and Emotions

Effective leaders see more in other people than people see in themselves, and one of your objectives as a leader is to bring their talents to the surface. Understanding the three fundamental elements that affect performance will build team loyalty and cohesiveness. These elements are communication, motivation, and emotions. Communication You've probably heard that people tend to follow three basic communication styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Each of us is a mix of all three, and our dominant style usually dictates how we communicate.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Brain-Compatible Goal Setting - How and Why Goals Drive Motivation

It is important to hand-write your goals on paper, the action of writing them helping to imprint them on your brain. However, before writing them - be they material, emotional, or spiritual goals - identify what price you are willing to pay to achieve them. At some point, expose to yourself your barriers and excuses, and confront them, writing them on another piece of paper. This list is not intended for you to dwell upon, but merely to show your acknowledgement. Compliment yourself and celebrate as you conquer each barrier or excuse.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Caution! Child Under Construction: Getting it right the first time

A friend of mine is a construction contractor specializing in tiles. During a recent conversation, he was complaining that his previous job was problematic because it was a renovation rather than new construction. When he removed old walls and plumbing, he uncovered many examples of shoddy work and substandard materials. This required unplanned and unbudgeted extra work, which in turn reduced his profit margin. I thought that this was a valuable analogy for personal growth.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Reading Fiction Enhances Brain Functioning

The human brain seems to hum along quite nicely, without effort or complaint, motivated by varying established patterns and routine. New research however, suggests that the brain can build neuronal connections, and easily performs much better, by adding novelty and random activity.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Personal Brain Revitalizer: Take Advantage of Your Brain Cycles

There is a biorhythm operating 24/7 in our body known as the Basic Rest-Activity Cycle (BRAC). While some biological cycles last for many days, the BRAC oscillates consistently at between 90 and 120 minutes. Rest portion: During this healing response portion of the cycle, there is more right hemispheric electrical activity, a spatial cognitive mode, and a settling down of the autonomic nervous system. Midway through the rest cycle is a trough of about twenty-minutes. This is when many cells of the brain that hold critical messenger molecules, such as adrenaline, are nearing empty.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

The Self-Confident Person - Cause or Effect?

How would you describe a self-confident person? Generally, many people consider a self-confident person to be a perfect know-it-all, who is the center of attention, and never shows weakness. Some folks confuse the terms self-confidence with self-esteem. The former is cosmetic, and may not be a sign of your true nature. The latter is your true essence; a reflection of your core beliefs. Core beliefs are mostly formed before the age of seven. As youngsters, our subconscious is actually programmed with patterns that influence our behaviors and relationships for a lifetime.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Fate is a Joke: Why Biography is not Destiny

I am probably the only author who has used a quote from "Chicken Run", a very funny movie that's set in a chicken farm that oddly resembles a World War II concentration camp. Many of us spend our lives, or at least parts of them, in self-imposed prisons. If this is our own doing, why do we not simply decide to release ourselves? Why not indeed? Unfortunately, many of us believe that we just have to play the hand we've been dealt. Is biography necessarily destiny? In most cases, we didn't create the problem, yet we often perpetuate it. How and why?

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Trainers, Prepare to Inspire: Nine Tactics for Optimal Learning Retention

There are nine basic processes for taking in information. Let's briefly explore each one to determine the advantages and disadvantages of each. 1. Reading has the advantages of being portable, and to some degree, self-paced. Review and repetition are effortless. Disadvantages include badly-written material and poor reading skills (eyesight, dyslexia, bad habits). Uncontrollable distractions also come into play. 2. Audio, although limited to one sense, has the great advantage these days of being highly portable. Lectures and presentations can be recorded and played back on the go.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Memory and Learning

Remembering is the storing and recalling of memories. It’s a biological process that involves dedicated brain structures. When a memory is encoded, it is dismembered and handed off to different parts of the brain for storage. Getting all these pieces back together is an inaccurate process. Hence re-membering is not perfect.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Brilliant Parenting in Three Easy Steps: Taking a Page From Self-help Writers

Here is a simple formula used by successful speakers and self-help writers. Parents can also employ this innovative approach. 1. Make a Point Successful parents, teachers, and mentors are great at being clear about what they want to teach, and why it's important to the learner. 2. Tell a Story As a certified clinical hypnotherapist, I know that the secret to telling an effective tale is to never reveal the moral of the story. That also means to not link it to the point you're making. Why? Stay with me here, because Aesop got it all wrong.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Creating Positive Behaviors in Others: Parents Can Take a Page from Business

Guiding your child to behave in a positive manner can be as easy as 1-2-3. Here’s a way to adapt a business practice for family use, and it’s compelling in its simplicity. 1. Set a Goalr The first step is to meet with your children, and have them "buy in" to a mutually-developed goal. Explain to them that decisions and goals are made for one of two reasons. That is, to move away from an uncomfortable situation, or to move towards a desired goal. The latter is certainly the better choice. 2. Course Correctionr Establish a routine of having meetings to discuss progress.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

1,528 views

By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Sadness Remedies: Ten Tips to Turn Around the Blues

Over the past few weeks, I have spoken to many friends and acquaintances who have been having bouts of classic sadness. I won’t call it depression, although I am sure some of them might be inclined to use that label. I’ve always been wary in using that word with my clients since it can easily be misunderstood. Most of the time what they’re suffering from is sub-clinical depression, commonly known as extreme sadness. To be diagnosed with clinical depression, a person must experience a specific number of symptoms every day for at least a two-week period.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

1,527 views

By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Parenting Pitfalls - The Two Critical Turning Points of Childhood

Parents can more effectively support the healthy development of their children with knowledge of when and why their children seem to act so strangely at certain ages. What are the most frustrating years of being a parent? An overwhelming consensus of parents believe it is when children are two, and then around fourteen. Neuroscience now gives solid validation that something striking is happening during these times. It all comes down to brain-wiring.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Brian WalshRecently published1 topic

Rejection Degrades Thinking And Performance

Clear thinking is crucial for carrying on a conversation, making decisions, and practically everything we do. Thinking can be clouded by a host of conditions including stress, dehydration, and poor nutrition. Now, studies reveal that rejection and criticism have a significant influence on how well a person thinks. In a series of experiments at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, participants were exposed to a series of situations that resulted in manufactured rejections. They were given before and after intelligence and analytical skill tests.

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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