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7 Secrets To High Performance Thinking - By John Colanzi

Our minds are like high performance race engines. They

have the ability to take us anywhere we want to go at

amazing speed.

But sadly most of us haven`t done the necessary

maintenance and tune ups to enable our minds to operate

efficiently.

There are three reasons this can happen.

1. Laziness. Some of us know what to do, but we`re

either too lazy or lack the discipline to do what`s

necessary to keep our minds at peak efficiency.

2. We don`t believe in our potential or the awesome power

of our minds.

3. We don`t know the 7 Secrets Of High Performance

Thinking.

In this report I`m revealing the 7 Secrets Of High

Performance Thinking. I`m taking away any excuses you

have for not Thinking Like A Winner.

As you start putting the 7 secrets to work for you,

you`ll notice the effects are geometric.

Each technique will be multiply the effectiveness of the

others.

Once you`ve started using all seven you`ll be amazed at

how powerful your mind can be.

No realistic goal will be beyond your grasp.

So what are the 7 Secrets Of High Performance Thinkers?

Secret Number 1 Relaxation

High Performance Thinkers have learned to use the power

of Relaxation.

They know that stress impairs their ability to perform

and that it`s better to take a break when they are

feeling fatigued or frustrated.

If you`d like to perform at your optimum levels,

schedule daily periods of relaxation exercises.

You can meditate or listen to soothing music or tapes.

If you`re always at the computer like I am, you can take

a short jog, or do some exercise.

In essence you should do the opposite of what your daily

tasks are.

If you?re a laborer you would relax by finding something

that stimulates your mind.

If your daily routine involves a lot of thinking or

sitting at a desk, break up your day with some physical

exercise.

Once you`ve learned to harness the power of relaxation,

you`ll find reaching your goal so much easier.

Make relaxation a part of your daily routine.

Secret Number 2 Visualization

Any task we attempt is easier if we are relaxed,

especially mental conditioning.

Visualization is a powerful tool when combined with

relaxation.

Many individuals say they are unable to visualize or

create pictures in their minds.

That`s not really true.

They visualize, but because they haven`t practiced

controlling their mental pictures, they see what they

want to avoid rather than what they want to accomplish.

Your mind absorbs what you input and that`s why so many

of your fears come true.

You can either control your mental pictures or they

will control you.

You will be drawn to any picture you hold long enough

in your minds eye.

If you want to become prosperous and successful, you

must take control of the movies you play in your mind.

The first step is to make visualizing your more

successful, prosperous self a daily habit.

When you first begin to practice seeing yourself in a

new light, your rational mind will rebel and the doubts

will creep in.

You`ll only be able to hold your mental pictures for

short periods of time.

As your practice continues you will be able to hold

the pictures for longer periods of time and you`ll be

able to view them in greater detail.

If you`re wondering if it`s worth the effort, I`d like

to give you an example of how powerful visualization is.

When Ali was preparing for his fight against Foreman,

the "experts" gave him little chance of winning.

Foreman was younger, bigger, stronger and hit like a

mule.

So what did Ali do?

He went to his training camp and avoided reading all

negative stories about his impending defeat.

He not only began physically training for the fight, he

began mentally rehearsing his reactions to being hit by

Foreman.

Ali knew that there was a possibility of being knocked

unconscious during the fight, but how would he handle

it?

He began mentally training his body to wrap his arms

around Foreman and clinch as soon as he felt himself

begin to lose consciousness.

The night of the fight his mental training paid off.

In Ali`s own words he admitted there were times in that

fight when he was literally out on his feet.

The only thing that saved him from defeat was his

visualization exercises.

Each time he was hit hard enough to be knocked

unconscious, his body took over and held onto Foreman

long enough for Ali to regain his senses.

That night history was made, through the power of

Visualization.

Are you ready to make history?

Secret Number 3 Self Talk

So far we`ve discussed relaxation and visualization.

Now we`re going to talk about autosuggestion

(Self talk).

Autosuggestion is the simplest of the 7 secrets.

It`s also my favorite.

It`s simply talking to yourself. You pick a habit or

quality you wish to acquire and repeat it to yourself

over and over.

It`s my favorite technique, because it literally changed

my life.

Don`t shrug it off.

It may appear simple, but it`s oh so powerful.

I was in my late 40`s, my business had gone bust and my

health was shot.

I saw no way out.

I just knew the odds were against my ever getting out

of the situation I found myself in.

Broke, the clock ticking and unable to work.

Well as the song says, if you ain`t got nothin, you

ain`t got nothin to lose.

Since I had nothing to lose, I started using a

utosuggestion.

I admit it. I talked to myself.

Luckily I was alone when I did it, or I`m sure they`d

have thrown the old net over me.

I wasn`t even sure it would work, but I did it anyway.

It was nothing fancy, just two sentences I repeated,

day in and day out.

The first sentence was, "I am a lot more creative than

I ever imagined."

The second was, "I have an unlimited number of creative

ideas in my subconscious."

So what happened?

At 50 years old I`ve been given a second chance.

I`ve gone from throwing in the towel and preparing to

lead what Walden called a life of quiet desperation, to

making my living as a writer.

I can work from anywhere.

I make money doing something I love.

If autosuggestion isn`t powerful, I don`t know what is.

It`s changed my life.

Secret Number 4 Goal Setting

Goal setting is actually an extension of our survival

mechanism.

All living things have survival mechanism. From the tree,

whose leaves turn toward the sky before a rain to the

birds who, fly to warmer climates during the winter.

But as men and women we have an advantage. Plants,

animals and insects have no control over the direction

their lives take.

It`s preset for the survival of their species. We on

the other hand have the ability to take part in the

shaping of our destinies. We can choose our path.

Our ability to think of the future and set goals gives

us the ability to be the captains of our fates and the

shapers of our destiny. Sadly most of us tend to shrug

off the power of setting goals and our lives end up

being tossed to and fro like a ship in a storm.

Our high powered minds are programmed to help us

achieve success, but we give it no direction. We ride

around with this high performance engine between our

ears, and never take off the emergency brake.

If you truly want to become a high performance thinker,

you should set goals that get you excited. Your goals

should be big enough to motivate you, while still being

believable.

Don`t mistake daydreams for goals.

Don`t mistake what will make others happy, for a goal

that will get you excited.

It has to be your goal.

Start setting believable, achievable goals. Set a time

limit on accomplishing your goals and set higher goals

each time an old goal has been achieved.

Set up a reward system for achieving your goals on time.

Make reaching your goals a game, a treasure hunt.

If you`ve got time to root for your favorite sports team,

you have time to start rooting for you.

Setting and achieving your goals is the real Super Bowl.

Make yourself the MVP of your life.

Secret Number 5 Whole Brain Thinking

The fifth secret of high performance thinking is learning

to think with both sides of your brain. High performance

thinkers are whole-brained thinkers.

Most of us have one side of our brains dominant. If the

left side is dominant we tend to be more logical. If our

right side is more dominant we tend to be more Intuitive.

A prime example would be what we label as women`s intuition.

For some reason we find it more acceptable for women to use

their intuition and we expect men to be more analytical.

The true high performance thinkers are as comfortable

setting down detailed plans for accomplishing their goals

as they are at thinking outside the box and coming up

with a new way of seeing and doing things.

The true skill is to be able to use either side at will.

It`s sad to see how many writers, artists and inventors

have historically ended up broke, when all they would have

needed was to use a little more of their left brain logic.

At the other end of the spectrum, you can find many

businesses going under because they fall behind their

competitors who are willing to use their right brain

skills and intuit coming change.

To operate at maximum efficiency, you must learn to be

a balanced thinker.

You not only need to know how to use both sides of your

brain, you must know when to use your rational analytical

skills and when to be more intuitive.

You should develop your reasoning and research skills,

while allowing enough flexibility to follow your hunches.

If you study many of our top executives you`d find they

have two major traits in common.

1. They are goal setters. (left brain)

2. They credit much of their success to following their

hunches. (right brain)

Bottom line.

They are whole brain thinkers.

Your brain is a marvelous creation. Don`t waste either

half.

Use it all.

Become a whole brain thinker and you`ll be ahead of your

competition.

Secret Number 6 Humor and Pleasure

The Taoist`s have a saying, "The Journey is the reward."

High performance thinkers exemplify that remark.

They pick their profession, not because of the money they

expect to make, but because of the joy it brings them.

In the words of J. Paul Getty, they`ve learned to thrive

on the pressure.

They don`t see what they do as do or die.

They`ve learned to laugh at themselves and try not to

take things too seriously.

What others may consider a problem, they consider a

challenge.

Their sense of humor and ability to enjoy their work

increases as their abilities increase.

Many times they spend long hours on a task not because

they feel a need to work hard, but because they have so

much fun at what they do.

When we find joy in doing what we love, time flies by

in the blink of an eye.

If you`re ready to be a high performance thinker, learn

to laugh more.

Find work that gives you joy.

Stop looking at the task at hand as a struggle. View it

as a magnificent game.

To the high performance thinker, there is no line between

work and play. His work is his passion.

In the sports world it`s called being in the zone. High

performance thinkers perform in the same manner.

* They are acting in the moment.

* They have no doubts.

* Time almost stands still.

* They are focused to the point that outside influences

are literally blocked out.

Stop trying so hard and start enjoying the process.

Secret Number 7 The Subconscious Mind

The first six secrets were the blocks building up to the

real secret behind high performance thinking.

High performance thinkers recognize the awesome power of

their subconscious mind.

* Relaxation

* Visualization

* Autosuggestion

* Goal Setting

* Whole-Brained Thinking

* Humor

All of the above are designed to help you unleash the

awesome power of your subconscious mind.

The subconscious has been called the sleeping giant.

It`s like a big bear hibernating during the winter.

It`s waiting for you to wake it so it can do its work.

All systems of mental conditioning from Silva Mind

Control and NLP to the mystical traditions such as Yoga

and the Martial Arts are designed to take us beyond our

cultural conditioning.

They are all designed to help us realize that there is

more to high performance thinking than our logical

analytical thinking.

Hunches, intuition etc. are the results of our subconscious

working behind the scenes.

In the words of Maxwell Maltz, "Within you right now is

the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This

power becomes available to you just as you can change your

beliefs."

That power to make your dreams come true is your

subconscious mind.

Maybe it`s time you woke the sleeping giant and put it to

work for you.

Wishing You Success,

John Colanzi

Copyright (c) 2003 John Colanzi.
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Making The Grade Is Easier Than You Think - By Laura Silva Quesada

We learn all the time, and it is probably most consuming during the student years when tests are inevitable and grades are the results of what you learned.

In addition, what you learn can greatly impact your relationships, education career and income. Putting some planned and conscious effort to improving your study skills and learning ability will give you ongoing rewards for the rest of your life the first being good grades.

The following are some recommendations for learning, improving your memory and making better grades:

*Be rested and alert. Many teenagers stay awake till the wee hours of the morning watching television, chatting on their computer or talking on the phone and parents are not always able to prevent that from happening. Students in College along with their newfound freedom, away from home and managing their own time, often go days with little sleep. Today, students have very busy schedules with school activities, sports and extra curricular activities that the only time left for studying is late at night or they end up cramming for tests and finals at the last minute.

Lack of sleep is detrimental to learning and interferes with concentration and memory. It also weakens the immune system, can lead to higher occurrences of health problems and cause accidents. If sleeplessness is a problem, then learn to take 10 to 15 minute power naps or meditations in order to energize yourself and keep you going for another hour or two. Take frequent breaks while studying to accommodate your power naps and meditations. Use your meditation time to program yourself to have better concentration and recall abilities. Overcoming sleeplessness will help you focus better and learn more effectively.

*Stay on top of the game and do not lag behind on your reading and assignments. If necessary, force yourself to be punctual with doing your studies and assignments. Whenever you feel like slacking off, make yourself go through a mental "future-pace" in order to experience the consequences of not keeping up with reading assignments or turning your work in on time. Future Pacing is the process of mentally rehearsing yourself through some future situation in order to observe possible consequences or help ensure that a new desired behavior will occur naturally and automatically.

To "future pace" a scenario of not doing your assignments on time, simply close your eyes and imagine yourself going through time and as you do, notice how difficult you have made your life just for not doing your assignments on time. Notice how your test scores are poor when they could have just as easily been very good. Notice how you feel a sense of personal failure by not having done your assignments promptly. Recognize how it could have been so different and better had you done your assignments and how it was all your doing since you are in control of all of your outcomes good and bad.

You can also do a "future pace" to experience the benefits gained by doing your work on time. Imagine yourself doing your assignments, studying and achieving good test scores. Allow yourself to experience the wonderful feeling of achievement. Make sure you lock in to the wonderful feeling of achievement by stepping into the image of the "accomplished you" fully and completely and then open your book and study.

"Future pacing" is a good technique that can help motivate you to keep up with your assignments and make studying less burdensome.

*Discover whether you are a visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner. Knowing how you best process information is extremely helpful for learning and can easily cut learning time considerably. To find this out, get a piece of paper and across the top of the page write Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic. Under each category write as many adjectives as you can think of that pertain to that category. The longest list will give you an idea of your preferred learning and processing mode.

Visual - A visual person would benefit by underlining, highlighting, using colored markers, making colorful mind maps, drawing pictures, symbols or graphs. If you are visual, then get into the habit of engaging your visual mode for learning by using imagery as you study. Make mental pictures of what you are studying whenever possible and project them onto an imaginary Mental Movie Screen. Make your mental pictures colorful, humorous, exaggerated and full of action. This will make stronger impressions of the information by involving more brain cells, making the information easier to recall. During your tests, look at your Mental Movie Screen and recall the mental pictures, graphs or drawings, doing this will help lead you to the necessary information. If all fails, then imagine your professor on your Mental Movie Screen and ask your professor for the answer. In most tests, it is best to write something for an answer than nothing at all. Get into the habit of using your Mental Movie Screen to impress any visual information you need to remember.

Auditory ? If you are auditory, then learn to engage your auditory mode for learning by attending all your lectures, discussing what you learned, including any visuals used, with others during study sessions. You can also record your lessons and listen to them during your meditations. Get into the practice of explaining what you have learned to an imaginary audience of children out loud. This will allow you to hear the information and evaluate you understanding of it. Don`t get caught up in the listening and remind yourself to take notes. During your test, read the test question, listen to your inner voice giving you the answer and write the answers down. You can also talk quietly to yourself to solicit the answer. If all else fails, ask your professor for the answer and hear him give you the answer, then write it down.

Kinesthetic ? If you are kinesthetic, then engage your senses and be as hands on as you can. Incorporate your kinesthetic mode of learning by imagining how something feels, being in the experience whenever possible, using your imaginary sense of touch, engaging the emotions and/or by doing some kind of rhythmic action as you learn such as pacing or tapping your fingers lightly. Explain what you have learned to an imaginary audience as if you were actually there in front of the audience doing the presentation.

The best results are achieved when you learn to engage all three learning modes.

*Be organized when you study and create an effective system for studying.

First - Before you begin studying, take a few moments to close your eyes and take a deep breath. After exhaling, identify, categorize or sort the information you are going to study. Title the material and name the author if necessary. This will help you create a mental file, prepare you for the information, make stronger impressions of the information and track it down easier when you need to recall it. By consciously identifying, categorizing or sorting your information you are organizing and adding meaning to the material before learning it instead of just cramming it in semi-unconsciously. Doing this will help you be more focused, learn the material better and recall it easier. Then open your eyes and begin to study.

Having high recall ability is vital for achieving high scores in tests. Studying is similar to typing information into a computer and saving it. Once the information is part of the computer`s memory it is always there. Such is the case with studying information. Once you have impressed the information into your brain`s memory it is always there. The problem with retrieving information from your computer or brain lies in how and where it was saved. If you cannot remember the name of the document and where the document was saved, then finding the document will be difficult and time consuming. Likewise, if you cannot retrieve the information learned from your own memory because it was not filed away properly or impressed strongly, then recalling the information will be difficult.

Identifying, categorizing or sorting information will help file learned information effectively for easier retrieval.

Second - As you study, train yourself to section your material in big chunks first. Do an overview of the material or chapter in order to create a sort of outline or mental map of the material. Use headings as guidelines; write them down on a sheet of paper and then flesh out each heading with what you learned in your own words. Then write in the specific details such as dates, locations and names. On the side of each segment and/or category write the main idea. At the end of your notes write your own summary of the lesson and review your summary frequently.

Third - Write a question(s) pertaining to the subject matter on a separate sheet of paper so as to formulate your quiz. Make a list of questions as you study and give yourself short quizzes. Form effective study groups and use your quizzes in your study groups. Ask to be quizzed, quiz others in your group and/or quiz yourself frequently when alone. Encourage those in your study group to create their own quizzes and bring them to the study sessions. This will help you learn from a different perspective, merge the quizzes to create a more thorough quiz and have a deeper understanding of the material. As you study, go back to previous topics and quiz yourself.

Fourth - Remember to use colorful mind maps of the information learned, and review your notes after class. Review those topics that seem most confusing. Confusing topics often become clearer shortly after class. This helps make stronger impressions of the information. Funny drawings or doodles also help reinforce information since they engage the emotions.

Fifth ? Also, imagine yourself explaining what you learned to a young child. This will help simplify the concepts in your own mind.

Go over the information, your notes and key points daily and frequently and get the reading done. There is no skipping the reading.

Other Helpful Tips:

*Continue with the same study schedule you have in junior high, and high school in college as well. Although it may seem like a drag, the 7am to 4pm study schedule is probably the most effective, and one you are already used to.

*Sit in front of the classroom. This will not only help keep you awake, it will also help to engage you in the learning process.

*Remember your Goal Setting Strategy. Write down your goals and manifest them. Be congruent with how you think, believe and behave in relation to making good grades, meaning, do what it takes to pass, STUDY.

It doesn`t take a rocket scientist to know what it takes to make a passing grade or better. The choices are yours and the outcome you end up with is your creation. You are totally responsible in this venture. Get help whenever you need help and don`t be afraid to ask a lot of questions. Good luck. You are going to do just fine.

(Parts of this article are taken from Alpha Anchor For Learning. Now available in Audio CD format for just $12.00)

Laura Silva Quesada is the daughter of Jose Silva, founder of the original Silva Mind Control. She has authored the book For Parents Only and guides people through the mental exercises in the tape series on the Silva Method. She also is the star of The Silva Method in Action video and more recently one of the authors of the Universal Mind Power audio tape program. Today, Laura is responsible for the MindBiz, LLC Product Development and Communications. She is involved in continuing research that unites the best and most useful of the concepts behind our original Mind Development programs with the latest findings from studies on the Human Mind, Intuition, Alternative Health Care, NLP, and Spirituality. She acts as the communications point for our Client and Affiliate network and is aggressively developing new and exciting programs for our Internet site and Product Store.

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