... our body and our mind. The nature of the body is form and substance. The nature of themind is consciousness. Because the body and mind are different by nature, what benefi ts them is different ... abilities that the mind naturally has, focusing on them in a methodical way, and thus building your base. The bones and tendons of themind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is themind s ... our well- being. Because themind and the body are intimately con-nected, relieving the stress of the body through exercise has an immediate effect on the mind: themind is no longer dealing...
... Marya, the second the Princess Olga, the third the Princess Anna. When their father and mother lay at the point of death, they had thus enjoined their son: ‘Give your sisters in marriage to the ... what they had come for, to take her out of the tower and bring her to their beautiful castle, and the Prince The Red Fairy Book 31 Nevertheless, the nearer he came to the castle the more ... either bythe wine or the compliments. The Red Fairy Book 76 In the morning when the Governor came to look after his stable boys they were just beginning to come to again. They...
... special features:■ Mind Maps“. Mind Maps“ are amazing thinking tools designedto help you see, outside your head, the ‘maps of thought’ thatare inside your head! Mind Maps“ use all the ‘equipment’ ... range widely, depending on the particular structure of the family and the interpersonal relationships.Rather depressingly, the ratings which people thought their spouse or the art of listening 33 ... them individual ratings or a groupaverage)32 the power of social intelligence I I IAB CHowever, there was a mischievous twist to the plot! Unknown to the observer sitting on the right, the...
... anyone else in the room is there. The Time HookOur culture and values are shaped by history — not the dry history of textbooks, but the living history of the people in our lives. It’s ... who attended the session with you, with the caveat that the honesty of their opinions (and the useful-ness of those opinions) will depend on the relationshipyou have with them and the power differential ... evidence of how wellyou did bythe nature of their questions and comments.You might also have the opportunity for formal audienceevaluations. Often, these are put together bythe eventorganizers...
... words.Correct The fi rst playoff game was exciting; the second, dull.In the above sentence, the comma takes the place of the “playoff game was.” The sentence effectively reads: The fi rst playoff ... would still make sense.Correct They woke up at 6 a.m., when they heard the rooster crowing.Correct They woke up when they heard the rooster crowing. The fi rst of the above two sentences contains ... bracketed. The fact that “they woke up at 6 a.m.” is the critical information. The reason for their waking up is auxiliary information. However, in the second sentence, “when they heard the rooster...
... note the other life forms around you.Breathe slowly and think of the ant and the blade of grass and the blue jay and what these lifeforms can do that you can't.Think of the pebble and the ... put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake, and once the apprentice swirled his handful of saltin the water, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”As the water dripped ... that, though they had the entire tub to swim in, they were huddled in asmall area the size of their tank. There was nothing containing them, nothing holding them back. Whywouldn't they dart...
... each of the elements thatadd up to the whole, and integrate them in a unified way. Mind maps - uses The nature of mind maps is intimately connected with the func-tion of the mind, and they can ... structure. On a board at the front of the room the central theme of the discussion, togetherwith a couple of the sub themes, should be presented in basic map form. The members of the meeting will have ... eliminated - all the gather-ing and organising will have been completed at themap stage.112 NOTINGThese problems can be eliminated if the person who orga-nises the meeting uses a mindmap structure....
... class="bi x7 y31 w5 h9" alt="" Themind maps on pages 97-100 represent a new method fornoting.There are four of them, and they summarise the first four chapters of the book. A fifth page has been ... for you to create a mindmap ofChapter 5 for yourself.In these mind maps key words and images are linked to each otheraround a main centre (in these cases, the overall theme of a chapter),and ... what youhave read. Fig36 The 'best notes' in linear writing of a 14 year-old boy, and his mind map notes on English. See text page 95.102 Fig 37 Mindmapby a boy who twice failed...
... another they necessarily do so in a line, butthis is not really the point. More to the point is, the question:'How does the brain which is speaking, and the brain which isreceiving the ... ideasmental blockingThese problems arise because people are attempting to select the main headings and ideas one after the other, and areattempting to put them into order as they go - they are trying ... nearer the centre and lessimportant ideas will be near the edge.3 The links between the key concepts will be immediatelyrecognisable because of their proximity and connection.4 As a result of the...
... to the next. The longer the time betweenconnections, the less chance there will be of proper connec-tion being made.6 The key words are separated in space by their distance fromeach other ... space by their distance fromeach other on the page. As with the point made about time, the greater the distance between the words, the less chance ofthere being a proper connection.You are advised ... understanding the difference between creative andrecall words, it is also necessary to understand the nature ofwords themselves as well as the nature of the brain which usesthem.79informationfunnelled...
... 109 is a MindMap summarising a three-day BrainTraining and Mind Mapping Course. TheMindMap wasmade by a father who was also a company director. He used the same MindMap to summarise the course ... Reading cycle.As an interesting exercise in the power of theMind Map technique, try 'reading' in detail theMindMap on the BrainTraining and Mind Mapping Course, to see how comprehen-sive ... used as the notes for the speechitself.In this situation theMindMap becomes the 'note from yourown brain' which then allows you to communicate to others,thus completing the Speed...
... because they failed to recognize that the so-called debt ratios they used to measure the creditworthiness of the borrowing countries were reflexive in the sense that they were affected by their ... saved bythe inter- \ 2 Foreword I and forecast the dynamic interplay between the participants in the process. That is the brilliance of this book. It describes the dy- namics of the path ... lation, yet speculators follow the correct strategy by following the trend. Judging bythe public reaction-which consists mainly of com- ments by journalists who read thebook superficially or not...
... losses in the collapse of the conglomerates. Since they were entitled to share in the profits but did not have to share in the losses of the funds they managed, Reflexivity in the Stock ... succeeded bythe same set every time: the sequence of events is influenced bythe participants' thinking, yet there is a lack of correspondence between the participants' thinking and the ... affect the fortunes of the companies is left out of account. There is a clear parallel with the theory of price where the indifference curve determines the relative amounts consumed, and the...
... linked the strength of the dollar to the strength of the econ- omy and to the interest rate differential. When the dollar refused to weaken, the last of the trend fighters gave up and the exchange ... to worry about the soundness of the system. Their excuse is valid in the sense that, as long as there is no fraud involved, the authorities will, in fact, bail them out if they get into difficulties. ... assets and they may also be able to recapture some of the reserves they have been obliged to set up. The danger is that the liquidation of bad loans uncovers other bad loans. For instance, there...