Physically Improving The Brain

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Did you know that physically improving the brain is possible? Yes, you can actually change the structure of your brain. That's the topic of this week's lead article.

Many of the techniques used to increase brainpower are temporary. These include problem solving methods, exercises in imagination, and stimulants like caffeine or deep breathing. Some people argue that because these only temporarily improve performance, they don't actually increase IQ. You can choose to use them all the time, including during IQ tests, so the improvement can be theoretically permanent.

Of course, to use any technique continually is a difficult goal. Maybe you want to make more permanent improvements? But can you increase brainpower permanently, or at least as permanently as things can be for mortals?

Recent research answers this clearly. Yes, you can actually change the physical structure of your brain, and so improve its function. There are two basic ways you can do this. The first way is to build and strengthen your brain with mental exercises. The second is to...

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- A piece of a neutron star the size of a pinhead would weigh over 1 million tons.

- Some species of bamboo grow up to 3 feet per day, making them the fastest growing plants on earth.

- The world's largest religious temple is Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It covers over 400 acres.

There's actually a method to optimize your body's inner sleep system to sleep less, and have more energy in your life than when you slept LONGER. Sleep expert Kacper Postawski shows you how in his fascinating new ebook "Powerful Sleep." Most people think sleep is just "sleep," but it is actually a complex and fascinating system you can OPTIMIZE in order to sleep less, and create an abundance of energy in your life.

If measured from the center of the Earth, which mountain is the highest?

(The answer is at the bottom of the newsletter)

Act as if you are more intelligent. Acting more intelligent sets up an expectation in your mind that your unconscious mind tries to meet. Studies in which subjects pretend to be either a failing student or a university professor, show that those who do the latter before taking a test score higher.

West Virginia University researcher Kimberly A. Williams, Ph.D., and her colleagues recently studied the effect of mindfulness training on stress. 62 stressed out volunteers from the community took part in the study. The 35 participants who received the training (the others made up the control group) had an average of a 54% reduction in stress after three months in the program. The control subjects had no measurable decrease.

If you could learn fast and effectively, you might become the person with something interesting to say on any topic. It also can help you in your career or business. You can learn more efficiently. Just use a few of the following techniques, and use them until they become habit.

First, when you want to learn new material, expose your mind to it as soon as possible, even before you feel "ready," or have time to study. This first stage of learning is the confusing part where you look at new ideas and say, "huh?" If you do this quickly, however, reviewing everything for a few minutes, your unconscious mind will start "incubating" the new concepts, and finding some way to organize them.

The next time you sit down with the new material, begin to relate it to what you already know. Compare and contrast things. Say to yourself...

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Until next time,

Riddle Answer: Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. Everest is the highest above sea level, but because of the way the Earth bulges at the center, Chimborazo (6010 meters, or 20,600 feet above sea level) is the highest when measured from the center of the planet. It is the furthest out into space to put it another way (which was one of the reasons I climbed it).

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