23rd November 2009
Suffering from information overload? Information management is increasingly becoming an essential skill for students and for people in the workforce. Many people, perhaps most people, feel that they have too much to read and too many facts to keep track...
15th October 2009
Imagine if you will, we are all robots designed for a specific task, and we are all controlled by a computer in our head. When we need to do more tasks, our owners could simply install a motherboard, chip or hard-disk to upgrade our memory and learning c...
13th October 2009
What is human memory?
Simply stated, memory is the mental processes that are used to acquire, store, retain and later retrieve information. The information can be obtained from our 5 senses before they are processed by the brain. There are three maj...
09th October 2009
Many people have a common misconception of hypnosis or the notion of being hypnotized. We often picture a stage performer waving his hand in front of a volunteer and making him or her go into a deep trance or sleep. Thereafter, with the mention of an a...
07th September 2009
Acquiring information by relating the information to your personal experience, requires more activity than just committing it to memory. Nevertheless, the activity is so much more pleasant and you remember better! You will probably not experience it as...
26th August 2009
Now, more than ever, people are finding it more difficult to get their mind concentrated on the task at hand. This is because of the fast paced world we live in. We are often called to multi-task, or, to do a few tasks at the same time. For example, a...
19th August 2009
Why do so many people suffer from information overload and so few people achieve information mastery? If you are interested to improve your mind, improve your memory, improve concentration and to remember tons of information, there are memory training m...
10th August 2009
If you think that you can get smarter if you use your brains more often, you are partially correct. While exercising your memory or “using your brain” more often does not boost your IQ, it can help improve your memory. And a good solid memory is the...
16th July 2009
If you need to recall something that you learnt just a few seconds ago, to maybe 2 minutes ago, you are using your short term memory. Many factors affect your short term memory, also known as working memory. Understanding, or being aware of these factor...
02nd July 2009
What makes a successful speaker or a seminar leader? What makes some people so engaging when they speak on the podium on a subject? The secret of successful speakers and seminar leaders is that they “own” the information they present instead of just...
15th May 2009
During the 1930s and early ‘40s, a whole generation in succession experienced the stress of the Great Depression and then World War II. You may have parents, grandparents, or perhaps great – grandparents who have personal recollections of that diffi...
12th May 2009
Whether you lose your job, or a relationship breaks up or someone close falls ill, major crises are a fact of life. They happen to all of us. Learning to cope and move on entails the period of time for expansion and self-expression as well as the period...
28th April 2009
The human consciousness is the awareness of oneself as a being that thinks and learns. Consider the difference between your consciousness and its closest relation, emotional awareness. Since the time of Freud (who lived from 1856 to 1939), we as a soci...
07th April 2009
The last several years have witnessed a growing dissatisfaction, among both professional psychologists and the general public, with the traditional conceptions of intelligence. Two central notions defined the old view of the mind. The first was the imag...
28th March 2009
Are you feeling the stress in a world that continually changes? With the world around us in a constant state of change, how do you cope? Many routes are open to you, from buying a more powerful computer to studying economics. For most people, one place...
