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Do you have trouble remembering telephone numbers, birthdays and anniversaries? Do you struggle to remember a sequence of more than 7 digits? Most [...]

For those of us who are blessed with the gift of sight, it is easy to understand how critical and important it is to our daily life, decisions and actions. Our visual organs bring forth into our conscious mind a world of color, intrigue, movement and depth. We perceive our reality to be real and true based on our personal [...]

Ever since the creation of the printing press, it’s hard to argue with the fact, that most of the information we are exposed to on a daily basis is presented to us in the “written word”. With the ever increasing influence and expansion of web multimedia services, the “written word” is somewhat losing a little ground, however it is still [...]

Procrastination is something that many of us struggle with every single day. We simply fail to find the motivation to undertake a specific type of task or activity because of a myriad of excuses, habits, thoughts and fears that absorb our daily ritualistic behavior. Yet, procrastination can easily be overcome if we simply take time to understand the [...]

Most of us go through our academic years without fully utilizing our potential as intelligent and creative human beings. We are all gifted with the ability to learn and absorb new pieces of information in so many surprising and profound ways. However, most of us never fully realize this, and therefore struggle with ineffective means and methods of learning [...]

For hundreds of years, the typical western world’s “school culture”, has always encouraged and measured the effectiveness and efficiency of our intelligence through a Logical and Linguistic means. These two types of intelligences are highly respected and admired within the academic realm. Those lucky enough to have grown up within an environment that [...]

Whether we are learning at school or on the job, one thing is very clear; we need more than just effective study skills to keep us ahead of the pack and on top of the material we are required to learn and master. Don’t get me wrong, learning effective study skills is a very important component, however, study skills alone won’t make you a great learner [...]

Whether we like it or not, goal setting is an integral and important aspect of all our lives. For some of us, this is a conscious process, however for many others it is an unconscious act that has very little direction or purpose. Some people may even be surprised to learn that they are actually setting goals on a daily basis. If you reflect back on your [...]

In today’s day and age we can easily become overwhelmed with information, people and tasks that sometimes tend to get the best of us. Without effective knowledge, strategies and tools, it is easy to see how too many small things can lead to so much stress and discomfort for people. It is this feeling of overwhelm – of not feeling capable of being [...]

When we were kids, remembering things seemed so easy and effortless. We could remember and recall facts, numbers, names, learn new languages almost over night, and it all just seemed so effortless and simple that we didn’t even think twice about the process of remembering or learning. However, as we’ve grown older – and hopefully wiser – our [...]