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ZOX Wisdom Chapter 1 – Mental Photography Photographic Memory Enhancement

4 Methods for Better Memory & Learning

ZOX Pro Method is Over 10 Times More Effective than Others

Forgetting an anniversary can be fatal. Secret natural photographic memory method Mental Photography grows memory via neuroplasticity over memory techniques, including Mnemonics, due to a new approach for memory growth and restoration, reveals ZOX Pro is over 10 times more effective than other memory trainings and memorization methods. Comparison of Mental Photography with other top memory training techniques included below.

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Top 10 Problems for Most People includes Memory 

“Anniversary Oversight” can Kill a Relationship

Forgotten  something that was important to someone else? Actually, it happens all the time. In this fast paced world sometimes it is difficult for people to find the time to remember important things. What may be important for one person, may not be priority for the other person. Take names for instance. Most people forget the names of important people around them. It could be at their job, or in their professional environment. It could even be family members. Just think how many sit-com episodes have been created on the man forgetting his Anniversary or the wife’s Birthday.

So remembering things seems to be something a person should take extra care to do. Keep in mind. All those nice little digital devices are fallible. They are programmed to provide a response. That is, unless they were programmed by the person that ‘forgot’ the instructions. So, if the instructions are missing and cannot be found on line, the relationship may be in grave danger of “Anniversary Oversight”; a sure deal breaker.

Stress is a Name Killer

Whether the board meeting or the company picnic, people take the opportunity to impress others. However, it does not impress people when their name is forgotten during an introduction. Even though these meetings can provide opportunity, they can lure disaster into the recipe. People in this environment are under stress to perform. If they don’t perform well, stress levels go up and the disaster is more likely.

Memory Strategy – Plan Ahead

What does better Memory mean?

Often we will see demonstrators that make a living from grand-standing for a memory course. They will enchant us with how “they” can memorize names and occupations of 100 people in a couple of minutes, using a particular technique.  “Wow!” screams the audience, ” that is we want! …no more embarrassment!”

Memory Trainings

There are relatively 4 different types of memory training. They are listed here in order to the frequency how often they are taught to the public:

Rote Memory – This is the method taught in school.  Repetition –  simply keep going over the same information time and again until it is memorised. Consumes the most amount of time and effort. Efficient only for the specific information dealt with in this matter. Once this type of information is forced over into the long term memory, the person feels like he learned it.

As this is you first real exposure to a taught technique, it has low efficiency, but due to repetition, it tends to have lasting long term memory.

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Cup & Hook (associative) Method – This is the method usually seen in action when a memory course demonstrator is going around the room learning names. The basic premise is similar for this style – the person will assign something that symbolises or represents certain characteristics around the specific thing he wants to remember.  This is a good method and it is effective in most circumstances. It gives a structure to follow. If the person stops using it for a period of time, he must go back to the beginning and start building all over again. It does not permanently build structure in the brain, at least not in the short term. Maybe those areas would improve over a great amount of time and continual practice.

Usually touted as a memory trick, it is generally the second style learned. It can give a quick fix, but is not lasting. so is not very effective. The efficiency varies with the amount of ongoing practice, and does not support lasting long term memory.

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Mnemonics – This is a series of 9 different types of memory strategies. Once a person learns all of them and how to properly use them, then they can be applied in many ways: Music or lyrics, names (ROY G. BIV = Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet), words or expressions, models and diagrams, rhymes, notes or note cards, outlines, images, connections and spelling are the different types.

Each type is different and can be applied differently.  To become good at all of them would be a considerable undertaking.  If a person is willing to put in the time to understanding and using them, it is quite a formidable package. To have a good understanding in all of them should come with a medal; for sheer determination.

Typically this is the third style taught, as it is meant for serious memorizing. The efficiency is high, but comes at a price.  Best used for passing detailed testing, and remembering specific details. It does have lasting long term memory, but is similar to previous styles due to cross-exposure of information, memories are likely to last longer in this format, as they often have a connecting structure built around the concept or word, and building links to other associative memories.

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Mental Photography

Mental Photography works in a very different way. The method places gaining Memory second behind gaining access to the Photographic Memory.

Even though being very effective for memory building, Mental Photography uses and exercises another natural brain function first – the Photographic Memory. By stimulating the photographic memory (eidetic memory) and delivering information at high rates of speed that pushes the serviceability of the brain. Through neuroplasticity, the brain triggers production of more neurons, synapses, and dendrites. All of this action in the brain essentially adds or grows more memory. Once more memory and connections are available, then accessing memory for any purposes is much easier.

This building process does not happen overnight. There are billions of neurons and trillions of connections within the structure of the brain. This dynamic action creates more neurons that will be connected into the rest of the system to increase memory.

Since Mental Photography is usually used foremost for large volume information retention, it is a wonderful benefit to actually grow more usable memory as by-product  of exercising the brain in this way.

This method is exclusive, and is the forth method discussed here, but it is also the most powerful of any memory technique. It approaches memory differently, using the completely natural functions of the brain

The efficiency rating of Mental Photography is excellent:.

Information Retention >50,000 wpm or more

Memory gain – High to infinity.

More use  will stimulate further growth. No limitation known. Time spent creates results in many areas using 1 basic set of exercises. Daily use gives better and ongoing results.

The lasting long term memory is excellent, with approximately 100% for life.

Mental Photography was invented in 1975 by Richard Welch, PhD,” the Father of Mental Photography”. Mental Photography is at the core of the teachings of Brain Management and ZOX Pro Training. These trainings also have many more benefits not mentioned here.

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Memory is important. Consider the options. These methods range from short term fixes to life-long gain. Make this year the “Year to Remember”,

Don’t Forget…

Shannon Panzo, PhD

Attention… Business Owners and Managers

Our organization is considering business opportunities for those professionals that see the Mental Photography as a good objective for their clients and businesses. Please connect with us by email with expressions of interest.

 

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REMEMBER

 

Embarrassing…  isn’t it?

Picture yourself in the company of many respected people in your line of work or profession. It can be a highly charged situation, with jousting and sabre-rattling. You must be at your best. You bump into someone important or want to introduce someone, just to find you have forgotten their name.

This is the typical stressful situation you are most likely to forget – when it is most important. When you know your memory is not as sharp as what it should be it raises the stress level. Your confidence plays a big part in allowing memories to traverse the canyon into the now. Likewise, if you are not confident, even the correct memory can fall into the abyss. Opportunity missed.

If you are not affected by this, then you probably know someone that is; a friend or family member, a colleague or co-worker, or perhaps a manager. Of course business managers are supposed to know all the people they come in contact with right? Only in a dream for most.

 

What does Your Memory mean to You?

Your memory and the ability to use it is a precious asset. Your memory contains the sum of all of the experiences you have had throughout life. If there is any one thing in life that defines a person, it is their memory. It has made them what they are, it shapes the way they react to events, and often shows the experience level a person achieves in life. Take every step possible to keep it functioning well. Without memories, a person becomes empty and separated, with feelings of loneliness and uselessness.

If you find you have difficulty remembering your children’s names, then you better take a firm grip on your reality and get some help fast. If it is nothing, then you have not lost anything in having it checked.

 

Memory Misplacement

This has become  such an issue for people, there are tons of memory courses on the market, that are positioned to salvage your dignity along with your memory. Many of these follow the “Peter Principle“, and will only take you to the highest level of incompetency.  It is likely that you would rather stay in a system that is unwieldy and difficult for you, than to find a different system that works for you. (The same thing happens when people are ‘readers’.)

Often we see demonstrators that make a living from grandstanding to promote a memory course. They will enchant us with how “they” can memorize names and occupations of 100 people in a couple of minutes, using a particular technique.  “Wow!” screams the audience, ” that is we want! …no more embarrassment!” Yes, there are courses that will train you how to do likewise. What is involved? Will it automatically be there for you at any time you need to use it in the future? Unless you continually refresh it, probably not. Is that type of training for you?

 

My Experience in the Brain Training Game…

I have reviewed far too many memory trainings than I wish to think about over the years. Perhaps I was looking to stumble over the “magic pill” romance that many are led to believe. I have never found any sign of that magic pill, unless you just happened to be wired up that way to start with. Granted, most are not.

Memory training is a critical part of what Brain Management is all about. Brain Management first deals with accessing the NATURAL Photographic Memory, then stimulating memory growth naturally as a by-product of exercising the brain in this fashion. I have been presenting Brain Management for many years, and have consistently heard from our clients our training should be marketed more for the memory enhancement you get from it.

IMPORTANT: There is one thing above all else to consider when discovering the best memory training for you. If it does not feel natural, then you will probably stop using it.

 

Memory Trainings

There are relatively 4 different types of memory training. (To keep things easy to understand, we are stopping at 4 styles, although more are available.) I have listed them in order to the frequency how often they are taught to the public:

Rote Memory – This is the method you learn in school. This is when you simply keep going over the same information time and again until you have memorised it. Consumes the most amount of time and effort. Efficient only for the specific information you have dealt with in this matter. Once this type of information is forced over into the long term memory, you feel like you learned it.

Taught – First

Efficiency – Low

Lasting Long Term Memory – Yes

 

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Cup & Hook (associative) Method – This is the method you will usually see in action when the demonstrator is going around the room learning names. The basic premise is similar for this style – you will assign something that symbolises or represents certain characteristics around the specific thing you want to remember.  This is a good method and it is effective in most circumstances. It gives you a structure you can follow. If you stop using it for a period of time, you must go back to the beginning and start building all over again. It does not permanently build structure in the brain, at least not in the short term. Maybe those areas would improve over a great amount of time and continual practice.

Taught – Second

Efficiency – Varies with the amount of ongoing practice.  Loses effectiveness fast.

Lasting Long Term Memory – The efficiency of the method fades over time. But some memory may be picked getting through rote, from exposure.

 

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Mnemonics – This is a series of 9 different types of memory strategies. Once you learn all of them and how to properly use them, then you can use them in such ways:

 

  1. music or lyrics
  2. names (ROY G. BIV= Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)
  3. words or expressions
  4. models and diagrams
  5. rhymes
  6. notes or note cards
  7. outlines
  8. images
  9. connections and spelling

 

Each type is different and can be applied differently.  To become good at all of them would be a considerable undertaking.  If a person is willing to put in the time to understanding and using them, it is quite a formidable package. To have a good understanding in all of them should come with a medal; for sheer determination.

Taught – Third

Efficiency – High, but comes at a price.  Best used for passing detailed testing, and remembering specific details.

Lasting Long Term Memory – similar – due to cross-exposure of information, memories are likely to last longer in this format, as they often have a connecting structure built around the concept or word, and building links to other associative memories.

 

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Mental Photography – Mental Photography works in a very different way. This method places memory as second to photographic memory.

Even though being very effective for memory building, Mental Photography uses and exercises another natural brain function first – the Photographic Memory. By stimulating the photographic memory (eidetic memory) and delivering information at high rates of speed that pushes the serviceability of the brain. Through neuroplasticity, the brain triggers production of more neurons, synapses, and dendrites. All of this action in the brain essentially adds or grows more memory. Once more memory and connections are available, then accessing memory for any purposes is much easier.

This building process does not happen overnight. There are billions of connections within the structure of the brain. This action creates more neurons that will be connected into the rest of the system to increase memory.

Since Mental Photography is usually used foremost for large volume information retention, it is a wonderful benefit that you are actually growing more usable memory as by-product  of exercising the brain in this way.

Taught – Forth

Efficiency – Excellent…

Information Retention >50,000 wpm or more

Memory gain – High to infinity.

More use  will stimulate further growth. No limitation known. Time spent creates results in many areas using 1 basic set of exercises. Daily use gives better and ongoing results.

Lasting Long Term Memory – Excellent – approximately 100% for life.

More than any other method, Brain Management (and ZOX Pro Training) uses Mental Photography at the core of its’ teaching. Mental Photography was invented by Richard Welch, PhD, my Mentor and colleague. I have worked directly with him since 1986.

 

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If memory is important to you, and you want to make 2017 a Year to Remember, then you should consider your options as I have presented here. Brain Management, Mental Photography, and ZOX Pro Training have many more benefits than have been discussed in this article.

Shannon Panzo, PhD

 

Attention… Business Owners, Managers, and Human Resources…

Our organization is considering business opportunities for those professionals that see the Mental Photography as a good objective for their clients and businesses. Please connect with us by email of you are interested in pursuing this.

“Great Things Happen Here!”

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Share the Health, Share the Wealth – Your Brain Health

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Share the Health, Share the Wealth

Your brain relies on your health to function properly. Your health depends upon your brain to send out instructions that maintain your health. To get the most out of life, you should pay close attention to both of these. They are integrally connected. Without one, the other ceases to exist. You can create your own miracles when you know how to use your mind to direct your health and well-being.

“An army marches on its stomach.” – Napoleon Bonaparte 

Your brain works much better when you feed it proper nutrition. Your brain controls and connects to every part of your body. For all of those billions, perhaps trillions, of connections, functions, and duties your brain must do daily, you should take care of feeding it properly. Your brain consumes more oxygen than any other part of your body. It uses that oxygen to fuel all of the action that is taking place. It is the General of your army – your body, your mind; and yes – your health.

The connection to your body, your health, and your mind are all too relevant to ignore. To ignore the health aspect of Brain Management is undeniable.  How could you conceive you would be at your best if you are not taking steps to feed your brain. To ignore either your health or your brain, puts both at risk. They are forever linked to support each other.

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Bless Yourself Healthy

So, as you are taking time to feed your brain the proper nutrition for maximum output, you may be thinking how to go about directing your health likewise. To direct health and healing is simply done with programming, or telling your mind how to think, to manipulate your body to a positive reaction. In other words, instructing your body to heal. Have you ever heard someone say, “I wish you well”, or “Bless you”. Both are customary ways to wish another person to have good health. You can do this same type of thing for yourself, through programming.

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The Payoff…

When your brain is working at its’ optimum, everything about you and the things you do become better and easier to achieve. For example, how do you feel after the “big night out, possibly having too much to drink or eating foods you may not be accustomed to. Most people would not feel too good, nor would they feel like taking on a lot of mental tasks. If you balance out the revelry with moderation and limit your personal intake, you will not have the mountain to climb as you wake the next morning, and you will still have energy to burn. As always, the choice is yours.

Everyone relates well with successful people – winners. You may be one, or you may look up to them. You may strive to be one. If your brain is not functioning as well as it should, then you will have a much harder climb. WINNERS EAT WELL TO SUCCEED. Of course there are other things involved as well.

Miracle of Evolution – Your Brain

For clarity, the human brain and body is one of the most complex organisms on the planet. How we ever got to this point in our evolution is a miracle in itself. Due to the complex nature of our design, there are plenty of things that can go wrong, or break down, as we go through life. We can repair and replace much of that which does go wrong, and some things we cannot fix.

When you takes steps to prepare your brain to assist you directly in the undertakings of maintaining your health, you take a proactive stance to make things better. Feeding yourself with proper nutrition gives your brain the best ability to assist your efforts in everything you do.

You are Starving – Depleted Nutrient Food 

Most of you have heard about the basic things that you should do to get it right. You have heard about your electrolytes, antioxidants, Omega fatty acids, and so on. Today I am going to take you one step further – Microelements and minerals.

Microelements and Minerals – Immortality Elixir

There are over 74 naturally occurring minerals that were present at the dawn of time in the primordial soup and prehistoric oceans all life on this planet came from. Therefore, the plants that lived during that time also took up these minerals into their stems and leaves, which remained there after they died.

The more complex the organisms became, the higher number of the naturally occurring elements and minerals were used for purposes within the organism. For instance, without sulphur, your skin would not be as resilient, unless there was another element that your body would use instead to produce the same result. Sulphur is plentiful, so is not really a big concern.

What about selenium. Without  selenium you are naturally at risk of disease. It affects your ability to fight off infections and maladies. It supports your immune system. You only need a tiny amount to take care of all of the functions it supports. How many other microelements support functions of your body without you knowing it?

Production Intensive Farming…

Overuse of intensive planting and harvesting of crops has robbed the soil of its trace elements. The trace elements that used to be in the plants are no longer available. They have moved up and out of the food chain, but have not been replenished to the soil. This has led to large populations of the Earth to be starving from within; leading to much obesity from overeating. Unfortunately, most people do not realize this.

What if there was a way in which you could reach back in time to where it all began, the primordial soup, the ancient grasses and plants, so rich with these organically produced minerals and microelements we just cannot find in food, no matter how much we eat. What if there were certain minerals in the primordial soup that could make you feel better, heal disease, and make you a healthier person. What would that be worth to you? Would you take your cup and reach back through time to get your share?

The Good News…

No, you do not need to build a time machine. There are stockpiles of these microelements and minerals that have been stored away for over 70 million years – in the fossilised remains of the plants from that time. These are available for you today, and should be at the top of your list for healthy living. Healthy living gives you a better brain to gain your successes. Please visit this site for more information on these unique minerals:

http://zoxpro.com/micro-minerals

I wish you all well!

Shannon Panzo, PhD

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Photographic Memory — Keys to Success

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Photographic Memory and Genius…

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Photographic Memory is also known as “Eidetic Memory.”

So just what IS photographic memory? It’s a secret you’ve had since before you were born! If you still don’t understand, look to your children.  They will show you the way.

The infant brain develops even in the womb. Experts say you should read to your children as soon as they are born for quality stimulation of their natural learning abilities. As a child ages through that first crucial year of life, they are learning how to learn. The more stimulation – the more learning capacity the child will have.

Some people with photographic memory retain their photographic memory into adulthood. If you aren’t one of those people, why not? The answer will SHOCK you.  Are you ready?

Learning Begets Learning

One word. Reading. You see, we never lose our photographic memory. But many of us lose the ability to USE it, or more accurately, we lose access to it. You learned amazing things as a small child – languages, social skills, etc.

THEN, you went to school to learn a superior way to learn – or so we’re told.  Statistics show that once we enter school and become entrenched in the rote-memory system of learning; learning slows from that point on.

Your Inner Child Genius

The truth is, you were force fed learning to read, or you were ostracized. Some of those renegades who endured being ostracized are the same ones who have retained their photographic memories as adults.

Reading is  a brain function that encourages tunnel vision, which is directly opposed to your natural ability to access and use your photographic memory.

But with Mental Photography you can learn how to access your photographic memory and how to develop a photographic memory fast, and regain the genius you had as a child. By exercising your brain this way, you may see other things start to happen – and you don’t have to give up reading, either!

Your Future Starts NOW!  

Shannon Panzo

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Do you Know Every Problem has a Solution

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More than One Way to Skin a Cat: Adventures in Creative Thinking

People have Problems…

How many times have you caught yourself saying that there could be no other solution to a problem – and that that #problem leads to a dead end? How many times have you felt stumped knowing that the problem laying before you is one you cannot solve. No leads.  No options.  No #solution.

No Solution in Sight

Does it feel like you had exhausted all possible options and yet are still before the mountain – large, unconquerable, and impregnable? When encountering such enormous problems, you may feel like you’re hammering against a steel mountain. The pressure of having to solve such a problem may be overwhelming.

But rejoice! There might be some hope yet!

Creative Problem Solving

With some creative problem solving techniques you may be able to look at your problem in a different light. And that light might just be the end of the tunnel that leads to possible solutions.

First of all, in the light of creative problem solving, you must be open-minded to the fact that there may be more than just one solution to the problem. And, you must be open to the fact that there may be solutions to problems you thought were unsolvable.

Now, with this optimistic mindset, we can try to be a little bit more creative for solutions.

Solving Problems Consciously…

So that you can learn though this experience, I will first point out what most people will do to solve a problem whenever you are working only from the #conscious side. I want to point out just how laborious and consuming this is. It takes on a life of its own.

Qualify Your Problem

First, maybe the reason we cannot solve our problems is that we have not really taken a hard look at what the problem is. Here, in a conscious way, understanding the problem and its workings is integral for solving the problem. This is a typical strategy most people use. If you know how it works, what the problem is, then you have a better foundation towards solving the problem.

Not yet making a simple statement of what problem is, identify the participating entities and what their relationships with one another are. Take note of the things you stand to gain any stand to lose from the current problem. Your potential gain or loss is a point of stress. It tends to block you from seeing the obvious. Keeping that in mind, you can develop a simple statement of what the problem is.

Take Notes

Take note of all of the constraints, and assumptions; including your stress you have. Qualify which assumptions are valid, and which assumptions need to be addressed.

Solve your Problem in Layers

When working from your every-day conscious state of mind, you would likely choose to solve the problem by parts. Solve it going from general view towards the more detailed parts of the problem. This is called the top-down approach. Write down the question, and then come up with a one-sentence solution to that from the question. Your solution should be a general statement of what will solve the problem. From there you can develop the solution further, and increase its complexity little by little.

Creative and Analytical Solution…

Before I reveal this next part, I feel obligated to tell you something important. I am telling you about the conscious way of dealing with problems… But analytical and creative in this case are in opposition because they come from opposite sides of your brain. That in itself will cause a conflict and can directly influence and endanger the results of your efforts to reach a solution. Even though this is a step by step logical approach, you are in serious danger of things spiraling out of control.

Therefore… Although it helps to have critical thinking aboard as you solve a problem, you must also keep a creative, analytical voice at the back of your head. When someone comes up with a prospective solution, consciously think how you could make that solution work. Try to be creative. At the same time, look for chinks in the armor of that solution. There is a good chance you will find some. each one must be addressed as well.

Good Memory Pays Dividends…

It pays to remember that there may be more than just one solution being developed at one time; possibly by more than just yourself. Try to keep track of all the solutions and their developments. Remember, there may be more than just one solution to the problem.

If More than One Person involved…

Remember that old adage,” two heads are better than one for problems solution.” That one is truer than it sounds. Always be open to new ideas. You can only benefit from listening to all the ideas each person has. This is especially true when the person you’re talking to has had experience solving problems similar to yours.

You don’t have to be a hero to solve the problem. If you can organize collective thought on the subject, it would be much better.

Commitment to Solve the Problem

Be patient. As long as you persevere, there is always a chance that a solution will present itself. RIGHT!!! Hah! Actually, it more likely that your subconscious is what steps into the fray, even without your knowledge, to present a clear path to the solution. It usually happens overnight, when you have slept. But in most cases your conscious mind will be given the credit.

Creative Thinking Works…

Creative thinking exercises can also help you in your quest be a more creative problems solver.

Here is one example.

The next time you have a problem you want to solve (Yes, you actually must want to solve it.), before going to bed to sleep, think about the problem. Then tell yourself you will know the solution when you wake up. Eureka! When you wake up in the morning, there is the solution. This method is called “Sleeping on it.” Most everyone has done this before, because it works.

So, next time you see a problem you think you can not solve, think again. The solution might just be staring you right in the face. All it takes is just a little #CreativeThinking, some planning, and a whole lot of work.

The SECRET to Problem Solving…

I hope you got this far in this article. The method I described to you above is truly time consuming and labor intensive. Sure, it may look good on paper when the Boss asks you for a progress report. But, at the end of the day, what is most important? Satisfying the Boss’s attention to detail or solving the problem? Probably a little of both; with the end result of solving the problem, which makes you the Champion!

You can still do all the remedial work if needed. But when faced with a fast #ProblemSolving, put it to the real doer of your brain; your subconscious mind. It will give you results far faster than writing down the details in your report.

Shannon Panzo, PhD

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