{"id":629,"date":"2009-12-15T21:50:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T11:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mindtomind.com\/?p=629"},"modified":"2015-02-15T22:01:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T04:01:15","slug":"intelligence_christmas_hanukkah_brain_management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/intelligence_christmas_hanukkah_brain_management\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Intelligence at Christmas – Brain Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever thought to give someone Intelligence<\/a> for Christmas<\/a><\/strong>?\u00a0 I am talking about the gift that keeps on giving.<\/p>\n

In my travels, I meet people from all walks of life.\u00a0 Likewise, they have almost as many outlooks upon life.\u00a0 Some live day-to-day, some live for tomorrow, and some rest on their laurels from times past, thus, living in the past.\u00a0 And all attitudes toward their fellow humans abound.<\/p>\n

I would like to give you a perspective<\/span> that I find somewhat consistent with people that are intelligent.\u00a0 They say to, \u201cGain as much knowledge as possible, even if wealth comes and goes, knowledge is always there.\u00a0 It cannot be taken from you.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Now, before I get everyone\u2019s dander up, I will take a moment to explain.\u00a0 The intelligence that I am referring to here is an expression of intellect to your surrounding environment and community.\u00a0 This is not about book intelligence or I.Q.<\/a><\/strong> (which is a tested outcome).<\/p>\n

Let me give you an example:\u00a0 a fisherman from a fishing village is able to use the simplest implements to catch the most of his preferred marketable fish within his village.\u00a0 That person would be held in high regard for their abilities when it came to fishing.<\/p>\n

Here I come along with all of the silly implements, fancy tackle, and so forth.\u00a0 I wonder why I cannot catch a single fish.\u00a0 Did the fisherman take them all?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 I just am out of my \u201cvillage\u201d.\u00a0 I am out of my environment<\/a>.\u00a0 To me, this fisherman that catches anything and everything is an absolute genius<\/strong> compared to my ability to catch fish.<\/p>\n

My question to you:\u00a0 If the fisherman is not \u2018book\u2019 intelligent, does that report that he isn\u2019t intelligent?\u00a0 IF I am the one that cannot catch the fish, does that report that I am not intelligent?\u00a0 The answer of course is NO for both questions.\u00a0 It just means that we are outside of our environment that we are considered intelligent within.<\/p>\n

I have not written to you like this for a while.\u00a0 I want you to glean something of benefit from this.\u00a0 I guess you could say this is a little Christmas \/ Hanukkah<\/a> (or whatever faith \/ holiday you follow) gift.<\/p>\n

Take a moment to look around you.\u00a0 Notice what each person is good at.\u00a0 Some may be good at cooking, others may be better at painting, and others at maintaining the Large Hadron Collider<\/a>.\u00a0 It really doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 The fact is that most everyone is better at doing something.\u00a0 Some people are world class sleepers, too.\u00a0 (Observing them is just too boring, so we will just move on.)
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

The POWER of Observation:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to observe what the people around you are good at.\u00a0 What makes them specialists in their environment?\u00a0 The second task is to appreciate their position of being good at whatever that skill is.\u00a0 No matter how trivial it may seem, it still comes with a certain level of responsibility.<\/p>\n

The INSIGHT:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Observation and appreciation, is akin to a gift.\u00a0 It bestows a silent gift upon them, as well as you learning to appreciate yourself.\u00a0 That too is a gift \u2013 to you.<\/p>\n

You may want to take steps to enhance your ability to observe.\u00a0 That\u2019s where I come in.\u00a0 I know how you can help yourself gain that heightened sense of awareness and the perception of the world around you.<\/p>\n

The easiest way to increase your awareness is for you to open your eyes.\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s right.\u00a0 Actually, more to the point take steps to increase you peripheral vision<\/a>, or widening your field of vision so you can see more.\u00a0 If you can see more, then you are automatically aware of more.\u00a0 See how easy that is.<\/p>\n

So what am I really saying about giving the gift of intelligence this holiday season?\u00a0 By you being aware of the special skills others have, and appreciating them for it, you gain in intelligence by the insights you will make along the way.<\/p>\n

If you want to give someone else a gift of intelligence, you may want to consider checking out the training that I have around MindToMind.com<\/a>.\u00a0 That is why it is called \u201cThe Brain Accelerator\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Some of the training I have here, you can give to someone, and it won\u2019t even cost you anything.\u00a0 What a deal!<\/p>\n

Cheers,\u2026 with bells on!<\/p>\n

Great Things Happen Here!!!<\/em><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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