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From: mikel@col.hp.com (Mike Lopke)
Subject: Re: Becoming Ambidextrous
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:39:51 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Loren,

Try eating with the opposite hand.  Its kind of fun and you will
become motivated to become proficient :-)  I now eat my food with a
fork in the left hand and a knife in the right hand European style.
To make this even more challenging, try eating with chopsticks using 
the other hand.  It's also a great way to slow down how fast you eat :-)

Good Luck,
Mike
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: 97994779@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu
Subject: Re: Awaken the Giant and Personal Power  (A. Robins)
Organization: SYSTEMS & COMPUTING
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 18:41:13 PST

In article <1992Nov18.131706.2212@bnr.ca>
Joan Balser writes:
 
>In article <BxvEp1.FxL@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
>pealbers@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul E. Albers) writes:
>>I recently bought "Awaken the Giant Within" and I realy happy with
>>the results.  Is the Personal Power book and tape pack just a
>>re-hash of the same material in AtGW or is it just as worthwile to
>>invest in getting them as well.
>
>Paul,
>  I also read the book too.   If you find out, let met know.
>Joan
>
I have the Personal Power tapes and am reading ATGW. While the contain some
similarities, ATGW builds off of Personal Power. I would reccommend both. I lis
tened to the tapes 1st, and I am finding it difficult to sit down and read the
book. I guess I have a preference for the tapes.
 
Patrick at WSU
 
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: uhdpc@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Subject: Re: TEST
Reply-To: uhdpc@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Organization: Montana State University
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:28:48 GMT

In article <1992Nov21.170148@cogs.sussex.ac.uk>, joek@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Josef Karthauser) writes:
>This is a test posting.... Please can you mail me if this reaches the outside
>world?
>
>Joe
>
>(joek@susx.cogs.uk.ac)
>
>
>

Loud and clear Joe.
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: stark@dwovax.enet.dec.com (Todd I. Stark)
Subject: Re: Left -> Right brain?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 20 NOV 92 15:16:56    


stark@dwovax.enet.dec.com (Todd I. Stark) writes...
(calling about a thousand unspecified popular books 'trash')

Ummm ... I notice that last reply of mine came out a little crankier that I 
intended when it popped up from my server.  Sorry about that.  Pet peeve
I reckon.  I just wanted to share some good references on the left/right 
brain topic.  

Also, I forgot to mention any of the stuff by Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry
on the topic.  His speculations are probably what led to the popular explosion
of literature about separate left and right brain personalities and such.

On the question that was asked when the topic was started, some very good
books on mental gymnastics (creative, logical, and otherwise) and such include :

The Possible Human, Jean Houston  

	--->  largely what you left brain/right brain
				fans would call 'right brain' exercises,
				involving visualization, body sense,
				and such.

Smart for Life, Mark Chafetz   

	---> much more 'analytical' in style, if not content.
		Breakdown of drills by categories of mental function.
		Some simple neurological explanations, importance of
		nutrition and relation to brain chemistry is touched
		on, and so on.

Brain Power, Karl Albrecht

	---> I mainly just like his style.  His term 'crap detecting'
		as a fundamental thinking skill is very refreshing
		for a self help type book.   A brief course in
		critical thinking skills.

						kind regards,

						todd
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| Digital Equipment Corporation		             (215) 354-1273 |
| Philadelphia, Pa. USA                                             |
|    'Reason is no substitute for Passion, nor Passion for Reason.' |
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Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen)
Subject: Anthony Robbins Foundation
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:11:34 MST
Reply-To: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah, CS Dept., Salt Lake City
Distribution: alt

I know there are many people out there who are big fans of Tony Robbins, so 
I'm posting to encourage everyone who can to participate in the annual
Basket Brigade Project.  For those who aren't familiar with it, Tony Robbins
created a charitable foundation called Anthony Robbins Foundations which
performs numerous projects across the world each year.  The major project
is called Basket Brigade which is organized through his network of franchises
(Anthony Robbins and Associates, check for it in your local yellow pages).
The franchises (which primarily conduct video based and personal training
is local areas) get groups of people together who believe in making a 
contribution and feed hungry families for Thanksgiving.  In addition to food,
they provide basic hygiene products, and a booklet by Tony that can help
people to take control of their lives.  It's a great project, it doesn't
need to cost you any money, just get involved and help them raise money 
and deliver the baskets.  

I know it's a little late to be posting this as it all comes off next week,
but I'm sure your help will be much appreciated.  Sorry I don't have the 
phone number the foundation handy, but I'll provide it to interested people
or someone can post it.

Loren Larsen

Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen)
Subject: Re: Awaken the Giant and Personal Power  (A. Robins)
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:00:28 MST
Reply-To: llarsen%hell.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah, CS Dept., Salt Lake City
Distribution: alt

In article <BxvEp1.FxL@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>, pealbers@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul E. Albers) writes:
|> I recently bought "Awaken the Giant Within" and I realy happy with
|> the results.  Is the Personal Power book and tape pack just a 
|> re-hash of the same material in AtGW or is it just as worthwile to 
|> invest in getting them as well.
|> 
|> Paul

"Awaken the Giant Within" was written after Personal Power was produced and
is an extension of those principles.  I think the only reason for purchasing
the "Personal Power" program if you've read the book is if it will help you
to apply the material.  I know that for me, being able to listen to the
material while driving, etc. is great reinforcement and I sometimes have 
trouble applying what I read in a book to real life.

Actually, what would recommend instead of Personal Power is Tony's PowerTalk
program.  It contains the same number of cassettes, and includes a nice
book summary.  It is basically one tape of him talking about what he teaches
and another tape of him interviewing someone.  Most of these interviews are
absolutely fantastic.  I highly recommend them.

Loren
From: eep1at@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Anthony Tai)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Books on memory and speed reading
Date: 20 Nov 92 10:10:19 GMT
Organization: University of Surrey, Guildford, England

Could someone recommend some **good** books on improving memory 
and reading speed. 


Many Thanks,

Anthony.
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From: pealbers@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul E. Albers)
Subject: Awaken the Giant and Personal Power  (A. Robins)
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:17:24 GMT

I recently bought "Awaken the Giant Within" and I realy happy with
the results.  Is the Personal Power book and tape pack just a 
re-hash of the same material in AtGW or is it just as worthwile to 
invest in getting them as well.

Paul


Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen)
Subject: Becoming Ambidextrous
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:04:59 MST
Reply-To: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah, CS Dept., Salt Lake City
Distribution: alt

For the last month, I have been trying to increase my ability to use my 
opposite hand.   Everyday, I spend some time writing with my left hand and
using it for things I usually do right handed.  

So far I've made little progress.  Does anyone out there have any
experience with this?  I'm really curious to know how long it might take to
get them into balance, what are some good ways to increase my progress.
Any ideas are much appreciated.

Loren

Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: joek@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Josef Karthauser)
Subject: Re: Left -> Right brain?
Organization: University of Sussex
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:55:01 GMT

|>
|> So, to reword my question:  how can I increase my spatial&visual thinking?
|>

In "Frogs into Princes" the original NLP book they suggest a powerful way to
start to retrain your mind to use different representation systems...

My mind doesn't work primarily in a visial way so I find it very difficult to see
pictures in my head or imagine what something would look like, so what I do is
approach the problem from a different angle.

For instance, if I am trying to remember what a particular place I have been to
looked like I start by remembering what I felt about the place (kinesthetic) then
remember any sounds that I heard, what people were saying for instance, and then
I can begin to picture the image in my mind as I have already built up an
environment in which this is easy...

Try it, it really works.....


Joe

p.s. Does anybody know of any good NLP books, apart from Frogs - Princes, and
Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins?

*********************************************
* Josef Karthauser  |  joek@susx.cogs.uk.ac *
*********************************************
From: stark@dwovax.enet.dec.com (Todd I. Stark)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: Left -> Right brain?
Summary: Some references on the general topic
Date: 20 Nov 92 00:26:33 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz) writes...
>In an email conversation with Loren Larsen, the topic of left vs. right
>brain operations came up.  I realize this is sort of a controversial
>topic in some circles, but...

On the general topic, a lot of the pop psych literature in this area is trash,
as I'm sure most readers here know.  A lot of gradiose speculations resulted 
from a few very interesting experiments that showed that a very small
percentage of epileptic post-commissurotomy patients showed some 
highly unusual effects.  Good information is hard to find on this, so I'll
provide some pointers.   The actual results are to me much *more* interesting
than the oversimplistic left-right brain models that overpopulate the 
self-help literature.  

For reference, if anyone is interested, from some of the people
involved in the original split brain research, or important analysis of same :

Kinsbourne and Smith, 1974, 'Lateral Interactions in the Brain' in 
		_Hemisphere_Disconnection_and_Cerebral_Function_
		(CHarles C. Thomas, pub.)

Levy and Trevarthen, 1976, 'Metacontrol of Hemispheric Function in
		Human Split Brain Patients' in _Journal_of_Experimental_
		_Psychology_:_Human_Perception_and_Performance_

Gazzaniga and LeDoux, 1978, _The_Integrated_Mind_ (Plenum Press pub)

Gazzaniga, 1985, _The_Social_Brain_:_Discovering_The_Networks_of_the_Mind_
			(Basic Books)

Oakley, 1985, _Brain_and_Mind, (Methuen pub)

Dennett, 1985, _Music_of_the_Hemispheres_, a review of M. Gazzinaga,
	The Social Brain, in the N.Y. Times Book Review, Nov. 17,1985.

Robert Ornstein's books on brain evolution and function and relation to
consciousness are also interesting related reading, and I particularly
like C. Dennett's recent 'Consciousness Explained'.  

					kind regards,

					todd

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| Todd I. Stark				  stark@dwovax.enet.dec.com |
| Digital Equipment Corporation		             (215) 354-1273 |
| Philadelphia, Pa. USA                                             |
|    'Reason is no substitute for Passion, nor Passion for Reason.' |
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Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: Joan Balser
Subject: Re: Awaken the Giant and Personal Power  (A. Robins)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:17:06 GMT

In article <BxvEp1.FxL@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
pealbers@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul E. Albers) writes:
>I recently bought "Awaken the Giant Within" and I realy happy with
>the results.  Is the Personal Power book and tape pack just a 
>re-hash of the same material in AtGW or is it just as worthwile to 
>invest in getting them as well.


Paul,

  I also read the book too.   If you find out, let met know.

Joan

Murph@bnr.ca
From: deb@spectra.eng.hawaii.edu (David Barrett)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Huggs
Date: 18 Nov 92 22:13:02 GMT
Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Electrical Engineering


Benefits of a Hug:

1) A feeling of a sense of caring
2) A feeling of being loved
3) Will evoke laughter
4) Improve interpersonal relationships
5) Increase innate healing substances (blood cells)
6) Stablize vital signs
7) Promote healing
8) Increase sense of well being
9) Elevate mood, morale and possibly morals
10) Inprove self esteem and worthiness
11) Increase will or desire to perform
12) Delay the aging process
13) Has been known to cure serious illnesses

dB 
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From: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen)
Subject: Re: Left -> Right brain?
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:55:26 MST
Reply-To: llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah, CS Dept., Salt Lake City

In article <By14pG.8KF@fc.sde.hp.com>, fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz) writes:
|> Todd I. Stark (stark@dwovax.enet.dec.com) wrote:
|> : fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz) writes...
|> : >In an email conversation with Loren Larsen, the topic of left vs. right
|> : >brain operations came up.  I realize this is sort of a controversial
|> : >topic in some circles, but...
|> : 
|> : On the general topic, a lot of the pop psych literature in this area is trash,
|> : as I'm sure most readers here know.  
|> 
|> Right.  That was what I meant by "controversial", but left/right brain is
|> the simplest way to describe what I was looking for.  To be honest, I really
|> don't care if the linear/spatial thinking differences come from left/right,
|> top/bottom, inside/outside, yin/yang, day/night, or ren/stimpy.  It's the 
|> difference between linear&verbal vs. spatial&visual that I'm interested in.
|> 
|> So, to reword my question:  how can I increase my spatial&visual thinking?
|> 
|> Gary

The question is not whether or not the left/right brain theories are accurate
or not, the question is whether or not the represent a useful metaphor for
describing the differences between our linear/verbal and spatial/visual
functioning.  It is quite clear that some people favour one over the other
and that they both have areas where they are most useful.

I've been thinking about this a little since the original post and I'm not
really happy with what ideas I've come up with, but here goes:

1) Make a concious effort to see things visually.  For example, when doing
  simple math like addition or multiplication, try to see the number and
  manipulate them in your head as if you were looking at a sheet of paper.
  This will also help your memory as well.

2) Take up a hobby that is "right brained".  Start painting or playing the
  piano.  When I'm studying (which isn't near often enough), take a break
  every 45 minutes or so and play the piano or do the visualization.  This
  really relaxes, the "left brain" and stimulates the right brain.

3) Take notes that are less verbal and linear and take notes that use pictures
  and color.  Try to use less words by using keywords.  The brain will fill in
  links between your key items and these will become more and more visual as
  you practice.

4) Pay more attention to details in the visual environment.  When walking
  around and driving, try to notice things that you've walked or driven
  past numerous times but never notice.

5) Another interesting thing to do while driving is to visualize in as much
  detail as possible the road that is coming up (obviously you can only use
  this on road you have driven before unless you want to strengthen your
  psychic capacity).  Then you can check your visual memory as you go to
  see how much you really remember.

That's all that I can really think at the moment.  Hope it is helpful.

Loren Larsen
From: f1sami@uta.fi (Samu Mielonen)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Failing memory(?) / speed reading, advice sought
Date: 18 Nov 92 10:00:21 GMT
Distribution: inet
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland

I have a huge problem with my memory or the way I manage my things (haven't
necessarily figured it out yet) and I hope someone can help me out on this.
I find myself forgetting not only the everyday tasks need to be done, but I 
also forget names, places, events and whole subjects. 

  For example, somebody introduces me a person, whom I find instantly likeable 
and with whom I get along (this should aid the process of remembering or am I 
wrong?), but may forget his/her name the next day even after having made a 
conscious attempt to remember it. This happens a lot to me and I also forget 
about names of the places, tasks I really ought / want to accomplish and stuff 
that I have read about casually or for an examination. 

  I cannot / do not want to associate this all to the amount of
things to be remembered, although I am quite sure that as my interests have 
grown the number of items to be remembered has also grown. Still, even if it's 
a case of memory overload I do not want to give up without a fight. I have
tried some mnemonic techniques (namely Buzen, but also others), but either
they're of little help or I forget to use them! I think herein lies the
main problem; as I am a believer in mnemonics and I try to train my memory,
but even after trying to motivate myself I cannot use the techniques when
I should. I am now not only ought of memory (:-), but also out of ideas. 

  Or could it be that I am learning how to remember, but do not know how
to recall correctly? If so, how can one train recall?

  On another matter, there's been a lot of discussion on speed reading lately
here and many people have stated that different texts should be read at
different speeds. Fair enough, but can anyone state their minimum & maximum
reading rates for reference purposes and tell how does one achieve such 
results (I am also interested in finding about horridly low rates, as they're
sometimes not only useful, but even necessary).

Any comments are appreciated.

Cheers,
	Samu Z. Mielonen

--
Samu Z. Mielonen
f1sami@kielo.uta.fi
******************************************************************************
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit."
(And perhaps at some later date it will be pleasant to remember these things.)
                         - Vergil
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I know I should've wrote something here, but I can't seem to remember what...


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From: helie@bach.udel.edu (Ray Helie)
Subject: Re: Awaken the Giant and Personal Power  (A. Robins)
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:32:21 GMT

97994779@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu writes:

" ...
  I am finding it difficult to sit down and read the book. "

Before you put the book down, you might want to at least (if you haven't
already) check out chapter 8(?): Questions are the Answer.  That 
chapter alone contains a *very* powerful, yet easy method of producing
change in your life.  I am *still* amazed at how well it works!  8-)


Ray  8-)

************************************************************************
   Ray Helie         8-)                   University Of Delaware
   [helie@bach.udel.edu]                   Newark, DE
************************************************************************
From: kburkert@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Keith Burkert)
Newsgroups: alt.birthright
Subject: Meaning of Name Neusa/Neuza
Date: 24 Nov 92 05:24:22 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


	I'm and look for the meaning or the origin or both of the name
Neusa (pronounced Nel za).  A friend of mine has this name (female) and 
even her parents dont know what it means.  If its any help, she was born
in Africa to Portugese parents.  Supposidly the parents wanted to name 
he Neusa spelled with a Z (Neuza) but the people at the hospital wouldnt
let them.  Any help in finding the meaning of the name would be greatly
appriciated.   Please E-mail me or post the reply her.  Many thanks
in advance.

							-Keith
					-A man searching for the meaning
					of the name Neusa/Neuza

"Some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing"
Newsgroups: alt.birthright
From: jenn_b@aci_1.aci.ns.ca (JENNIFER BAKER)
Subject: genealogy
Organization: Atlantic Computer Institute
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:19:50 GMT

Looking for any information on the family name DALRYMPLE.
Newsgroups: alt.whine,alt.tasteless
From: bobv@spike.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Bob von Buelow)
Subject: Sly little old ladies
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:03:02 GMT

(Ed Alsberg) writes:
>
>Reminds me of another HS story.  We found a seriously maggot infested
>dead bird out in the field.  We brought it into History, our class after
>lunch, and placed it discreetly in Ms Grillo's (Little Alice, a 108 year
>old wretch, nieve as hell) desk drawer.
             ^^^^^
>Well, she never did look in the drawer that day.  It was gone the next day.
>We never did hear who/when it was found.

Hmmmm, Ed, I wonder who was really the naive one?  Ms. Grillo probably
had maggot fricassee that night and yucked it up with her friends.  You don't
get to be 108 by letting opportunities like this one pass.


--
Bob von Buelow             Mars Observer Planning and Sequencing Element
bobv@spike.jpl.nasa.gov          - standard disclaimers apply -
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From: magenta@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Leilah Thiel)
Subject: awwwwwww....
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:56:33 GMT



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arrrre drooooooopping liiiike fliiiieeeesss.  

 but i move out in two weeks...

   but then i'll be living with 3 roommates, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 rabbits,
and 3 rats. 

 aaaand iiiiiii haaave aaaaaalergiiiiiiieees.

*snif*

   lei/wench
From: jvh@nature.Berkeley.EDU ()
Newsgroups: alt.whine
Subject: Re: WHINE, WHINE, WHINE
Date: 24 Nov 1992 02:32:38 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: nature.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Nov23.145339.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> cvakgaaz@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes:
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> THIS NEWSGROUP IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOORIIIIIINNNNNNNG!!!!!!! 
>WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS BE MORE IMAGINATIVE? HUH?
>GGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	BeCAuuuuuuus it's just too HAAAAAAAAAAAAD!  BeSIIIIIIDES,
no one CAAAAARRRRRRes!!!  They're not even LIIIISSSSTENING!!!  And
even if they weeeerrrre listening, they wouldn't even caaaarrrre!

	Now I've got to go clean my cat's litter box and the two of 
them don't even appreeeciiiaaaatttee it!!  Then I'll have to wash my
haaaaaannndds again!  And it's coooold, and the heat is so
expeeennnsiiivvvee!

	It would be so nice to see some first-rate
whiiiinnnniiiinnngg on this newsgroup!!!

	PLEEEEESE!  Huuuuuh?  Pleeeeese!

Joan V



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