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“A genius is a man who has discovered how to increase the intensity of thought to a point when he can freely communicate with sources of knowledge not available through the ordinary rate of thought.” –Napoleon Hill, author of the Best Selling Classic Book, Think and Grow Rich. In PART 3 we cover: ✔ A look at Speed Learning with 2 strategies we can all use right away to learn faster, and remember what we have learned longer. ✔ Creative Sleep, and how to use our sleep to solve problems, improve creativity and intuition in our waking hours, with 4 steps to improving your ability to use and remember your dreams. Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast and PART 3 of our Review of Jose Silva's Mind Control Program. I'm Andrea Samadi an author and an educator, who like many of you listening, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind ANY high-performance strategy proven to increase our results in our schools, sports, or modern workplaces. If there's something NEW that I come across that can help us in any way, I'll investigate it, connect it with the most current research, and then share what I learn with you here. If you've been following the past few episodes, you'll know that I came across Jose Silva's work with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram, from EPISODE #260[i], who has launched 7 successful companies, and mentioned that this book completely changed his world. I had heard of this book and Silva's Program over the years, and many of the concepts that Jose Silva mentions in his book, but had not read it cover to cover, or practiced the audio training that goes along with the book, so I decided to do a complete review of the program, like we did with Napoleon Hill's book at the start of this year, and see how this book, that was popular in the 80s and 90s could connect to the interviews we've done previously on this podcast. Especially when Friederike Fabritius mentioned on EPISODE #258[ii] that our mind can be trained to produce flashes of insight, that can help us in business and our personal lives and what Jose Silva would say could reveal “some astounding things” with a trained mind. I wondered how exactly could our mind be trained... Was daily meditation not enough? If it was, how do I even know if I'm meditating the right way? What was I missing from my current practice? What can we learn from the years of research behind Jose Silva's popular program that could help all of us to refine our current meditation practice? Then I thought back to a class I took with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the father of mindfulness, who reminded us in this class that we are already perfect, (as we are) and that mindfulness is not about “attaining a certain state, (that brings us to this new level of perfection) but that we are already whole and perfect.” Whatever program we are doing now, the idea of this book review is not to say that Jose Silva's method is better, or that we might be missing something from what we are already doing, but to see if there's anything NEW that we cover here, that interests us to dive deeper into, to further enhance our current practice. Jim Kwik, the founder of Kwik Learning[iii], has said that “we've discovered more in the past 20 years about our brain than we've known in the previous 2,000 years combined” and I think it's so exciting to share new strategies to help us all, which is the purpose of this podcast. When I learn something new, something that can help me to improve in any way, this energizes me, this gets me all jazzed up, and I know I can't be the only one like this. I'm sure for those of you who tune into this podcast, can relate to what I'm saying and I'm honored that you've chosen me to study with, wherever you might be tuning into this podcast around the world. I love looking at the statistics to see where listeners are tuning in from in over 168 countries, which is a Geography lesson for me when I look at the map of the world. For this book review, little263-INTRO did I know just how powerful Silva's program would be, when I recorded PART 1 of this series. As I began reading each chapter that Jose Silva wrote many years ago when he was on a quest to increase learning for his own children, I began piecing together many of the strategies that we've covered on this podcast for improving learning, focus, creativity, imagination and productivity, all backed by science, right within the pages of The Silva Method. I made many connections to past episodes and research, including Dr. John Dunlosky from EPISODE #37[iv] where he spoke about using “spaced repetition” as an evidence-based method for improving recall for students, that we will cover today. This research also appears in John Almarode, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher's recent book, How Learning Works: Translating the Science of Learning into Strategies in Your Classroom that we covered on EPISODE #161[v]. Or even the importance of mindfulness and meditation in the classroom, for athletes or in the workplace. The connection to current research was enough for me to see that Jose Silva was on to something with the methods he wrote about, years before the research would take off exponentially in this area. Daniel Goleman wrote about this in his book Altered Traits[vi] where he showed a visual with the research on Mindfulness and Meditation going up exponentially from the year 2000, to 2020. My goal with this review of The Silva Method[vii], is to help all of us to learn something new to refine our current meditation practice whether we are working in our schools to improve learning, in our sports environments for improved results towards a specific goal, or in the corporate workplace to generate new ideas. I wouldn't have picked this book to review if it hadn't made such an impact on the world, like Napoleon Hills' book, but I had no idea the concepts I would learn each week, would be so powerful, and life-changing. After releasing the first 2 PARTS of this program, I began to receive messages from our listeners around the world who have used Silva's Program, even from those who used it years ago. Then my good friend Hans Ajay from the UK, urged me to sign up for the full program through MindValley[viii], (where the course sits today after Vishen Lakhiani (the founder) revised and improved it in this current version. Hans wrote “It'll be transformative.” I don't need anyone to twist my arm if there's going to be transformation and learning occurring, so I signed up immediately taking what I'm learning in the pages of Silva's book to a whole new level. I'll stick to covering each chapter, but have to say that the experiential exercises have brought each chapter to life in a way that I don't think it's possible for me to show with my writing. I'll connect as many exercises as I can find online with each chapter review, and encourage those of you who want to learn more to explore the entire program further through MindValley. This course is unlike anything I've ever experienced in all my years of studying and learning. To REVIEW, In PART 1[ix] we covered: ✔ CH 1- Using More of Our Mind in Special Ways: An Introduction to the Silva Mind Control Method ✔ What this program has done for others. ✔ Ch 2- Meet Jose Silva ✔ Ch 3- How to Meditate: A review of the brain states (BETA, ALPHA, THETA, DELTA). ✔ How to quickly access the ALPHA STATE to improve creativity, and intuition. ✔ Using A Mental Screen in Your Mind for Heightened Visualization ✔ How to Help Yourself and Others Using a Mental Screen in Our Mind UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ACCESS THE ALPHA BRAIN STATE: Once we understand the different brain states, and how to access them, it makes more sense as we dive into the Alpha State, and practice visualizing on the screen of our mind in this state with the meditation exercises. Understanding the Alpha Level of Mind is the first step in Silva's Mind Control Program, and used by itself, had tremendous health capabilities. When you are daydreaming, or just going to sleep but not quite there yet, or just awakening but not yet awake, you are in Alpha Brain State that Silva calls the "inner consciousness” where he says is our mental world exists, with no time or space. With Silva's Mind Control training you can enter the Alpha level at will and still remain fully alert, which is where the exciting part of his program begins. I found 2 meditations on YouTube that I've listed below to help us to gain access to the experiential activities and take the first steps to applying Jose Silva's program into our daily life. ALPHA MEDITATION 1 How to Enter the Alpha Level of Mind, This first video is an introduction, helping us to understand how to enter the Alpha state of mind easily. Jose Silva explains what one needs to do to reach the Alpha, or meditative, level of mind, and this video illustrates his words beautifully. ALPHA MEDITATION EXAMPLE 2: Here's a second example I found on YouTube of entering the Alpha State and practicing our Mental Screen, with the 3, 2, 1, countdown method in a (25 minutes meditation) with Sommer Leigh, who reads Silva's Alpha Meditation exactly as he would, but obviously this time, it's with a female voice and peaceful music. Sommer does address the fact that someone new to meditating should begin with counting down from 100 to 1 to reach the Alpha level, using the countdown method that Silva suggests. If you prefer a male voice for this activity, you can sign up for MindValley.com where Vishen Lakhiani goes through this same exercise, that he calls “Tapping into Alpha with a Centering Exercise” or you can hear Vishen's YouTube version of The 20 Minute Silva Centering Exercise here from MindValley's Channel. Once you reach the Alpha level, (either in the morning, or a night or any time of day that you have to spend 15 minutes) Silva explains this is where we envision a peaceful place to help us to relax our mind, and body for improved health. This is also the place where we can practice solving a problem that we will go deeper into in PART 2. This meditation ends with the 1-5 countdown method to exit the meditation, where we feel better than we did before. Jose Silva reminds us that if we did nothing other than practice going to this peaceful state of mind, it would have tremendous health and wellness benefits that research now proves to be true. In PART 2[x] of our review, on our last episode, we covered: ✔ Ch 4- Dynamic Meditation (where we actually DO something while meditating, instead of it being a passive practice). ✔ The 4 Laws that must be in place BEFORE we visualize a goal. ✔ How these 4 Laws mirror Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich book. ✔ 3 STEPS to SOLVE ANY PROBLEM Using the Silva Method on the Screen that We Build in Our Mind. ✔ Ch 5- Improving Memory ✔ Where Silva's Memory Hacks have been seen on previous episodes and in the motivational speaking industry. In PART 3 of our review, today's EPISODE #263, we will cover: ✔ Ch 6-Speed Learning ✔ Ch 7-Creative Sleep For Chapter 6: Speed Learning I couldn't begin writing about Silva's strategies, without referring to Jim Kwik[xi] first, the founder of Kwik Learning, who created his entire business around how to reader faster, work smarter and think better by accelerating your learning and your life by unlocking what he calls our “superbrain.” Jim Kwik reminds us something I'm sure we've all heard of a million times, that school teaches us WHAT to learn (History, Math, Science, Languages) but “there are ZERO classes on how to learn, listen, focus, concentrate, solve problems, read faster or remember things.” We mentioned Howard Berg, The World's Fastest Speed Reader on our last episode, who taught us on EPISODE #189[xii] many skills that school never taught us, like speed reading or memory tricks. Jose Silva was ahead of his game when he began looking for ways to teach his children, and eventually thousands of others who studied his methods, to learn faster, and be able to remember what they learned for longer periods of time. He offers two strategies in his book: STRATEGY 1: THE MENTAL SCREEN FOR LEARNING PAIRED WITH THE 3 FINGER TECHNIQUE Silva suggests using our Mental Screen for learning, to speed up and deepen what we learn. He also uses the 3 Finger Technique to help us to reach the Alpha State quicker, which can be done while reading to help with focus, concentration and retention, and he outlines a teacher from Denver who used this Three Finger Technique to teach her students spelling with a list of 20 words. To test them, she would ask them to write down the words they studied that week, recall the words using the Three Finger Technique, and see the words on the screen of their minds. She was able to teach all of her students to remember their spelling list with this method. STRATEGY 2: RECORD YOUR VOICE The second method for Speed Learning, I'm most interest in, as I had heard about this strategy in the past. Silva suggests recording your voice when you need to learn something new. When I worked in the seminar industry, we called this a “loop tape” and this strategy was for anyone who wanted to take their results to new heights. Whether they were studying for a test, and needed to learn something new, or an actor who needed to memorize their lines quickly, a loop tape was recommended. I even remember it was suggested to me when I first moved to the US, and found life in this new country to be challenging. The first thing our offices said was “has Andrea created a loop tape of what she wants her life to look like?” Sounds a bit off the wall, but if you don't think something first, on the screen of your mind, you'll be less likely to know what you are looking for when you see it. It's crazy to look back now, because my current life looks pretty much the way I imagined it to look 20+ years ago, when I created my first loop tape, and even drew a sketch of what I envisioned the house I would live in, would look like. PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE: For someone who want to apply this strategy to learning something new, Silva suggests to read the chapter that you are studying out loud (or whatever it is that you want to remember) and record it while you're in the beta brain state, or wide awake and focused. Next, he says, go to the alpha brain state (by counting backwards using the 3, 2, 1 method, or with the 3 Finger Technique and listen to what you recorded while in this state, concentrating on your voice. For added reinforcement, he suggests to let a few days pass and then do it again. Read the material in your beta state and play it back in alpha. This is also in line with Dr. John Dunlosky's research, using spaced repetition. Chapter 7 of The Silva Method on Creative Sleep. Silva took the dream world very seriously, and he was interested in using dreams to solve problems. His programs teach us to first of all remember your dreams and suggests writing them down as soon as you wake up. We've covered dreams on this podcast with EPISODE #224[xiii] with Harvard Neuroscientist Dr. Baland Jalal on “Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreaming and Premonitions” or EPISODE #104[xiv] with Antonio Zadra and his book “When Brains Dream” and I even took a stab at explaining “Why Our Dreams Are So Weird, Highly Emotional and Often Forgotten” on EPISODE #226[xv] as I'm personally been interested in deciphering the messages that come through in our dream state. I mentioned on our recent episode with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram about how motivational speaker Bob Proctor would encourage all of us to write down our dreams to see what we could learn from them. I've got quite the dream log that goes back to the late 90s, and while no one other than myself would understand the significance within my scribbles, they are very clear to me. Here's an example: I was planning to move from Toronto, Canada, to Arizona, USA in January 2000. I had applied to come to the USA on the H1BI VISA for the work I was doing with teenagers, and I didn't get the paperwork I needed until April 2001. You can see a dream I recorded Dec 14th, 2000 where I wrote “Bob at office putting in new computer telling me how I should set up my Phoenix office” that to someone else might be just a bunch of jumbled words, but to me, that was a clear sign that I was going to eventually finally make it to Arizona, with some suggestions on how to set up my office when I got there. I remember this dream clearly, with Bob actually hiding the wires behind my computer under my desk. With each log I've written, I can now go back over the dream in my head whenever I want, and the messages within each dream are obvious…at least to me. HOW TO USE YOUR DREAMS AS GUIDANCE: I've used this dream log to guide me in my personal and professional life and highly encourage anyone who wants to gain more self-awareness to try this activity. Silva began using dreams to solve his problems back in 1949 and said the more he studied, the more humbling it became as he realized he knew less and less as time moved forward. He was always looking to learn more to help others with his research. He writes an incredible story about how he dreamed of 3 numbers, and couldn't figure out what they were, until a string of events led him to a gas station, where someone he was with saw the numbers on a lottery ticket. He bought the ticket, and went on to win $10,000 that he used to fund his research over the years. This isn't the only story where dreams have had a significant importance. Richard Bach, the author of the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” an important book in the field of personal development, was almost never was written. Richard Bach explains that he couldn't figure out the ending to this story, until he saw the ending in a dream he had, helping him to finish the book. This book made the cover of Time Magazine, and Bach credits The Silva Method for the mental discipline and visualization he needed to complete this book. PUT THIS STRATEGY INTO PRACTICE: BEGIN BY WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS as soon as you wake up. I used to keep a notebook next to my bed, to do this, but now, with a phone nearby, I wake up and use the notepad on my phone. But what if you don't recall your dreams? Dreams are hard to remember, and Stephanie Gailing, the author of The Complete Book of Dreams says that “on average, within 5 minutes we forget 50% of what we dream and within 10 minutes, only 10% may remain”[xvi] and “there are certain neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) necessary to transform short-term memories into long-term ones; some of these including norepinephrine are at a very low level while dreaming, therefore create an innate blockade to having our nighttime visions etched in our mind.” TAKE THE DREAM WORLD SERIOUSLY: If you can be like Silva, and put value on your dreams, Gailing says “those who revere their dreams and accept them as an integral part of their life remember them more often.” I learned from Vishen Lakhiani, in the Silva Ultramind Online course that some indigenous cultures that he's come across in his studies, wake up and begin their day by discussing their dreams and what messages they can see from their dream state. I know we are far off from starting our corporate meetings this way, but if you can do this on your own, I do promise you will see things that will help you in your everyday life. MAKE SURE YOU ARE SLEEPING LONG ENOUGH: Gailing reported in her Complete Book of Dreams that “since dreams that arrive in the early morning are thought to be more vivid and complex” be sure you are sleeping long enough that you don't miss out on this last REM stage of sleep. How would you know WHEN your REM sleep is? You can use a sleep tracker to see. I put a screen shot of my REM SLEEP from last night that shows at what points in the night I was in REM. My report showed last night's REM sleep to be 21% higher than my 30 day average, but I unfortunately did not remember my dreams from last night. HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER YOUR DREAMS: The strategy of having the intention of remembering your dream works well, and also not worrying if you don't remember them every night. My dream log has weeks of gaps where I didn't remember anything at all, or it just wasn't something I thought was important to remember at the time. To bring this episode to a close, and REVIEW Chapter 6 on Speed Learning and Chapter 7 on Creative Dreams, In Chapter 6 on Speed Learning we looked at 2 Strategies that included Using the mental screen paired with the 3-finger technique if you want to learn something quickly, using the Alpha Brain State. Silva also covered recording your voice, or creating what I knew of as the “loop tape” of whatever it is that you want to remember. You would record what you want to remember in the BETA State, and then listen to it in the Alpha state (using the 3 finger technique or counting backwards). In Chapter 7 on Creative Dreams we covered 4 strategies for remembering our dreams, and taking them seriously like Jose Silva himself did. In the resource section, I've put the links to the three meditations I found online that can help you to take Silva's ideas to new heights in your own life. I hope that you take the time to go through the meditations where you will see what Hans Ajay told me. They are transformational. I wanted to learn something new with my current meditation practice, and had no idea just how deep Jose Silva's Program would take me. Next episode we will cover: Episode #164 ✔ Ch 8-Your Words Have Power ✔ Ch 9-The Power of Imagination ✔ Ch 10-Using Your Mind to Improve Your Health Will see you next episode. RESOURCES: MEDITATION 1: How to Enter the Alpha Level of Mind, Step by Step Process, The Silva Method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMJWT6EsNs MEDITATION 2: Jose Silva Method Alpha Exercises by Sommer Leigh Published on YouTube June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SY0kajVITA MEDITATION 3: 20 Minute Sila Centering Exercise with Vishen Kakhiani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_4GDXWBPCk REFERENCES: [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #260 with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram on “Breaking Down the Mindset of the Million Dollar Monk” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/serial-entrepreneur-and-computer-scientist-hasan-ibne-akram-pd-d-on-breaking-down-the-mindset-of-the-million-dollar-monk/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 3258 Neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author on “The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Make Them Stay” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/neuroscientistwallstreet-journalbestselling-authorfriederike-fabritius-onhernew-bookthe-brainfriendly-workplacewhy-talented-peoplequitand-how-tomake/ [iii] https://kwiklearning.com/ [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #37 with Dr. John Dunlosky on “Improving Student Success with Some Principles from Cognitive Science” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/kent-states-dr-john-dunlosky-on-improving-student-success-some-principles-from-cognitive-science/ [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #161 with John Almarode, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher on “How Learning Works: Translating the Science of Learning into Strategies for Maximum Learning in Your Classroom” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/johnalmarodedouglas-fisherand-nancyfreyon-how-learning-works-translatingthescience-oflearningintostrategiesformaximum-learning-inyourclassroom/ [vi] Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and bod Published September 5, 2017 by Daniel Goleman https://www.amazon.com/Altered-Traits-Science-Reveals-Meditation/dp/0399184384 [vii] The Silva Mind Control Method https://silvamethod.com/ [viii] www.mindvalley.com [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #261 PART 1 “A Deep Dive into Applying the Silva Method for Improved Intuition, Creativity and Focus” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-1/ [x]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE#262 PART 2 “A Deep Dive into Applying the Silva Method: Dynamic Meditation and Improved Memory” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-2/ [xi] https://kwiklearning.com/ [xii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #145 with Howard Berg, the World's Fastest Speed Reader on “Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension and Recall” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-worlds-fastest-reader-howard-stephen-berg-on-strategies-to-improve-reading-comprehension-and-recall-for-educators-and-the-workplace/ [xiii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #224 with Harvard Neuroscientist Dr. Baland Jalal who Explains “Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreaming and Premonitions: Expanding Our Awareness into the Mysteries of Our Brain During Sleep” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/harvard-neuroscientist-drbaland-jalalexplainssleepparalysislucid-dreaming-andpremonitionsexpandingour-awareness-into-the-mysteries-ofourbrainduring-sl/ [xiv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #104 with Antonio Zadra on “When Brains Dream” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/sleep-scientist-antonio-zadra-on-when-brains-dream-exploring-the-science-and-mystery-of-sleep/ [xv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE#226 “Using Neuroscience to Explain Why Our Dreams Are So Weird, Highly Emotional and Often Forgotten” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-explain-why-our-dreams-are-so-weird-highly-emotional-and-often-forgotten/ [xvi] The Complete Book of Dreams: A Guide to Unlocking the Meaning and Healing Power of Your Dreams by Stephanie Gailing Published October 20, 2020 https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Dreams-Illustrated-Encyclopedia/dp/1577152131
“Once we learn to use our mind to train it, it will do some astounding things for us, as you will soon see.” Jose Silva (August 11, 1914-February 7, 1999) author of The Silva Mind Control Method. Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast and PART 2 of our Review of Jose Silva's Mind Control Program. I'm Andrea Samadi an author and an educator, who like many of you listening, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind ANY high performance strategy proven to increase our results in our schools, sports, and modern workplaces. If there's something NEW that I come across that can help us in any way, I'll investigate it, connect it with the most current research, and then share what I learn with you here. At the start of this year, I reviewed Napoleon Hill's Best-Selling Think and Grow Rich[i] book, with a deep dive into many of the concepts that have been put to a practical test by millions of people around the world over the years. This is THE book that my mentor Bob Proctor spent his lifetime studying, and it remains on my desk as a resource to visit when I need some inspiration, or some wise words of wisdom to push me forward. Then I came across Jose Silva's work on our resent EPISODE #260, a fascinating program that I had heard about when I worked in the seminar industry, and I knew it was time to slow down the podcast, and see what Jose Silva's program covered, and if his work could help us all with whatever it is that we are working on. My goal with this review of The Silva Method[ii], is to help all of us to learn something new to refine our current meditation practice whether we are working in our schools to improve learning, in our sports environments for improved results towards a specific goal, or in the corporate workplace to generate new ideas. I wouldn't have picked this book to review if it hadn't made such an impact on the world, like Napoleon Hills' book. In PART 1[iii] of our review, on our last episode, we covered: ✔ CH 1- Using More of Our Mind in Special Ways: An Introduction to the Silva Mind Control Method ✔ What this program has done for others. ✔ Ch 2- Meet Jose ✔ Ch 3- How to Meditate: A review of the brain states (BETA, ALPHA, THETA, DELTA). ✔ How to quickly access the ALPHA STATE to improve creativity, and intuition. ✔ Using A Mental Screen in Your Mind for Heightened Visualization ✔ How to Help Yourself and Others Using a Mental Screen in Our Mind After recording this episode, there were some important parts that I forgot to add in, but since each of these episodes is cumulative, building off the last episode, I'll be sure to add in anything important along the way. As I'm writing these episodes, as I'm also learning along with you. ***If you are listening to this episode, and have not yet listened to PART 1, please do begin with PART 1 of this series, to maximize each concept we will be learning, and practicing. Each lesson builds off the next, in The Silva Method, which to me could be described as a combination between meditation, and self-hypnosis all in one. I'll be sharing Silva's Method, chapter by chapter, with clear examples of how to put it into practice, and how his method can help all of us to train our brain to do some astounding things. I wanted to cover The Silva Method on this podcast, as years ago, no one spoke about the power of hypnosis, or meditation, in our corporate workplaces, or in our schools. It's taken some time, but now these concepts are no longer weird, they are mainstream, embraced worldwide, and have helped millions of people from celebrities, and high level CEOS, to regular people in search of their own personal breakthroughs. I hope this episode series will help all of us to sharpen our saw with our own meditation practice, and help us to reach new heights in our personal and professional lives. On our last episode #261, we practiced accessing the Alpha Brain State using the countdown method, were introduced to the use of the Mental Screen for Heightened Visualization, and learned that it would be this mental screen where we would utilize the power of Silva's Mind Control Program, that is about controlling our own mind for the betterment of mankind. The idea is that we will be learning sequential exercises, created by Jose Silva, and tested by thousands of others, endorsed and practiced by many of the world's most well-known and respected scientists, and thought leaders. On today's Episode #262 we will cover: ✔ Ch 4- Dynamic Meditation ✔ Ch 5- Improving Memory and we will build off from where we left on the last episode, where we were practicing building mental images on the screen of our mind, while in the Alpha Brain State. Chapter 3 on Dynamic Meditation involves “training your mind for organized, dynamic activities” that Jose Silva thinks is what our mind was designed for. He says “once you have reached the meditative level, to simply stay there and wait for something to happen is not enough. It is beautiful and calming and it does contribute to your good health, but these are modest accomplishments compared with what is possible.” This is where The Silva program gets exciting as we step past passive meditation techniques, to use it dynamically to solve problems. Now we'll see why it's so important to perfect what we see on the Screen of our Mind, and why daily practice of these skills is crucial. Let's Do This! Let's use our mind for something that's useful for us—something of value. It all begins with our imagination, on this screen of our mind, but Silva says there are 4 important laws we must follow next. The Silva Program says that --Whatever it is that you want, you must: Law 1: You must desire that the event take place. Law 2: You must believe the event can take place. Law 3: You must expect the event to take place. Law 4: You cannot create a problem. When I heard these laws, that Silva wants us to consider BEFORE we begin visualizing what we want, I connected them to Napoleon Hill's best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich, probably because this book review is still fresh in my mind. Law 1: You must desire that the event take place. (Which reminds me of the Second chapter of the TAGR book. If you recall, this is the chapter where Barnes had a burning desire to work with Edison, so intense that he “burned all bridges behind him. He stood by his desire until it became the dominating obsession of his life.” (TAGR, Ch 2, Page 20). BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO USE THE SCREEN IN YOUR MIND, THINK ABOUT THIS. Do you have a burning desire for whatever it is that you want to create? If not, keep thinking for what you REALLY want, and choose this to focus on for this activity. Law 2: You must believe the event can take place. (This reminds me of Chapter 3 in TAGR, the chapter of Faith: Visualizing and Believing in the Attainments of the Desire. Napoleon Hill said that “every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat” (TAGR, Ch 2, Page 21) and you'll do this, because you won't believe in any other outcome. In PART 2 of our TAGR Study, I wrote an example I saw while researching Dr. David Sinclair, who we covered on EPISODE #189[iv] (and he's come up a few times on the podcast with his pioneering work in the field of anti-aging). While researching him, I found out that he had to self-funded his trip from Australia to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to interview to work in their lab, which he did. He didn't let his lack of funds stop him from finding his way to MIT. He had a clear vision of what he wanted, and he BELIEVED in his vision, and didn't let any obstacles get in his way. BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO USE THE SCREEN IN YOUR MIND, THINK ABOUT THIS: Do you BELIEVE the event you'll create on the screen of your mind can take place? Unwavering belief drives behavior, and it will come through, and be obvious by the way you walk (with purpose), the way you talk (with conviction) and finally, by the actions you will take, directed towards the attainment of whatever it is that you want. You will NEVER outperform your self-image. Without belief, you'll miss the boat. Law 3: You must expect the event to take place. While reading Silva's laws, I couldn't believe that these were all a part of the Napoleon Hill's best-selling book. I wondered if Silva learned them from Hill? I'll never know for sure, but expectation connects everything we are doing and when we expect something to happen, when it eventually does, we'll recognize it because it's been in our mind all along. In Silva's program, you will have spent some time with what you want on the screen of your mind, so expecting it is the next step. Law 4: You cannot create a problem. This law says a lot about who Jose Silva was as a person. He says “there is plenty of evil on this planet, and we humans perpetrate more than our share of it. This is done in Beta, not Alpha, not Theta, and probably not in Delta.” He says his research has proved this and I believe him. I don't believe in time wasting to prove what Silva has already proven, but it you want to use the Alpha Brain State to wish ill-will on someone else, you'll be wasting your time, as you will quickly snap out of Alpha in this process. You must only visualize something that's for the betterment of mankind. LET'S USE THE POWER OF OUR MIND TO SOLVE A PROBLEM ***To practice this, choose an event that's a solution to a problem you have. Something you desire, believe can come about, and can learn to expect it, with this exercise. STEP 1: PICK A PROBLEM Follow the steps that will get you into the Alpha Brain State, from our last episode (counting backwards from 100-1) and then lift your eyes upwards, and with your mind, create a mental screen where you will re-create the problem you want to solve. Relive the problem by seeing it and feeling it. For Schools: A problem could be a poor grade on a test, resulting in a low overall grade. For Sports: The problem could be a losing streak, or poor performance leading with the loss. For the Workplace: The problem could be a lack of sales in your organization, or poor performance somewhere. Pick the problem you want to solve, and visualize it on the screen of your mind. STEP 2: TAKE SOME SORT OF ACTION Next, you will gently push the problem scene off to the right which Silva explains in his book will represent the PAST. The past is now over, so push the problem aside. To the left of the problem, (that represents the FUTURE), create a NEW mental screen with the SOLUTION. Whatever you imagine will require ACTION of some sort showing you solving the problem. Most of us don't spend time thinking about the present moment or the future. We can easily get bogged down in what happened in the past. This is what I love about Silva's Method. The past is over, moved off to the side and we now focus ONLY on the present (taking action to solve the problem) and the FUTURE, which will highlight the changed outcome. For Schools: A solution could involve a student studying with more focus. For Sports: A solution could involve practicing a skill that is known for needed improvement. For the Workplace: A solution could involve presenting your product to a group of people who see its value, and decide they will purchase a large order. STEP 3: THE SOLUTION Finally, the action you have taken pays off, and you will envision the solution on the screen of your mind. Everything here is positive, and all of the feelings associated with the problem have been resolved. You celebrate the WIN here in as much detail as you can. What does this win feel like? Who's there watching you? What do you hear? What do you see? Involve all of your senses. For Schools: Picture the student celebrating when they see their efforts were rewarded with an A+ grade. This A+ will lead to many more, eventually allowing the student to receive an honor roll award at the end of the year. For Sports: You'll picture your team celebrating when the practice pays off with a WIN that eventually leads to a trophy or award at the end of the season. For the Workplace: You'll picture your team celebrating when they receive the large order that came from the hard work from the recent presentation. The team celebrates by hosting a lunch where all those involved are recognized for their efforts. These are some examples of using The Silva Method to train your brain towards your desired outcome. Does it always work? No, Silva says, but with time and practice, you'll start to see improvements that you might chalk up to be coincidences. He suggests stopping this practice altogether, and the coincidences will also stop. Start back up again, and they will reappear. You'll see…just practice this, and let me know what YOU see. With practice, the results you will see will be more and more astounding. The part that I forgot to mention was that in this Mind Control Exercise, “you will establish two routines. One for going to your level (with the countdown method) and the other for coming out of it.” Silva suggests at the end of STEP 3, after you've successfully visualized your solution, to say “I will slowly come out as I count from 1-5, feeling wide awake and better than before. One, two, prepare to open your eyes, three, open your eyes, four, five, eyes open, wide awake, feeling better than before.” This entire exercise, with practice, can be done with just 15 minute blocks of time, especially once you've reached the countdown method from counting from 5-1 to enter your level. You can also reach this state at any point in the day (morning upon wake, night, before sleep, or any time of day that you can a block of time where you can close your eyes and visualize yourself solving your problem). Chapter 5: Improving Memory We've covered memory hacks on this podcast with EPISODE #145[v] with Howard Berg, The World's Fastest Speed Reader on “Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension and Recall” or EPISODE #149[vi] with Two-Time Guinness World Record Holder Dave Farrow on “Focus, Fatigue, and Memory Hacks.” I'll use what Howard Berg said in our interview together[vii] as he said “take a list that you know, and link it to what you want to remember” which is exactly what Jose Silva suggests with his memory strategy. Howard had me remember a list from 1-10 using words and images (1 looks like pole, 2 is shoe, 3 is a tricycle since it has three wheels), 4 is a car (four wheels), 5 is a glove (five fingers in a glove)…etc. Next, Howard had me speed learning this list of numbers using imagery, showing me how to remember longer lists of numbers with these images. If you had ever attended a seminar with Bob Proctor, he also did this activity, linking words that we want to remember to a list of 10 words we already know by what he called ridiculous association. With the audience, he would pick a list of 20 words they wanted to recall (the audience would shout out 20 things). I wrote them down in my notes you can see (if you can read my writing). Then Bob would tie the words we want to recall to the numbers we already knew, by ridiculous association. 1-run, the audience picked a water bottle to remember and he'd say, (imagine a water bottle running around the room) 2-zoo (imaging a whole bunch of watches behind the glass with the lions as they are walking around them at the zoo 3-tree (growing a whole bunch of telephones), 4-door (with eye-glasses on the handle balancing there about to drop off when someone opens the door)…Bob's memory technique was like Howard's linking images (ridiculous images that were difficult to forget) to a list of numbers we already knew. Silva also believed in creating visual images to remember words and called these images “memory pegs” and mentioned this type of learning is a whole other area. To keep it simple, he says, to remember something He says that “all that you have to do, once you've learned to work with your mental screen, is visualize a past event that surrounds an incident you believe you have forgotten, and it will be there. I say an incident you believe you have forgotten because in reality you have not forgotten it at all. You simply do not recall it. There is a significant difference.” (Ch. 5, Silva Silva Method). He says that our brains record far more than we realize, and goes on to give some fascinating examples of what people have remembered while under general anesthesia, which is a whole other area I'll cover another time. 3 Finger Technique: In this chapter, Silva shows us how we can use what he calls the 3 Finger Technique to help us to quickly access the Alpha Brain State and solve simple things, like memory recall. He says, “Here is how simple it is: Just bring together the thumb and first two fingers of either hand and your mind will instantly adjust to a deeper level” to accomplish what you want. Try it for yourself. STEP 1: Join together your thumb and your first two fingers. What do you notice? He says this instantly brings us into the Alpha State. STEP 2: REPEAT silently or out loud “Whenever I join my fingers together like this”—now join them—“for a serious purpose I will instantly reach this level of mind to accomplish whatever I desire.” I heard Vishen Lakhiani, the CEO of MindValley say that he calms himself down during public speaking with this method. I agree that it's very calming, and use this technique to relax when I'm feeling stressed or anxious. I just used it yesterday while driving my girls to gymnastics in heavy traffic. Silva says that teacher from Denver used this Three Finger Technique to teach her students spelling with a list of 20 words. To test them, she asks them to write down the words they studied that week, recall the words using the Three Finger Technique, and see the words on the screen of their minds. She's able to teach all of her students to remember their spelling list with this method. This concept is not new. It's often how people place their hands during meditation, while sitting crossed-legged, but Silva has taken this technique to new heights, and those who have applied to to their line of work have noticed a significant improvement with memory/recall. REMEMBER: “When a person learns to function mentally at this deeper level, creativity is enhanced. Memory is improved and a person is better able to solve problems.” (Jose Silva). TO REVIEW PART 2 OF THE SILVA METHOD: We covered ✔ REVIEW of EPISODE #261 PART 1 ✔ Ch 4- Dynamic Meditation ✔ The 4 Laws that must be in place BEFORE you visualize something. ✔ We Solved a Problem with 3 STEPS (Problem, Action, Solution) with ideas to use this method for schools, sports or the workplace. ✔ Ch 5- Improving Memory ✔ The 3 Finger Technique SOME FINAL THOUGHTS: As we close out this episode, I want to reinforce that solving problems using the screen of our mind is something that takes some practice. This isn't something I've mastered yet, but as I have said, the purpose of these episodes are to see how we can improve our own meditation practices. It's only been 9 days for me now practicing the countdown method, and I'm noticing that I can access this beautiful Alpha Brain State quicker than I was from day 1 with improved focus, and clarity. My current goal is to be in better control of the images that I see on the screen of my mind. Right now, it's taking a lot of effort to override what I can see there already, and put something new on the screen that I want to create. When I need to access this state in the day, I'm using the 3 Finger Technique and finding another solution to instantly calm my brain. I'd obviously love to solve all of my problems overnight, but that's not how The Silva Program was designed. It's a journey of the mind, that I think is fascinating. “Once we learn to use our mind to train it, it will do some astounding things for us, as you will soon see.” Jose Silva I can see how many of Jose Silva's techniques have created geniuses, as Howard Berg, The World's Fastest Speed Reader used similar strategies, as well as the 2-time World Guinness Record Holder, Dave Farrow. Thank you for listening, and coming on this journey with me. I'd love to know what you notice if you have tried out the exercises with your field of work. With that, I'll close out for now, and will see you in a few days with Episode #163 on ✔ Ch 6-Speed Learning ✔ Ch 7-Creative Sleep REFERENCES: [i] Think and Grow Rich Book Review with Andrea Samadi Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #190 PART 1 “Making 2022 Your Best Year Ever” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-1-how-to-make-2022-your-best-year-ever/ Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #191 PART 2 on “Thinking Differently and Choosing Faith Over Fear” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-2-how-to-make-2022-your-best-year-ever-by-thinking-differently-and-choosing-faith-over-fear/ Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #193 PART 3 on “Putting Our Goals on Autopilot with Autosuggestion and Our Imagination” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-3-using-autosuggestion-and-your-imagination-to-put-your-goals-on-autopilot/ Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #194 PART 4 on “Perfecting the Skills of Organized Planning, Decision-Making, and Persistence” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-4-on-perfecting-the-skills-of-organized-planning-decision-making-and-persistence/ Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #195 PART 5 on “The Power of the Mastermind, Taking the Mystery Out of Sex Transmutation, and Linking all Parts of Our Mind” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-5-on-the-power-of-the-mastermind-taking-the-mystery-out-of-sex-transmutation-and-linking-all-parts-of-our-mind/ Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #196 PART 6 in Memory of Bob Proctor on “The 15 Principles Behind Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich Book” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-neuroscience-behind-the-15-success-principles-of-napoleon-hill-s-classic-boo-think-and-grow-rich/ [ii] The Silva Mind Control Method https://silvamethod.com/ [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #261 PART 1 “A Deep Dive into Applying the Silva Method for Improved Intuition, Creativity and Focus” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-1/ [iv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #189 on “Understanding Hormesis: Why Stress and Adversity Make Us Physically and Mentally Stronger” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/understanding-hormesis-why-stress-and-adversity-make-us-physically-and-mentally-stronger/ [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #145 with Howard Berg, the World's Fastest Speed Reader on “Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension and Recall” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-worlds-fastest-reader-howard-stephen-berg-on-strategies-to-improve-reading-comprehension-and-recall-for-educators-and-the-workplace/ [vi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #149 with Two-Time Guinness World Record Holder Dave Farrow on “Focus, Fatigue and Memory Hacks” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/2-time-guinness-world-record-holder-dave-farrow-on-focus-fatigue-and-memory-hacks-for-students-and-the-workplace/ [vii] Howard Berg's Memory Trick with Andrea (40:20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al0B6HzxtEk
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Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we cover the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning (for schools) and emotional intelligence training (in the workplace) with tools, ideas and strategies that we can all use for increased results. I'm Andrea Samadi, and launched this podcast to share how important an understanding of our brain is for our everyday life and results--whether we are a teacher in the classroom, or in the modern workplace, and release content to help all of us, specifically on the topics of health, wellbeing and productivity. This weekend, I heard a message from New York Times Best Selling author of the book, High Performance Habits, Brendon Burchard[i], that got me thinking about where we are right now in the world today. He said that while there might have been times during the Pandemic where we laid low, or held back in protective mode, the pendulum has swung the other way now, and that there is a high need for us ALL to be “more productive as a nation”[ii] as we enter this next phase of the economy, and showing up with our A-game is not just timely, but crucial. I know that listeners of this podcast are high performing, with learning new things at the top of your list, so with this in mind, for today's EPISODE #233, I wanted to go back and review our TOP 12 Most viewed YouTube Video Interviews, as chosen by you, the listener, so we can all go back to the basics, and review some of the most important lessons learned on this podcast, since we launched just over 3 years ago. I used to love listening to radio icon, Casey Kasem's American Top 40[iii] back in the 1980s on my clock radio when I was in high school, where he would leave you in suspense as he counted backwards, to the #1 song, but for this countdown, I will start with our #1 most listened to episode, with something I remember about each one, or the speaker, and a link that we can all use to revisit, and “Sharpen our Saw”[iv] as Dr. Stephen Covey would say, as we can go back and review these most listened to episodes with the 7th Habit. Since I keep an eye on the numbers of this podcast, whether it's with the audio interviews, or video, I thought it was interesting that the Top 10 list holds 8/10 people who were in our early interviews, or the 1st 100 interviews, with 2 people who came in later, and rose to the top. While I think ALL interviews hold important lessons, let's begin with our Top 12. Let the Countdown Begin… The #1 most watched interview, is our first interview with Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, EPISODE #77 on “Developing and Delivering High Quality, Distance Learning”[v] that we can all remember came right as parents and teachers were thrown unexpectedly into the world of online learning. Watch this interview by clicking here https://youtu.be/7nLe3P50j4Q and review their tips to help all of us succeed in this every changing world. Don't miss their return to the podcast for EPISODE #161 with their new book with John Almarode, “How Learning Works”[vi] where they tie learning and the brain What I will never forget with both these interviews is the timing of them. I'm sure no one will ever forget just how disastrous it was bringing our children to at home learning, and by the time we got to revisit everyone, for EPISODE 161, we were right in the middle of the Pandemic, and I remember in the second interview, we ALL had terrible colds. None of us cancelled this interview, that we did at 6am PST but we all said prayers for family members who were struggling with COVID, and we covered the content, using all of our energy to do so. I do receive emails about 2 two specific interviews from Education Departments in different parts of the country who ask if they can use them as models for their students on best practices for interviewing as well as for the content provided, which brings me to think about the fact that regardless of how we are feeling before we have to present something, “A Pro is at their best, regardless.” (Bob Proctor). The second most watched interview was with Howard Berg, The World's Fastest Reader, with over a 90% comprehension rate on “Simple and Easy Strategies to Improve Reading, Comprehension and Recall.” Watch this interview here https://youtu.be/Al0B6HzxtEk This was such a fun interview, as Howard is an incredible teacher who I had no idea was like me, a former swimming teacher who learned about the importance of the student “wanting to learn” to swim that he translated into learning years later. I had met Howard years before I asked him to do this interview, and followed his work, using one of his speed reading strategies with my youngest daughter to help her to stay focused with reading. (It's a common strategy of putting your finger on the page while you are reading, but Howard can show you that this practice can significantly improve reading speed and comprehension with many other important tips to improve memory and learning, that I think includes using humor to engage your students. The third most watch interview is with Suzanne Gundersen on “The Polyvagal Theory in Practice” that you can watch here https://youtu.be/WCFrygUG-UI Understanding the Polyvagal Theory, and how our body shifts between rest and digest, fight or flight and total shut down became important for educators in the classroom to understand the states of minds of their students, and why they were acting certain ways, with strategies that can be used to calm down a student who might be struggling. I'm not going to skip this bit of feedback that you can read in the comment section of this interview, because it's important that when we receive constructive criticism that we hear it. This interview on stress reduction, I do hear often “why did you choose that hyper music for a stress-reducing interview?” The answer is pretty simple, I try not to be defensive, and hear the criticism, so I can take it in to learn and improve, but I honestly had no idea what music to use when I first started out. I can see now that I should have chosen a calmer selection of music for this interview. We are all learning together here. The 4th most watch interview is with Dawson Church on his Bliss Brain Book and Daily Meditations. Watch the interview here https://youtu.be/bH8yVKHjFN4 While I still use Dawson Church's meditations EVERY morning, that you can access through his book, I really could have used them in the interview when my landscapers came, and my dog Nitro went cray, barking for what felt like an eternity. Dr. Church was a pro and explained “The Neuroscience Behind Remodeling our Brain for Happiness, Resilience and Joy” without skipping a beat. When this happened, I could see his calm brain in action, and it really did show from my end, knowing there was a lot of noise that I did cut out. The fifth most watched interview is about Dr. Anna Lembke's popular book, “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence” where she takes us through the fact that “we are all running from something” and looking at where we are out of balance using her strategies to help tip us back to balance, towards increased energy and productivity. I had to reach out to Dr. Lembke after seeing her on Dr. Huberman's podcast, and she continues to show up on podcasts in my stream to this day, as this topic isn't losing its importance. Watch this interview here https://youtu.be/5Pu82wZRZwo What I loved about this interview was that she was all about “finding balance” and explained how it was possible to do this. She shared that we don't need to give up those things that we love, but take a break from them, and you will notice a brain reset in the process. In 6th place, we have Dr. David Sousa with his series “How the Brain Learns” that was handed to me from an educator over 8 years ago, who urged me to go in the direction of neuroscience. Dr. Sousa's series that's now in its 5th edition, is one of the books I picked up when first beginning to understand how our brain learns to read, do math, how the ELL brain learns, or the special needs brain learns—each book explains the science behind learning and the brain. Watch our first interview here for EPISODE #78 https://youtu.be/4welQLkKm5I and then review our second interview when this book went into Its 5th edition here https://youtu.be/148InRAxFts In 7th place, we have Marc Brackett with his early interview, EPISODE #22 on his book, Permission to Feel that you can watch here https://youtu.be/CeOzi8ZrFO4. I still follow Marc's inspiring work, but what I love seeing the most is when someone's work comes full circle. If you follow Marc on Instagram, you would have seen the post about his niece, Esme, who recently graduated from high school, and Marc posted a beautiful photo of the two of them, and wrote that he hopes that he is “as good an uncle to her as her grandfather (Marc's Uncle Marvin who inspired his work) was to him.” (Marc Brackett). When I think of the thousands of schools using Marc's Ruler approach, and the mark he's made on the world, I can't even begin to imagine how much he's inspired this young lady. I might just have to find her, and interview her to find out! Licensed and board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) Jessica Minahan comes in 8th with her book “The Behavior Code” that helps us to all understand and teach the most challenging students. Jessica's work was referred to me by Greg Wolcott, who we have interviewed on this podcast, twice, and Greg often sends over ideas and suggestions for speakers to feature. I wish I knew about The Behavior Code when I was a first-year teacher, facing a classroom filled with behavioral students. You can watch this interview here https://youtu.be/oQqFN110gMM Mark Robert Waldman, comes in 9th with EPISODE #30 on “Brain-Based Experiential Learning and Living” where Mark began exploring the importance of mindfulness with creativity, and productivity that I learned first-hand in his Neurocoaching Certifcation Program, (that took me 2 years to complete). His program is the ONLY program led by University faculty who are currently doing peer- reviewed brain-scan research in the field of Network Neuroscience. If you watch this interview, you will see how Mark loves teaching everyone how to maximize our brain power for improved results, when it comes to money, happiness and success. He is now working on a new book with Andy Newberg, MD. On “Balancing Your Default Mode Network” Watch our interview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54bmB6_gPGc The 10th spot goes to Todd Woodcroft who at the time was an Assistant Coach with the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL. He's since moved up to a Head Coach Position with D1 Men's College Hockey, but if you follow his work, you would see that he still remains closely tied with the NHL, male and female player development as well as youth development. Our interview on “Embracing the Daily Grind in the NHL” is applicable for all of us, whether we are a teacher in the classroom, a coach, or working in the corporate world, as he makes a strong case for the daily habits that are embraced, not feared at the pro sports level. What's interesting with this interview, is that it's another case of things coming full circle, as many of the people Todd mentions in this interview (2 years ago), or who he worked with, have now moved forward in their career, using these principles, including himself, which to me shows that there is a science to success. When we “embracing the daily grind” or do things a certain way, we can attain predictable results. Watch this interview here https://youtu.be/uNFT4-Yg_kI Kelly Roman comes in at #11 with our interview on the Fisher Wallace wearable medical device that combats insomnia, anxiety and depression. I just released EPISODE 231[vii] where I recap my personal review of this device that I didn't even know existed until interviewing Kelly Roman. You can watch our interview here https://youtu.be/jCtbngfXoYg that Kelly says is his all-time favorite interview. I think it's neat to look back to this interview, when I had no idea that a device like this even existed, to see my personal review that improved my sleep by much more the gold standard of 20 minutes each night. When I wrote this review of the device, I began getting emails about my experience, and whether I still use the device, leading me to release that recent update, sharing that I still do in fact use the Fisher Wallace device to keep my WASO scores low, and now that I know it increases serotonin, I'm sure it does help my mood to be more even keeled and worry less about life's usual stressors. John Ratey, MD comes in 12th on our countdown with our interview #116 on “The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.” You can watch this interview here https://youtu.be/ZTa1zwpQcxQ for a reminder of how important moving our body is for the proper functioning of our brain. When I reviewed Dr. Ratey's interview, I was reminded of the intense research I do on each guest. I'm not sure where I read that Dr. Ratey spent some time as a Zen Monk, but I think it was something he hadn't thought about for some time. I often refer back to Dr. Ratey's interview where I first began to make the connection with the importance of exercise for learning and retention. I could keep counting down and reviewing the Top 40, like Kasey Casem's Show, but I would be here writing all night. To close out today's EPISODE #233, I wanted to go back to what I heard Brendon Burchard mention over the weekend, with the importance of ramping up our learning, and that we must become more productive as a nation. It's not the time to shrink back, and be protective, but lean forward, review our goals, notice what's working, and what isn't, “Sharpen Our Saw” and then move forward with everything that we've got. I hope that reviewing our TOP 12 most watched interviews gives you some ideas to gain more clarity and perspective with whatever it is that you are working on, raising your ambition to do just a bit more, and show up, with you're A game for a strong last half of 2022. I'll see you in a few days. :) REFERENCES: [i] www.Brendon.com [ii] Brendon Burchard on “What to focus on as we enter this next phase of the economy.” https://www.growthday.com/iphone2 [iii] https://www.iheart.com/live/classic-american-top-40-6545/ [iv]The 7th Habit https://www.franklincovey.com/habit-7/#:~:text=Sharpen%20the%20Saw%20means%20preserving,emotional%2C%20mental%2C%20and%20spiritual. [v] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #77 Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, EPISODE #77 on “Developing and Delivering High Quality, Distance Learning.” https://youtu.be/7nLe3P50j4Q [vi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #171 Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey and John Almarode on Their New Playbook "How Learning Works"https://youtu.be/1Zw3E1OZnl4 [vii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #231 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/update-one-year-later-on-my-personal-review-of-the-fisher-wallace-wearable-sleep-device-for-anxiety-depression-and-sleep-management/
In episode no 69 we have a special guest Howard Berg Howard is a Guinness world record holder for the fastest reader in the world. In this episode, We will discuss with Howard How to read and, memorize faster don`t forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast. let's dive in --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rasel-chowdhury2/support
Alexa: Hmmm.... not sure Our guest Howard Berg is a Guinness World Record Holder for the fastest reader. He can read more than 25,000 words a minute. He is also a best selling author and he teaches students on how to read and write faster. They talk about how he became the fastest reader. He also gives everyone some quick tips. Howard Berg Website
Alexa: Hmmm.... not sure Our guest Howard Berg is a Guinness World Record Holder for the fastest reader. He can read more than 25,000 words a minute. He is also a best selling author and he teaches students on how to read and write faster. They talk about how he became the fastest reader. He also gives everyone some quick tips. Howard Berg Website
The worlds fastest reader is asked all sorts of questions. From How fast do you really read?, Do you have to be smart to learn to read fast?, Why would you not keep this a secret?, to Do you have to read different types of books like math or fiction differently? All these questions and so much more are answered by the current World Record Holder for Fastest reader Howard Berg from www.berglearning.com Yes you can learn how to read and learn faster!!!
What do you want the end of your life to look like? Physician Dan Morhaim says planning for the inevitable ensures you receive the treatment you'd like to have. His latest book, written with his wife, Shelley Morhaim, offers a guide to the legal, medical, and personal choices surrounding death. It's titled, "Preparing for A Better End: Expert Lessons on Death and Dying for You and Your Loved Ones." Find free advance directive forms by state through the AARP. Then, Serenity Ridge Natural Burial Cemetery and Arboretum, a green burial site planned for western Baltimore County, will offer an alternative to traditional cremation or internment practices. We speak with co-owner Dr. Howard Berg, and with Jennifer Downs of the nonprofit Green Burial Association of Maryland about the growing popularity of natural burial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Howard is the world's fastest reader, best-selling author, and trains people internationally on how to learn and use information faster. Can you believe it? 25,000 words per minute? Enjoy this extra interview with him!Links:https://www.facebook.com/howard.berg.988711 https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/ https://twitter.com/HowardSBerg Instagram https://www.instagram.com/howardspeedread/Support the show
This week on Girls Throw Too, Steph talks about her trip to Tahoe, California. Find out why they came home a day early.. Whit had a heart to heart with her daughter, Elsie, about cornhole and also took out a ceiling tile (oops). Meesh is committing herself to tiktok and learning trends for her new instagram page - @cornholefitlife ! Give it a follow to learn fitness tips and how cornhole can improve your life. This week's player spotlight is ACL Pro Eric Ryder, he is the ACL HQ General Manager and has been playing cornhole since 2008. This former body builder will surprise you when you find out about his cancer surviving experience. Later on we talk to a literal genius. Howard Berg is the world's fastest reader, best-selling author, and trains people internationally on how to learn and use information faster. Can you believe it? 25,000 words per minute.Links:Kids Throw Too New Website: https://kidsthrowtoo.com/Girls Throw Too Website: https://girlsthrowtoo.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276040074164229/Twitter: https://twitter.com/GirlsThrowTooInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlsthrowtoo/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ZZ9IXFbzMohv-lpWmzw9QTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@girlsthrowtooWhitney on IG: https://www.instagram.com/wingram/Michelle on IG: https://www.instagram.com/michellehastiethompsonhttps://www.wethrivetoo.com/michelle-hastie-thompsonSupport the show
Mark Layder counts author, inventor, publisher, importer, hotelier, facilitator, concept seller, recruiter, business designer and now 'Business Connector' as steps on his path to “QoL” (Quality of Life). This “Jack of All Trades” experience has led to DealCraft as the foremost communication skill in the creation of his Connected business structures for Thrival in the 21st Century. Flicking through Mark's testimonials from 'Interesting People' reads like a veritable Who's Who of voices willing to acknowledge his years of work forming Entelechy: The New Science of Achieving Potential. Married to Ellen since 1994 with son Cody joining the 'team' in 2003, Mark hails from the Beatles city of Liverpool in the UK. Author of SuperYou a unique 12 volume self-coaching workbook programme. One of the first of it's kind ..written in 1993. Had well over 10,000 subscribers. Now author of BC BusinessConnectors Featured in 'Entrepreneurs on Fire' book with Tim Ferris. Also featured in Ted Nicholas' book 'Magic Words'. No.1 promoter for Tony Robbins 1st UK tour in 1993. 1st E-myth consultant in UK in 1996. Brought Crestcom (ex American Salesmasters) to UK in 1992. Creator of Winvironment Optimal Performance Research...working successfully with mainly 'soccer' teams since 1995 Dean of Life Plus University in Arkansas 2000 to 2002. Shared speaking stages with Jim Rohn in Las Vegas and also Edward DeBono. As well as Howard Berg, Ted Nicholas and Alexander Everett (one of the true founders of the Human Potential Movement) Find Mark at https://www.bizconnectors.org (bizconnectors.org) Mentioned in this episode: Get my MP3 I have recorded my book in audio form. Get your copy for free at https://www.guywhoknowsaguy.com Network without talking to strangers Did you know that you can network without ever talking to a stranger? It's true. Networking is not about awkward conversations and elevator pitches. It is about making connections and creating value. I'll teach you how in a two minute video at https://www.guywhoknowsaguy.com/innercircle
Howard Berg, CEO & Founder of Berg Learning, is the Guinness Book World Record Holder for being the Fastest Reader. He can read 25,000 words per minute - yes, that is 60 seconds! On this episode, he explains how to learn, how to search for information and use these tools in order to learn a new skill within a short period of time.Alumni from the Berg Learning system have been known to complete their college degrees in 6 months, be college professors at age 22 and even learn a new skill in a day. If your goal is to learn how to maximize your brain power, change careers or acquire a new skill, you can find all the information on:Website: https://berglearning.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/
Can you read 25,000 words per minute? Or finish a 300-page book in 5 minutes?Howard Berg, CEO & Founder of Berg Learning, is the Guinness Book World Record Holder for being the Fastest Reader. He can read 25,000 words per minute - yes, in 60 seconds! Howard has been teaching people these speed reading techniques for the past 35 years. Alumni from the Berg Learning system have been known to complete their college degrees in 6 months, be college professors at age 22 and even learn a new skill in a day. If your goal is to learn how to maximize your brain power, change careers or acquire a new skill, these techniques are for you.If you enroll on the Berg Learning Course, you get to learn the personal secrets of a Guinness world record holder. This course is not just another speed reading program but a system designed to help you succeed in life. This includes doing over 142 hands-on activities, watching and comprehending 32 skill and technique videos, practicing daily speed up drills, learning to speed read on digital devices, completing multiple skill-based reading exercises and altering your preconceived reading patterns.Howard wishes for you to unleash your real potential and be the true genius you were born to be. He will show you the psychology behind reading and the mechanics of speed reading. You will be transformed into a speed reading genius, and material that took you days to finish will now be completed in hours.The Berg Learning system is customized to fit each member. The program is built with the VAK technique, so no matter what kind of reader you are, you will understand the material quickly. You will get access to their advanced cloud-based learning platform, where you can watch the material at your own convenience. You can even review the material again if needed. You will also receive hard copies of the training material.Russell Brunson, CEO of ClickFunnels had this to say about Howard, "When I first heard about how fast Howard could read I thought .... whatever... but then I met Howard and he read my 300 page book in 5 minutes live on my show and I was truly amazed !!! I more than doubled my reading speed and improved my comprehension after taking his Speed Reading Genius program."On this episode, he explains how to learn, how to search for information and use these tools in order to learn a new skill within a short period of time.Listen as Howard shares:- how fast he can read- how became the fastest reader in the world- how to tap into and unlock your true genius- why you are not reading as fast as you are capable- how you can a learn a new skill in a day- the psychology behind reading- why you are currently reading slow- how to transform other areas of your life- how you can apply these techniques successfully- all that you are capable of and how these tools bring that out...and so much more!WebsiteLinkedInConnect with me:FacebookInstagramEmail: roberta4sk@gmail.comYouTubeKindly subscribe to our podcast.Leave a rating and a review on iTunes and Spotify:iTunesSpotify
Elzie welcomes Howard Berg, Guinness World Record holder, World's fastest reader and CEO of Berg Learning. Howard shares his professional background and the secret to why he has a successful business. He also shares his opinion about marketing strategy and how to eliminate negative behavior. Listen to this episode and hear more effective tips from the world's fastest reader, Howard Berg. Highlight 01:34 – Learning, because that's a part of all of them. To be good at any of them you have to have information and good information. 03:55 – I don't think you`ll have sales without marketing. Sales are the outcome, without marketing there`s no sales. 06:27 – Give a lot of value with the beginning so let's say today I teach how to read faster, how to comprehend, how to remember by showing them what I do and it works because they see it, they experience it. 17:33 – You don't get rid of it by saying I won't be nervous, I won't be depressed, it won't work. It makes it worse. It's fertilizing the problem and making it bigger. This way you do get rid of it, focus on the exact opposite. Resources Connect with Howard Berg https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/ (Linkedin) https://berglearning.com/contact-us/ (Website) Connect with Elzie http://www.enterprisenow.net (Website) Mentioned in this episode: Grow My Podcast Virtual Summit
Howard Berg is the worlds fastest reader according to the Guiness book of world records, reading 80 pages per minute. He is the author of "Speed Reading The Easy Way," for students, and "Super Reading Secrets," which is in its 28th reprint. His programmes have generated $65 million in revenue, making it the top-selling info product of all time. Howard works with all different types of clientele from students to CEOs to help them learn faster, comprehend better, and retain more in their information-rich world. Howard increases the learning rate of an average individual by 100% in four hours resulting in better decisions, fewer costly mistakes, and more time to devote to the things that matter to them. Coming from the gang infested projects in Brooklyn, Howard has done pretty well for himself. What really came across when speaking to Howard is his love of teaching and seeing that lightbulb go on, he even took me under his wing for a few mins to teach me a thing or two in this episode. If you're someone who loves learning a new brain hack and especially if your interested in increasing the rate in which you learn and take in new information, then you'll love this episode. Enjoy this episode! You can learn more from Howard via his website berglearning.com If you would like more from me, you can connect with me on Instagram @bethanjepson or Linkedin, join the Success Circle FREE network, or visit www.bethanjepson.com for a whole bunch of FREE resources to help you build your empire.
If you're yearning for some learning, you've come to the right place. Today's Workplace Therapist Show guest is the World's Fastest Reader and holds the Guinness Book of World Records title (for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute!) to match! Howard Berg joins me to explain the value of schema, comprehension and EQ for faster learning.
Howard Berg has been recognized for setting the world record for speed reading. He is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard majored in Biology and then completed a four-year psychology program in one year. His graduate studies at several New York City colleges focused on the Psychology of Reading. He has been interviewed over 3000 times including on radio and television programs like Neil Cavuto, Jon Stewart, and Live With Regis. His brain-based learning strategies have been hailed as a major breakthrough in publications like Forbes, Men's Health, Red Book, and Bottom Line Magazine, and have been featured in dozens of newspaper interviews throughout North America. Howard's Nightingale-Conant program, “Mega Speed Reading,” grossed over $65,000,000, and established him as a leader in brain-based learning In this episode, Howard shares how we can read faster and retain more to drive personal growth and revenue. Insights he shares include: Why most people don't believe they can accomplish what Howard tells them they canWhy do most people struggle to retain knowledge if they read fasterHow and why Howard went about learning to read faster and retain moreThe science behind how to read faster and retain moreHow to read faster and retain moreHow can busy people apply what they are learning to build their brands and businessesWhat kind of questions should we be asking ourselves when we're reading a book to extract the maximum value from itRecommendations with regards to note-takingWhat does reading fast mean for understanding content, concepts, and new wordsThe skill people need to develop when learning how to read faster and retain moreWhat EQ strategies we can employ to read faster and retain moreand much much more ...
What do you want the end of your life to look like?Physician Dan Morhaim says planning for the inevitable ensures you receive the treatment you'd like to have. His latest book, written with his wife, Shelley Morhaim, offers a guide to the legal, medical, and personal choices surrounding death.Find free advance directive forms by state through the AARP. Then, a green burial site is planned for western Baltimore County, offering an alternative to traditional cremation or internment practices. We speak with co-owner Howard Berg, and with Jennifer Downs of the nonprofit Green Burial Association of Maryland about the growing popularity of natural burial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ever since I met Howard I have been absolutely fascinated by him. It is not everyday I meet someone who offers such gold in truly wanting to help everyone. I highly recommend anyone who wants to accomplish more in life follow Howard Berg. In this second episode with Howard, I learned a lot more especially how we can unlock the tools of creating genius within us using his methods. More about Howard Berg: Growing up in the projects of Brooklyn is the same as the movie, West Side Story, and that too without music and dance. We had gangsters in our town similar to Bernardo. Like most of the children, I also wanted to play but it was not safe. The only place which was safe in my neighborhood was the library. Unknowingly, my frequent visits to the library made me what I am today- a Knowledge Mastery Strategist. For the past 35 years, I have been teaching people how to increase their reading speed along with comprehension, but more importantly how to develop a total learning solution in their life. I help professionals, associations, companies, colleges, and universities, students and people of all walks of life and ages maximize their ability to learn faster, comprehend better, and retain more in their information-rich world. I can increase the learning rate of an average individual by 100% in four hours resulting in better decisions, fewer costly mistakes, and more time to devote to the things that matter to them. WHAT OTHERS SAY --------------------- Guinness Book Of Records -World's Fastest Reader My work has been featured on over 1,100 radio and television programs. My Time-Warner Book, "Super Reading Secrets," is in its 28th reprint. Barrons Books requested me to write, "Speed Reading The Easy Way," for students. Nightingale-Conant sold over 650,000 copies of my "Speed Reading Program." “Howard offered me some incredibly useful and specific suggestions on how to use my innate talents to build my business and increase my income stream.” Ariela F. “Speed Reading Genius is not only one of the most effective ways an individual can increase their reading rate, but it's also easy to learn” W. Berry Fowler, Founder of Sylvan Learning Centers More Upon Request COURSES OFFERED --------------------- I offer to mentor, plus live, and recorded training on knowledge management tools like: Speed reading Eliminate writer's block Creative blockbusting Infinite memory Mind math Accelerated studying Passing certification licenses and exams CONTACT INFORMATION ---------------------------- www.BergLearning.com Email: Support@Berglearning.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/healingforthesoul/support
EPISODE 61: What if you could turbocharge your learning ability, read faster, and increase the comprehension and recall of what you're learning? The world's fastest reader Howard Berg joins the boys on the podcast this week to share strategies for success by reading, learning, and doing more. Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world's fastest reader thanks to the cutting-edge accelerated learning techniques he developed, he is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words or around 50 pages a minute with a comprehension rate of about 90%. Episode links: Howard Berg email: howard@berglerning.com Berg Learning website Howard Berg on Youtube Howard Berg on Instagram Howard Berg on Facebook Howard Berg on LinkedIn Where to find us: Show Hosts: @joshlevinefitness & @travishawkesmedia - CONTACT FOR COACHING & MEDIA! Podcast Producer: @james_lohan - CONTACT FOR PODCAST PRODUCTION! Help us grow the show - Sub, Rate, and Review on Apple Podcasts! Watch The Video Pod On Youtube! - Struggle To Strength Youtube Channel Follow the Podcast on social for even more content! - Struggle To Strength Instagram
Howard Berg, the Worlds Fastest Reader, a best selling author who appeared on over 2,000 shows and an International Consultant and Trainer shares some tips on how to read and learn faster in an information-rich world. In this video, he shows you how to overcome anxiety, to move past blockers that may impact your reading skills. Follow Howard Berg at: https://www.berglearning.com https://www.facebook.com/howard.berg.988711 https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/ https://twitter.com/HowardSBerg https://www.instagram.com/howardspeedread/ If you enjoyed this then watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/8rPWnobsqm4 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/SnackableSolutions Website: https://snackablesolutions.com/ Social Profiles: https://linktr.ee/SnackableSolutions Music Upbeat by FSM Team Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com #Anxiety #Subconscious #SnackableSolutions --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/snackablesolutions/message
Show InformationHost: Jay FranzeCo-Host: Mindy Jo RigelGuest: Howard BergRecorded: February 14, 2022We take our discussion with Howard Berg a step further and talk about how to find your focus. We will break it down into three key take aways; identifying your strengths, developing your skills, and discovering your niche.Additional Show InformationBergLearning.comMentionsInstagram Bella FranzeFranze and FriendsFranzeandFriends.comFacebookFacebook GroupInstagramYouTubeJay FranzeJayFranze.comMindy Jo RigelMindyJoRigel.netSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=ZAC362K9HWK74)
Show InformationHost: Jay FranzeCo-Host: Mindy Jo RigelGuest: Howard BergAired: February 9, 2022We discuss the speed reading secrets of Howard Berg, the world's fastest reader. We also discuss techniques to strengthen your memory.Additional Show InformationBergLearning.comFranze and FriendsFranzeandFriends.comFacebookFacebook GroupInstagramYouTubeJay FranzeJayFranze.comMindy Jo RigelMindyJoRigel.netSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=ZAC362K9HWK74)
Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world's fastest reader thanks to the cutting edge accelerated learning techniques he developed that turn information overload into information assets. Respected internationally for his contribution to the learning process, he is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard uses his talents to train you on how to stay on top of the information your success depends upon. Howard is a graduate of S.U.N.Y., Binghamton where he majored in Biology and then completed a four-year Psychology program in one year. His graduate studies at several New York City colleges focused on the Psychology of reading. Howard is the spokesperson for the SONY E-Reader along with Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, and Amy Sedaris. He is also a featured guest on Fox News, and Fox Business News with Neil Cavuto. He launched the 4G network for Optus, the second largest phone company in Australia. Howard has appeared on over 1,100 radio and television programs including Neil Cavuto, Jon Stewart, and Live With Regis. His brain-based learning strategies have been hailed as a major breakthrough in publications like Forbe's FYI, Selling, Men's Health, Red Book, and Bottom Line Magazine, and have been featured in dozens of newspaper interviews throughout North America. Howard has created more than 14 other accelerated learning programs including speed math, and memory. Berg's Time-Warner book, “Super Reading Secrets,” is in its 28th reprint, and Barrons books requested him to write a text for students. Howard's Nightingale-Conant program, “Mega Speed Reading,” grossed over $65,000,000, and established him as a leader in brain-based learning. He is mentioned in a number of books as a leading expert on brain based learning, and has been honored by over 9 books that track outstanding professional performance including, “Who's Who Among Emerging Leaders, and 2,000 Notable American Men”. www.BergLearning.com ***Head on over to Creatrix Compass and explore our many offerings from free inspiration to get your creative juices flowing to creativity classes to creativity coaching and life coaching for creatives. It can all be found at: https://www.creatrixcompass.com Your donation helps us continue to spread creativity throughout the land. Thank you! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2PM3V82XDS7GA Music: Good Friends Inc by Jonathan Boyle
On today's episode of the StephUp Podcast, Steph talks with the World's Fastest Reader, Howard Berg.Howard shares how growing up in a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY led him to the safest place he could find: the library. At the age of 11, he was already reading at college level. While he attended university, he studied Psychobiology and used the information he learned about how the brain works to develop his approach to speed reading.Howard Berg has been teaching and training people all over the world on how to speed read while retaining the information as well as teaching techniques on memorization.Listen in as Howard shares some of these amazing techniques to Steph!“You can't just assume that giving people information is the end. Tell them how to remember it. Use words they understand in a schematic significance to them. Show them how to get in the right frame of mind to use it successfully.”Check out Howard's courses on his website. You can also follow him on YouTube and Facebook.Follow StephUp Podcast on Instagram, Twitter, and her website at www.stephanieannwebb.com.Buy Steph's book, “What Should Dragon Do?”Support the podcast: Buy Me A Coffee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
DJ interviews Guinness World's Faster Reader, Howard Berg. We discuss methods to reading faster and how Howard became the fastest reader in the world. Guest: Dr. Cathy Owens-Oliver. Website: www.BergLearning.com Email: Howard@BergLearning.com Super Reading Secrets (Book):https://amzn.to/3ucCfKM YouTube: https://bit.ly/3AXChb3 Instagram: @howardspeedread Facebook: facebook.com/BergLearning LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/ LinkTree: linktr.ee/Howardspeedread Host: David 'DJ' Lloyd, Jr. YOUTUBE: https://davidlloydjr.com/YT INSTAGRAM: https://davidlloydjr.com/IG FACEBOOK: https://davidlloydjr.com/Fb EMAIL:
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Tim Douglas is the Host of the Living the Dream Podcast | Lifestyle and Passion Coach | Community Builder & Super Connector Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area Get Dave' Ebook: Power Of Encouragement WATCH ON YOUTUBE We discovered that we both worked with Lake Norman, North Carolina Young Life. Tim was recruited as a volunteer Young Life leader out of Davidson College. We did not know that we both attended the 20th Anniversary banquet of Lake Norman Young Life. And Tim was also at the Memorial Service for J.D. Gibbs, Joe and Pat's son who was a close friend of ours. My wife Carole and I were the founding committee chairpersons for the first five years. Ironically, the volunteer high school students who served dinner that night were not even born yet when this area started. Wow! Tim is an excellent host and skilled interviewer. Family/Where you're from Upstate New York Recreation golf, bicycling, hiking, anything outdoors Occupation International podcaster and John Maxwell Leadership Coach Motivation Encouraging people, helping small businesses succeed and grow Dreams: What are your dreams? (Lifelong Goals, Bucket List items) Helping thousands of American and Canadians achieve financial freedom and get out of debt and dead end jobs in their spare time, and loving the time freedom of doing whatever they want, whenever they like. What caused you to take that first step towards your dreams? When my son was born with cerebral palsy, I took myself off the morning DJ show in Kansas City and went into advertising sales to pay my bills, which led me to a 40 year career in sales, making small business owners very happy. Plus owning several successful small businesses and franchises myself. Can you name a few people that you could meet right now that would help you get closer to your dreams? How would they do it? I'd like to be interviewed by PBS Podcaster Kelley Corrigan. She is a highly skilled host and really connects with her guests And to interview my mentor John Maxwell who changed my life when I met him in Boston in 1988. Name the most important one or two things that people outside of those few can do to help you? Being interviewed on major podcasts including Howard Berg, the fastest reader in the world. I have a pretty amazing life story of living all over the United States and traveling to Spain, Dubai, Kenya, Capetown, South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, and now living in Costa Rica to write my next book. I worked at ten radio stations in New York, Boston, Kansas City, Charlotte, and San Francisco. Thriving Three What's your favorite book? The Bible (66 book anthology) and John Maxwell 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth What is one way you like to care for yourself? Outdoor Quiet morning meditation daily at the beach or at the top of the mountain. long bicycle rides out in the country. What is one action step you can take right now to get to your dreams? Being on your show Thanks Tim! Great job. Appreciate you my friend.
Check it out on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33Z4VsE Check it out on Apple: https://apple.co/3AHc2DT Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world's fastest reader thanks to the cutting edge accelerated learning techniques he developed that turn information overload into information assets. Respected internationally for his contribution to the learning process, he is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard uses his talents to train you on how to stay on top of the information your success depends upon. Dreams: He simply wants to help people. He wants to make young people smart enough to fix the problems that are coming by learning better and helping people in business make more money. How you can Help: Looking to work with people that want to do webinars or podcasts to reach more people. Can give out bonuses from Howard for free. Go to berglearning.com and utilize the free content. Share it with others too! Contact them at: Email: Howard@BergLearning.com Website: http://www.BergLearning.com
Check it out on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33Z4VsE Check it out on Apple: https://apple.co/3AHc2DT Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world's fastest reader thanks to the cutting edge accelerated learning techniques he developed that turn information overload into information assets. Respected internationally for his contribution to the learning process, he is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard uses his talents to train you on how to stay on top of the information your success depends upon. Dreams: He simply wants to help people. He wants to make young people smart enough to fix the problems that are coming by learning better and helping people in business make more money. How you can Help: Looking to work with people that want to do webinars or podcasts to reach more people. Can give out bonuses from Howard for free. Go to berglearning.com and utilize the free content. Share it with others too! Contact them at: Email: Howard@BergLearning.com Website: http://www.BergLearning.com
Welcome, 7 Hatters! In this episode, we speak with Howard Berg and dive deep into hat numbers 1 and 4, the soul and the entrepreneur, as we discuss the strategies and principles for developing a total learning solution in business and life.If you want to maximize your ability to learn faster, comprehend better, and retain more in this information-rich world, then you want to listen to Howard. Who better to get learning advice from than the fastest human speed reader known to man... Howard read over 35,000 books, but more importantly, he is an incredible human being and one that is overflowing with inspiration and whose sole mission is to help people succeed by learning how to learn and applying those principles into our daily lives. So pay special attention to his episode because if you blink, you'll miss out on some worldly and, some would say, channeled knowledge from this incredible and kind human being... so with a warm heart... let's welcome Howard to the 7 hats... -------------------------Visit https://www.the7hats.com/ for more information and more shows.Howard's Website: https://berglearning.com/Howard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/My Bio & Links: https://sleek.bio/yuvalselikSUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW...Want to be the first to know when new episodes are released? Please subscribe and leave a review!Subscribes and podcasts reviews are pretty darn important to iTunes, and the more reviews we receive, the more likely we'll be able to get The 7 Hats message in front of more people (It's all about the iTunes algorithms)I'd be extremely grateful if you left a review letting me know your favorite part of the show or episode :)
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Welcome to the 61st episode of the Give A Heck Podcast! Join Dwight Heck and his guest, Howard Berg, to talk about how accelerated reading can help you reach whole new heights of knowledge. For the past 35 years, Howard has been teaching people how to maximize their ability to learn faster, comprehend better, and retain more in their information-rich world. So today, he shares his journey, from frequently visiting libraries as a child, setting a record in speed reading, and helping others develop a total learning solution in their life. In this episode, you'll learn about: ● The power of humor when teaching anything we want people to remember. ● How receiving information in a positive state of mind can help us retain it better. ● The value of taking a time-out before getting into the mindset we need to be productive. ● How to fight off negative states by creating new ones instead of fending them off. ● The difference between “speed reading” from “speed learning” and ways to develop the latter. ● And much more! ~ About Howard Berg Howard “Speedy” Berg set the world record for speed reading. He is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard is a graduate of S.U.N.Y, Binghamton, where he majored in Biology and then completed a four-year psychology program in one year. His graduate studies at several New York City colleges focused on the Psychology of Reading. Howard is also the Spokesperson for the Sony E-Reader and Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, and Amy Sedaris. Howard has appeared on over 1,100 radio and television programs, including Neil Cavuto, Jon Stewart, and Live With Regis. In addition, his brain-based learning strategies have been hailed as a breakthrough in publications like Forbes FYI, Selling, Men's Health, Red Book, and Bottom Line Magazine. These strategies have also been featured in dozens of newspaper interviews throughout North America. ~ You can find Howard Berg on… Website: https://berglearning.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howard.berg.988711 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howardspeedread/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HowardSBerg ~ Connect with Dwight Heck! Website: https://giveaheck.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Giveaheck Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0iXGMDlG4Oifuzyn2q3og LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-raymond-heck-65a90150/
Howard's been teaching people how to increase their reading speed along with comprehension. But also how to develop a total learning solution in their life.
Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world's fastest reader thanks to the cutting-edge accelerated learning techniques he developed that turn information overload into information assets. Respected internationally for his contribution to the learning process, he is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard uses his talents to train you on how to stay on top of the information your success depends upon. Howard is a graduate of S.U.N.Y., Binghamton where he majored in Biology and then completed a four-year Psychology program in one year. His graduate studies at several New York City colleges focused on the Psychology of reading. Howard is the spokesperson for the SONY E-Reader along with Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, and Amy Sedaris. He is also a featured guest on Fox News, and Fox Business News with Neil Cavuto. He launched the 4G network for Optus, the second-largest phone company in Australia. Howard has appeared on over 1,100 radio and television programs including Neil Cavuto, Jon Stewart, and Live With Regis. His brain-based learning strategies have been hailed as a major breakthrough in publications like Forbe's FYI, Selling, Men's Health, Red Book, and Bottom Line Magazine, and have been featured in dozens of newspaper interviews throughout North America. Howard has created more than 14 other accelerated learning programs including speed math, and memory. Berg's Time-Warner book, “Super Reading Secrets,” is in its 28th reprint, and Barrons books requested him to write a text for students. Howard's Nightingale-Conant program, “Mega Speed Reading,” grossed over $65,000,000, and established him as a leader in brain-based learning. He is mentioned in a number of books as a leading expert on brain-based learning, and has been honored by over 9 books that track outstanding professional performance including, “Who's Who Among Emerging Leaders, and 2,000 Notable American Men”.
Learn more about Howard's speed reading program at berglearning.com/a/alexbooks. My guest today is Howard Berg, the author of Super Reading Secrets. Howard holds the Guinness record for being the world's fastest reader, reading at 80 pages per minute.In our conversation, Howard shares advice on how to read faster, bad habits that are slowing down your reading speed, how to take notes while reading, how to remember more of what you've read, and much more.TIMESTAMPS:[00:50] - How Howard developed a love for reading [04:32] - Reading ≠ Learning[06:09] - Speed reading tip #1: Determine schema[09:49] - Temporarily losing comprehension while learning speed reading is normal [13:41] - Speed reading tip #2: Reduce vocalization[15:09] - Speed reading tip #3: Use your finger[17:21] - Speed reading tip #4: Avoid regression, progression, and distraction [19:37] - Speed reading tip #5: Know when to speed read [22:53] - How to improve your reading comprehension [30:12] - How to remember more of what you read [37:22] - How to analyze the outside of a book to quickly understand what it's about[44:16] - The importance of knowing when to read faster & when to read slower[49:23] - Out of 30,000 books, here are 3 that had a huge impact on Howard's lifeResources:Twitter: @HowardSBergWebsite: berglearning.com ***If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & write a positive review.Every week I send out a free newsletter with actionable advice from amazing books. Join 6,400+ readers here.Connect with Alex & Books:Twitter: @alexandbooks_Instagram: @alexandbooks_YouTube: Alex and Books
Today we learn the many different secrets to learning with Howard Stephen Berg. Howard “Speedy” Berg has been recognized for setting the world record for speed reading. He is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard is a graduate of S.U.N.Y, Binghamton where he majored in Biology and then completed a four year psychology program in one year. His graduate studies at several New York City colleges, focused on the Psychology of Reading. Howard is the Spokesperson for the Sony E-Reader along with Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, and Amy Sedaris. Howard has appeared on over 1,100 radio and television programs including Neil Cavuto, Jon Stewart, and Live With Regis. His brain-based learning strategies have been hailed as a major breakthrough in publications like Forbes FYI, Selling, Men's Health, Red Book, and Bottom Line Magazine, and have been featured in dozens of newspaper interviews throughout North America. Learn More about Howard Berg's Course at: https://berglearning.com/a/bookdevs If you enjoy todays episode please, leave a review and share what you learned, and what you loved! Make sure to connect with us on Instagram and YouTube (@minddevs) for more life-changing content! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minddevs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minddevs/support
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For the past 30 years, he's been teaching people how to increase their reading speed along with comprehension, but more importantly, how to develop a total learning solution in their life. He helps professionals, associations, companies, colleges, universities, students and people of all walks of life and ages maximize their ability to learn faster, comprehend better, and retain more in this information-rich world. Howard Berg set the Guinness World Record as the World's Fastest Reader, and his work has been featured on over 1,100 radio and television programs! Stay tuned until the end of this episode for a special offer code on BergLearning.com, just for our listeners! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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Howard Berg (the world's fastest reader) shares some cool experiences that demonstrate how powerful the mind truly is, and what's possible when you learn to maximize its potential.
Howard Berg has held the Guinness World Record for being the fastest reader for almost 29 years! While he can read fast, his primary objective is to be able to LEARN MORE. As an entrepreneur, we have so much information we have to take in and learn, improving our reading speed and ability to learn more and faster is a critical skill. Check out Howard's courses at https://BergLearning.com Save 10% off any course by using the CODE: GINA10
Howard Berg is the fastest reader in the world and joins Michael for the most hands-on learning experience ever produced in The Dealer Playbook history. For Howard, it's not just about reading. It's about acquiring new knowledge, and perhaps more importantly, retaining and comprehending it. In this episode of The Dealer Playbook, Howard shares some incredible exercises that will help you read, retain, and comprehend any information 20 - 40% faster just by the time you're finished listening to this episode. Special Offer: Get access to Howard's entire course material with a special offer exclusive to DPB listeners. Listen to the episode to find out how to claim the offer! Share the love! If you're getting value from the podcast, share it on social media so that others will benefit.
Today on the Jeff Crilley Show, Jeff sits down with Guiness Book of World Record holder Howard Berg, who holds the record as the World's Fastest Reader.