Key #3: [ Excerpt from the World's #1 Best-Selling The Program for Better Vision ] Staring is the most commonly practiced bad habit by people who do not see clearly.
eeping your eyes moving and changing your focus is the most direct and powerful way to break the staring habit. Normally, the eye moves slightly 50-60 times every single second, constantly changing what it is looking at. This subtle movement is essential for clear vision; staring and not consciously moving your eyes interferes with it. Of course, you can't consciously move your eyes that fast, but you can unlock tension in your visual system by remembering to change your focus frequently. This encourages your eyes to become more relaxed. Whatever you may be doing with your eyes, you can always remember to shift your focus and keep your eyes moving. For example, when driving a car, shift your focus from the speedometer to the rear view mirror to the license plate of the car in front of you, and so on. Whether walking down the street, watching TV or engaged in conversation, you can always keep your eyes moving and change your focus regularly. When reading or doing other close work such as using a computer, make sure that you look up and focus on something in the distance at least once every 3 to 5 minutes. Also, remember to use your peripheral vision when involved in these activities |
Jumat, 22 Mei 2009
For some strange reason, I was taking a shower when this
philosophical question popped in my head and got me really
thinking. So, I decided to talk about it in this post.
How much would you sell 10 years of your life for? If someone came
and offered you the chance to sell 10 years of your life, what price
would you ask for it.
For example, if you asked for $1 million, you will get the cash
RIGHT NOW and lose 10 years of your life. So, if you were 20 years
old today, you would immediately fast forward to 30. If you were 30
today, you would immediately go to 40. So on and so forth.
What price would you ask for? Think about it. You are not allowed
to say 'not for sale' or 'priceless'. You must think of a price.
When I asked most of my friends, they gave huge amounts of money.
One of my friends said, ' $10 million for 10 years of my life'. So,
if we put so much value on the time of our life, are we treasuring
it?
For example, for my friend, $10 million for 10 years equates to $1
million a year, which equates to $2,739 per day. This equates to
$114 per hour or $1.90 per minute. Do the math for YOUR OWN answer.
I bet it would be pretty high as well.
So, question is, are you living each hour as if it were WORTH $114?
I am not saying that you must spend every hour making money. What I
am saying is whether you are getting the very most out of the
precious minutes and hours of your life?
Are you enjoying the journey of your life, allowing yourself to be
happy or do you keep getting upset over small things? Are you
loving the people around you and allowing them to love you back?
Are you treasuring each hour of your life and living it to the
fullest or constantly procrastinating or doing things later?
Yes i am enjoying my life very much,i allow my self to be happy cuy,and dont get upset over small things,i am loving the people around me,n allow them to love me back,i am dealing with procrastination,n i will win it.
Source ,www.Adam-khoo.com
Gk smua org cocok CoY..Are u flexible enough ?
Suatu jaman yang sudah sangat lalu, ada seorang bangsawan yang kaya raya di China, ketika akan meninggal memanggil kedua anak nya, dan memberi pesan: “Anak2 ku, seluruh hartaku akan kubagi dua dan kuberikan kepada kalian. “ Dan kedua anaknya yang sangat berbakti mendengarkan dengan seksama.
“ Ada dua syarat yang harus kalian penuhi. “ Sang ayah menyambung dengan nafas yang terengah engah. “ Pertama, pada setiap hari kerja, kalian tidak boleh terkena sinar matahari.” “ Dan kedua, setiap hari, kalian harus mamakan lima puluh ekor binatang. “
Kedua anaknya mengangguk angguk, ingin bertanya, tetapi tidak berani juga, apalagi sang ayah sudah dalam keadaan sangat kritis. Sang ayah pun meninggal setelah memberi petuah tersebut.
Sang kakak pindah ke utara, dan sang adik pindah ke selatan, dan mereka tidak pernah betemu sampai pada suatu saat empat tahun kemudian ketika bersama sama menyambangi kuburan sang ayah.
Sang kakak berkata: “ Dik, semua hartaku sudah habis sejak dua tahun lalu, karena petuah ayah. Setiap hari aku kemana mana ditandu, dan selalu ada empat orang yang harus siap menandu setiap saat. Akupun berpesta pora setiap hari untuk bisa menghabiskan lima puluh ekor binatang. Harta warisan pun telah habis sejak dua tahun lalu. Semua karena petuah ayah.”
Sang adik menjawab: “ Kak, hartaku telah melipat dua kali, semua ini karena petuah ayah. Setiap hari aku pergi bekerja sebelum matahari terbit dan baru pulang setelah matahari terbenam. Dan setiap hari aku makan ikan teri.”
Setiap nasehat harus kita terima dan cermati dengan seksama, karena tidak semua hal adalah cocok untuk kita.
Ditulis di San Francisco, 21 Mei 2009.
*Catatan: Kira kira sepuluh tahun lalu, saya berseminar di Markplus Forum tentang “Entrepreneurship", dan secara menggebu gebu saya menyarankan semua peserta untuk menjadi wiraswasta. Dan dalam perjalanan pulang pak Hermawan memberi masukan pada saya: “ Pak Tanadi, tidak semua orang cocok untuk menjadi pengusaha. Tidak semua orang punya talenta jadi entrepreneur. “ Sayapun tersadar, dan mencari cerita yang sesuai untuk menutup seminar Entrepreneuship saya sejak itu.
Materi ini sering saya pakai untuk penutup, mengingatkan peserta seminar, tidak semua hal cocok dan dapat dipakai langsung oleh semua orang.
Perlu kearifan dan kejernihan untuk mengaplikasikan semua petuah, siapapun pemberi nasehat. Salam sukses untuk semua.
The reality in Life
Tips Umum BlackBerry
- Untuk kembali ke Home Screen tekan tombol ESC.
- Untuk mengirim email tekan huruf C.
- Untuk berpindah-pindah aplikasi tahan tombol ALT dan tekan tombol ESC, lalu pilih aplikasi yang dikehendaki dan lepaskan tombol ESC.
- Menerima transfer file lewat bluetooth : pertama aktifkan bluetooth terlebih dahulu dengan cara masuk ke Menu Manage Connection. Lalu check box Bluetooth dicentang. kemudian masuk ke dalam Menu Media, pilih Option -> Receive Using Bluetooth kemudian Save.
- Untuk membalas Email yang sudah dibaca tekan huruf R, untuk mem-forward tekan huruf F.
- Untuk melihat alamat Email pengirim Email : pilih nama kontak lalu tekan huruf Q.
Menambah & menghapus Email Account BlackBerry
Masuk ke Menu Utama, pilih Email Setting ber-icon surat dengan gambar gear dan panah merah. Setelah ikon tersebut di klik, maka ada pilihan untuk New User dan Existing User. Bila anda baru pertama kali menggunakan layanan Blackberry, perlu membuat account baru (Create New Account) dan ikuti petunjuk selanjutnya.
Seandainya Anda sudah memiliki Account maka pilih Existing User dan masukkan username serta password. setelah login pilih Services -> Email accounts -> Add An Email Account lalu masukkan username dan password Account Email yang sudah andamiliki seperti Yahoo!, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook dsb. Lalu setelah memasukkan username dan password Anda klik Next. Tunggu beberapa saat dan bila berhasil akan terdapat notifikasi pada layar.
MEMPERPANJANG DAYA TAHAN BATERAI
Tips kalo BB anda jatuh ke AIR
Artinya, molekul-molekul pada beras memiliki semacam gaya magnet pada molekul-molekul air, sehingga sisa-sisa air pada ponsel akan meresap ke dalam beras. Sistem ini mungkin hampir sama dengan sistem yang dimiliki oleh bungkusan silica gel yangberfungsi untuk menjaga kelembaban suatu barang elektronika, atau barang lainnya.
Namun, mengenyahkan air dengan menggunakan beras juga bukan pertama kalinya diperkenalkan. Sebelumnya, beberapa orang telah menggunakan beras untuk menjaga botol garam agar ia tetap kering.
Rabu, 20 Mei 2009
Young people can defy experts and succeed where experts predict failure !
Nov 28, 2007 9:18 PM | In response to: fywang2000
I recently was told that something was wrong with my daughter and that she cant learn math. I was told by the teacher that she is really not getting the concept of math. I have tried to help her but I cant afford the high price of tutoring she is 8th grade she bright she needs a teacher who can work with her. my daughter self esteem has been affected the teacher has told me that she doesnt ask questions anymore. my daughter has told me that she is dumb and often feels bad. Please help with any suggestions. I have had her tested and I was told she has difficulty processing math.
Dec 7, 2007 11:58 AM | In response to: aidashyef
I am disheartened to learn of your daughter's difficulties with math. The first thing I would tell you is to ignore the pronouncements of the so-called experts who have declared your daughter cannot learn math. My own situation demonstrates that youngsters not only can learn math but achieve great success in math. My parents were told that I had "neurological impairment based upon delayed milestones... and minimal suggestive neurological signs." Nonetheless, I went on to earn a PhD in pure math from MIT. Now, after taking a 90 % + paycut as a publishing company CEO, I am on a mission to prove that indeed all youngsters, of any age and ability, can learn. The first key is that your youngster needs to have a solid grounding in the basic concepts and skills. The key is to break down larger concepts into smaller, easily understood pieces, that are presented over time. Present a small concept or skill and have your daughter practice it. Learning takes time. A mentor of mine, John Saxon, founder of Saxon Publishers, a company I used to run, was fond of saying "Time is the elixir that turns things unfamiliar familiar" and "Creativity springs unsolicited from a well-prepared mind." I believe that creativity is a God-given trait; however, every child deserves the opportunity to and can develop a well-prepared mind. Your child is getting frustrated because there is a misplaced emphasis on learning quickly. Some kids will pick up a concept or skill quickly. Seeing this discourages the children who learn more slowly -- unfortunately, to the point they just give up. What educators and parents need to reward and encourage is eventual learning not quick learning. This involves gentle review and practice. The point I like to emphasize is that practice is important not because it makes perfect but because it makes permanent. Through being presented new material gently and in small pieces over time, combined with continual practice and review, your child should be able to develop the self-confidence to continue her math studies. Feel free to contact me for more info.
Dec 18, 2007 12:13 AM | In response to: fywang2000
Hello,
I found your story and comments so helpful. I am a mother and have recently went back to school. I want to eventually tranfer to a university but my biggest challenge will be math. You are certainly right when you say that people learn at their own pace. I started from basic Math this semester and I am getting an A in the class. It is the best feeling ever. I am so bad at Math and I cannot do it when asked to do it. I freeze. I had difficulty learning some of the concepts so I'm not sure how far I will get. I get so discouraged when I do not understand something that I develop a mental block and from that point forward, I have given up. Math really is hard for some but your story is so inspirational. Thank you so much for sharing it. I am going to take your advise. I just hope I can get to the level required to graduate. People just do not understand that Math can be a challenge for some. It doesn't make you stupid if you can't do it, it just means you need more one on one and practice. Thank you for sharing.
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Dec 18, 2007 9:37 AM | In response to: aseret84
Thanks for your very encouraging note. I would encourage you to continue your mathematical studies. I know personally of one instance where a gentleman dropped out of school and concluded that he was "too stupid for math." He spent the next ten years as an unskilled laborer. Finally, he decided to work his way through some textbooks that the company I used to run published. When he wrote to us years after he began working through the books, he was majoring in math at East Michigan University. Now he is a college instructor of math for a living ! To support my way through college, I tutored math to students. There was one instance where a gentleman had worked for a number of years for the phone company and was laid off. He decided to go back to school mid-career and try to make it to medical school. The one subject that was holding him back was math. We worked hard together and eventually he was able to make his way through basic algebra. The confidence he got getting an A in basic algebra propelled him to study further. Over time, he made his way through calculus, earning As along the way. Although he did not make it to medical school, he now directs an IT department at a major university ! The key: think of math as a foreign language. Math is not difficult, just different. If you walk into a room of people speaking a foreign language, you will feel lost. You would likely feel that trying to communicate with the people speaking the foreign language would be an insurmountable challenge. This is because nothing is familiar to you. In learning a foreign language, you must learn new vocabulary, a new grammar, a new nomenclature, etc. The way you learn a foreign language is in little pieces. One day you may just learn a new word or a new verb. Over time, you learn how to conjugate the new verbs you are learning. Once you learn something new, you combine it with whatever you have already learned and practice both the new and old together. Before you know it, you will be able to understand what others speaking the language are saying. Your feeling of frustration and isolation will slowly fade away as you begin to understand more and more of what the others are saying. The problem with the way we teach math is that we don't teach it as a foreign language. We teach one skill or concept in isolation and then move on to something new. For those who don't quite "get it" the first few times they see it, they are left behind feeling lost. The result is that somewhat slower learners are discouraged and eventually give up. Don't be discouraged. As you learn something new, take a little time to review what you have already learned, even though what you are reviewing may not be on the next test. Continually practice everything that you have learned keeping in mind that we practice not so much to make perfect but to make permanent ! Good Luck !
Dec 18, 2007 10:38 AM | In response to: fywang2000
Thank you so much for responding so quickly. Please know I read every single word in your comment and I am going to print it and keep in my math books for inspiration. You did touch on one important part and that is that instructors today teach the concepts in bits and pieces and they teach it as if the student should already know some of the parts. It is easy for instructors and they forget that the students are there to learn. They need to break it down in simple forms or baby words before the student can begin speaking in sentences you know? This was most challenging for me and others as well. In a college environment students are afraid to speak up for fear that they will be ridiculed. I couldn't believe I was the first to finish in class the first 4 tests. When I learned how to do the basics and understand it, it was the best feeling ever. I felt "smart". I could honestly say I had a phobia when it came to numbers and my biggest fear was trying to memorizing all the little details involved with equations. That is where I failed. I had to put a "cheat sheet" that I am going through everyday so I don't forget the concepts in between semesters. A student once told me that she studies Math at least 1/2 hr. each day and like you said, learn a piece of the puzzle. I am going to remain optimistic only because I do not like to give up. That is not in my nature. My biggest fear now is maintaining my 4.0 because I don't want Math to bring that down. I am a mother of seven and I have struggled so hard to be where I am at now. My only goal now is to make it to a University with the aid of scholarships and for that I need my 4.0 and to do well in Math. Again, thank you so much for the encouragement. I found it most helpful and hopefully one day I can come back to this message board and say I'm a Math major! Thank you!!!
Dec 18, 2007 11:09 AM | In response to: aseret84
I am glad that I am home today and online to read and respond quickly to your posts. I am often out of town at an educators' conference talking to teachers and reminding them that students need time to fully digest, internalize, and practice concepts and skills. I cannot overemphasize the importance of knowing the "basics." By basics, I don't simply mean arithmetic. For whatever you are learning, be it math or another subject, there will be key facts and skills that you will need to know. Knowing them and knowing them well (to the point they are automatic) will be a key to succeeding in that area. Please read my post in the Education section of Oprah's Forum in the Middle School & Junior High section. There, in my second post titled Coping with Difficulties with Math in response to time2007, I speak about how important it is to have a solid foundation. Again, best of luck in your studies.
Dec 19, 2007 3:30 PM | In response to: aidashyef
I just had to reply to your post. In the fourth grade I was diagnosed with a learning disability in math and science. I barely passed science and I was in learning disabled classes for math, I never got past basic math, never took algebra. I was told by my school counselors and teachers I would never amount to anything. Well I showed them. After high school I joined to military and then went into obtain my associates degree in paralegal studies and I worked as a paralegal for a while. To make a long story short I fell into accounting and I love it. How is that for defying the odds? You may want to talk to her school about learning disabled classes, she will be with teachers that understand her disability and can help her.
Many people fear the judgements and the stigma but trust someone who has been through it, the stigma you THINK your daughter might endure is nothing compared to years of low self esteem, and self hatred she is going to face well into adulthood.
Dec 19, 2007 7:25 PM | In response to: botlemaker
Thanks for your excellent point. In my case, my parents were told I wasn't worth educating in the first place because my neurological tests showed "minimal suggestive neurological signs." The only option for my parents was to either have me stay in school (with no special accommodations) or to have me removed completely and institutionalized. Certainly, professional help from some trained to work with students who have learning dis-abilities is preferable the student struggle and be frustrated in the regular classes. However, I wouldn't really say that not being able to do math as it is conventionally taught is a sign of any sort of disability. I like to say "Mathematics is not difficult, just different." Some students require more time and a more gentle introduction to new concepts. Some months ago, I was in inner city Chicago teaching advanced math to elementary school students. I came at rather advanced concepts completely from "left field" and used fruits rather than numbers to illustrate deeper math concepts. Afterwards, the teachers told me that were shocked and very surprised to see some of the students (whom they thought were poor math learners) grasp the concepts. They remarked that these students usually did not participate and try to respond to questions. However, when presented these advanced concepts using a new technique, they came alive. The wonderful thing for me is that I was completely ignorant of the individual students' ability in math. This gave me a chance to interact with each and every student as if I thought he or she was the most gifted of all the students. My personal opinion is that students are capable to achieve far, far beyond even others' (and often times their own) expectations. You are certainly one such wonderful example.
Dec 20, 2007 9:05 AM | In response to: fywang2000
Thanks for your excellent point. In my case, my parents were told I wasn't worth educating in the first place because my neurological tests showed "minimal suggestive neurological signs." The only options for my parents was to either have me stay in school (with no special accommodations) or to have me removed completely from school and institutionalized. Certainly, professional help from someone trained to work with students who have learning dis-abilities is preferable the having these students struggle and be frustrated without any sort of special help. However, I do take issue with calling students who may have great difficulty understanding and learning math and science learning disabled. I do not think that being unable to understand math as it is conventionally taught should be interpreted as any sort of disability. I like to say "Mathematics is not difficult, just different." Some students require more time and a more gentle introduction to new concepts. Some months ago, I was in inner city Chicago teaching advanced math to elementary school students. I presented rather advanced concepts completely using a completely new and different approach. I used fruits rather than numbers to illustrate deeper math concepts. Afterwards, the teachers told me that were shocked and very surprised to see some of the students (whom they thought were poor math learners) grasp the concepts. They remarked that these students usually did not participate and try to respond to questions; however, when presented these advanced concepts using a new technique, they came alive. The wonderful thing for me is that I was completely ignorant of the teachers' assessments of the individual students' abilities in math. This gave me a chance to interact with each and every student and treat each as if I thought he or she was the most gifted of all the students. My personal opinion is that students are capable to achieve far, far beyond others' (and even their own) expectations. You are certainly one such wonderful example.