The Brain Is Our Most Powerful Tool….We Just Never Got The Instruction Manual

Something incredible that I learned from the study of excellence, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is that the brain is the most powerful tool in the universe; it just depends on how well you use it. 

Just Ask Your Brain
See, what I have learned through NLP is that we are all looking for answers to certain questions and so it's the QUALITY of the questions we ask ourselves that are most important.  And the beauty of this finding is that it can be applied to any and all aspects of life….especially education.  Upon researching this further, I came to discover that our brains are so incredibly powerful, it's just that no one ever gave us the user's manual for it, so we haven’t been able to properly utilize it!

 

NLP…..Not Taught In Schools

Another thing is that NLP is not taught in schools, mainly because it is considered to be “too much” for kids.  Well, I disagree.  Students would benefit tremendously from any and the interesting thing is no educational institution teaches it, except for the Learn Today Program (www.learntoday.ca)  We not only explain to parents, guardians and students what it is, but we APPLY it as well…and this makes for a really amazing difference in our work and in the results shown for students’ performance (whatever age).

We are essentially, always searching for answers, and since our brain is going to do all this work anyway, we might as well be sure of the quality of the questions we are asking. 

Bear In Mind

Some things to bear in mind when asking your brain a question:
1) Give it detail and be specific.  It isn’t very helpful to just ask "Where can I get a job"...be specific and give details such as what are the things you would want in your perfect job?
2) Give it some time - your brain is searching for the answers for you, just give it some time to come up with the perfect answer.  Don’t like the answer, ask it something else.
3) Once you get your answer, jot it down so you don’t forget it.

Give Your Kids The Best

As many parents and guardians out there know, we MUST empower our kids, tweens, teens and young adults to ask themselves great questions and they will be utterly amazed at the responses.  We need to get them used to USING and APPLYING NLP in their studies.

For more information on what NLP is and how we use it, email me (Christine) at Christine@LearnToday.ca or call 416-522-3162 or come to our informal greet and chat on Saturday June 25th @ noon to the Second Cup at Bayview & Laureleaf.

Have you ever wondered why people are sometimes better at performing certain tasks than others??

Well, I certainly have, and let me tell you, my inquiring mind has led me to a very interesting find:
People have what are called Neurodevelopmental Systems, which are pathways of thinking that, based on the person's specific brain connections, affect those things they are best at (and sometimes don't allow some functions that we consider basic, to work at all).  This will help explain the incredible frustration people feel when they cant get a math problem or they cant get their many ideas together to write that book they've been meaning to write.

Here is a list of all the Neurodevelopmental system pathways that affect different parts of your learning:

1.  Attention Control System - how much focus and attention you can give to any one thing.
2.  Memory System - how much you remember about something and how well.
3.  Language System - how writing and languages come easily to you.
4.  Spatial Ordering System - how we deal with and configure information in a spatial, organized manner.  ex. Whether Jimmy can figure out how to put his left shoe on his left foot.
5.  Sequential Ordering System - how well you remember the sequence of events and/or instructions.

6.  Motor System - how well Alice can ride that 2-wheeler, or whether Julie can write in cursive or play the fiddle.
7.  Higher Thinking System - how you can problem-solve and reason logically, to form and make use of concepts, and to get the point of a complicated idea.
8.  Social Thinking System - ability to speak and interact thoughtfully with others, without saying something off-putting.