2. THE POWER OF THE MIND

Marilyn vos Savant, the person with the highest IQ ever

Not even neurologists can exactly estimate the capacity of the human brain nor decide whose brain has greater potential. One thing is sure. You can be smarter tomorrow than you are today. The mind can stretch - it can be strengthened, toned, and conditioned to perform miracles.

(Robert K. Cooper, 2006.)

The whole structure of the brain can be changed just by thinking - this phenomenon is called neuroplasticity.

(Gordon Dryden, Jeannette Vos, 1999.)

Your wonderful brain:

• Consists of one trillion brain cells, including 100 billion active nerve cells and 900 billion other cells that connect, nourish and insulate the active cells.
• Can develop up to 20,000 branches on each of its 100 billion nerve cells.
• Contains four separate brains: the part responsible for instincts, the part responsible for balance, the part responsible for emotions, and the cerebral cortex.
• Has two hemispheres working together harmoniously: the left, scientific hemisphere and the right, artistic hemisphere.
• Runs a switchboard transferring millions of pieces of information every second between the right and left hemispheres.
• Has seven different intelligence centres.
• Works on at least four wavelengths.
• Controls the transmission system that instantly sends information to every part of the body through electrochemical processes.
• Holds the key to your personal revolution in learning.

We learn:

• 10% of what we read;
• 20% of what we hear;
• 30% of what we see;
• 50% of what we see and hear;
• 70% of what we say;
• 90% of what we say and do.

(Robert K. Cooper, 2006.)

Use all four of your brains:

• The brain in your head.
• The brain in your gut: it contains around 100 million neurons. The enteric nervous system is far faster than the brain in the head — a million times faster, according to some estimates.
• The brain in your heart: the heart’s electromagnetic field is around five thousand times stronger than the field produced by the brain.
• The brain in your spine?