The document discusses finding hidden talents and wisdom. It provides scriptures about using herbs, grains, fruits, and meat with thanksgiving. It encourages seeking wisdom over riches, as the mysteries of God will be revealed. It describes how Brigham Young commissioned Karl Maeser to establish a church school in Provo and teach with the Spirit of God. Finally, it provides quotes about valuing understanding people, spotting exceptional talent before others, and observing someone's character by their humility first before their intelligence.
The document discusses finding hidden talents and wisdom. It provides scriptures about using herbs, grains, fruits, and meat with thanksgiving. It encourages seeking wisdom over riches, as the mysteries of God will be revealed. It describes how Brigham Young commissioned Karl Maeser to establish a church school in Provo and teach with the Spirit of God. Finally, it provides quotes about valuing understanding people, spotting exceptional talent before others, and observing someone's character by their humility first before their intelligence.
1) The document emphasizes the importance of continuous learning through reading widely from both sacred and secular texts. It stresses drinking deeply from the well of wisdom and experience.
2) It recommends memorizing scriptures as a family to help children retain spiritual teachings throughout their lives.
3) Education is described as an ongoing process of acquiring knowledge and applying it productively. The author advocates creating environments within the home that cultivate learning through exposure to books, literature, and thoughtful discussion.
The narrator witnessed a young boy in a store who did not have enough money to purchase a doll for his sister who had passed away. The boy asked his grandmother for help, but she said she needed to run an errand. When the boy showed the narrator a photo of his family, the boy explained that his mother was sick and soon going to be with his sister and God. The narrator paid the difference for the doll so the boy could give it to his mother to pass on. The narrator later learned the boy's family had been hit by a drunk driver, killing the young sister and leaving the mother in critical condition. At the mother's funeral, the narrator saw the doll and photo with her
Cortisol is a hormone that controls mood, well-being, immune function, and inflammation. It helps regulate blood sugar levels by stimulating fat breakdown and gluconeogenesis. Cortisol is essential for responding to stress, but excessive or prolonged levels can lead to side effects like obesity, bone loss, skin issues, high blood sugar, and increased blood pressure. It follows a normal daily rhythm that can be disrupted by shift work or medical conditions.
Modern medicine has had less impact on longevity than lifestyle factors. While medicine helped reduce childhood mortality rates, a person who survived childhood was likely to live nearly as long with or without modern medicine. States with healthier lifestyles like Utah and Nevada saw adult death rates up to 40% lower than other areas with comparable resources, due to factors like less smoking, moderate drinking, regular exercise, and sufficient sleep. The contemporary health effort has been largely misdirected, with successes incorrectly attributed to medicine rather than underlying lifestyle and environmental conditions.
1. Emotions, stress, and the immune system are interconnected - emotional upsets can affect the severity of diseases, and abnormalities in the immune system have been seen alongside severe emotional disorders.
2. Both the immune and nervous systems are capable of learning and being strengthened or weakened by experiences - stress and immunization can impact these systems.
3. Hormones regulated by the central nervous system affect the workings of the immune system, and any manipulation of the CNS or stress events can have immunological effects.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help enhance one's emotional well-being and mental clarity.
This document discusses stress and its effects on the body and brain. It describes how stress is processed by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and hormones like cortisol. Prolonged or chronic stress can lead to allostatic load, damaging the hippocampus and amygdala over time and impairing memory, cognitive function, and immune response. The brain plays a key role in perceiving and responding to stressors, and rewiring of neural pathways through extinction learning in the prefrontal cortex is important for overcoming fear responses.
This document discusses the effects of stress on the body and brain. It describes how stress activates the fight or flight response and increases levels of hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. Prolonged stress can lead to health issues if the body cannot properly adapt. It also discusses how different parts of the brain are involved in stress response, such as the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis and reticular activating system. Maintaining good brain and body health through reducing stress, nutrition, sleep, and lifestyle factors can help optimize brain function and resilience.
This document discusses the role of neuropeptides and their receptors in the brain and body. It notes that:
1) Neuropeptides are produced by nerve cells in the brain and bind to receptors in the limbic system, which is involved in emotions, and the hypothalamus, which regulates homeostasis.
2) Many neuropeptides act as hormones, being produced in one part of the body and traveling to receptors elsewhere. Insulin, for example, is produced in the pancreas but also in the brain.
3) Neuropeptide receptors are found throughout the body, including in the immune system, suggesting these biochemicals play a role in modulating and directing immune cell activity.
This document discusses various topics related to brain function and mental health, including:
1) Different parts of the brain like the prefrontal cortex, temporal lobes, limbic system, and basal ganglia and how they relate to emotions, attention, memory, and behavior.
2) Lifestyle factors and nutrition that can impact brain chemistry and mental state, such as foods high in omega-3, protein, and B vitamins or reducing caffeine.
3) Psychological concepts like repressing trauma in the body and linking illnesses to emotions.
4) Integrating spirituality into treatment and recognizing mind-body connections in health.
5) The role of both innate and environmental factors in brain development and mental
The document discusses key findings from the 2005 World Wealth Report. It states that in 2005 there were over 8.3 million high net-worth individuals globally, defined as having over $1 million in financial assets, with their total wealth amounting to $30.8 trillion. The regions with the highest wealth and population growth between 2003-2004 were Singapore, South Africa, and Hong Kong. By 2009, the total wealth held by high net-worth individuals was estimated to be $42.2 trillion, growing at an annual rate of 6.5%.
This document discusses neurovascular points that can relieve stress by increasing blood flow to the forebrain. Pressing on the forehead above the eye or placing one hand on the forehead and the other on the back of the head can help bring blood flow back to alleviate stress in the forebrain. Experimenting with different hand positions over these areas may provide relief.
The document discusses an exercise involving weaving figures of eight with the body to strengthen one's energy by sending information throughout the nervous system. It recommends doing a series of figure eights all over the body as well as imagining oneself doodling eights, as these activities send messages throughout the nervous system. Music can accompany the figure eight movements with the hips.
The document discusses how perception shapes our beliefs and behaviors through childhood programming and habitual patterns. It suggests that changing perceptions can alter beliefs, and that the subconscious mind strongly influences our behaviors through unconscious beliefs formed from past experiences. The key is to communicate new beliefs directly to the subconscious mind using techniques like muscle testing and brain hemisphere integration exercises in order to break habitual patterns and enact lasting change.
41. 在 15 年後所
發生的事，
你覺得是最
不能控制的
，但其實那
將會是你最
能控制的事。
“The very thing
you think you
have the least
control over,
what happens
15 years out, is
what you have
the most control
over.”
Peter Bishop, Ph.D. Futurist
42.
43. Dr Brain Reminder:
Our brain is not dormant;
rather, it is a vibrant,
interactive, ever changing
universe. And how it is
changed is dependent on how
we plot out our scenarios.
腦博士提提你：
你的腦不是靜止
的；相反地，它
是一個充滿活力
、互動、不斷改
變的宇宙。而它
如何改變是在乎
你所構想的情景
是什麼。
46. 新的每天工作習慣
每日行動 ( 左右腦各選其一 )
腦博士提提你：
你的腦需要大約三十天才能開始建立一個新的網絡 , 所收要有恆心 !
Dr Brain Reminder:
Your brain takes about 30 days to start a new network! So please give it time.
工作紙
11
51. 3E + 4P 迎改變 創新機：
第一期 30 日計劃
Planning & Problem Solving ( 計劃與解決問題 )
工作紙 9
Plotting and Work Habit ( 情景構想與工作習慣 )
工作紙 11
52.
53. Dr Brain Reminder:
To change requires a change in diet! If you keep
feeding your brain what you have been feeding it all
along, you will keep getting the same results you have
been getting along!
腦博士提提你：
改變就要改餐單 ! 如果你仍然
用同樣的食物餵養的腦 , 你就會
繼續得到你以前一直所得到的 !
75. 傳統的工作
( 在將來 ) 將會
被淘汰。如果你
不用判斷及加增
的價值，我會用
機器做這工作。
What goes away
(in the future) is
the traditional
job. If you are
not using
judgment and
value adds then I
can tell a machine
to do that job.
Peter Bishop, Ph.D. Futurist
