WHAT MAKES US SMART?

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Musical training in childhood has been found to correlate with higher than average IQ.  (On standardized tests) 

A 2004 study indicated that a 6 year old child who received musical training had an average increase in IQ of 7.0 points. read more 

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My dog knew 72 words of English (yes, I counted…) I only knew 2 or 3 words of ‘Bark’.

So, which of us was more intelligent?

Think about this concept – smart – and how it affects your interactions with the world. 

Try answering the following questions:

1)    How do you define smart?

2)    Who are some of the people you think are smart?

3)    What makes you think this about them?

4)    Do you think you are smart?

5)    What are the things about yourself that makes you believe this – or not?

Would your world change in anyway if you revised some of these beliefs?

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DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SMART?

“I’m not really very smart,” she explained.  “My sister was the smart one…”

I have to admit this statement intrigued me. 

The young woman who was making this pronouncement was what you would call a quick study. 

I could toss a new concept her way, watch her eyes scan back and forth like a quick moving curser, and Boom! 

She’d be off and running, building on that previously new idea… 

So, what’s this about? 

Do you think these labels might have more to do with the beliefs of the ‘labelers’ than the capacity of the ‘labeled’?

Maybe we need to re-think how we define ‘smart’?

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SUNDAY SMILES – THE COOPERATIVE LIFE –NYC STYLE

I guess the ‘package’ of invasive information necessary to even be considered to live in a co-op apartment in NYC should have clued me to the lurking dangers... 

And then there was the mandatory interview… 

The small torture chamber was rank with the sulfuric odor of perverted power that co-op boards enjoy.  

A police murder interrogation could not have been more brutal.  True, I wasn’t chained to a chair and I don’t think that there was a two-way mirror…

My tormentors seated me in the perfect ping-ping position, lobbing questions with the speed of torment (Oops!  I meant tournament) players.

“Who are your friends?  Do you listen to music?  Has your dog attended training?”

I mean give me a break!  What did they expect me to say?

“I have wild orgies, listen to ear shattering Metal and Hip-Hop, and about my dog, he might look like a fluffy poodle, but it’s really a disguise.  Underneath all that fluff lurks a vicious 200 pound Rottweiler.”

It takes a certain kind of person to ignore all the warning signs and lunge brazenly into the future?  New Yorkers are known for being brave…  Determined?  Try pig-headed!   

What do ya think?  Have any city stories to share?

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WHAT MAKES US PUSH PAST OUCH?

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Perhaps this is another one of those hang-overs from our prehistoric days when we had to keep going and endure or risk being eaten by the lurking saber-toothed tigers?

It is believed that this type of perseverance had a necessary role in preservation of the human species.

Like many of our early behaviors, understanding its role in today’s world is challenging.

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WHAT MAKES US PUSH PAST OUCH?

Do any of these fit for you?

·         It’s embarrassing to say “I can’t”…

·        I used to be able to do it…

·        I don’t want them to think I’m a wimp

·        I don’t want to feel like a wimp

·        Everyone else is doing it

·        Just this one time…

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MACHO MACHO (WO)MAN

Ever find yourself doing physical feats that you know you shouldn’t do? 

It started in school in the early 60’s with President Kennedy’s Physical fitness Program.  We set out to do a 25 mile hike (or was it 50?) with no previous conditioning…

Good, huh?  Real good… The next three days limping around with serious cramping good…

And half a century later I am still doing it… And still limping.

Don’t you just hate it when the pain is your own fault!

What’s up with this one?  Any stories to share?

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SHOULD YOU TAKE THE HIT?

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To take the hit:  To cope with something unpleasant with out complaining – to endure a period of mental, physical or emotional hardship without complaint.  

Taking the hit for someone else is viewed by our society as a positive value.  Remember the Rocky Balboa quote about taking the hits? more Rocky  

But the cost to the individual can be high.

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Should you take the hit?  To decide answer the following questions:

Who are you doing this for?

What do you expect to achieve by covering for someone else?

Are you trying to live up to an image?

Do you really believe in this or are you trying to please someone else?

How will you feel tomorrow?  A week from now?  Next year?

We don’t want to be creating new internal resentments, so it’s important to be really clear about why you are allowing yourself to take the hit!

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DO GOOD GUYS FINISH LAST?

“You’re a much better person than she is – Just take the hit – We know she’s wrong – but hey – in the interest of harmony…”

Have you ever heard this one?

Maybe as a kid?

“After all you’re the oldest…”

Or as an adult?

“You’re smarter (wiser, more sensible…) so…” 

What does this actually mean? 

The good guys get penalized?  The stronger you are the more hits you should take?

Yikes!  Is there something wrong with this picture?

What do ya think?  Have any stories to share?

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