Julie's Genius Finder

08/05/2016

One of 13 ways to think like an Olympic champion: Connect your brain with Success.
Athletes learn to trigger a feeling of success outside of competitions through smell and sound alone. For example, when some athletes are in a strong, powerful state during training, they smell scented oil and listen to a specific chosen song. They then repeat these steps before competitions to bring back those powerful memories. Connecting to these neural pathways can help trigger muscle memory, bringing forward a winning state of mind, and a body that follows with actions of a champion.
What is your Olympian moment today?

08/05/2016

Wow, what a creation! Genius. Happy Opening Day of the games!

07/07/2016

I took the time this evening to walk down the lane with my daughter, and oh boy, the blackberries have begun to grow in our neighborhood! Work breaks spawn more creativity! Ours inspired this:

07/03/2016

05/19/2016

A great blog entry from the minds of iMindMap

Have you ever had a brilliant idea that you were excited to share, only for fear to kick in and stop you in your tracks? What if others thought it was too wacky? What if it was flawed? At some point, we can all fall victim to self-doubt. Don’t fret, Mind Mapping a Greens and Reds Analysis will help…

04/26/2016

Genius is no longer reserved for "the greats". Author Michael Meade agrees in his new book The Genius Myth:

"The Genius Myth proposes that each person born participates in the genius of life and that the world at this time is in great need of an awakening of the genius qualities hidden in each of us. In a rapidly changing world faced with seemingly impossible problems, it becomes important to understand that each person has something to contribute to the solutions. Both timely and timeless, this book is essential for anyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or social status, who seeks to awaken their own genius and learn how they can help heal nature and renew culture. The culmination of decades of work with at-risk youth and at-risk people, this book combines dramatic real life experiences with compelling mythic tales and a profound exploration of the wisdom of genius."

04/26/2016

iMindMap9 is out now; this software is the ultimate creative digital thinking space. Climb in!

04/16/2016

Your Genius Zone! Where your greatest passion & talent intersect

04/04/2016

Mind map to plant a new idea. Mind map with a coach to have it blossom! Call me at 605-MINDMAP for a free intro to learn how I can serve you.

04/04/2016

This is your brain creating a new idea. MindMapping has you see new connections you haven't before, in any area: personal, family, business.

03/30/2016

Mind mapping stimulates your brain similarly to playing music; activating different parts of the brain at the same time, which keeps it fluid, strong and can delay brain diseases.

Brain power:
Give yourself two minutes to memorize these ten words in order: Candy, Head, Bear, Farm, Ring, Cat, Jennifer, Necklace, Nine, Pen

Cover up the list.
Now recite it – first forward, then backward.
What was the seventh word on the list?

Next time, make up a series of reminders for each word, like:
Candy is number one with me.
Two Head[s] are better than one.
The Three Bear[s] is a great story.
A farm is for[four] animals.
Five ring[s] for five fingers...
You get the idea, now try again!

(excerpts from "It's Mind Boggling" -The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives)