Calling all BLIs ...

Want to take your brain (and your training) to the next level?

This is the last call for the four day Advanced BLI Program 29 Sept - 2 Oct at the new Buzan Centre on the Gold Coast, Australia

Become accredited to teach Tony Buzan's one day Speed Reading and Memory Programs.

MAXIMUM of 8 people only - Reserve Your Seat now!

Contact jennifer@buzan.com.au

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The human brain is an amazing, constantly changing and growing super bio-computer, more powerful that all the silicon chips in the world. Every day it receives vast amounts of data, which it is asked to turn into relevant information that can then be put to work. The problem is in many of us, the operating system has not been upgraded in a long time. When was that last time you updated your amazing neck-top computer?

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Reading is usually described as
“Getting from a book what the author intended”
“Assimilating from the written word”

There are actually 7 components in reading ... Read more

How much time to you spend on the road? At airports? On planes? How can you best utilise the time to be more innovative?

There are some real opportunities while sitting on a plane. Take it from me — this month I travelled to Abu Dhabi, Dubai, South Africa, Bahrain and am currently in New Zealand running workshops. This non-stop travel has brought to mind some great ways to make use of all that transit time:

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In fantasy worlds they say when you wish upon a star - all your dreams will come true. What a load of rubbish! Read more

Want to know how PhotoReading is done?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JDgFGKknY&feature=related

Derren Brown's Trick or Treat Show last Friday in the UK helped a guy remember vast amounts of information so he could enter a quiz competition.

Also, how did Derren remember which of the 1,300 coffee beans was the right one?

A couple of years ago on a flight, Tony Buzan and I were duelling with puzzles. He stumped me when he asked me what a 'ghoti' was.

Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was reportedly fond of pointing out the absurdities of spelling by proving that ‘fish’ could be spelt ‘ghoti’. That is: ‘gh’ as in ‘rough’, ‘o’ as in ‘women’ and ‘ti’ as in palatial.

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