This Week's Riddle
Two Sandglasses
You have two sandglasses. Flip one over and it will take exactly 4 minutes for the sand to

run from one side to the other. The second sandglass measures exactly 7 minutes. How con

you measure out 9 minutes accurately using these two sandglasses?
(Answer is below)
This Week's Brainpower Practice
Try Creative Crazy Vivid Visualization
Visualizing things gives new insight, because you see things that verbal explanations miss,

and your unconscious mind tries to make sense of the "crazy" images by finding a way to

make them possible. For example, a man sees himself running across a vast plain, bounding

twenty meters at a time. To make sense of this, your mind suddenly attaches a blimp-like

structure to you back. Then your analytical mind takes over and sees that a personal helium

blimp could cut your apparent weight to a few pounds, allowing you to jump across rivers

and maybe even walk on water with the right footwear. Let your imagination run wild, and

exercise your visualization skills.
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This Week's Reminder
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What Do Dreams Mean?
What do dreams mean? The question hasn't been clearly answered by science yet. It's

possible they are a way to exercise the brain. Some theorize that dreaming is a way to

categorize and "file away" things that weren't sufficiently dealt with during the day. This

theory could explain why daily events so often become a part of that nights dreams.
Dreaming does seem to be necessary. In experiments, people have been prevented from

dreaming by being woken up whenever they started, as evidenced by their REM or "rapid eye

movement," which accompanies dreaming. This seems to cause mental distress, although this

distress was often nothing more than increased attempts to dream. Still, those woken an

equal number of times, but randomly, didn't seem to suffer as much.
We may need to dream, but we don't know why, and we could argue endlessly about the meaning

of the content of our dreams. However, despite this essential ignorance about what dreams

mean, we do know that there are ways we can use our dreams. A couple examples...
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New Ideas Department
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What Is Belief?
Belief suggest something absolute, but why? Isn't it expressing a relative measurement,

just like the words "hot and cold," or "near and far?" Are "belief" and "non belief" more

like "hot" and "cold?" Just as a 75 degree (Fahrenheit) day can be called hot if it comes

in winter and cool if it comes in the middle of 100 degree days, does the concept of belief

only have a relative meaning?
You might believe that the United States is 3000 miles across, but do you believe it the

same way that you believe you exist? There is a scale of belief, or rather a scale of the

strength of belief, isn't there? You say that a friend is a good man, but can you really

have the same certainty as when you say you need water to live?
What we call belief may more accurately be seen as a threshold of probability. When you say

you believe something to be true, it may mean something like, "there is more than a 95%

probability that this is the correct understanding of reality in this context." Maybe for

someone else the threshold is 80%, and it is possible that some people hesitate to even say

"I believe" at all, because nothing passes their 99.99% threshold of probability.
Does this mean there's no truth, or that...
Continues here...
http://www.999ideas.com/blog/what-is-belief/

Until next time,
Steve
www.IncreaseBrainpower.com
Riddle Solution: Turn then both over to start the sand. When the four-minute one is done,

flip it over. When the seven-minute one is done flip it over. It will have passed a minute

of sand from one side to the other when the four-minute one is done for the second time,

which is at the eight-minute point. Then just flip the seven-minute sandglass over and let

the minute's-worth of sand run back and you have measured nine minutes.


This Week's Riddle
The Second or Third?
There is something that is called the second which is also really the third. What is it?
(Answer is below)

This Week's Riddle
What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
(Answer is below)
This Week's Brainpower Practice
Argue From The Other Side
We sometimes miss a lot of ideas because we reflexively defend our own. To avoid this,

mentally take the other side of an issue, and do your best to argue from there. You might

have a better arguments than your opponent did, and you may learn a thing or two.
This Week's Reminder
(Useful pages you may have missed.)
Using A Meditation MP3
What is the advantage of a meditation MP3 over a CD? Portability.
I loved my brainwave entrainment CDs the first time I tried them. I had a few unusual,

interesting and pleasant experiences, but they were primarily just a great way to meditate.

(If you haven't tried audios that use brainwave entrainment technologies, you should. They

provide the easiest way I know of to meditate.) I even use them for "power naps." But once

I bought my first MP3 player and loaded one of the meditation tracks onto it, I realized

how limiting the regular CDs were.
Suddenly I could load up on my meditation recordings and walk in the hills near the house.

What a great experience! I could sit under a tree and be quickly brought into a meditative

state, and when I opened my eyes again everything looked more real - a common experience

with deep meditation. I also could stand or walk while listening, so I didn't fall asleep

(sometimes a problem - these types of recordings have...
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Binaural Beats
Five things I like about Binaural Beats Brain Wave Entrainment CDs:
1. They are affordable.
2. They have a good selection.
3. They fully describe each CD (including frequencies used).
4. They offer free shipping (most of the time).
5. They guarantee their products.
Use the link here to see what they have...
http://www.increasebrainpower.com/a2.html
New Ideas Department
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Get Beyond Words
We need to get beyond words if we are to understand things more fully. Words are not the

things they represent. It is easy to understand this intellectually, but we tend to focus

on the words anyhow when we discuss things, and so often don't see clearly the things that

they point at. This limits our thinking and our ability to learn new things.
For example, suppose a man says free trade is bad for poor countries, and I immediately

disagree, because what I know as "free trade" helps poor countries. I am ready and able to

argue. The problem is, I have little to learn as long as I argue, especially if I am only

focusing on proving he has "put his words together wrong," that his logic is flawed.
Now some of you reading this are thinking, "but if his logic is wrong those flaws should be

pointed out." You might think that there is little to learn from a flawed argument anyhow,

and that we have some "duty" to argue for a more "correct" understanding. You even feel

that this is how...
Continued here...
http://www.999ideas.com/blog/get-beyond-words/

Until next time,
Steve
www.IncreaseBrainpower.com
Riddle Solution: Niagara Falls: The edge is cut back around 30 inches annually from the

millions of gallons per-minute of water that rush over it.

Sunday, February 26, 2012
Hi Nat,
Next week I will have a new page about a government program that seeks to predict people's

future actions by getting into their minds. This week I have a page from a couple years

back that you may have missed...
How to Think Out of the Box
To demonstrate what it means to think out of the box, I want to show how creative minds do

just that. First though, I have a relatively simple story problem for you. Those of you

with decent math skills should get the correct solution easily.
Jack and Jill sleep in the same bed. Jack sleeps laying on his left side 80% of the time

and on his right side 20% of the time. Jill sleeps on her right side 25% of the time and on

her left side 75% of the time. If Jack sleeps on the right side of the bed (looking at the

bed from the foot or bottom) what percentage of the time are Jack and Jill facing each

other when sleeping?
Now, if we see this as a straight-forward math problem, it's simple. Being on the right

side of the bed and laying on his left side 80% of the time, Jack has to be facing away

from Jill 80% of the time, and towards her 20% of the time. At any given time there is a

75% chance that she is on her left side, facing him. Thus they are facing each other only

15% of the time (75% of 20%).
This will not necessarily be the answer we get from all intelligent people though. The

explanation given is plain logic, but only if we immediately...
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http://www.increasebrainpower.com/think-out-of-the-box.html
Radical Thinking Course
Want to really get "out of the box" with your thinking? Then go sign up for the "Radical

Thinking Course." I'm giving it away at: http://www.radicalnewthoughts.com
Did You Know...
- Cats are most often left-pawed.
- About 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa since it was constructed in

1155.
Be Attractive to Women
Hypnosis Downloads has a new 10-step course which is supposed to make you naturally

attractive to women. I will not be trying out this one (I'm married, after all), but let me

know what your results are. You can read about it here:
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This Week's Riddle
In English grammar there are at least 14 punctuation marks. Two are used in this sentence

(the period and question mark). Can you name at least seven others in one minute?
(Answer is below)
This Week's Brainpower Practice
Observe Arguments
Watching others debate is more productive than participating, since you can judge the

merits of each side more objectively. It can also be a way to generate new ideas. Just note

the premises each argument is based on, and any assumptions being made, and challenge them.

For example, two politicians arguing over whose health care plan is best won't even notice

the implied premise that government should be involved in personal health care issues.

Other assumptions will be made as well. See what better ideas come from observing arguments

in this way.
Fun With Figures
Brilliant mental math short cuts that will amaze everyone! Learn more here:
http://www.increasebrainpower.com/a14.html
This Week's Reminder
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Boost Your Creativity Quotient
There is not yet a precise way to measure of your "creativity quotient," although in a

recent issue of the Brainpower Newsletter I did have some thoughts about how to create such

a test. I suggested that to measure your creative ability you could look at three criteria;

the quantity of your ideas, their originality, and their quality. You can certainly train

your mind to do better in all three areas, so when the day comes that a decent "creativity

test" is common, you'll score high.
Creativity Through Quantity
In general, having a lot of ideas ideas increases the odds of having some good ones. The

research shows this, as well as personal experience. Let's look then, at how to generate

more ideas.
Practicing helps - no big surprise there. In ten minutes, write down as many uses as you

can for a piece of string. This is a typical creative problem solving exercise. You might

get a dozen ideas the first time you try, but...
Continued here...
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Is It Arrogant to Think for Yourself?
When you are intellectually independent, there is an unspoken sense among many of those who

hear you that you are arrogant. People have some fear of the true thinker, as though he or

she is somehow a threat because he won't "go along" with the group or with cultural ideas

and expectations. But the arrogant man or woman is not the one who thinks; he is the one

who imagines he has found the absolute right system of beliefs or guru to follow; the one

who has abdicated his thinking to others.
Consider for a moment what it means to stop deciding what is true using your own mind.

There will still be things you hold as true, but for what reason? Most likely for this

reason: some important authority on Earth, present or past, has claimed certain things to

be true, and you accept that authority as your guide. Now, since it is clear to all who pay

attention that there are "authorities" of all types who will say all kinds of things, isn't

it also clear that it is YOU who decide which one to follow? You decide that this or that

political party is right. You decide which kind of doctor to go to. You decide which "holy

books" to follow; there are many to choose from after all.
In other words, there is no complete escape from the responsibility of thinking for

yourself, since you must do so at least as far as choosing who to do your thinking for you

prior to your relinquishing this responsibility. Add to this the obvious reality of your

fallibility (not one of us is perfect), and it becomes very clear that it is extreme

arrogance to ever think that you can rely on your mind to decide that this or that person

or system or set of words is infallible for now and for all time. What's the difference

between saying...
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http://stevegillman.com/think-for-yourself/

Until next time,
Steve
www.IncreaseBrainpower.com
Riddle Solution: Here are 14: Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe,

question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and

ellipses.
This Week's Riddle
Harry's mother had three kids. Her first child was named April. Her second was named May.

What was the third child's name?
(Answer is below)
This Week's Brainpower Practice
Play With Principles
The principle that mutual fund managers know how to pick stocks has been disproven. As a

group they actually consistently under-perform the market. A man identifies this new

principle of under-performance, verifies it by looking at the statistics, and then has an

idea: create a fund that buys all stocks except the ones the mutual funds buy. Removing

their bad picks would logically mean beating the market, since those stocks are doing worse

than the average and so dragging it down.
Here are three steps to take when playing with principles to create new ideas:
1. Identify or "extract" a principle.
2. Test the validity of the principle.
3. Generate ideas based on the principle or its alternatives.
The Meditation Newsletter
Keep up on the science and the experience with the Meditation Newsletter.
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This Week's Reminder
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Brain Fog
What is brain fog? It is that sense that you just can't quite think straight. You can't

concentrate, or perhaps can't even figure out what you need to be concentrating on. You

stare at the paper in front of you or at the job you need to do. Thoughts are swirling in

your head, perhaps, but they aren't organized or helpful. What can you do about this? Here

are a few quick tips, and then a couple powerful techniques to try.
Take a walk if you have time. I am convinced that the research will eventually show this to

be one of the best things you can do to improve the quality of your thinking. But don't

wait for the proof. Walking has enough other health benefits anyhow.
Clear space helps prevent brain fog. Some of you may disagree, but it's rare that a person

can work better in clutter. At the very least, an organized office or home means you won't

have the thought "where is that..." distracting your mind.
Avoid sugar. If you want to understand the concept of brain fog, eat sugary cake on an

empty stomach, then try...
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Money Buys Happiness - Sort Of
Can money buy happiness? Many researchers say no, even though the research says yes. The

contradiction has to do with what they choose to see in the numbers their studies produce.
Back in 2006 this issue was in the news, with headlines that went something like this:

"Science shows that money can't buy happiness." However, if you read the story, rather than

watching the abbreviated coverage on television, you only needed to read down a few

paragraphs to discover some interesting and more enlightening statistics.
The research showed, as similar research has before, that people generally were happier as

they moved from poverty to higher income. One study showed that in the United States,

people are happier with more money up to about the level of the average household income -

around $44,000 at the time of the study. Beyond that level of income, gains in reported

happiness from higher income taper off. Another study demonstrated that people who made

$50,000 per year were twice as likely to be happy as those who made $20,000, while at

$90,000 there was little or no increase in happiness compared to the $50,000 level.
Interestingly, researchers and reporters used the latter statistic to justify...
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Until next time,
Steve
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Riddle Solution: Harry, of course.
Wenesday, March 7, 2012
Hi Nat,
It is time for one of my occasional extra mailings (you'll still get the regular issue on

Sunday). I do these a few times each year, usually to announce a new book or something

else. This time I just wanted to remind of some of the resources we provide besides this

newsletter.
I also wanted to explain that the newsletter went out late on Sunday for only the second

time due to a website malfunction at my mailing service. And... there were about 6 zeros

missing in the "Did You Know" figures for China's coal consumption (add the word "megaton"

to each figure and they would have been right--lost in the editing I guess). Now for those

resources...
E-Book on Memory - Download it for free on this page:
http://www.increasebrainpower.com/free-memory-book.html
Our Facebook Page! - Riddles, news, tips and more are posted here regularly:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Increase-Brainpower/190419161020406?
Mind Power Meditation E-book - Available at no cost by email here:
http://www.bestmeditationcds.com
New Homepage - In case you didn't notice, I recently arranged the links to interior pages

by category here, so you can quickly find brain nutrition tips, riddles, problem solving

techniques or whatever you are looking for:
http://www.increasebrainpower.com/
Brain Power News Blog - I had to stop updating this (too little response and not enough

time), but all of the pages and posts are still there and categorized in case you haven't

read them:
http://news.increasebrainpower.com
Sitio de Superacion Personal - My wife's Spanish-language website for self development has

some brainpower-related content for those of you who speak Spanish:
http://www.tusuperacionpersonal.com
Did You Know...
.- At about three pounds, your brain weighs only half as much as your skin.
- The tongue of a Blue whale weighs as much as a full grown elephant.
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This Week's Quotes
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas-covered

planet going around a nuclear fireball at ninety million miles away and think this is

NORMAL is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tend to be. - Douglas

Adams
Nothing pains some people more than having to think. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Riddle
There are only twenty or so words in standard English which begin with the letters "dw".

Name at least three without using a dictionary or online resource.
(Answer is below)
Brainpower Practice
Invent New Quotations
Here's one to get you started: "Quotations are philosophical business cards, advertising

the product of one's mind." The easiest way to invent new and quotable quotes is to start

with existing ones and find a new way to say the same thing, or something new to say about

the matter. For example, Albert Einstein said, "Unthinking respect for authority is the

greatest enemy of truth," which we could make into, "Love of authority is hatred of truth."

The idea here is to create a thought which is put into a line or two, but could be explored

much more deeply. (Then start that exploration.)
This Week's Reminder
(Useful pages you may have missed.)
Creating Out of Body Experiences?
What's really happening when people have out-of-body experiences? There have been two

studies published in recent years that shed some light on possible explanations. They are

"The Experimental Induction of Out-of-Body Experiences" by H. Henrik Ehrsson and "Video

Ergo Sum: Manipulating Bodily Self-Consciousness" by Bigna Lenggenhager et al. Both were

published in Science, in August, 2007.
To better understand why people sometimes have the illusion that they are floating above

their bodies or otherwise separated from them, these neuroscientists decided to reproduce

out-of-body experiences in a laboratory setting. They did not want to do this by inducing

strokes, epileptic fits, migraines or other common precursors to the experiences, nor by

having subjects take drugs. Instead, they played with subjects normal perceptions using

cameras and video goggles.
Henrik Ehrsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, had subjects sit and use

special goggles to look at a stereocopic view of their own backs, the images coming from

cameras set up behind them. He touched the subjects chests with a rod while stabbing at a

point below and in front of the two cameras behind them, at what would corresponded to the

"virtual chest" of each. Subjects reported that as a result of this, they felt like...
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Beginners Luck - What Is It?
We have all heard the expression "beginners luck." But is there such a thing? Yes, and that

leads us to the next question; "What causes it? Here's an explanation.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few. -

Shunryu Suzuki
The quote above points to a phenomenon that is common in humans: The more we know about

something, the more limited we become in our thinking. For example, smart business people

(the experts) could have given Gary Dahl many good reasons why he couldn't sell a rock in a

box. Nonetheless, his "Pet Rock" sold millions, because he didn't "know better" than to

give it a try.
As a non-expert or beginner at something, you won't know all the "good reasons" why your

ideas shouldn't work. That leaves you free to try them out, and get feedback from reality

instead of from a mind full of negative or limiting ideas. Many ideas born in ignorance

won't work, and often for exactly the reasons that the experts dismiss them. But sometimes

things have...
Continued here...
http://www.goodlucksecrets.com/beginners-luck.html

Until next time,
Steve
www.IncreaseBrainpower.com
Riddle Solution: Dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfing, dwarfish, dwarfism, dwarfs, dwarves, dwell,

dwelled, dweller, dwellers, dwelling, dwellings, dwells, dwindle, dwindled, dwindles,

dwindling, dwine, dwined, dwines, and dwining. There may be other more obscure words.
This Week's Riddle
Four Gallon Puzzle
This is a classic you may have read about before. You are next to a pond, and for whatever

reason (okay, I forgot the reason) you need to have exactly four gallons of water in your

bucket. The problem is that you have a bucket that holds exactly three gallons, and one

that holds exactly five gallons, and they have no marks for lesser amounts.
Can you think of a fast efficient way to measure out exactly four gallons of water?
(Answer is below)
This Week's Brainpower Practice
Find New Differences
This is a good technique for discovering all sorts of new ideas and perspectives. It's a

simple three-step process:
1. Note things which are commonly compared and look at the differences normally pointed to;
2. Look for "other" differences that are not normally talked about;
3. Mentally play with these to see what new ideas come to mind.
For example, when people compare dogs and cats as pets, they say dogs are friendlier, and

cats eat less. What other differences are often overlooked, and what ideas do they suggest?

Cats are commonly smaller, which can be very convenient for small apartment dwellers. This

suggests the possibility of a pet store specializing in small pets or even small dogs.

Unlike dogs, cats hunt down insects and mice in your home, which suggests that they could

be rented out for such a purpose.
Beyond Mental Slavery
My book examines how we get trapped in mental processes that limit the clarity and

effectiveness of our thinking and decision-making. Using examples from science, business,

the arts, and life in general, the basic problems - and solutions - are spelled out in

simple language. This book is a how-to guide for clearer, more powerful, and more useful

thinking. - Steve
For more information or to order now, use this link:
http://www.increasebrainpower.com/zbms.html
This Week's Reminder
(Useful pages you may have missed.)
Above Average IQ Score - A How-to Guide
The average IQ score is supposed to be 100. The tests are designed so that in theory half

the population will score below 100 and half above. They are also scored according to age

of the test taker. Here is a breakdown of IQ scores in the typical population:
130 or higher: 2.2% of the population.
120-129: 6.7% of the population.
110-119: 16.1% of the population.
90-109 (Average): 50% of the population.
80-89: 16.1% of the population.
70-79: 6.7% of the population.
Below 70: 2.2% of the population...
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Behavioral Economics
When existing Mercedes owners buy another Mercedes, they pay $7,000 more for the same car

as new buyers. Why? Read the explanation of "Confirmation Bias" below. Recent research

shows we aren't nearly as rational as we think. Behavioral economics is a relatively new

science that studies how and why people make money-related choices. Here are some of the

things the studies have shown thus far:
Mental Accounting
If you bought tickets to the opera for $100, and you lose them on the way there, would you

buy another set for another $100 if you had the money? Most people say no when asked this.

Second scenario: You're on your way to the opera, planning to buy the tickets there, and

you lose $100 in the street on the way. You still have enough money for the tickets,

though, so do you continue with your evening's plan and go to the opera? Most people answer

yes to this scenario.
Scientists in the field of behavioral economics call this "mental accounting." In the first

scenario, you already spent $100 from the mental category "opera," so it seems too

expensive to spend another $100. In the second scenario, you lost $100 cash - a separate

category. It's easier to buy the tickets still, even though in both cases the financial

situation is absolutely the same. This kind of "mental accounting" has its consequences,

and you'll see...
Continued here...
http://www.999ideas.com/behavioral-economics.html
Until next time,
Steve
www.IncreaseBrainpower.com
Riddle Solution: Fill the three-gallon bucket, pour it into the five-gallon one, then fill

the small one again. This time when you pour the water into the larger one, there will only

be space for two more gallons (3+2 = 5), so one gallon will remain. Dump out the five-

gallon bucket and pour the gallon of water into it. Now just fill the three-gallon one

again and add it to the gallon in the larger bucket. You'll have exactly four gallons.
This Week's Riddle
What Am I?
I run but never walk, have a mouth but never talk, and have a bed but never sleep.
(Answer is below)
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This Week's Riddle
Red and Blue
A coin dealer had a box of red candies, a box of blue candies (same size and weight) and a

box that contained a mix of the two types. He labeled the boxes, "red," "blue" and "mix,"

but got every label wrong. Without looking in the boxes, and drawing out just one candy at

a time, what is the fewest draws you need to determine which labels go with which boxes?
(Answer is below)
This Week's Brainpower Practice
Challenge Those Assumptions
This is another one of the most powerful ways to have radical new thoughts. See what

assumptions you and others are making, and challenge them. For example, when designing a

new sailboat, it is natural to assume that it needs a sail. Question that, and you are left

with the question, "what else would propel it?" One solution I have seen is a wings, like

those on an airplane, but rising vertically from the boat. The same principle as the sail

is at work, but with some advantages (sturdy and more permanent, for starters).
A restaurant needs food, tables, and chairs we assume, but what if we challenge that? What

about a place called the "Feed Your Mind Cafe," where you pay to load inspirational and

informative audio books onto your MP3 while getting coffee to go? List any assumptions and

then go after them, finding alternatives.
Secrets Of Lucky People
Start using them today and have more luck this week. (I am one of these lucky people, which

is why I wrote the book. - Steve)
Learn more here... http://www.increasebrainpower.com/good-luck-book.html
This Week's Reminder
(Useful pages you may have missed.)
Subconscious Mind Power
We all have subconscious mind power. It can be as simple as automatically smiling when you

meet a person, and so improving the odds of getting what you want from that person. It can

be the productive way you unconsciously approach a situation. It is the power that comes

from good programming of your mind.
How do you program your mind for better subconscious mind power? You do it consciously, one

step at a time. You learn a new technique or "program," then you use it consciously until

it becomes automatic - an unconscious habit. Two examples follow.
Subconscious Mind Power to Develop Rapport
Talk to people at the same speed as their speech, and they usually feel more at ease with

you. Mirror their expressions and how they sit or stand, and they will also feel more

comfortable with you. Salesmen use dozens of simple techniques like these to develop

rapport with customers, but they...
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New Ideas Department
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Three New Ideas
Here are three new ideas I have been playing with in the areas of employment and the

economy:
Wages Are Profit?
I sometimes hear people complain about the profits made by large companies. I happen to

think that the only problem there is if they made their profits unethically. But in any

case, do those who complain ever consider that at least a part of their own wages are

"profit?" To make this as clear as possible, consider the fact two people doing the same

job, both living well, but one getting paid more. Wouldn't it make sense to at least call

that difference in income a "profit?"
There is nothing sinister about making a profit. We all want to make a profit. Suppose an

employer paid you only the most basic "cost" of your labor - in other words just enough to

buy food and shelter at survival level. You would leave, right? You would go and sell your

labor where they offered a better...
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Until next time,
Steve
www.IncreaseBrainpower.com
Riddle Solution: One draw. Since we stipulate that every box was wrongly labeled, just

reach in and take one candy from the box marked "mix," which has to be either a box full of

just red or just blue candies. If it is red, all are red, so you can label that box

correctly. Meanwhile, the box labeled "blue" cannot have red candies, and since we know it

is wrongly labeled, that leaves only the mixed batch possible for that box, and blue ones

for the box marked ""red." Solve this the same way if you draw a blue candy.