A Point to Ponder:

"A common error is trying to change results by changing behavior.

When this happens, the change is generally temporary. Although behavior causes results, it is a secondary cause.

The primary cause is the paradigm."

~ Thinking into Results, a progam taught by the late Bob Proctor and Sandy Gallagher, CEO of Proctor Gallagher Institute;

It's a valid observation, for the paradigm is still in control of your perception and all that jazz.

POINTS TO PONDER: Is your organisation brimming with innovation? Are you? Innovate or incinerate: the choice is yours!

[Adapted from a Braindancer bookazine by Dilip Mukerjea]

POINTS TO PONDER: If you wish to have value for $...

[Excerpted from 'TaleBlazers: Imagination to Imprint', by Dilip Mukerjea]

BRAINWARE POINTS TO PONDER UPON!

Serving as the epilogue of his book, 'Building BrainPower: Turning Grey Matter into Gold', Dilip Mukerjea writes:

"Technology shapes the evolving mind. Today's children are exhibiting amazing electronic precocity. Computers have become ubiquitous in their lives. This does have some benefits, one of them being faster reaction times to visual stimuli.

Yet, there is much evidence that demonstrates how computer "learning" of young children is far less brain building than spontaneous play, indoor and outdoor games with older children and adults, adventure trips, and activities such as hide-and-seek, tree climbing, or catch-me-if-you-can.

The growing proliferation of educational software does not guarantee quality in quantity. There is alarming evidence of over ninety percent of such software being brain-numbing, not brain building, crafted solely for the gratification of the software creator.

What is worse, some of the most popular "educational" software may even be damaging to creativity, attention and motivation.

The American essayist and poet of the mid-19th century, Thoreau, was prescient in his warning that if we aren't careful, we could all become the "tools of our tools".

Most successful toddler-to-teen technologies are the offspring of innovators that did not grow up with computers; what they had in abundance were rich, fertile imaginations, raw material for incessant creativity.

Today's children have an attention span that ranges from eight to twelve seconds. In order to retain focus, they seek constant novelty. Our brains are malleable masses of protoplasm. New technologies are altering societies by altering our mental skills and the brain's synaptic structure of people using them.

Rapid-blast television and computer displays have largely replaced sustained attention to verbal input, such as reading and listening, with faster-paced visual stimuli. This has created a severe imbalance, and many "screenager" are barely able to complete a sentence articulately, or perform simple mental arithmetic.

The media has much to offer beyond mere techno-stimulation. Today's children still need close adult mentoring and educational projects that offer values reflective of mental, physical, and spiritual harmony. Technology can be a worthwhile partner in this venture.

Moral:

Children never stop learning, but they're not always learning what we think they're learning, despite their link with technology.

Check:

Does the software stimulate imagination? Does it encourage original thinking? Is there a gender bias? Both male and female characters should be portrayed as active problem solvers. And is the software connecting well with the quiet intelligence of the child's thoughts?"

POINTS TO PONDER: The Seven Traits of Creative People

The following extract from the iJourney.org weblog is a very beautiful & enlightening - though belated - piece of writing by Dr Deepak Chopra, which I have found by chance while surfing the net.

"... There are three forces pervading all of life: creation, maintenance, and destruction. All three are present in the life span of cells, stars, trees, planets, and galaxies, since every form must come into being, be maintained, and pass away. Even though each life span unfolds in a sequence over time, the three forces themselves exist simultaneously. The genes of every species include the code for creating new cells, maintaining each cell for a certain time, and destroying it to make way for another generation of tissue. This three-in-one intelligence is what you are trying to affect when you consciously shape your life; it is up to you which aspect -– creation, maintenance, or destruction -– is most dominant. Because you have the power to shift the balance of forces, you are above and beyond them.

As long as creation dominates your existence, you will keep growing and evolving. Evolution thwarts entropy, decay, and aging. The most creative people in any field intuitively draw on this understanding. They grow with the full consciousness that they are the source of their own power, and whatever their field, certain traits are generally shared by them.

1.They are able to contact and enjoy silence.

2.They connect with and enjoy Nature.

3.They trust their feelings.

4.They can remain centered and function amid confusion and chaos.

5.They are childlike –- they enjoy fantasy and play.

6.They self-refer: They place the highest trust in their own consciousness

7.They are not rigidly attached to any point of view: Although passionately committed to their creativity, they remain open to new possibilities.

These seven points give us a practical standard to measure how creatively our lives are proceeding..."

HOW DO YOU WISH TO BE REMEMBERED? WHAT IS YOUR LEGACY?

[Excerpted from the 'Lifescaping' seminar participant's manual. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

COULD THIS BE YOU?

[Excerpted from the 'Lifescaping' seminar participant's manual. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

HOW DO YOU RATE YOURSELF?

[Excerpted from the 'Lifescaping' seminar participant's manual. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]