Professionals and entrepreneurs do a great job of keeping up appearances. But if they're honest with themselves, they're short on living the life they really want. Train Your Brain For Success provides the perspective to analyze how you got where you are and, more importantly, learn the skills to get where you truly desire to be. Train Your Brain For Success explain specific ways of thinking and acting that will get anyone where they want to go, fast. Learn to condition your mind to move toward success automatically, by discovering greater memory power and fundamental techniques for boosting reading speed and comprehension. Get a proven strategy for succeeding and becoming arecord-breaking performer. Train your mind for new levels of success by boosting memory power, reading speed and comprehension.
1) Оценка желания учиться × оценка готовности изменяться = общий индекс обучаемости.
2) Первый совет: не оценивайте процесс; оценивайте результат.
3) Стресс — главный убийца ваших умственных способностей.
4) Язык вашей памяти (и всех остальных функций мозга) — образы . Еще одна полезная черта — сильная склонность и способность мозга их видеть. Чем лучше вам удается представить себе информацию образно, тем легче ее вспомнить.
5) Стремление к личностному развитию всю жизнь — чтение, прослушивание образовательных программ, обмен идеями с успешными людьми и т. д. — действительно улучшает здоровье вашего мозга.
6) мозг думает примерно в 7 раз быстрее, чем люди говорят, и ему легко отвлечься на другое, пока новый знакомый сообщает вам свое имя. У вас есть около 5 секунд, чтобы произвести на человека первое впечатление, так что сознательно сосредоточьтесь в это время только на одном: вслушайтесь в его имя.
7) Поле зрения : ширина текста, который воспринимают ваши глаза при каждой остановке. У большинства людей при чтении поле зрения максимально узкое: одно слово на остановку. Статистика это подтверждает: если читать пословно, то получается четыре слова в секунду и ровно 240 слов/мин — средняя скорость чтения шестиклассника!
8) ведении конспектов в обычных блокнотах доля сохраненной информации резко растет — примерно до 75%.
9) Три эмоциональных препятствия: Первое и самое пагубное препятствие — нежелание взять на себя полную ответственность. Полезно понимать, что принимать ответственность и брать на себя вину — разные вещи. Второе эмоциональное препятствие на пути к росту — нежелание глупо выглядеть. «Мнение окружающих тебя бы так не беспокоило, если бы ты понимал, как редко они о тебе думают». Третье эмоциональное препятствие на пути к достижениям — нежелание действовать.
10) «Разумное питание начинается с разумных покупок ».
11) Умейте отличать важность от срочности
12) все, что было сделано человеком, сначала возникло в чьем-то уме, а потом уже появилось в мире.
13) «Успешные люди вырабатывают в себе привычку делать то, что не нравится неуспешным».
14) «Вы никогда не владеете успехом — вы его арендуете, и за аренду нужно платить каждый день».
15) чем активнее вы пытаетесь совмещать два дела, не говоря уже о трех или больше, тем хуже результаты и, как ни смешно, тем больше времени уходит.
16) Считать, будто человек способен к многозадачности, в корне неверно.
17) для улучшения и количества, и качества работы в определенный срок мало какие советы срабатывают лучше, чем сжатые сроки и превращение закона Паркинсона из врага в союзника.
18) Самая важная часть процесса — человек. (Зиг Зиглар)
19) три вопроса «разумного чтения»: «Зачем я это читаю?», «Для чего мне нужна эта информация / чего я ищу?» и «Сколько у меня времени?»
20) самый глубокий по степени влияния источник информации для разума — люди, с которыми вы проводите время.
21) В любой тренировке — для повышения выносливости или силы — стимул для роста возникает в течение последних 1–5% времени .
In one of the earlier chapters, the author talks about you have reading "gears." Not everything needs to be read in the same way. Indeed, the reason your mind wanders when you read is because your brain is understimulated and the cure for that is to read faster. Reading quickly and even skimming is not cheating - it is reading efficiently when applied well. And contrary to what you might think, neither comprehension nor retention decreases when you do so.
So I was able to fly through rest of the book and found the whole thing very useful. Had I not had those instructions, I might have gotten a bit bored.
I enjoyed this book. It is a healthy reminder of the choices we have and the degree to which we are in control of our lives.
Much of what Seip says is possibly self evident but so easily forgotten. For example, he talks about the importance of laughter, gratitude, managing input sources - what we read, watch, listen to, people we surround ourselves with, our self talk, our focus and the importance of taking action.
I reckon there is a lot to be said for using images, setting 4-6 specific and measurable goals in a 90 day period, establishing routines to maintain focus and planning action.
I'm not sure the book is as well structured as it could be. An early section on reading efficiency and improving memory is only loosely connected to what follows - and I was never able to forget that the chapters were really a summation of workshops Seip runs. Him making money seems to be always just below the surface as a focus in his life. But despite these discomforts, I still reckon it is well worth the read.
Средняя книга по саморазвитию. Разделы, посвященные улучшению памяти (мнемотехникам) и навыкам скорочтения, на мой взгляд, откровенно слабые.
Разделы, посвящённые постановке целей; согласованию целей и ценностей; планированию; "прокачке" внутренней энергетики человека, оказались довольно неплохими. Разумеется, очень многое повторяется из книги в книгу, но процентов 10-20 оригинальных идей наскрести можно :)
Поставил "четверку", но, скорее, ближе к "тройке" :(
I really liked the first two sections on improving memory and techniques for speed reading. The remainder of the book covered topics I had read elsewhere. Overall, it was still a worthwhile read.
М'ясо від першої і до останньої сторінки! Дуже практична книга. Читається на одному подиху. Схожа, дещо повторює, у чомусь переплітається з роботою Кові "7 звичок ефективних людей". Але Кові я дуууже довго читала із відчуттям, що читаю вищу математику. Хоча книга теж практична і цікава, але там потрібно було багато думати і думати, і потім на робити в мене вже не було сил. А в книзі Сайпа - одразу завдання до практики. Береш робиш і вуаля. В процесі читання книги я починала застосовувати деякі із порад і помічала як піднімалась моя ефективність. Дуже рада, що прочитала цю книгу.
I learned to read faster and presumably increased my comprehension. The rest of the book contained some good principles for setting yourself up for success.
There was a little too much 'law of attraction' and "The Secret' type pseudophilosphy to turn me off. Parts of the book are five stars, but the meditation and power of positive thinking junk was zero stars.
Странное ощущение. Первая половина шла очень тяжело, скорочтение, развитие памяти, я и так много книг читаю на эту тему. А дальше пошла мотивационная часть. И это что-то. "У самого богатого человека в Мире 168 часов в неделе, также как у меня", "Сегодня будет прекрасный день". Много простых и понятных методов. Записала, буду стараться внедрять.
I really liked the fist part of the book on improving memory and techniques for speed reading. I have read some of these techniques in other books, but I really liked here the practical exercises. I wish kids will learn these memory training and optimization methods, for sure I will challenge my kids to do so. The second part on goal setting and how to be more productive, was not that much new information for me. Overall I liked the book and I would recommend it especially for the smart reading.
It's not terrible as far as self-help books go. I guess it's pretty good as a sort of compilation of things you can find in different books of this type. There is a lot of practical advice, but a lot of it would probably be rather obvious to most people. A lot of filler, but it's structured in a way so that it's easy to skip. Some random completely bogus pseudo-scientific explanations of the mysterious ways of the mind, through quantum waves and whatever. Ugh.
I stumbled upon Train Your Brain for Success by Roger Seip in my local library's psychology section, and I'm so glad I read it! The first half of Seip's book cover the improvement of your two "learning foundations": memory and "smart" reading. I found its lessons on improving memory and learning to read faster to be powerful, especially when you practice the exercises he writes about. The more you learn the more you earn, right? Improving your memory and reading speed/retention can help anyone whose income depends on the use or sale of information.
The second half of Seip's book is about "The Components of Your Record-Breaking Life": setting and working toward energizing goals; myths of time management; creating a record-breaking schedule; supercharging your productivity; elevating your life with the "basics" of personal core values, purpose and vision; and, managing your energy, which he calls "aggressive mental care."
What most surprised, is that his methods really work. It gives an unconventional approach to many things that will help you memorize better, more, develop your mental abilities.Very useful book.
Roger makes you believe you are almighty and invincible by cheating on you — he gives two fairly simple tasks that can really change you life to the better. So if you read the first half of the book, you will still be a considerably better self than before.
The book is made of two parts — a memory training and a speed reading training in the first half which gives you the boost in writing your typical life goals and inner values that you have in the second part of the book.
The author makes you rise up to get a helicopter view of your life, essentially making you really work through your goals and ambitions to understand whether your wishes will truly make you happy. I recommend taking a photo of yourself and your surroundings and pasting them into a note where you write your 5-7 year goal. And be bold. You will do it!
Also, Roger gives you a morning start lifehack, which is very similar to the one you will find in the book “The Magic Morning”, which is worth reading on its own.
One star less for the overzealous self-promotion of the author's business. A lot of similar books in this genre seem to suffer from the same problem. When there's too much of that, it can be a turn-off. Subtlety, however, does the trick. If you are able to ignore that part, you would gain a lot from reading this book, provided you commit to making a change. There's a lot of useful brain-hacks, but some of it borders on the pseudo-scientific premise of the law of attraction by using terms like 'energizing' or 'crystallizing' goals. Momentum is achieved through action, success is a reaction of perseverance.
Overall, it's a pretty useful book. I have learned much from it and found the memory exercises and smart reading sections to be very resourceful.
This book offers many very useful tips and advice on various subjects. The book begins with a section dedicated o memory training and optimization. Then, it continues by teaching how one can improve her reading speed and comprehension. There is also a section about goal setting and how to be more productive and work with time and energy more wisely. This book can offer a lot, especially if reader is somewhat new to the subject of self-development.
However, there are also spaces filled with salesmanship where the author is trying to sell himself and his consulting company. Also, author sometimes goes to subjects when your bulls*t meter starts to rings like an alarm, such as law of attraction, the secret and "theories" of the "doctor" Deepak Chopra. This non-sense is the reason why I gave this book 3 stars. Without that, it could 4.
Still, it is a good book and if you skip those parts filled with nonsense and salesmanship, I mentioned, you will enjoy it and learn a lot.
There's nothing new here, but the author doesn't claim it is. It's a useful compilation of tips and tools to do exactly as the title says. If you're willing to follow through on using them, they could actually end up helping you. The memory and reading tricks were worth the read alone, for me, even though that was just the first couple chapters.
Useful collection of ideas from various disciplines in a number of different personal development areas. Can totally see that they will make you more productive and efficient. Areas include speed reading, memorisation (memory palace), goal and vision setting, weekly and daily planning and scheduling, and your mental game. Nothing truly groundbreaking but a good, easy to read summary nonetheless.
This book is full of extremely useful concepts that are immediately applicable, such as memory techniques, how to improve your reading, goals, time management, values and purpose, energy management, and others. I read this book over 3 years ago and many of the tools presented have stuck with me all that time.
3.4/5 - good read, rehashes a lot of other things I've previously read about (i.e. power hours, goal setting, etc.) so nothing really new. The memory optimization stuff was good. It's very obviously he's read a lot of Brian Tracy, TR, and 7 Habits, which isn't a bad thing but a lot of the ideas are from there already if you've explored that much.
Interesting tips, advice, and ideas in this book. I especially liked the companion website with the short (less than five minutes each) recap videos to watch after reading each chapter. Thank you, Roger Seip for writing this book!
a pretty generic approach to memory improvement and an even more zealous approach to increasing reading speed. Some good info but I would recommend watching some YouTube videos rather than going through the entire book.
This text provided helpful and practical tips in a logical way to elicit change in ones life. I actually appreciated the process suggested for choosing values, vision and purpose. Those are key to getting the why. I would suggest this book to anyone willing to listen to or read it.
Train Your Brain… gives readers the opportunity to explore their professional life—how they got there and how to get the skills to go where they want to go. And although the author’s premise, that "People don't tap into their full potential,” has been said many times before in a variety of article and books, Seip’s easy style makes reading the book a pleasure and the range of exercises are interesting enough to encourage the reader to complete them.
The chapter on Discovering your Memory Power was very straightforward and Learning the Language of Your Memory included steps to using The Mental File Folder System that, while similar to other memorization methods, was well-explained by the author.
This book is full of a lot of practical strategies that, if one takes the time to complete the exercises may prove useful in one’s professional life. Seip does well explaining many and varied topics easily and succinctly and it’s obvious that he is enthusiastic about his ideas. The book is well-organized—there are sections on memory and reading sections and the rest of the book focuses on time management and setting and achieving goals. Seip gets into specifics without being preachy or boring.
This is not a book to be read in one setting. If you want to invest the time and are willing to experiment with your mind and possibly surprise yourself with how powerful the human mind is, consider reading this book.