I am reading the book ‘Cash In A Flash’ by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G Allen.

I have just completed the first chapter and will make another blog post once I complete the whole book.

But I learned so much in chapter 1 that I just had to share

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I listened to the audio program 100 ways to motivate yourself by Steve Chandler, not really expecting anything much.

I was pleasantly surprised.

This is by far one of the better self help programs.

Having read and listened to a lot of such stuff before, I found many gems.

Below are some of my favorite ones:

Tip# 1) When it comes to creating and sustaining your relationships, use your head and not your heart.

This one surprised me. But when I think about it, one of the reasons some of my relationships failed was that I took it too much to heart. As Steve Chandler said, elevate your relationships by bringing them into the realm of your mind instead of killing them by retaining in the heart.

Tip #2) This one is interesting for all public speakers among us. One of my colleagues has a deep baritone voice which helps tremenduously when it comes to making an impact on the audience.

My voice is not and I was resigned to it remaining like that till I heard Steve’s personal experience.

When you listen to his audio programs you can’t help but get impressed with his deep hypnotic voice. It was not always like that. He had a squeaky voice to start with. He practiced speaking at full volume and eventually ended up with such a powerful voice that he does not even need a microphone!

So I am practising to speak like him.

So far it is not working, my friends ask me whether I have a cold

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I work out 5 times a week, eat mostly home cooked food and am largely free of disease. So would you consider me healthy. I did until the day I read this wonderful book called ‘Gameplan for Life’ by Joe Gibbs. It is a book based on Bibilical principles. I had a similar reaction reading this as I did Joel Osteen’s book. Read my earlier post about Joel Osteen..

We actually have 4 kinds of health. And health as we normally know of, physical health, is the least important of them all!
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Public TV that is.

In the USA there is a TV channel that is different, it does not play ads, sick reality shows, or other mind numbing IQ dropping junk. It is called Public TV and is mostly paid for by viewers. That is what I was watching one day when I came across a wonderful program by a gentlemen named Dr. Daniel G Aymen, physician, child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, bestselling author,etc.

It was about natural ways to strengthen and improve your brain functionality. As Dr. Amen quotes ”brains run schools, banks, companies and countries…”. It is therefore important to invest in your brain development.

Here is what he has to say.

Normal is boring. We are all different in our own ways. There really is no concept called normal.

ADD, attention deficit disorder affects more and more and it is not just young kids. Symptoms of ADD include short attention spans, poor impulse control and being disorganized. Short attention span applies only to routine work but not to novel situations. This is why it is difficult to diagnose ADD.

A few key natural supplements endorsed by Dr. Amen:

Green Tea – Weight loss, depression control.

St. John’s Wort – Depression control

5HTP

SAM-E – Low energy and depression control

Kava Kava

Dr. Amen cautions repeatedly that some supplements work for some and not for others. The human body is a wonderful invention it is however not a cookie cutter machine.

5 Ways to Boost Your Willpower

- Don’t get your blood pressure low. Frequent small meals plus protein will prevent this condition from occurring.

- Get good sleep.

- Write down specific goals and read them out every day.Ask yourself if your behavior is getting you closer to the goals or not.

- Practice your will power.

- Balance your brain chemistry (the doctor in Amen speaking). Get help from professionals ( and again here).

Being a doctor he has to give some prescriptions and so here they are but with a twist.

12 Prescriptions for Mental Health

1. Love your brain
2. Protect your brain
3. Stop poisoning your brain. No alcohol, no drugs, reduce caffeine, don’t use cleaning materials without open doors and windows. I think I just shot my weekend plans
4. Protect your memory. Take early memory problems seriously. Early detection is crucial. There exist simple paper tests to detect memory loss.
   1. Exercise regularly. Physically active people were found to have the best cognitive ability. I finished a rigorous workout a few hours and was finally able to write this post after putting it off for exactly a week.
   2. Take the supplement Gingko
   3. Take the supplement Sage.
5. Good sleep. Statistical fact.Sleep deprived people cause more accidents than drunk drivers.
6. Learn brain healthy ways to deal with pain/chronic pain.
   1. Fish oil
   2. Accupuncture
7. Brain healthy diets:
   1. Whole grain
   2. Lean protein. My wife is not happy with my reconversion to non vegetarianism. Perhaps this will help.
   3. Avocados. No not anacondas!
   4. Walnuts. And they taste great too!
8. Physical exercise. It boosts blood flow to the brain. 30 minutes 3 or 4 times a week.
9. Mental exercise. Learning something new generates new neurons.
10. This one is my favorite. Notice what you love about your life more than what you hate about it. SPECT (a type of brain scan) scans were radically different for people who focussed on negative thoughts versus those whoe focussed on positive thoughts. Finally there is science behind all the positivity talk.
11. And a variant of the above. Notice what you love about others more than what you dislike about them.
12. Develop resilience
    1. No excuses
    2. An optimistic mindset.

What distinguishes Dr. Amen is that he explains neuroscience in a style that is engaging, informative and actually entertaining.

OK so how about switching off Simon on American Idol

Below are some books that Dr. Amen wrote which you might like if you liked this post. And hey post a comment if you liked this or for some strange reason did not.

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How to motivate for peak performance.

Jay Abraham and Rich Schefren conducted a teleseminar called ‘The League of Extraordinary Minds‘ on the subject of motivation and peak performance. Some of the greatest business thinkers shared their most important insights on the subject of personal motivation and peak performance. They were:

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