Creative Inspiration

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I'm in Ecuador at the moment, which always gives me creative new ideas and new perspectives. Travel in general does that, I've found. But a more predictable path to that creative inspiration is the topic this week.

We all like the idea of creative inspiration; the thought of wonderful new ideas that pop into our heads suddenly. Such bursts of creativity do happen, of course. Albert Einstein is said to have had great ideas come to him while shaving in the morning. The chemist Friedrich August Kekulé discovered the ring structure of benzene in a dream about a snake biting its own tail. In his own words:

"I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms were flitting before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish larger structures, of manifold conformation; long rows, sometimes more closely fitted together; all twining and twisting in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the snakes had seized ...

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- There are more people alive on Earth today than all those in the past who have lived and died.

- Donkeys kill more people every year than plane crashes.

- The fastest growing city in the world (as of 2007) is Dubai City, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Achieve change with NO effort! This great little tool runs in the background on your PC, making carefully constructed 'suggestions' to your subconscious while you go about your work.

You may develop memory problems if you have Low blood levels of vitamin B12 and folic acid. According to medical researcher Dr. David Williams, a daily supplement that contains each of the B vitamins, plus 400 micrograms of folic acid and 100 micrograms of B12 will help you maintain clarity of thought and support memory - both short and long-term.

Five friends had to guess how many marbles were in a jar. Bill guessed five under, Hank was two under, Sam was the winner, Sue was one over and Kate was six over. Their guesses - not in order - were 186, 175, 178, 181, and 180. What was Hank's guess?

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Here's another one that I just can't find any studies on, but which obviously exercises your brain and helps you learn things faster: talking. Socrates told his students to talk about what they were learning, and it's still good advice today. Talking can be thinking aloud, which may lead you to a deeper understanding of the material. The other benefit is that you remember things better when you talk about them.

Do you think thought control is science fiction? Want to turn on your television just by thinking? Or open the door to your house using by mind power when your hands are full? It has been science fiction, but it won't remain science fiction for long. All the technology necessary to make this happen is here now.

You have basic thought control now, meaning you can control and direct your thoughts. Imagine a friend talking in your mind, for example. You can do that, and then you can choose to hear music in your imagination. Now, if you are hooked up to an electroencephalograph when you...

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Until next time,

Steve

www.IncreaseBrainpower.com

Riddle Answer: 178. The easiest way to think about this is that Kate had to have the highest guess at 6 over, so there were 180 marbles in the jar. Two under (Hanks guess) would be 178.

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