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Your social circle, family, work colleagues are your strong links these are people you see frequently, the danger is however that can become a barrier between you and new experiences. Weak links are say an old school friend you happen to bump into at a conference or on a flight.

Weak ties can provide you with information that you might otherwise not have come in contact with, something our closest associates, who share very similar experiences, cannot do. Why does this happen? well the Weak Link can help you see perspective, offer unexpected advice, criticism, or suggest people you might contact. They might have succeeded, failed, dropped out, changed religion in some they might surprise challenge you, things your strong links rarely do. They might embarrass you by asking if you’ve achieved your dreams.

So why not phone or email an old colleague now?

I know you are really busy with Xmas, but you must make sure that you choose useful and attainable New Year’s Resolutions. Treated properly they are a Business or Life Plan for the next 12 months. Try to have resolutions in different areas such as social,health/fitness,adventure,learning,qualifications.

One of the reasons you  probably didn’t keep your resolutions in previous years was because you didn’t pick achievable and most importantly relevant ones! Please don’t just drift into another year!

I’m still working mine out but here’s my first

1. Learn Speed reading
2. Learn to sit down at Desk and be immediately productive
3. Finally crawl without pausing
4. Walk Ridgeway end to end

This week I’m examining how I generate ideas and what role serendipity plays in the process. Obviously I will be finding out how others approach idea development.

• Brainstorming
• Inspiration
• Mind Maps
• Serendipity

I develop these ideas here at  how to generate ideas

Learning a second language “boosts” brain-power, scientists believe.

Researchers from University College London studied the brains of 105 people - 80 of whom were bilingual.

They found learning other languages altered grey matter - the area of the brain which processes information - in the same way exercise builds muscles.

Scientists already know the brain has the ability to change its structure as a result of stimulation - an effect known as plasticity - but this research demonstrates how learning languages develops it.

A similar effect occurs if you learn a musical instrument.

The younger you develop these “extra compartments” in your brain the better so you have to find a way of convincing your children of the multiple and long lasting benefits of learning a foreign language or a mucical instrument.

Jay Abraham the American Business Advisor says that everyone has at least one golden opportunity but that most people don’t act on it. It’s acting on your ideas that will help you generate even more.

How to Generate More Ideas

• Listen to other people
• Listen to other people complaining
• List to childen & teenagers
• Become aware of what is in short supply (opportunity)
• Analyse how you get your ideas
• Research serendipity
• Write down your ideas
• Research what people are searching for on Google

http://www.squidoo.com/creatingideas

“Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day
as if it were your last. The past is over and gone.
The future is not guaranteed.” - Wayne Dyer

It is discouraging when learning a new skill, language or subject to find that you keep forgetting things or even appear to be going backwards. This is mainly because your mind hasn’t yet constructed a “framework” for the new knowledge and doesn’t know where to put it or what to connect to it (not a scientific explanation).

You can help the situation by writing notes, drawing mind-maps, or just keep going. What you mustn’t do is give up, remain confident that you will break thru these initial barriers, notice how at a certain moment things just seem to slot into place that’s because your framework is now in place.

This is my new design, I’ve wanted to initiate it for ages, I had to use the “Half-Job” Trick I know that once I push it live I will be motivated to get it up and running properly.  The new design will be easier to update and have more options it uses wonderful Wordpress. More Soon.

Are you starting to get organised for Xmas? Find out what are the Hot Toys this Christmas here

Oh yes the old site is here

Today 28 Oct 08 I’ve decided that I can make a full-time income from the Internet but I’m not there yet. I’ve had lots of minor successes but no breakthrough no runaway success, but I know it will come. I’ve been an eBay Powerseller and sold over a 1000 second-hand books on Amazon, I’ve built a mailing list of 2,500 people, I’ve earned money from Adsense and Clickbank, but not enough to impress my wife. So explore my Squidoo lens and see if you can pick up a few ideas for your success http://www.squidoo.com/thesuccess!