The human brain is truly amazing. Here are just a few facts.
The human brain weighs about 3 pounds.
It comprises about 10 trillion brain cells.
Each cell connects to about 100,000 cells near it.
Every second, your brain takes in and stores more information than all the world’s computers put together.
Furthermore, it receives information from :
250,000 temperature sensors
600,000 touch sensors
250,000,000 light receptors, distinguishing between over 1,000, 000 coloursA computer is a plank of wood compared to your brain!
Your mind does more calculations as you drive to work than any computer can handle and your brain goes on thinking about other things while your car is driven almost entirely subconsciously.
While crossing the street, your brain handles and processes more information than every computer on the planet.
Most staggeringly, the most recent estimate of the brain’s potential in terms of the number of connections or thoughts it can set up at any one time is :
1,000,000,000.…..continue this row of zeros for a further 9.8 miles!
This refers not just to people of noted genius like Einstein, Mozart or Stephen Hawking, but to all of us. That means you and I.
Our potential is essentially unlimited, but we simply have no idea how to use this unbelievable computing power.
In normal daily life, we use just a fraction of this capability, less than 0.1% of our true potential.
In the coming days and weeks on this blog, we are going to look at how we can tap into this incredible power and apply it to our daily lives. Exciting stuff, I'm sure you'll agree.
A few quotes from Napoleon Hill (1883-1970), author of Think And Grow Rich and a major influence to many in the personal development world :
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen, pulsating desire that transcends everything.
Do not wait, the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, work with whatever tools you have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
First published in 1912 in a book entitled Your Forces And How To Use Them, this is definitely worth reading every morning and night.
THE OPTIMIST CREED by Christian D Larson
PROMISE YOURSELF…
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to everyone you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are of your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and to press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet.
To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticise others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you.
Please take a look at the ninth promise - To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticise others.
We probably all have to battle with this from time to time, maybe on an ongoing basis. I can think of several people I know whose lives are totally stagnant and I suspect they are deeply unhappy.
Yet, instead of challenging themselves and setting goals to improve their situations, they wallow in an ocean of harsh criticism of others, many of whom are earnestly making huge efforts to improve their lives.
The point is that constructive criticism, aimed at helping people, is generally a positive thing, especially when given from a perspective of wisdom and compassion. The harsh criticism I refer to is almost always behind people's backs and is mainly rooted in self-justification of their own inactivity and failure to progress.
Reading the creed each day, surely helps us to see if we are slipping on this point or any of the others raised in the promises. I have found it really useful in checking my own attitudes and I hope you will also find it beneficial.
Welcome to my blog, where we shall explore the incredible power of the subconscious mind and discover how to bring it to bear in every aspect of our lives. I welcome any thoughts or experiences you may have that we can share.
- Ben Morrison
