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Teasing 10 threads fromGerald Hüther’s…

Thread 1:

What guides us in all our decisions is not our mind or our consciousness. Rather, it is our accumulated experiences. Using and sharing the treasure trove of experience makes it grow bigger and bigger.

(pg. 7)

Thread 2:

Our brain is much more a social organ than it is a thinking organ.

(pg. 13)

Thread 3:

We find many examples of initial program- ing that looks like it’s genetically determined. But a horse that is suckled and raised by a zebra will later prefer to join a herd of zebras rather than a herd of horses.(pg. 48)

Thread 4:

Most people on earth grow up in conditions that lead to their not being able to take ad- vantage of their latent potential to develop a highly complex, densely networked brain capable of life- long learning.(pg. 61)

Thread 5:

Any advantage gained over a number of gen- erations of increasing specialization always transforms into a fatal disadvantage when external conditions begin to change and other skills, abilities and ideas become essential.

(pg. 66)

Thread 6:

Every human being experiences his or her first deep fear and stress reaction at the time of birth. In the desperate state following this dramatic change in its world, the child must find a way to recover its lost inner balance.(pg. 73)

Thread 7:

Under the right conditions, the cortex becomes thicker, it contains more connections, its cells have longer extensions with more branches. Neuroscientists call this The Matthew Prin- ciple: “For who- soever hath, to him more shall be given.”

(pg. 76)

Thread 8:

As in all areas of life, a repair job on the brain works better the sooner it is under- taken.

(pg. 55)

Thread 9:

What children really need is for parents to be entirely there for them, to give them full and complete attention, emo- tionally, intel- lectually, and physically when they feel insecure and afraid.(pg. 95)

Thread 10:

“Not where you have already attained mastery, should you exert yourself further, but there where such mastery has yet to appear.” ~ Chinese proverb (pg. 86)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 3 - http://ordiate.com/bizarre/top-10-ways-to-be-successful-in-the-world/

Slide 12 - http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/11/einsteins-bigge.html

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Slide 6 - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/72690981460796645/

Slide 5 - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/439734351091295458/

Slide 11 - http://sesamestreetegypt.com/?page_id=278

Slide 10 - http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/girls-twenty/workplace-mental-health_b_5769660.html

Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 9 - http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-matthew-effect-and-ref2014.html

Slide 8 - http://tinybuddha.com/blog/5-steps-to-find-your-inner-balance-and-feel-less-anxious/

Slide 7 - http://www.bitrebels.com/design/the-evolution-of-man-13-creative-parody-illustrations/

Slide 4 - http://www.manupmen.org/portfolio/quarters/

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