In times of Change the learners will inherit the earth, while the

learned will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world

that no longer exists.

-Eric Hoffer

That statement holds true

today as it did so many years ago. We have to learn how to use our god

given talents... otherwise we stand to lose them . Remember the saying "Use

it or lose it?"

How many of you feel that you are not good at Math? How many of you feel that you are not good at Music? How about Art?

Research shows that most people feel that they perform pretty horribly in these fields.

The real truth of the matter is that they are so wrong. We were all Born geniuses!

Yes every single one of us has genius potential.

We come into this world utterly naked and helpless equipped with a brain that is seeking knowledge.

What

happens is that our well intentioned Parents and then our caring

teachers help to systematically reduce our genius capability.

By the time we reach the 5th grade....our genius capability is practically zero.

How does this happen?

We are told "Dont do that, you could hurt yourself"," Dont do that until I

tell you what to do", "Sit still", "Stop day dreaming", "Pay attention".

Parents Protect, Teachers teach us how to conform. We are not supposed to make mistakes.

Conformity assures that we produce mediocre citizens. Why?

Because genius needs to do its own thinking and exploring. Always asking the question Why? Peeling off even deeper layers with the question why?

Making our own mistakes along the way. Learning from our own mistakes

To live at our full potential, we have to relearn how we learn.

The

Reptilian complex of the brain is responsible for physical safety, the Mammalian complex is responsible for emotional safety. If both of these

are repressed due to stress or other factors learning is suppressed.

Furthermore,

We have the left brain that is responsible for logic and analytical

issues and the right brain responsible for holistic thought and

creativity.

Then we have the conscious mind and the unconscious mind or other than conscious mind.

The

other than conscious mind processes information at a ratio of 10 Billion

bits of data to 1. Compare that to 12 inches of the conscious mind versus

11 square miles of the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is where

our intuitive and creative insights come from.

Go even further

and we have the multiple intelligences, some of us are mathematical

logical, verbal linguistic, visual-spatial, interpersonal,

intra personal, musical, naturalistic, bodily-kinesthetic.

We are mostly taught using mathematical logical and verbal linguistic models.

In most countries the others are taken for granted. This is the reason why we have late bloomers in life.

Add the 5 senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell to this and the learning process is complete.

School

dropouts are a perfect study. if they leave school with their self-esteem still intact, they tend to become more successful than others because they have not conformed. Good examples are Bill Gates

and Richard Branson.

We need to use our whole brain. The

interplay of all these factors to facilitate whole brain learning. that

is what Genius is made of. It is like an orchestra with all the parts

playing to become whole.

Remember the brain thinks in pictures not in words.

When we say 'think of a car' You immediately visualise a car of your liking.

You dont see the words car. We have been trained to read linearly from left to right and from the top of the page to the bottom. The subconscious

mind can take pictures of the whole page. The brain thinks from whole

to parts.

This is why learning strategies like Mind mapping,

Memory recall techniques,Cornell note taking, speed reading and photo reading( reading at over 25,000 words per minute) are ways to stimulate raw genius.

Repetition and Practice are the Mother and Father of all skills.

To unlock our genius potential we have to think in ways that are absolutely contrary to how we have been programmed to think so far.