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138. ADHD and Fidgeting

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Here the meanings of fidgeting: v.intr. 1. To behave or move nervously or restlessly.2. To play or fuss; fiddle: He fidgeted with his notes while lecturing. v.tr. 1.To cause to behave or move nervously or restlessly. n. 1. A condition of restlessness as manifested by nervous movements. Often used in the plural with the.2. One that fidgets. Products innovation, new technological gadgets, big or small, are moving towards promoting "fidgeting"; our primitive response to stress. Any product which helps to bring people mind in focus, in attention or reducing stress would sell like hot cakes. When I look around in bus ,in train and in airpport, it seems that almost everyone who is holding a new electronic device, is "fidgeting" consciously or subconsciously. Think deeply, look around, and see for yourself, in office, outside office, unknowingly, are we also belong to one of these fidgeting communities?!! Here is a brief write up of ADHD and fidgeting on Time Magazine Heal

137. Humour

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Sunshine in a cup, but she hates Monday. What is humour or humor? "Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humors (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), control human health and emotion." - wikipedia The basic rule of three of humour is buy putting a twist or a pun to the third element which evokes irrational or emotional response from the audience or listener: First we think that something is true, based on clues given to us, But then we are presented with further evidence, which shows that we were wrong, In fact we were so wrong, that there was something wrong with the thought process that leads to an initial conclusion. And at the end of this process, we feel pleasure. So the flow is: logical,logical,illogical or illogical, illogical, logical W

136. Three Fingers Method

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I use 3-finger method for the benefit of a group, I do not use it for myself or my company. Three Finger Method is a method used by Jose Silva; it is a basic course syllabus in Silva method. I learned it in 2003. Some time I shared with my closed friends casually. I called it managing coincident. For details, please look for qualified trainers in your area, i.e. Nancy in my area. This method is amazing and exciting but one thing I would like to comment is that after José Silva passed away, they did not do much further research into new discovery. Here I have three examples for 3-finger method: 1) When after 5 hours of trekking, everybody was so tired. In my mind...why not ask for a big van which can fetch us to a next destination where we can have our late lunch. Surprisingly it happened 2 times in two separate occasions, a 100% on target. Lorry and Big Van came within minutes after my calls. Managing coincident? I did not tell my friends about it until at a much later date. 2) After a

135. Climb That Tree

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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein click it to enlarge picture and text I like Summit Momle's cartoon. Imagine that we are asked to perform an impossible task, set out by a system requirement. Again people are born differently, with given enough material incentive, people will try to imitate success people and behaviour. Even with limited knowledge of their own short-coming. In this picture,if there is a bait up on a tree, it is likely that almost all living things will go on pursuing their survival goals. They will try all efforts in achiving their goals. Some of them can still make it successfully and abandantly. In his case a bird and a monkey which can follow the system requirement would do it excetionally well, but for a fish to reach to the tree top, it has to do two things: Firstly it needs to jump out of a fish container, secondly it needs to face a live

134, A Centenarian ran a Marathon. Well Done.

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"For Marathoner; before during and after, take care of your legs." - simon kong He ran a marathon full race, 42.195km. We break our own record, We break other's record, We don't break record, We don't want to break record, People break our record... I have been running mini marathon for 8 years. In marathon, I think the next most important landmark is having a joy of breaking our personal records; try our best to meet life goals. It serves as a motivational factor, a lamp post for life. The main aim for exercise, ie Marathon, is to keep fit, even though our health conditions are not in perfect states. May Mr. Fauja Singh @London consider forming a running club for Centenarians, open membership for junior members to inspire them. Cheers. Marathon full race is not a laughing matter. It shows a person determination, patience and never say die attitude. I like an event Emcee humour: (Once we have started a race, 3 hours, 6 hours, 9 hours; keep going, complete the race

133. Trekking to Mt Kilimanjaro

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Giant Groundsels Day Event Details Initial planning route (draft) 1st June Singapore-Bangkok 2100-2220 (Thai Airways) 2nd June Bangkok-Kilimanjaro Explore Moshi town/rest 0135-1430 (Ethiopian) with 5hrs transit 3rd June Machame Gate (1634 m) to Machame camp. (2834 m). 4th June Machame camp (2834 m) to Shira camp (3749 m) 5th June Shira camp (3749 m) to Barranco camp (3901 m) 6th June Barranco camp (3900 m) to Karanga Valley (3963 m) This is the acclimatization day 7th June Karanga Valley (3963 m) to Barafu camp (4,600 m) 8th June Barafu Camp (4,600m) to the Summit (5896 m) and then to Mweka Camp (3100 m) 9th June Mweka Hut (3100 m) to Mweka Gate (1828 m) to Moshi town 10th June Rest day 11th June Manyara National Park 12th June Serengeti National Park 13th June Serengeti/Ngorongoro Crater 14th June Ngorongoro Crater and back to Airport Kilimanjaro-Bangkok 1715-1315(+1) 15th June Bangkok-Singapore 1635-1955 Friendship and flexibility are two important learning processes in this tre

132. Keep Walking

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I look around me, people around me about my age, my friends of my age. Many of them have difficulty walking. But some of them still can run a full marathon. I do not know when I am going to join the former group. In the mean time, my winning formula is "Keep Walking" Friends, Readers who are divided by this simple statement, they have two major responses. People who practise faith they may take this idea and start to do somethings about it. Another group of logical people may not buy the idea. Well If you dont buy the idea, you have a choice. I have very strong reasons for this statement. If you want you can write it to me at amkong(at)singnet.com.sg Knees or angles should not be the limited factors preventing us from walking. Get someone who is stronger, who is more positive in life, ask him or her goes with you walking for another mile...

131. Live your dream

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Another big green apple has fallen after Sir Isaac Newton. A big loss to human civilisation. Steve job lived his dream. One of geniuses in our century who created computer technology to bridge the gap of communication among people all over the world so that we can connect to each other despite space and time constraints right at this moment. Unfortunately genius dies early. My sincere condolence. Steve Jobs went against the conventional concept and a look of a big boss. He was perfectionist and at the same time, a social visionary who can put ideas into product. " You have alreday naked, there is no reason not to follow your heart. Have a courage to follow your heart and intuition. Love what you do." - Steve Jobs In future, I believe Steve Jobs and Bill Gates should be given Nobel Prize winners for "Technology". Looking forward: Over emphasising paper qualification is counter-productive. The conventional technological and business schools produce graduates who have