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The article for this issue was written by Thomas Stiles MD. If you have attended The Brain Program, you may recall that he wrote the foreword for the syllabus. What you may not know about Dr. Stiles is that he has an amazing sense of humor and is a gifted writer. Enjoy this tongue-in-cheek piece entitled, A Very Weighty Matter.

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Brain Aerobic Puzzles

Brain Benders Puzzles. The webmaster has posted answers on the web site. Here are ten more Brain Benders with which to challenge your brain!

                      Link to Brain Benders Puzzle #4...

Num-Aerobics. For those of you who like SuDoku, here is another new puzzle that uses numbers and symbols.

                            Link to Musica Challenge puzzle...

Amazing Brain Maze. Brent Fjarli created this labyrinth. Enjoy finding your way through the brain.

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News

Age-Proofing Your Memory. It’s available! Co-authored by Taylor and Briggs, this book is designed to help you hone the type of memory that can strengthen with age. Introductory special of $15 (retail $17.97). Additional discounts are available when purchasing 2 or more copies.

NOTE:  Taylor and Briggs have also recorded a DVD by the same name, Age-Proofing Your Memory. Discounts are available when book and DVD are purchased together. Call 1-800-379-5017 to order.

The book and DVD are also available through Amazon.com

Managing Loss Effectively. This studio-recorded seminar is now available on DVD. Arlene Taylor, PhD presents sections 1 and 2. Sections 3 and 4 are presented by Sharlet Briggs, PhD Candidate. They include tips for helping adults as well as children move through the recovery process effectively. The content can be especially helpful in times like this with a war in process and wild fires raging! Call 1-800-379-5017 to order.

Build Your Business by Design. Coauthored by Arlene Taylor, PhD and Sharlet Briggs, PhD Candidate, this leading brain-function and business-building program is now available in a home-study format of four volumes including the BTSA. The program is designed to help you discover your brain’s own energy advantage and to implement key strategies necessary for building and maintaining a business in a way that works for your brain. Additional personalized consultation for your business is available. Call 1-800-379-5017 or visit www.BuildYourBusinessByDesign.com.

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Seminar Opportunities

Wednesday, September 24, 2008  7:00-9:00 p.m.
Event: Community Seminar and Workshop
Location: Signs Memorial Fireside Room, 1920 Finnell Road, Yountville, CA 94599-9467
Taylor's Topic: Age-Proofing Your Memory
   with Workshop by Sharlet Briggs

Free: Come and bring a friend!  

The Brain Program - last one for 2008

Thursday, October 9, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Event: The Brain Program (Check in at 8:45 a.m.)
Location: Signs Memorial Fireside Room
  1920 Finnell Road, Yountville, CA 94599-9467

NOTE:  Due to a construction delay at The Meadows of Napa Valley, The Brain Program had to be moved to a new date and a new venue. Check the website for additional seminars and specific contact information.

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Questions & Answers

Q. We bought the entire set of your DVDs and are so excited about the content that we are showing them at our large retirement center weekly. Do you have suggestions on the preferred order of playing?

A. What a great question! Schools, prisons, retirement centers, local public TV stations, churches, and other community-outreach organizations report they are playing the DVDs with enthusiastic reception. It is rewarding to receive this positive feedback!

Any of the DVDs can “stand alone.” When purchasing the entire set, however, the information can build on previous information. Therefore, here is a suggested order for 13 of the DVDs currently available:

• Your Brain is Your Bottom Line
• Seven Secrets to Communication
• You Unique Brain Lead
• Sensory Preference
• Extraversion-Introversion
• Use Your Brain for Success
• Upshift, Downshift, About Shift
• Freedom from Old Behaviors
• Managing Your Emotions
• Managing Loss Effectively
• Cellular Memory
• Age Proofing Your Memory
• How the Brain Learns Best

Additions to the current DVD series are in process, including a set related to The Brain and Male-Female Differences. Stay tuned to SynapSez® for information about production dates and availability.

Q. Explain the reason you believe the BTSA is a “must take” for those who want to build a business.

A. Conceivably you could put in the time, energy, research, and study necessary to figure out who you are innately and what your brain does energy efficiently. You might even be able to figure out your sensory preference and whether you are an extravert, ambivert, or introvert.

However, there is also a strong possibility that you might be one of the individuals for whom expectations have been so ingrained--perhaps even for generations--that it is easy to confuse what you have learned to do well with what your brain does energy efficiently. And if, by chance, you have been adapting for years, your brain may not even have the brain energy available to do the necessary processing to figure this out on its own.

The BTSA synthesizes the high points of selected brain-function research. Is it perfect? No. It is, however, built upon work by Jung (which also formed the basis for the Meyers-Briggs Temperament Inventory and the Keirsey-Bates Inventory), which was updated using brain-imaging findings.

Receiving a feedback document that helps you identify your “innate giftedness” can jumpstart your application of brain-function information by 6-9 months or more. Yes, you still have to do the work, but you have a framework within which to do so.

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Point to Ponder

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. –-Arnold H. Glasgow

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