Tony Buzan - The Power of Social Intelligence.PDF - Self-improvement, positive psychology, personal change etc - psychika1

special introduction by the author

introduction

People have ‘miraculously’ recovered from critical illnesses such

as cancer, and have overcome severe disabilities, simply though

sheer willpower – their brain’s control over their body.

You can affect ‘automatic’ bodily processes like your temperature

and heart beat, physical health and athletic performance solely

through the power of your thoughts. In 1970, an Indian yogi,

Swami Rama, caused two areas a couple of inches apart on his

right hand to change temperature, in opposite directions. The

rate of the temperature change was about 2°C (4°F) per minute,

and he was able to maintain the change until there was a

The tennis player Billie Jean King was considered by her

opponents to be almost unbeatable once she had mentally

‘programmed’ her body to win, despite the fact that there was no

particular physical area in which she was superior to everybody

In this book I will acquaint you with the awesome power and potential

of your body and mind.

When I was a young boy at school, I found myself perplexed and

confused by many questions to which I found I had no answer, and

demotivated by comments from my teachers that seemed to confirm

my lack of intelligence, concentration and energy.

My unanswered questions included the following:

Why were things like geography, history, English and science

considered more important than sports, art and music?

Why was it that some boys (whom we all considered brilliant)

were thought by our teachers to be disruptive and stupid, while

some boys whom we thought to have no common sense at all,

were considered bright by our teachers?

Why would I sometimes get a lower mark in a test in which I

knew I knew more than other students who, for some

inexplicable reason got higher marks than me?

Conversely, why would I sometimes get a higher mark in a test

My teachers’ comments about my general academic career

‘Tends to day-dream too much’.

‘Poor power of concentration’.

‘This young boy is obviously not talented in art’.

‘Can be a disruptive influence in the classroom’.

‘Failed to live up to expectations – a disappointing performance’.

‘Shows no aptitude for PE [Physical Education]’.

‘Performance in history appalling – shows little interest or talent

in the subject’.

‘Non-university material!’

‘Could do better’.

My unresolved questions gradually clarified themselves over time

into three far more focused and incisive points:

1. Who says who is intelligent?

2. Who is the authority that defines what intelligence is?

3. Can IQ be changed for the better?

My attempts to answer these questions became my life’s work, and led

me to spend the next 30 years exploring the brain and the processes of

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