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Brain Fitness for Kids: Cloning the DNA of Einstein | Edie Raether | TEDxHickory


when I was a child my mother said if you
choose to be a soldier
you’ll be the general if you choose to
be a monk
you’ll be the Pope instead I became a
painter my name is Picasso what are your
expectations for your children and are
they big enough are they high enough and
know that as we go through this
everything I shared doesn’t just apply
to children it applies to you as well
it’s kind of like one size fits all it’s
not like doing a TEDx talk where you’re
doing a full-day program in about 15
minutes it’s like getting into your high
school blue jeans you can’t get it so
let’s rock how many of you are parents
how many of your parents have wish you
weren’t now let’s be honest here have
you ever wondered have you ever wondered
why one of your children just seems to
be the perfect child is obedient
accomplished says please and think oh
everybody’s nodding their heads says
please and thank you and then you have
another child and you swear that is not
your kid right somebody in that nursery
in the hospital switched the tags and
and so I don’t believe any of us as
parents ever dream for our child to be
Alexander the the average I mean
mediocrity will not get you in zigs book
see you at the top and I mean even dogs
get sick of good dog good dog
they want to be great talks so if if you
want your child to have the charisma of
Oprah the skills of Michael Jordan
the talent of Picasso and the genius of
Einstein guess what you can it’s a
choice we now know the heart math
Institute some of you have heard of
Bruce Lipton author of biology and
belief that we can now alter our DNA
with our thoughts our expectations our
intentions so yes you can choose to be
like Einstein now this quote may not
there’s not evidence that this is a
direct quote but Einstein did make
reference to having a fear that when
technology would surpass human
interaction we would have a generation
of idiots have you listened to the news
I turned it on this morning to kill them
tel Hasse in a yoga studio just last
week in charlotte student killed in
class these are supposed to be safe
places last weekend a synagogue in
Pittsburgh is it not time that we start
looking for the right answers in the
right places they are not out there they
are within us it’s time that we get a
grip on this the answers lie within and
I mean deep within I’m talking about the
subconscious mind which forever we have
danced around like it’s some evil Satan
or something the subconscious mind is
where emotions are it’s where decisions
are made 95% of it forever everyone in
this room has heard that that we are
only using 5% of our potential is it not
time that we start looking at that other
95% and start you know fertilizing it
and nurturing it and getting to know it
and because that’s where the power is
it’s denser there’s more neural networks
down there you can in one second you can
process about 11 million bits of
information per second you know what
happens on the conscious level 40 on the
good day 50 is this rocket science we’re
running around in horse and buggies when
we literally have a Learjet sitting in
our backyard and and I feel quite
passionate about this it’s time that we
get with it
and and so when we look at this this
denser part of us it’s kind of like if I
gave you a choice to dig a hole and you
could have a shovel or you could have a
backhoe you would choose the back of why
because it’s more effective it’s more
efficient it gets the job done and yet
in our institutions our education
systems in our correction systems we are
still lagging along and it’s a choice in
the bottom line it is simply a choice so
what I want to do because maybe some of
you don’t know how to access that other
95% I’m going to show you how is that
cool let’s go and we do it by actually
bypassing the conscious mind in the
critical thinking of the left brain
because it acts as a buffer it stops us
from the creative juices that would take
us to a higher level so when we do this
we are actually slowing down on our
brainwave activity right now we’re
invaded that’s a normal state except for
a couple back there snoozing okay
they’re in hell for reading so what we
want to do is shift from beta to alpha
which is a slower brainwave activity
where the mind becomes open and
receptive for change for creativity this
is where it happens and it’s not all
that hard
how do we do it we slowed down our
speech on the way here on NPR they were
saying how poetry
nobody does poetry anymore instead of
chunks of information in this world that
we’re living in it’s racing the brain
and it’s making us out of control and
crazy nobody read poetry maybe prayer
maybe listening to binaural beats what
you’re hearing is actually synchronizing
your brain waves with the binaural beats
and it slows it down and just slowing
down your breathing and going into a
relaxed body mind state a prayer like a
meditation state where we are open and
receptive to make the genes and here’s
the cool thing
children are already their children
function normally in alpha sometimes
Veda an even slower brainwave activity
are we not taking advantage of
programming their minds of wiring them
for health happiness and success at the
right time what we have to do is install
a powerful an empowering positive
software program at the right time it’s
giving him the right message at the
right time which is actually the last
trimester of pregnancy to age 6 I wanted
my children to be musical when I had the
belly I would tap on it then he was
playing My Sweet Lord at 5 and his
doctor 13 got $100 scholarship and music
hey this stuff works I do practice what
I preach and so when we look at the
different ways that we can install this
mental software and and it’s not only
the right message at the right time but
it’s it’s also in the right way it’s the
way I’m sharing with you today and it’s
for right thinking because if we
establish healthy life habits at the
right time I promise you we can change
the way the world thinks one child at a
time because think about what controls
us what controls I see some of you
looking at your devices social media
probably controls you some of you are
looking at the person next to you your
spouse your partner
unfortunately that could be true but you
know what really controls us habits
first we make our habits and then our
habits make us we are what we repeatedly
do excellence is not an act it’s a habit
so once we have this installed what we
need to do is create psychological
triggers
if you’re familiar with technology we
call it links and so once we’ve
installed this mental software we
associate that empowered mind state with
daily activities things that you’re
already doing physical activities for
example in fact I did this right before
I got on you sip water if you don’t
drink water try it you’ll like it it’s
good it’s good for you
when you sip it you feel yourself
drinking liquid calm or liquid
confidence or whatever your desired
state is now the other thing is do you
breathe
you’ll live longer if you do and so
you’re gonna breathe anyhow what about
every time you take a deep breath in you
breathe in confidence courage you know
what that does for a shy kid and every
time you breathe in you’re gonna breathe
out you have to think about it you
breathe out the ants the automatic
negative thoughts which allow you to be
in this empowered state at all times
there’s a guy that took it a step
further and his name is Vladimir rycoff
he’s a Russian scientist and in the 70s
he did this interesting study and he
took students and he put him in a trance
State so let’s say they were music
students he would have them imagine like
themselves emulating modeling Mozart he
would have them think feel act behave
like Mozart and certainly play like him
when they return to their normal state
guess what happened yeah the
performances were dramatically improved
and I’ve worked with gene Houston who
does similar stuff and I’ve witnessed it
it is incredible in our education system
hey why are we not doing some of this
you can choose any hero you want but it
cannot be a Kardashian no no cuz that
says no current politicians yeah and the
interesting thing is that hero doesn’t
have to be somebody out there it could
be the hero within you it could be your
desired dreams and goals it’s all about
role playing because what he found out
is that even when he didn’t put him in a
trance-like state he taught them to
pretend
act as if the Fae could tell you make it
to role play and I’ve studied with Jo
Marino the father of psychodrama I am
big on role playing act the way you want
to be and you’ll be the way you act how
many of you have heard of President
Reagan do you really not believe that
his history as an actor doing role play
did not have something to do with him
climbing the ladder of success and being
president of the United States how many
of you have heard of libero I’m giving
away my age how many of you have heard
of Liberace
okay go oh wow if you haven’t asked your
grandmother she watched him every
Saturday night on TV but Liberace was a
flamboyant pianist and he played in an
empty concert hall but not for long
you see he positively positioned himself
for success we attract it when you act
as if now let me take somebody a little
more current did anybody see Sarah
Hughes Olympics 2002 skater no it’s in
my book with you it’s she’s phenomenal
she was flawless wasn’t she listen the
real lesson is in this after she was
done skating
her parents had a video of her probably
about ten years prior what does that
tell you about expectation what are you
expecting are you expecting your child
to be a winner or a loser they had a
video ready to go and cute little Sarah
she’s about six seven years old says
when I grow up I’m going to go to the
Olympics and get a gold medal I can
hardly wait for it to happen what if we
all approach life that way now here’s
the secret she said it all look at her
language she didn’t say I hope I go to
the Olympics I want to I wish I might
she said I am going when you’re
programming the subconscious mind you
have to be very emphatic you have to be
convincing you have to be powerful you
have to be affirmative I’m going she did
and then did she think big nah she went
for the goal I’m gonna get the gold not
silver bronze you know you will achieve
as high as you can imagine I’m gonna go
get the gold and then listen to what she
said I can’t wait for it to happen there
was not an ounce of doubt this is how
you have to live life as well this
doesn’t just apply to some of these
people and then but you know what I want
you to experience this for yourself
would everybody stand up would you do it
quickly yeah yeah and if you can if it’s
uncomfortable I’m not asking you to okay
three times in succession I’m gonna
count to three and then three times in
succession I want you all to yell out
I’m depressed in Cheerleader fashion
this is if you’ve always wanted to be a
cheerleader here’s your chance ready one
two three
arms up again okay you can sit down I
hate to say this but you’re not very
convincing you had smiles you were
giggling you were laughing those are not
symptoms of depression so what does it
tell you act the way you want to be and
you will be the way you act
it’s probably why William James said
what did he say I don’t smile because
I’m happy I’m happy because I smile it
tricks the brain into honestly believing
that you’re happy it elevates your moods
and guess what endorphins dopamine all
the feel-good chemicals get released
this is cool stuff act the way you want
to be and you’ll be the way you act now
in all of this I got to share one more
thing there’s actually a brain booster
you should know about can you tell I’m
passionate about the brain it’s called
the reticular activating system it it’s
we’ll call it the res and the res is
kind of like a nightclub bouncer it
decides what to take in and what to
reject so that you’re not you’re minded
aren’t you overwhelmed a lot of the time
this helps you focus because it gets a
it keeps out the mental clutter it’s
it’s phenomenal it’s kind of like the
search engine of the
and it does incredible things it
actually helps you see opportunities
that previously you may have been blind
to have you ever not found your car in
an airport parking lot and you have a
white SUV have you noticed that at that
moment you see everybody seems to have a
white SUV and so our eyes are more open
to opportunity but the fact is we
actually attract opportunity to us you
hear this the old saying that when the
student is ready the teacher appears
have you ever had that experience where
you run into the right person at the
right time or you open a book and it’s
the words or the address that you needed
to hear how do you think I got on the
stage a couple months ago I was giving a
10-minute talk and hickory and the right
person was in the room prior to that
somebody offered to help me apply for
ten thousand I saved a lot of money
because of the reticular activating
system and what turbo charges you’re a
particular activating system are
questions questions shape our destiny
children who are more frequently asked
what do you want to be when you grow up
are more successful because it triggers
the reticular activating system and so
it’s working and searching for answers
of success constantly so when we look at
the reticular activating system it’s not
only that it shows us opportunity it
attracts it it does great things but
there are two questions I want to share
with you one what if you need to ask
yourself your children this every day
what do you feel the gates of
opportunity possibility thinking opening
my other favorite question is what would
you be doing if you knew you couldn’t
fail the reticular activating system
goes to work and it checks out all your
fears and all the obstacles and it
allows magic to happen
but being fairly into music I have to
share one last brain booster and its
music are you aware that children who
have music
in their background generally have a
higher IQ it lowers stress that might
people live they have a higher IQ it
cows give more milk
I’m originally from Wisconsin hey when
you you know put butter on your bread
because of the cows giving good milk you
want contented cows you want to play
tunes where they’re singing and dancing
and rocking in that barn but you know
maybe plants have more more intelligence
than we do do you know that plants when
they hear heavy metal some of the rap
guess what they grow away from the sound
and when they hear things like Baroque
which I’m going to be playing shortly
they actually grow toward it to nurture
themselves does that tell you something
that maybe we have something to learn
from not only our children but our
plants but it also accelerates learning
because you know why Baroque has the
same rhythmical pattern as a relaxed
heartbeat it brings your kids you into
alpha and you go into high performance
mode there’s a whole system called salt
that’s based on this and it accelerates
learning when my kids were doing their
homework
I had Baroque going it’s handle its Bach
I’ll be playing Pachelbel’s shortly but
I had it playing all the time and and
they’re not average okay so the last
thing I want to share is really I know
this stuff works it’s really how I got
on this stage today but there’s a story
I want to share with you and by the way
when your children between 3 and 9 be
aware that between the ages of 3 & 9
your children actually reveal their
calling in life there is not a person in
this room that’s not here for a
particular reason even here in this room
it’s called your soul’s calling your
soul’s code your calling in life it’s
your reason for being and the sad thing
is most people live and die with the
music in them and never sing their song
your job as a parent is to help your
child identify and and discover and
develop that calling and they are
revealed between the ages of 3 & 9 wrote
whole book on it is his truth Oprah
Winfrey was in it she at five years old
what set the TV and says huh I can do
that and so can your child but there is
one story that summarizes everything and
it’s Donald Driver he’s a retired Green
Bay Packer player and he grew up
homeless in Houston and really went from
poverty to the Packers I mean poverty if
he was lucky there would be a trail or
open where he’d have a place to sleep
for the night sold drugs didn’t take him
but sold them and he he would steal cars
it was his way of feeding his sister and
his mother and one day he was driving
down the road the only time he almost
got caught was a blessing he’s racing
down the road the cops are chasing him
and to use his words a little old lady
backed out of the driveway at the wrong
time he smashes into her jumps out of
the car cops are chasing him he goes
down the back alley and something stops
him something stopped him and he goes
back to see if the elderly lady is okay
she is she waves off the cops saying
this is my grandson she waves him to the
back porch and says Sonny I don’t know
who you are
but I know you could be doing so much
more with your life Donald Driver always
had a vision a dream of catching passes
from Brett Favre and now you know the
rest of the story what is your story
what is your dream and what will you do
to challenge your children to dream big
to be bald to be better than Picasso and more brilliant than Einstein thank you
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