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Can Ten-Cent Earplugs Improve Your Learning, Memory & Reading Speed?NASA’s Astronauts could not use their pens in space so they spent ten million toinvent a special ink-flow device. The Russian space cadets had no dinero, and solvedthe same problem by writing with pencils, which worked like a charm.Earplugs are not exactly high-tech, but work instantly to eliminate unwanted noise.The first earplugs written about were wax and used by the crew of Odysseusto ward off the Siren’s Song and a shipwreck. How old? 8
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Century, B.C.Who cares?Have you even been studying in your school library and lost your attention andconcentration because some dumbos at the next table were whispering, giggling, anddropping books? Ten Cent earplugs tune them out, and your mind inward.DistractionsStudents and career executives suffer from noise, movement of people, and constantinterruptions. Fact: we are interrupted at work – an average of once every three-minutes. Fifty-percent of the time we interrupt ourselves by responding to emailsthe telephone, and answering questions.Our mind get used to being diverted from focused attention and deep concentration.Distractions break our train of thought, and actually reduce our personal efficiency.Some research concludes habitual distractions cause a drop in our IQ up to 10%.Get this: Every time your mind is diverted from your present task, it takes up to 10minutes to get back into your original Zone (flow).It is called Regressions, is habit-forming and dumbs us down.Soon you become a subconscious procrastinator, and lose up to 25% of yourAttention-Span. Paying attention to everything is the same as concentrating onnothing. What is a practical, easy and cheap solution? Maybe earplugs?Mind WanderingAre you aware of how often your mind wanders off your target of concentration?Neither was I. The researchers at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro,headed by Dr. Michael Kane, concluded college students are distracted and losetheir attention span, one-third (33%) of the time they spend in school.They are thinking off-the-subject at class lectures, while reading, and when studying1
 
for exams. Students suffering mind-wandering up to 90 minutes in the morning, andanother 90 minutes in the afternoon of a six-hour day. What are they wanderingabout? Sex is number one, fear of the future, and personal relationships top the bill.So what?Distractions lead to chronic stress, which affect our long-term memory, inabilityto comprehend complex text, and loss of self-esteem. Many complain of a negativestate-of-mind, bad mood, and loss of productivity. What about our competence?Stress and distractions cause your executive competence to drop up to 15%, enoughto lose out on your next promotion. Students at college complain of fade-out onexams, anxiety and the agony of Information-Overload.Stopples a/k/a EarplugsEarplugs immediately improve your attention span and concentration up to 33%.That is a noticeable change from distracted thinking to being in your Zone focusedon learning, remembering, and being creative.Earplugs have the power to turn your mind inward instead of permitting you tolisten and react to random sounds in your environment. Ideas appear to rewardthose wearing stopples (plugs) and avoid folks who are easily distractedYou have heard that one picture is worth a thousand words; we suggest that onewell thought out Idea, is worth a thousand pictures. Implement good ideas.Secret RevealedWhite Noise. When you slip on your plugs you do not get sleepy and disoriented, butmove into deep Beta consciousness, between 7-14 cycles per second. Your brainrhythms vibrate to screen out noise, and to trigger (cue) your PFC (PrefrontalCortex) for analysis, synthesis (combining ideas), and connectedness.White NoiseTechnically White Noise is a frequency produced by electronics. It is a combinationof all the tones into one. Wait! White Light takes all the color frequencies (rainbow)and combines them into one. Same idea.Earplugs close the auditory canal and leave us with our personal Zone of silence.Best of all, there are no side effects from using plugs up to 16 hours daily. Just washthem, remove the wax from your ears, and concentrate.Buy Them Now2
 
We recommend silicone or foam plugs that you mold to fit your ears. Polyurethanestopples cost a dollar for a pair, and have an unlimited life. The biggest problem islosing them after a good night’s sleep, or a study session.VarietyThere are electronic earplugs that produce a calming sound (anti-stress) costing$187.95 called SleepEze. No comment. We recommend disposable plugs that will notmake us cry when we lose one. PVC Foam come in a six-pack and cost just $2.95.Factories buy them in volume from the Earplug Super Store for about 10-25 centseach. They reduce chronic stress from ambient factory noise.Reading ResearchWe have tested over one thousand students and executives – half speed reading textwearing plugs, and half unaided. After 21 days of practice, the students usingearplugs improved their reading speed an average of 100 words per minute, andadded up to 12% in comprehension.Non-users showed 40 words per minute increase in reading, and no improvement incomprehension. They were distracted by their surroundings.Close Your DoorSeeing other folks moving around is a visual distraction, one that breaks up yourattention and comprehension. Music – Classical to Elevator tunes - cause us tolose our mental focus. Group study works only when everyone agrees to be silentand productive until the end of the session.Our Mirror Neurons cause us to want to imitate the activities of those we watch.It is a bio-distraction. Learning requires silence and the lack of activity around you.Google: University of Calgary, Dr. Tim Welsh, and Journal of Human MovementScience, 12.2007. Earplugs are a great investment in your personal growth.Endwords“If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”Albert EinsteinWould you have a major competitive advantage if you could read-and-rememberthree (3) books, articles and reports in the time your peers can hardly finish one?Ask us how because knowledge is king. Call us now.copyright © 2009 H. Bernard Wechsler3
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