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“Innovative Perlmutter Health Center.” – Doc Meek
November 24th, 2010 | 
Author: Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Today I am grateful for David Perlmutter, M.D., a Board-Certified Neurologist with a worldwide practice centered in Naples, on the west coast of Florida.
Images and text below from Dr. Perlmutter’s website: http://www.perlhealth.com
“Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten”
by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM Learn More »
Dr. Perlmutter works innovatively with a wide variety of neurological and nutritional issues and preventive medicine, including helping adults and children overcome learning problems.
This makes him a hero in my eyes, as I have been helping adults and children triumph over learning difficulties for more than 30 years now.
Thank you, Dr. Perlmutter, for inspiring hope for children and parents and others!
Doc Meek, Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at the Super 8 Motel in Dania Beach, Florida (on the east coast of Florida, opposite Dr. Perlmutter’s office on the west coast at Naples).
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
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Wyman’s 8 Tips to Make Your Child a Great Reader
Monday, November 22, 2010. Today I am grateful for all the people who keep inspiring us to help our children read better, as reading is a gateway to so much in life, and for some (like me) reading is itself an important part of life.
I received a recent email from Pat Wyman of http://HowToLearn.com
Best Selling Author, Learning vs.Testing
America’s Most Trusted Learning Expert
Today’s Tip: 8 Tips To Make Your Child A Great Reader
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Dear Doc,
When I visited my new grandson last week, I was so happy to see that he had lots of books on his nursery shelf. My daughter and her husband are reading stories to Jackson every night and she even bought me a grandma and grandson story to read to him.
Well, I can hear you saying, that’s nice Pat, but what does this have to do with my child?
As a reading specialist, I know this is one of the best ways to help your child begin to love reading, and ultimately become a great reader.
But, it is only the beginning, and if you follow the 8 Tips in the article on the HowToLearn.com site your child will have the solid strategies they need to read at or above grade level.
Plus, if your child struggles with reading, there are tips to solve those challenges too.
Here are the 8 Tips To Make Your Child A Great Reader:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=52GBd&m=1e_BXEzGe8PI2b&b=xsVyz_Tn6h.LrdDVNJNvkQ
To your child’s reading success,
Pat Wyman
Founder, HowToLearn.com
The Center for New Discoveries in Learning, Inc., 4535 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89102.
Thank you, Pat Wyman!
Doc Meek, Monday, November 22, 2010, at Super 8 Motel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
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“Serving up Hope.” – Doc Meek
Sunday, November 21, 2010. Today I am grateful for those who look after themselves by helping others to look after themselves. Yes.
Games = the best way to learn
Picture taken on a GHNI Compassion Trip to Myanmar – www.ghni.org
I received an email from GHNI recently, speaking to bringing help and hope to the hidden and hurting, in five vital areas:
“Hey everyone!
Thank you to each and every one of you who participated in ServeHope this year! Whether you volunteered or gave a financial donation – THANK YOU! You have been part of a huge and successful effort to serve the poor both locally and globally. Here is a quick overview and a video message from Jeff Power, GHNI Director of US Partner Development.
Also, be sure to check out these short ServeHope videos of some of the service projects!
Thanks again for joining with GHNI to help the global poor by serving those in your local communities. It truly is a win-win!
Naomi Schalm
GHNI Web Journalist”
Thank you, Naomi Schalm and GHNI (Global Hope Network International)!
Doc Meek, Sunday, November 21, 2010, at Strathcona Public Library, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
P.S. Going to Florida tomorrow for some personal business. I hope I can find a public library with a computer terminal so I can post to THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE blog from there! We’ll see. At least I’ll be warm. 😮
Here in the “Frozen North” (Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada) right now it’s about minus 20 degrees Celsius (for you in the US, that’s Canadian for minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit).
The “Chosen Frozen” they sometimes call us. 😮
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
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“Do all the good you can.” – Charles Dickens
Thursday, November 18, 2010. Today I am grateful for people who humbly and quietly go about making the world work, with very little public recognition, such as Moms. Way to go, gals! As my Mom says, “If the men had the babies, there would be only one per family.” Or a lot less than that! 😮
“Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.” ~ Charles Dickens (1812-1870); novelist
Thank you Charles! Thank you Moms!
Doc Meek, Thursday, November 18, 2010, at Strathcona County Public Library, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095
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“Hope in the face of hopeless.” – Doc Meek
Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Today I am grateful for our human capacity to learn to be calm even under severe duress. Generally speaking, animals do not have this capability, unless trained. We need self-training or outside training of course too, or at least some practice.
Image & text below from: http://watchandtrain.com/dogtraining/blogs/thoughts/archive/2008/03/10/alpha-roll-one-mistake-when-working-with-aggressive-dogs.aspx
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Approximately half of my private dog training caseload involves aggression directed towards other dogs or people. While more difficult than basic or advanced training, my success rate for helping a dog overcome aggression is very high. I practice very measured, systematic strategies to lower dogs overall anxiety and help them learn to be comfortable in situations that currently make them aggressive. I only recommend, and use, positive reinforcement techniques.” – Jeff Millman, dog trainer
We humans have much more control over our emtions, generally speaking, than say, dogs do. We can actually hear Coach Lou Holtz when he says:
“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” – Lou Holtz, from:
Life’s Little Instruction Book, Volume II: A few more suggestions, observations, and reminders on how to live a happy and rewarding life, by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Thank you, Coach Holtz and Jackson Brown!
Doc Meek, Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at Strathcona County Library, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095
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“Learning is the only thing…” -T.H. White
Tuesday, November16, 2010. Today I am grateful for education and learning, and the touch of humor that can take us further in our learning than we thought possible.
A green taxi at Arlington, Virginia. Hybrid taxis are becoming common in major cities around the world; image and text from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab
“Got that? I think everyone should go to college and get a degree, and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated. – Al McGuire, basketball coach and commentator”
Further, from the same issue of Reader’s Digest, page 49:
“Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get when you don’t.- Pete Seeger”
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. – Sydney J. Harris”
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. – Will Durant”
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. – B.F. Skinner.”
Thank you, Reader’s Digest!
Here’s to educators and learners and thinkers!
All three in one?
Doc Meek, Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at Strathcona Country Library, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095
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“The 7 Secrets of Stress Reduction.” – Doc Meek
Monday, November 15, 2010. Today I am grateful for knowledge that helps us keep calm in times of severe stress.
You already have all the resouces you need
Image/text above from: http://www.new-oceans.co.uk/new/business/stresstraining1.htm
“You don’t have to go there to get there.” – Doc Meek
THE 7 SECRETS of STRESS REDUCTION:
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095
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“I am grateful for an ethical son.” – Doc Meek
Friday, November 12, 2010. Today I am grateful for an ethical son, who knows how to do the right thing, no matter what. Not only that, he does it, no matter what. Sometimes there is a high price to pay for personal integrity.
Here’s a tribute to my ethical son, and others like him the world over. It’s the 45 life lessons Regina Brett wrote.
This was written by Regina Brett, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Some unknown person on the internet circuit took the liberty of aging Regina to 90 years old, presumably in a misguided attempt to enhance the credibility of her “life lessons.” Regina is actually age 54 (in 2010). In my opinion, she has the wisdom of a person much older.
I think the core of this wisdom came out of her terrible bout with cancer at age 41:
“To celebrate growing older, the day before I turned 45, I wrote the 45 lessons life had taught me to that point.
It is the most requested column I’ve ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 54 in 2010, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and
parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey
is all about..
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God
never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18.. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is
up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for
an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t
save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will
this matter?’
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did
or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d
grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come…
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”
Thank you, Regina Brett!
Doc Meek, Friday, November 12, 2010, at Bistro 112, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095
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“Life’s Little Instruction Book.” – H. Jackson Brown
Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Today I am grateful for people who do the jobs many of us do not want to do. A reminder of this comes from H. Jackson Brown’s book entitled Life’s Little Instruction Book, Volume II: A few more suggestions, observations, and reminders on how to live a happy and rewarding life:
“727. Show extra respect for people whose jobs put dirt under their fingernails.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Here’s a great article by Steve Waters on that subject, from: http://www.boundlessline.org/2009/05/praise-for-work-that-gets-dirt-under-your-fingernails.html
Praise for Work That Gets Dirt Under Your Fingernails
by Steve Watters on 05/27/2009 at 8:37 AM
As more “information worker” jobs get the axe in a recessionary economy, jobs that tend to put dirt under your fingernails are getting a second look from young workers. Last week, the New York Times Magazine ran a lengthy article on this topic by Matthew Crawford called “The Case for Working With Your Hands.” I read quite a bit over the course of a week and I haven’t read anything this engaging or provocative in a long time. Here are some appetizers:
Many of us do work that feels more surreal than real. Working in an office, you often find it difficult to see any tangible result from your efforts. What exactly have you accomplished at the end of any given day?
…The imperative of the last 20 years to round up every warm body and send it to college, then to the cubicle, was tied to a vision of the future in which we somehow take leave of material reality and glide about in a pure information economy. This has not come to pass. To begin with, such work often feels more enervating than gliding. More fundamentally, now as ever, somebody has to actually do things: fix our cars, unclog our toilets, build our houses.
…One shop teacher suggested to me that “in schools, we create artificial learning environments for our children that they know to be contrived and undeserving of their full attention and engagement. Without the opportunity to learn through the hands, the world remains abstract and distant, and the passions for learning will not be engaged.”
…The trades suffer from low prestige, and I believe this is based on a simple mistake. Because the work is dirty, many people assume it is also stupid. This is not my experience.
…So managers learn the art of provisional thinking and feeling, expressed in corporate doublespeak, and cultivate a lack of commitment to their own actions. Nothing is set in concrete the way it is when you are, for example, pouring concrete.
…Why not encourage gifted students to learn a trade, if only in the summers, so that their fingers will be crushed once or twice before they go on to run the country?
…For anyone who feels ill suited by disposition to spend his days sitting in an office, the question of what a good job looks like is now wide open.
I suspect this article will hit home with anyone who has looked for purpose among cubicle walls and failed to find anything quite as rewarding as their hands-on projects of days gone by.
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Thank you Steve Waters!
Here’s to those who help to make the real world work better for the rest of us, eh?
Doc Meek, Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Strathcona Public Library, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
P.S. Tomorrow (in Canada) we celebrate Remembrance Day (November 11), in honor of those who do the ultimate “dirty jobs” and sometimes pay with their very lives: the armed services personnel.
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095
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“Undersea wonder world.” – Doc Meek
Monday, November 8, 2010. Today I am grateful for new ideas. Especially for ideas and wonders about which I have not yet heard!
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Image and text above from: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12819531.htm
Here’s to my definition of a good education:
“A good education connects the head, the heart, the hands, and hope.”
Doc Meek, Monday, November 8, 2010, at Strathcona County Public Library, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com
For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095
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