Have fun and develop
your whole brain thinking fitness

Having fun is no joke, you must take it seriously.

It's a great win-win way to build your whole brain thinking, mood and motivation.

In addition, having fun is a smart way of easing or preventing stress.

It's one of the most effective self improvement strategies and it works well on all levels, including self esteem.

"Laughter is the best medicine", may be an old saying but, it seems, there's truth
in it.

And, of course, in the same way as exercising your body is a smart investment in your health, so exercising your thinking is a smart investment in your mental
future.

Humour, quiz questions, puzzles etc. are all fun ways of keeping mentally fit.

So, let's get started with the fun:

How about fun with some "Doctor, Doctor" humour:

* a man went to the doctor's with a carrot in his right ear, a cucumber in his left ear, and a banana stuck up his nose.

"What do you think is wrong with me?", he asked.

"Simple", replied the Doctor, "you're not eating properly".

* Doctor, Doctor, I keep thinking I'm a pair of curtains.
Well, pull yourself together.

* I went to my Doctor and asked for something for persistent wind.
He gave me a kite.

* Fred went to see his Doctor.

"What seems to be the trouble?", asked the Doctor.

"When I touch my leg it hurts. And when i touch my arm or my head it's really painful", explained Fred.

"I see", said the Doctor, "I think you have a broken finger".

* So, I went to see the Doctor.

He said, "say Aaah".

I said, "why?", and he said,

"my dog's died"

Call that fun?

A puzzle:

Imagine yourself imprisoned in a cave with gates over two exits.

If you choose one exit you will meet your death, but if you take the other one you will be free.

Your dilemma is that you don't know which gate means freedom.

A guard is posted in front of each gate.

One guard always tells the truth while the other one always lies.

Unfortunately, you don't know which guard is which.

You can ask one question of one guard and then you must try one of the gates.

How do you ensure your freedom?

Having fun?

The answer is at the end of this page.

Some quotes about self and success:

I wish I was what I used to be when I wished I was what I am - anon

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power - Lao-Tzu

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else - Judy Garland

A man is what he thinks about all day long - Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions - Naguib Mahfouz

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it - William Osler

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be - Abraham Lincoln

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with - Wayne Dyer

No matter what your level of ability, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime - anon.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go - Oscar Wilde

With our thoughts we make the world - Buddha

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give - Winston Churchill

My formula for success? Rise early, work late, strike oil - J. Paul Getty

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self - Aldous Huxley

The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up - Mark Twain

A mental exercise.....

Try this exercise by visualising the alphabet in your mind.

Do not write anything down or speak out loud.

Proceed mentally through the alphabet from A to Z and count the number of letters containing the sound "ee", including the letter E.

Now jot down your answer.

Go through the alphabet again mentally and count the number of letters containing a curve in their uppercase form.

Now jot down your answer.

Did you get it right? - check the answers at the end of this page.

.....and another one:

If a cat has two legs, and a leopard has six legs, and a hippopotamus has ten legs, how many legs has a stallion?

A bit of a logic test:

* 40 women, 25 men and 35 children are in a room.

What are the odds of a man leaving first?

* If a letter is picked at random from the word, "mindpower", what are the odds of its being a vowel?

* what are the odds of your having the same birthday as your mother?

* what is the probability of rolling a dice on a number that is divisible by 2?

That was fun? - you know where the answers are.

You want humour?:

* Two sheep were talking in a field. "Baaaaaaa", said one sheep. "Oh no", said the other sheep, "I was going to say that".

* What do you get if you cross Bambi with a ghost - Bamboo.

* After a long course of psychiatric treatment, the patient was cured.

"So", said the psychiatrist, "your life's in front of you now. What are you going to do with it?"

"Well", said the patient, "I've got very high academic qualifications, so I can really take my pick of the jobs.

I might try the Law, Politics, Advertsing, PR, Television or the City.

On the other hand, I might go back to being a teapot".

* "I'm a criminal lawyer",
"Thank you for being so frank".

* A Frenchman with a parrot perched on his shoulder walked into a bar. The barman said, "Wow, that's really lovely. Where did you get him?".

"In France", the parrot replied, "They've got millions of 'em over there".

* A husband is the bloke that sticks with you through the troubles you wouldn't have had if you hadn't married him in the first place.

I hope you had some fun.

Just for Fun !

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1) pick a number from 1-9
2) subtract 5
3) multiply by 3
4) square the number (multiply by the same number -- not square root) and if it's negative make it positive.
5) add the digits until you get only one digit (i.e. 64=6+4= 10= 1+0=1)
6) if the number is less than 5, add five. Otherwise subtract 4.
7) multiply by 2
8) subtract 6
9) map the digit to a letter in the alphabet 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, etc...
10) pick a name of a country that begins with that letter
11) take the second letter in the country name and think of a mammal that begins with that letter
12) think of the colour of that mammal

******************************************************************** In the answers at the bottom of this page is a prediction what you have finished up with.


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Have fun and enjoy what your doing - one of the best self improvement techniques known to man.

ANSWERS:

A puzzle - go to any guard and ask him, "If I asked the other guard which is the gate to freedom, which one would he say?"

Which ever gate the guard answers, choose the other one


A mental exercise - number of letters with the sound "ee" = 8 (or 9, depending on how you pronounce Z)
number of letters with a curve = 11

A stallion has six legs (two legs per vowel)

A bit of logic test:

the odds of a man leaving first are 25%
the odds of being a vowel = 33.3%
the odds of same birthday as your mother are 0.27%
probability on rolling a dice = 50%

Just for fun - the prediction is............

You have a grey elephant from Denmark!



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