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Rubik’s Cube Improves Spatial IQ

The credit of inventing the 3-D mechanical puzzle Rubik’s goes to Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erna Rubik. Originally touted as the “Magic Cube”, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toys in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes have sold worldwide catapulting its status to the world’s top-selling puzzle game.

Music Helps Boost IQ

A journal published in the May issue of the Journal of Educational Psychology reports that Organized music lessons hone children’s IQ and academic performance-and the longer the instruction continues, the larger the impact. Lead researcher Dr. E. Glenn Schellenberg, University of Toronto at Mississauga says the recent study builds on the work he published in 2004, in which 6-year-olds who received music lessons for over a year.

Boost Your Confidence Quickly With These 5 Tips!

Your level of confidence can have a big impact on how successful you are in life. From your job performance to your ability to sustain abundant relationships, the way you feel about your self is reflected in everything you do.

Do Not Let Your Ego Run the Show

Let’s have a look at how our mind or rather our ego runs our life. Let’s say you’re at the mall waiting for a guy to back out of his parking spot and someone else shoots into the spot before you. You were there first; you even had your turn signal on! So you forget about it and find a new spot, right?

Problems Or Situations – What Sounds Easier to Deal With?

What does the word ‘ problem’ mean, I’ll have to whip out my dictionary, I have a big blue dictionary. Ok, problem means; “difficult to deal with or solve.” How do we deal with something that is difficult, it is usually a downer and not a lot of fun, so how do we deal with a problem?

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