As a child Genevieve Dawid had learning difficulties. No one realised she was dyslexic. Nor could anyone have foreseen that her parents' creative intervention, which helped her deal with this condition, would end up assisting many others, not just dyslexics.
Her parents showed her how her unique mind worked: her specific patterns, strengths and weaknesses. This allowed her to understand herself better, which helped her to cope more effectively with ongoing daily challenges, particularly those that challenged dyslexia. Recognising the value and adaptability of the methods, Genevieve experimented and expanded upon these, resulting in a system of effective techniques for overcoming obstacles and achieving desired successes in all aspects of life.
A few words from Genevieve :
"When I look back, I was quite a privileged child. I had a wonderful family, a tight group of friends and I lived in a lovely house. We enjoyed marvellous family holidays, both in England and abroad. I didn't have a private education but I was lucky enough to attend a beautiful modern 'state of the art' school.
However, for all this idyllic childhood, and the wonderful facilities the school offered - learning was a nightmare for me. It puzzled me how other children knew the answers to questions, and understood numbers, and I didn't. I couldn't progess from the same school reading books for weeks on end!
One of my worst struggles was writing my name. One Christmas, I borrowed my brother's drawing set. Instead of creating a picture, I drew the letters of my name across a page - though not in the right order nor in a straight line. My mother asked me if I could order the letters correctly and place them in a straight line, I shook my head. She took a ruler and wrote the letters in the right order in a row, showing me just one word at a time. Instantly, I could now see each word perfectly. Using a ruler I copied the letters in order, again and again, until I got it right. I had finally learnt to spell my name! Next my mother took my school reading book and covered the page, again revealing one word at a time. I could now start to make sense of it and learn each word, one by one. I progressed to holding a card under each word so I only saw one word at a time. In this way, during the school holidays, Mum actually taught me to read.
I returned to school thrilled that I could now read and write and was instantly taken out of the additional remedial classes. With practice at home, within weeks I could read any book for my age group. It was like a miracle.
I continued to have difficulty with spelling and grammar, my mathematics was poor and everything new that I had to learn was incredibly difficult. But my parents had shown that there was always a way for me to achieve as much as my peers. They simply helped me to identify the problem and together we found an alternative way to learn. This was a revelation to me.
The following Christmas, my parents taught me to draw the way I saw my mind. This enabled me to see a solution to something that I knew was a problem, but previously couldn't fully comprehend or move beyond. From then on I kept a notebook and pen nearby, and by using the page like a mirror to reflect what was in my mind, the problem was copied as a visual image. Seeing it on the page helped my parents and I to identify and resolve the problem.
As I got older, I started interpreting my mind through writing and drawing. It was really interesting that many other people found it useful too, including those without learning difficulties. What a revelation to discover that others didn't really understand how their minds worked either!
As my education continued I still found the school's teaching methods impossible to learn, and virtually gave up, learning in secret at home. Then I started to share the benefits of transcending the mind, and spontaneous words and drawings using paper and pencil, with my classmates.
By the time I reached senior school, the education of my peers had progressed well. I was now helping them through various teenage problems, encouraging them to achieve more by getting to know themselves better, and finding creative ways to develop themselves, their future lives and career paths.
Without realising it, I had begun to mentor others. Much of this involved writing and drawing spontaneously. Little did I know then I was in training for my own future work as a mentor and consultant.
Although I did not achieve good qualifications at school, by the time I started college at sixteen I was fortunate that the lecturers quickly identified my learning difficulties and gave relevant support I needed to progress. I thrived at college and did extremely well in my examinations.
Since then, whether working with people starting out in their career or those at the very top, I have used this same technique of transcending the conscious mind through spontaneous words and drawing. Everyone has benefited from understanding and getting to know themselves better on paper, through this method; sometimes this has completely changed people's lives. Interestingly, the process of putting thoughts down on paper in words and images is now recognised as a highly effective tool for personal development.
For the past decade I have assessed, selected and mentored senior personnel. Now I work as a mentor, lecturer, and also give Interactive Seminars which include exercises like 'Transcending Your Mind.'
Genevieve Dawid has become a respected international mentor and lecturer after coaching many people, from corporate individuals to school friends with learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Now her innovative methods are available to individuals all over the world following the release of her self-help book, "The Achievers Journey". The following article, Transcending your mind is one of the many techniques she shares with us in her new book.
Monday, March 15, 2010
How to Get Your Kids to Read a Million Books in a Week by Lee Binz
When we homeschooled, we used to go camping a lot. We would take every creature comfort from home, and set up our tent next to the car. We would take day hikes each day, and cook over an open fire. To be honest, though, most of the time we all spent reading.
When my children were younger, I would prepare unit studies for them to read. Books on insects or trees, or stories of survival and outdoor living. I would read ahead all their school books for the coming year. Hey, when you are reading ahead for their 6th grade year, it is pretty easy! I will admit it gets MUCH more difficult when you are reading ahead for high school!
When my children were older, I would try to read ahead some of their school books that I did not already know, or the books I was not planning to read aloud to them. I could get some real quality "planning ahead" done that way!
When we went camping, whether my children were younger or older, we always brought with us a huge box of books to read. I would try to sneak in some really great reading that I knew they would love - using books from "reading lists for the college bound." Reading "Call of the Wild" or "Mark Twain" is much more fun when you are camping!
Remember to save all the book titles for your reading list. It does not matter whether they read the books for school or for fun, when camping or in bed at night. All their books can be put on the reading list.
Lee Binz, The HomeScholar, is homeschool high school expert. Both her boys earned full-tuition scholarships at their first choice university. Her homeschool transcript solution will show you how to create an AMAZING home school transcript that will impress the colleges! Learn how she did it on TheHomeScholar.com.
Bookie Software by Book Old School by Mia Kingstone
Bookie software is a fairly recent idea. It came out on the market in the late 1990's and early 2000's to help bookmakers run their businesses more effectively. Prior to this, bookmakers had to do everything on their own. You found most bookies hiding in the back of bars and nightclubs doing their work. Thankfully, a few people had the idea to use the same technology in the bookmaking industry that other businesses had been using for years. Nowadays, it seems silly that bookies wouldn't operate through the internet but back then, it was a whole different ball game.
Even many years after the internet became extremely popular, bookmakers continued to do business the old fashioned way. Because bookmaking is illegal, many were afraid to make it "public" through the internet. However, several brave bookmakers tested the waters and knew it was the wave of the future. By implementing the same technology that other businesses had been using for some time, they changed the way bookmaking was done. Bookies now operate almost exclusively by using bookie software and offshore call centers.
Bookie software is essentially a data processing system for the bookmaking industry. Bookies can have all of their data in one place rather than having it all over. By logging in on their computer, they can check the games, lines and all action. They can see how each player is doing and whether they owe or are owed money. Bookies can also control players by denying them access or setting limits. Everything can be controlled from the computer!
When a customer wants to place a wager, he doesn't need to call the bookmaker any longer. When bookies use bookie software companies, they are usually given their own custom website where their customers can log in and place wagers. This is extremely convenient because they can see the lines and check scores all without having to call their bookie. This frees up the bookie a great deal because he no longer has to deal with answering phones, checking games and updating lines.
For those players that would still prefer to wager over the phone, they can also call the offshore call center that the bookie software company has set up. These call centers are highly professional and the good ones operate using state-of-the art technology so that they never go down. Players can speak to the experienced customer service representatives to check lines and place bets. All calls are recorded so that, if there is ever a dispute, the situation can be resolved easily and quickly.
Bookie software has completely changed the bookmaking industry. It's very rare to find a bookie still doing things the old fashioned because the software has made it so much easier for them to do business. The software can easily take care of the day-to-day operations so that a bookie can focus on growing his business and, therefore, making more money.
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