Secrets to a better brain

The brain is the only organ that changes instantly according to how the mind relates to it, Deepak Chopra says.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• The secret to improving your brain is to understand its uniqueness
• You can relate to your brain in positive or negative ways
• To inspire your brain, do something creative every day

Editor's note: Deepak Chopra is a mind-body expert, founder of the Chopra Foundation and a best-selling author. Hear more from him on "Sanjay Gupta MD" at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday and 7:30 a.m. ET Sunday.

(CNN) -- There are many books on the market that focus on treating the brain like any other organ of the body. To improve the brain, they advise eating a balanced diet, getting enough sleep and avoiding toxins like alcohol and nicotine.

These are sound bits of advice, but in my own book, "Super Brain," written with professor Rudolph Tanzi of Harvard Medical School, the emphasis is on the brain's uniqueness. The secret to improving your brain is to understand that uniqueness.

The brain is the only organ that changes instantly according to how the mind relates to it. You can relate to your brain in positive or negative ways, and depending on which one you choose, your brain cells, neural pathways and areas of high and low activity will be altered.

In short, thinking your brain into better functioning is the most efficient way to improve it. (Other organs of the body also respond to positive and negative thinking, but their response must come through the brain first; it functions as command central for the rest of the body.)

Deepak Chopra

The best way to relate to your brain is to inspire it; the worst way is to ignore it. Since the brain embraces every thought, word and deed, the list of things under each heading is long but very much worth attending to. See which of the following applies to you.

Chopra: Reinventing the brain is closer than you think

How to inspire your brain

Take care of stress. Avoid dulling routine. Do something creative every day. Read poetry, spiritual material or anything else that makes you feel uplifted. Take time to be in nature. Bond with another person who is heartwarming. Pay attention to being happy. Make sure you take time every day by yourself to relax, meditate and self-reflect. Deal with negative emotions like anger and anxiety. Focus on activity that makes you feel fulfilled. Give of yourself. Follow a personal vision. Attach yourself to a cause that is bigger than you are. Take the risk to love and be loved.

How to ignore your brain

Get set in your ways. Don't look beyond your opinions, likes and dislikes. Isolate yourself from others. Take relationships for granted. Reconcile yourself to going downhill as you age. Look upon the past as the best time of your life. Forget about having ideals. Act on selfish impulses. Don't examine what makes you tick. Give in to anger and anxiety. Let life take care of itself. Go along to get along. Assume that you are automatically right. Avoid anything new or challenging. Put up with stress. Take no emotional risks. Distract yourself with mindless diversions like watching sports for hours on end.

The difference between these two lists is pretty stark. In one case, you are approaching the brain as if it had great untapped potential. In the other, you assume that the brain runs on automatic pilot.

It is undeniable that the brain is endlessly adaptable. It turns into whatever you expect it to be. So how you relate to your brain is never passive; you are always instructing it to function in a certain way. Thus the whole package of beliefs, expectations, likes and dislikes that you hold inside are creating change -- or blocking it -- at the level of brain circuitry.

Needless to say, it's better to inspire your brain than to ignore it. Potential is a terrible thing to waste.

The first step in forming a better relationship with your brain is to realize that you have a relationship. Once you realize this, you can choose to pay attention to the relationship and nurture it. You are in on a secret that escapes countless people. Take advantage of it.

How to Tell Your Story in Job Interviews

How to Tell Your Story in Job Interviews.

Alan Carniol

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Alan Carniol is the Founder of InterviewSuccessFormula.com, an online training program that helps job seekers deliver powerful answers that prove why they are the right person for the job. Follow Alan and Interview Success Formula on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Imagine sitting in a job interview. You're already nervous. You know you have something to contribute. You really admire the company. However, when the interviewer asks you to tell them about yourself, you buckle. You realize telling your story in person is quite difficult. You stumble or forget the most important pieces of your personal story, potentially damaging your interview experience. Now what?

We create stories about ourselves in mere minutes online in social profiles or blog "about" pages. Why is it so hard to tell the same story in person? Perhaps the solution is to merge your two stories, your online self and offline self, together in order to optimize your image. The following are a few tips that can help you to craft a compelling personal story for job interviews.

Your Two Stories

According to Rafe Gomez, author of What's In It For Me: A Powerful New Interview Strategy to Get Hired In Today's Challenging Economy, the trick is to create validations.

"The online story — blog posts, articles, etc. — should validate the assertions and promises made in the offline story — resume — if you're seeking to leave a positive and memorable impression in a job interview. For instance, if you're presenting yourself in interviews as being an experienced sales executive who has delivered results for your employers, your online story should support this assertion,” Gomez says.

Further, blending the two stories will back up any career history claims you've made during the interview. "Online mentions of, references about, or discussion of your accomplishments will serve to legitimize your offline claims, and make it indisputable that you could be an invaluable addition to your interviewer's organization.”

Consistency

According to TheLadders job search expert Amanda Augustine, making the two as similar as possible can make telling your story more interesting.

"Your online presence and interview responses give you a chance to provide more color to your career history. You can go into more detail and really show your passion for a particular industry or company in ways that aren't possible in a resume. However, the bottom line is that both stories should be similarly positioned,” Augustine says.

Look at your interview story as a way to "sell" your accomplishments, strengths and motivations to the interviewer. By doing so, you clearly show why you're worthy of the position.

"Remember that as a job seeker, you must develop a personal advertising campaign to tell prospective employers and recruiters what you're great at and passionate about, and how that's of value to an organization. Your online presence, resume, and how you pitch yourself during networking events and interviews are all components of this campaign. Each of these components needs to tell one consistent story to build a strong personal brand,” Augustine explains.

Be Sure Your Story Checks Out

A recent JobVite survey indicated nearly four out of five hiring managers and recruiters check candidates' social profiles. It's possible you will be researched online before your interview. If your offline story does not match your online one, the interviewer may challenge you.

"Before an interview, make sure you Google your name so you know what any recruiter or hiring manager will see when they search for you (and trust me, they will). If any damaging results show up, now you have a chance to try and remove them or at least prepare a response for the interview. The worst thing you can do is look surprised or taken off guard when an interviewer challenges your story based on something they found online," says Augustine.

It's also important to spin the conversation back to your accomplishments if things start to go sour. According to George Dutch of JobJoy, flush out concern by asking what caught their attention and if they have any specific concerns about your capabilities.

"Understanding the interview as a risk assessment exercise helps you respond appropriately to these kinds of challenges. It's not personal — they don't know you — it's them doing their due diligence," Dutch says.

Creating your interview story in a digital era means more than telling the interviewer about yourself. Merge your online and offline stories to create a more cohesive story. Doing so helps the interviewer understand why you're right for the job.

What do you think? What are some other ways to create your interview story in a digital era?

6 Ways to Stand Out During Your Job Search in 2013

A new year is often seen as an opportunity for personal growth and rebuilding — establishing a list of resolutions to benefit yourself, and fighting against all odds to stick to it. The struggles from the past year begin to feel as if they were miles away, and you can finally move ahead toward greater things.

For those individuals in hot pursuit of employment, the new year is the perfect time to reinvent your job search. While the previous year may have left you exhausted and frustrated, the changing of the calendar can provide a chance to reflect, and ultimately develop new more powerful strategies.

With 47& of Indian businesses planning to hire new workers in the first three months of 2013, job seekers should be prepared to go the extra mile when it comes to standing out to potential employers. This means tossing out your generic resume, strengthening your networking and getting a little creative.

1. Go Niche 

If your previous job search relied solely on the general job market or big name job boards, it might be time to take advantage of your niche. This simply means placing a strong focus on searching for a job within your specialized industry while emphasizing your unique personal qualifications.

There are many ways to "go niche" — all of which will play a beneficial role in your attempt to stand out to hiring managers and recruiters. First, embark on a search to find niche job boards specifically dedicated to your industry and regional job boards for your area. These sites will give you access to a plethora of job listings that don't make it to larger job boards, smaller applicant pools (less competition!), and the potential to build direct connections with the people who will be hiring you. Then, begin completely immersing yourself in your niche to build resonance with those who matter most — attend industry networking events and get active on industry social forums.

2. Get Creative

The current job climate makes standing out a necessity. The monotony of the job search may have left you drained of your creativity, but it's important to place a high focus on looking for new ways to impress your potential employers in 2013. And this doesn't mean attaching your resume to a box of chocolate and having it hand-delivered to the hiring manager.

Being a creative job seeker has little to do with working in a creative field. So, even if you don't consider yourself to be "creative," you can start by getting inspired by the success stories of other job seekers who got hired by implementing creative methods.

There's certainly no set standard on how to go about this, but keep in mind that you want to go above and beyond to be noticed by your potential employer and showcase yourself as being the perfect candidate for the position. This may mean developing a video or multimedia resume or creating an infographic — do whatever it takes to give potential employers the unique opportunity to experience why you're better than the rest.

3. Upgrade Your Skills

Unemployment can often leave you feeling stagnant when it comes to your on-the-job skills. Your 2013 job search depends on a strong skill set to set you apart from other candidates.

Look for ways to keep your valuable skills in check while you seek employment. Many job seekers take on freelance opportunities, volunteer their skills to charities or work with causes they're passionate about. Your job search might even be the perfect time to focus on building new skills. Consider taking some online courses, participating in webinars, or attending conferences.

4. Match Your Culture to a Company

Exploring the cultures of the companies you're interested in should be at the top of your list when searching for a job. If you missed this key element in your 2012 job search, 2013 is the perfect time to implement it. Truly understanding your personal values and how those relate to the culture of the company you're applying for is an easy way to set yourself apart from other candidates. If you are certain one culture is the perfect match, express that and let it fuel you throughout the hiring process.

5. Utilize Your Networks

Online or off, strong networks are key to a successful job search. Use the new year as an excuse to get in touch with all of your connections. Send out handwritten notes, or email to check in with acquaintances and old coworkers to see how they're doing and what they're working on. Seek out new ways to utilize your network by putting effort into developing relationships with the connections you already have, as well as gaining new ones.

Turn over a new leaf in 2013 by pushing your job search in a direction that leaves hiring managers unable to move past you.

6. Do JObHONChOS
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So....How do you plan to stand out during your job search in 2013?

Top 5 Computer Hackers Ever

1. Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick is a most famous hacker. He is the author of two books The Art of Deception & The Art of Intrusion. He damaged some Communication networks like Nokia, Motorola and Sun Microsystem etc. Kevin Mitnick has damaged DEC systems source code [Digital Equipment Corporation has spent around $160,000 in cleanup the DEC systems].  To to win a bet he occupied administration privileges to IBM Computers at the Computer Learning center in LA [Los Angeles] .


2. Adrian Lamo

Adrian Lamo is a Grey Hat Hacker. Using his hacking skill he hacked many computer networks like The New York Time, Yahoo, Microsoft .


3. Gary Mckinnon

Gary Mckinnon is a Biggest Military Computer Hacker of all time. In one interview Gary Mckinnon said "Hacked into US military computer systems looking for information about UFO's". He Broken security systems of NASA and Pentagon And using his hacking skill he hacked 97 Computer systems [It damaged around $700,000 to the society].
Source: BBC News

4. Robert Tappan Morris

Robert Tappan Morris is Created the first Computer worm on the Internet in 1988 and named it as Morris Worm. Robert Tappan Morris now working as Professor at MIT CS and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

5. Jonathan James

Jonathan James is an American hacker. He damaged NASA Systems, It costed $41,000 to fix the systems. 
Jonathan stealed software from NASA It was worth $1.7 Million..

BOOK REVIEW “The Art of Intrusion” written by the BEST HACKER in the world.

Introduction
On my trip through the United States I bought the mentioned book as a relaxed reading during the flight back home. This book review shall giv you a short insight into the contents and what you can get out of it.

Contents
The book mainly collects stories told by former hackers. Most of them wanted to be anonymous, because their doings would be a crime even these days.

The book starts with a story called “Hacking the Casinos for a Million Bucks”. This story is about some guys reverse engineering a slot machine in the old casino-days – very entertaining. They explain how they've reverse engineered the firmware of one of the slot machines. The story reminds you on several movies shown in cinemas during the past few years. Very interesting.

Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick is a most famous hacker. He is the author of two books The Art of Deception & The Art of Intrusion. He damaged some Communication networks like Nokia, Motorola and Sun Microsystem etc. Kevin Mitnick has damaged DEC systems source code [Digital Equipment Corporation has spent around $160,000 in cleanup the DEC systems].  To to win a bet he occupied administration privileges to IBM Computers at the Computer Learning center in LA [Los Angeles] .

Another really good story you’ll find in chapter eight: “Your Intellectual Property Isn't Safe”. The story is about a hacker trying to steal intellectual property from a company. At the end, it took the guy two years to reach his goal. One lesson I've learned from this story is: Hackers will find it – always. Hackers have all the time of the world. If there is a weakness in your IT environment, they’ll find it for sure. It is only a matter of time. So beware and secure your environment. It is by far harder to protect an IT environment against all possible vulnerabilities, than attacking an environment and find just one vulnerability or weakness to get in. The hacker clearly has an advantage. You’ll never be sure.

Chapter ten also covers a very good story about “Social Engineering”. A hacker methodology used very often these days. Social Engineering is always about the weakest part of IT Security – the human being. You can learn a lot about Social Engineering for sure.

Recommendation
This book helps you understand the way hackers think. If you want to protect an IT environment against hackers, you’ll have to understand how they work, how they behave. Hackers are really creative people. Kevin, as a former hacker, did a very good job in collecting stories all around his network and created a book that is very enlightening.. 

Top Three Mistakes That Could Keep You Unemployed

As an experienced career coach and resume writer, I would rate the following four factors as being critical in determining the success of any job search campaign: Demand-supply dynamics, a candidate’s background, quality of resume, and job search strategies.

With this introduction, I rate the following job search mistakes as being unequivocally disastrous:

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The “I-hunt-from-my-recliner” strategy

Don’t get me wrong. I love my recliner, but I liken any passive job search campaign to the “I-hunt-from-my-recliner” strategy. A job seeker who does not incorporate active networking into his portfolio of job search strategies is, most likely, a passive job seeker.

Making “connections” is the key to securing valuable face time with hiring managers. From career fairs to networking tools offered by online job boards, there is absolutely no scarcity of networking avenues for a serious job seeker.

My friend just found a job, his resume will work for me

As a part of my free resume evaluation service, I review thousands of resumes and often come across needless “resume fluff,” verbiage that does nothing more than fill, nay waste, resume space with hyperbolic adjectives. Copying portions of someone else’s resume or simply pasting content from online resume samples will not produce results.

Viewed from a hiring manager’s perspective, that is simply “lazy writing”. You might as well put your resume in a bottle and hope that someone at the other end of the shore will pick it up and call you.

Powerful accomplishments, career stories, branding statements, and other cutting-edge resume writing strategies could transform an ordinary resume into a masterpiece, one that positions you as the perfect solution for the employer’s needs. In fact, in today’s cut-throat environment, your resume must be so powerful and compelling that the hiring manager must start day-dreaming about having you as the next employee.

If you don’t measure results, you are wasting your time

Analytics are not just for businesses. Every time you post your resume, make a determined effort to track and measure results. How many views did your resume generate? How many calls did you receive? Which strategy is producing the best result? Which version of your resume do employers find more appealing? How many hours did you spend on your job search? How many calls did you make? Get the point. Track your job search activities meticulously and make appropriate changes as you move forward.

It is imperative that you assess, reassess, tweak, and perfect your job search campaign dynamically. While you may not be able to control market dynamics, there are several areas that are absolutely within your direct control.

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