OK - so fatty acids are in the news again, do they work? Now if I was being commercial I would be playing down fatty acids - but I’m not, and the truth is they do seem to work for some people. You must also remember that they are much easier than doing an exercise programme. Popping a capsule in your mouth is far quicker and easier to find time for than spending five minutes doing exercises.
It’s all a question of what you have got time for and how important it is to help your child (or yourself even) to achieve your full potential. The nice thing about fatty acids is that many people do get some benefits - the nice thing about our programme is that virtually everyone who completes it gets very large benefits. When you are working with the potential of the brain, as we do, it is fun being very thorough with the process so that you know at the end of it you are pretty likely to be squeezing all of the potential possible.
There is a downside to fatty acids that is not often talked about - when you stop taking them you generally go back to being the way you were. At least that is what I was told by one of the leading researchers into fatty acids. She explained that her own son got great benefit for several years until he stopped taking them - he then gradually, over a period of months, went back to the way he used to be. That was disappointing.
By contrast the upside in what the Dore proramme does is that we do put the kind of wiring in that you create when you learn to ride your bike - having learnt you never need to learn again! In fact I probably didn’t ride a bike for at least 20 years and took the opportunity one day (something to do with steadily increasing waistlines!) and I discovered I jumped on the bike and the automatised process was just as good then as the last time I rode.
So take your choice - a quick fix that will do some good or 10 minutes twice a day for approximately one year with the likelihood of great benefits and lasting results. Many will choose to take fatty acids - and on a busy day I can see why.
Tuesday 13 March 2007
Friday 2 March 2007
Long term effects of the Dore Programme....
A South African visitor recently asked to meet some of our early ‘guinea pig’ clients so we set up a dinner and invited along a few of our early research clients from six years ago. Please bear in mind I am used to meeting clients who have completed our programme and are absolutely delighted - but that didn’t prepare me for what I was about to experience.
All five who came to the dinner had had their school life completely transformed. At the time of going through the programme three, who were in their early teens, had been told that they were unlikely to achieve many, if any, GCSEs at 16. The first shock was that all three of them are now at university - the eldest being in her final year and expecting to achieve a First Class Honours Degree. The other two were studying Law and Sports Science. In every case this was way beyond their wildest dreams six year’s ago.
The next shock I got was regarding their sporting achievements. Out of the five there four of them had shown no interest in sport at the time of going through the programme. The fifth was performing well in her chosen sport. But now - two of them are champions at National level in their sport, two others are competing in sports at National level and the fifth is playing County Level cricket! It all goes to show that when you increase the brain’s ability to automatize skills it doesn’t just help you in your school work!
So during the dinner the hair on the back of my neck was standing on end! Don’t worry - I soon came down to earth. As I walked back into the office I faced a letter from a professor saying that the programme didn’t work. Why oh why don’t some of these researchers get out of their ivory towers and talk to the people who matter, the people who were suffering from all sorts of learning issues whose lives have been dramatically helped.
So - does this story give you a clue about some very exciting things we are working with sport? I will tell you soon but I can’t just yet because if I did I would have to ……..…………………….
All five who came to the dinner had had their school life completely transformed. At the time of going through the programme three, who were in their early teens, had been told that they were unlikely to achieve many, if any, GCSEs at 16. The first shock was that all three of them are now at university - the eldest being in her final year and expecting to achieve a First Class Honours Degree. The other two were studying Law and Sports Science. In every case this was way beyond their wildest dreams six year’s ago.
The next shock I got was regarding their sporting achievements. Out of the five there four of them had shown no interest in sport at the time of going through the programme. The fifth was performing well in her chosen sport. But now - two of them are champions at National level in their sport, two others are competing in sports at National level and the fifth is playing County Level cricket! It all goes to show that when you increase the brain’s ability to automatize skills it doesn’t just help you in your school work!
So during the dinner the hair on the back of my neck was standing on end! Don’t worry - I soon came down to earth. As I walked back into the office I faced a letter from a professor saying that the programme didn’t work. Why oh why don’t some of these researchers get out of their ivory towers and talk to the people who matter, the people who were suffering from all sorts of learning issues whose lives have been dramatically helped.
So - does this story give you a clue about some very exciting things we are working with sport? I will tell you soon but I can’t just yet because if I did I would have to ……..…………………….
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