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Optimize Your IQ and Fulfill Your Vision

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.” --- Buddha


I love this quote attributed to Buddha. This is so true and I've experienced it, seen it, and worked with many of my students to better understand it.


Last week I challenged readers to transform their lives, to stop making New Year resolutions they wouldn’t keep, and to “change the way you think and act, develop positive habits to get positive results in your life.”

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Go back to Buddha...’we are what we think’. Everything starts with a thought, be it positive or negative, and can become reality if you choose so. Yes, choice is involved here. You choose to make a decision, follow an action, create a habit, and live with the results.


Thinking and optimizing your IQ or Intellectual Qualities is the beginning of the process. 

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Gotcha! You’re probably thinking about the other IQ or Intelligence Quotient and wondering how can I optimize this. We are born with the IQ I’m referring to. My IQ at birth was the same as your IQ. We all have the same abilities and resources as the most successful people...the difference comes in how we develop and put our IQ to work to achieve our Worthy Ideal.


Intellectual Qualities are:

  • The ability to pursue a Worthy Ideal (Patch, Jan. 14, 2013)

  • Intuition

  • Open-mindedness

  • Optimism

  • Desire and Passion

  • Commitment

  • Belief

  • Vision


  • Stop making resolutions. Optimize your IQ. THINK! Change your thoughts and make them positive. Develop positive habits to ACHIEVE your Worthy Ideal, fulfill your vision, and transform your life.


    “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” --- Albert Einstein


    Thank you for this opportunity to serve you.


    Master Chris Berlow, 6th Dan


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