I learned this adage at my primary school in sporting lessons as Atatürk's one the most famous sayings. But I encountered afterwards in many other older books than Atatürk's era realizing that he just repated it in various occasions while it became like one of his aphorismas.I remember to encounter it ,in Grigory Petrow "The Land of White Lilies" than I realized that this adage was quite older than his age. Now that I encounter its Latin version than there is a good probability to be dated to Roman era..
My parents had chosen St-Joseph as a secondary school for me. Most of the teachers were French priests. The most part of the education was in French obviously... Although it can be accepted now as old fashion the education was marvellous with a lot memorization .The directorate was sending reports every week, we had exams every day. There was an intense follow up to all parents. But almost a half a century before sporting was very important in this school. The first day and the first lesson was creating volleyball teams . We kept on playing all the time in all breakes.Almost there was no way to escape learning and practicing.
Although I was not very good at school I learned to play tennis afterwards and keep playing joyfully.
Cycling and swimming also are my favorites to exercise. Although I agree on the importance of excersizing I have never been fan of watching matches on TV.
Last year with the recommendation I got of a friend I read the book named "FEELING GOOD" of David Burns who is giving the details of psychology and many kind of disorders. Than after I learned that some characteristic traits like to be shy or over excited are just psycological disruptions. My view to the life changed . Now I am thinking that the most important thing in life is to keep you psychology at the best possible state and level. Only after you can have a fulfilling life.
Psychology must be taught in schools intentionnally and we must be aware of our feelings all the time and in case of any kind of disruptions we have to find a way to heal and prevent depressions and advanced sicknesses by the intervention of specialists...
I am thinking that if you are not in full concious of your feelings and thinking healthily your body will reflect . For instance an obese person is not someone who eats a lot, we must suspect of his or her psychological state as well.. The same may apply for heavy smokers too..
Avram Aji
11.07.2020
Sunday, 12 July 2020
AMAZING MINDS
In my lifetime I came across with few persons with amazing minds which I admired all my life. I am reading the book PEAK of Anders Erricsson where he made a deep research about very cleaver persons and also organized experiments whether an advance skill can be obtained by intentional practice.
First I would like to tell you about the persons that I met personally with extraordinary minds.
Charli is a school friend of mine . He was a year ahead of me . He used to play guitar and sing quite well although music remained just as a hobby all his life. He still can play and sing you long hours without any kind of paper and notes in front. He is able to memorize all the lyrics , chords and the tones of the songs he likes.
Surely he is putting some efforts to learn it by heart but afterwards he is unbelievable.
My wife used to work in a bank. She had such a good memory that
all the clients and their accounts were in her mind all the time. One day she had a phone call from a distant branch in a different city of his bank . A client of her was requesting to retrieve an important amount of money through this branch. My wife immediately started to describe on the phone the traits of her client. Sure the applicant was not him but a swindler and his ID was fake. He was captured and sent to jail.
I joined a trekking group by the intervention of a good friend of my. Izmir is surrounded by many mountains ranging from 1500 to 2500 m high. Even we were doing the same route to the same peak I was never aware of the direction we had to take while the the guide in front was like wandering in the center of a city. The map and compass was embedded in his mind.
Avram Aji
12.07.2020
First I would like to tell you about the persons that I met personally with extraordinary minds.
Charli is a school friend of mine . He was a year ahead of me . He used to play guitar and sing quite well although music remained just as a hobby all his life. He still can play and sing you long hours without any kind of paper and notes in front. He is able to memorize all the lyrics , chords and the tones of the songs he likes.
Surely he is putting some efforts to learn it by heart but afterwards he is unbelievable.
My wife used to work in a bank. She had such a good memory that
all the clients and their accounts were in her mind all the time. One day she had a phone call from a distant branch in a different city of his bank . A client of her was requesting to retrieve an important amount of money through this branch. My wife immediately started to describe on the phone the traits of her client. Sure the applicant was not him but a swindler and his ID was fake. He was captured and sent to jail.
I joined a trekking group by the intervention of a good friend of my. Izmir is surrounded by many mountains ranging from 1500 to 2500 m high. Even we were doing the same route to the same peak I was never aware of the direction we had to take while the the guide in front was like wandering in the center of a city. The map and compass was embedded in his mind.
Avram Aji
12.07.2020
My wife and I were dining at a fancy restaurant in Izmir when a group of youngsters arrived and sat just across from our table. There were ten of them. After a while, the waiter came to take their orders. These ten individuals separately ordered different menus and drinks. The waiter simply listened without taking the tiniest note. I remained quite puzzled and finally dared to ask our waiter how he was able to instantly memorize the orders of ten different people. He replied, "This waiter is exceptionally skilled at memorization."
20.09.2023
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