Tip To Overcome Inertia & Start Studying

Understand the concept of “Initial Inertia”, use GungHo as a mental start gun and take one step at a time…

You are sitting at your desk or slouching in a comfortable chair with just one series of thoughts in your head: “I can’t study; I don’t want to study; I need to study; I really need to study; I just dread doing it.” Sound familiar?

What you are suffering from has been called “Initial Inertia”. Think of a pool ball sitting on the table. It just wants to keep sitting there. It is the old principle of physics: An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and resists efforts to move it. As humans we are subject to the some psychological equivalent of that law. The complement of the physical law is that an object in motion tends to stay in motion. Is there a psychological equivalent to that principle? I think there is. We experience it all the time. Once we get going on something, we find it easy to just keep going. Sometimes this urge is so great that it takes someone yelling, “Stop it!” to make us back off.

So, anyway, there you sit (or slouch), staring at the unopended book you have to read 65 pages out of by tomorrow. But you can’t seem to make an effort to do it. Your initial inertia is too much to overcome. It hurts to even think about it. And the anxiety grows:    ”Why, oh why, can’t I just do it?” Well, here’s the (relatively) painless solution I learned many years ago and which has saved me from many an educational disaster. It goes like this. You are going to do no more than what is possible, from moment to moment. Ask yourself, “What act is possible for me to do? Of all the actions required to successfully engage in studying, which one can I do?” If you are slouching, can you stand up? Yes, well then, do it. You are standing. Good job! Can you walk over to the desk? Yes, well then just do that much. When you are at the desk, ask yourself, “Can I sit down?” Maybe all you can do is look at the chair. Whatever it is that you can do, do that much. Eventually, through this process you will sitting in the chair looking at the unopened book on the table. You are overcoming the initial inertia, and it hasn’t been painful at all. The ball is beginning to move and the inertia is changing in your favor. If you need another push, grab a GungHo shot from your desk and take it. Look at the book. Can you open it. Good. Can you flip through some pages? Can you find the first page you are supposed to read? Can you read the first word on the page? The first sentence? The second sentence? How about a whole paragraph? Can you find a pencil? A notepad? Is there something in the paragraph you just read that you think you should note on the pad? Can you pick up the pencil and write just one word? Two? A sentence?

Now you get the idea. Pretty soon, you will find yourself studying the whole chapter and wondering how you got there. You have made inertia begin to work for you instead of against you through this process. You don’t need to tackle a big project all at once. Just pick the pieces that you CAN DO RIGHT NOW. Nothing more. And keep asking yourself the same question: what part can I do now? GungHo can help you not only get started, but t’ll also give you the improved mental clarity and energy you need; momentum to keep going and retain what you learn. Take a GungHo shot, get that book open and you will be able to study and stick at it.

Good luck in your educational endeavors!

New Research Study Says ADHD Has Doubled…But No Way Jose

“Can’t sit still? Take two Aderall and call me in the morning.”
This seems to be the attitude of a growing number of physicians in the United States.
Look around you. If you are a high school student, one out of very five of your classmates that you see has A.D.H.D. Maybe you do too. Do you have trouble paying attention, staying awake, staying focused, getting jittery, reading for more than a couple of hours at a time? Well, just tell your doctor, and, by golly, you too may have A.D.H.D. Just like that. Think I’m kidding? How else do you explain the fact that nearly one of five high school age boys in the United States have been medically diagnosed with A.D.H.D.? (according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released):

“There’s no way that one in five high-school boys has A.D.H.D.,” said  top A.D.H.D. researcher James Swanson, a professor of psychiatry at Florida International University (according to CNN). Nice sentiment, but it is just going to get worse. The Feds are getting set right now to relax the diagnostic standards even further — so that more people can have A.D.H.D.!

So are you feeling left out? Does Aderall and other A.D.H.D. meds give your classmates an advantage? Don’t we all have problems paying attention, staying awake, staying focused, getting jittery (from colas,etc.) and so forth? Are you impaired on account you you’re deprived?

Dr. Jerome Groopman of Harvard Medical School, said, “There’s a tremendous push where if the kid’s behavior is thought to be quote-unquote abnormal — if they’re not sitting quietly at their desk — that’s pathological. . .” I’ll tell you what’s sick: that attitude is sick.

Well look on the bright side. If you don’t take Aderall you won’t be tempted with abuse, with dependence, or other potential problems. But there’s more good news. According to a growing number of testimonials, GungHo, while not a drug, can help boost focus, without the side-effects or crash. The combination of active amounts of Cognizin, Ashwaganda, Eleuthero and Caffeine provides a balanced lift and actually feeds your brain; builds brain health! Don’t rush to get a prescription, or even worse, get focus drugs on the black market (dangerous). Try eating healthily, sleeping, exercising and when you need a lift, try GungHo.

Is improving productivity through caffeine consumption a wise or foolish practice? The answer may surprise you. This is a delusional proposition.

Productivity
Think about it. What does that word mean to you?
Higher scores? On games; on tests; on the court?
Does it mean remembering what you just learned? Or learning what you were just supposed to learn?
Does it mean having the energy to continue just one more hour, or minute, or day?
Perhaps it means fewer mistakes, calm nerves, less anxiety, greater mental capacity.
Is your focus wandering, even as you read this?
Productivity – the difference between success and failure.
Productivity – the Holy Grail of dominance.
Answer this: How do you improve productivity?
Was caffeine anywhere in your answer?
Is caffeine the key to productivity?
How foolish. Come on, don’t kid yourself. You and I have depended on caffeine for exactly this purpose for a very long time. And we continue to do so even though we know it will catch up with us; the price of our foolishness is a large case of the jitters, anxiety, nervousness, decreased accuracy and overall performance reduction, not improvement. In other words that which we thought would give us the advantage eventually turns to our disadvantage; we are hoisted with our own petard.
The time has come to end the foolishness.
We are not suggesting the demise of caffeine (why throw the baby out with the bath water?). But we are strongly recommending the ascension of GungHo to the prominence it deserves in the energy/focus shot market. Cognizin citicoline* for instance, is totally worthless in the tiny amounts (5-50mg) usually found in energy shots and drinks. But it is a marvelous partner with caffeine when incorporated at the level used in clinical studies (250mg), alongside proven herbs Ashwaganda and Eluthero, as done uniquely with GungHo. Balanced.
Like stripping away the husk of fresh picked corn to expose the inner sparkling kernels, Cognizin citicoline, coupled with these herbs peels away the outer layers of anxiety and jitters, rush and crash of caffeine, revealing the precious core or fatigue fighting alertness, mental and physical performance.
Caffeine for productivity?
Not so foolish after all.
When done right.
Don’t take our word for it.
Try GungHo.
Productivity advantages – within reach.

Productivity Tip: Managing your inbox efficiently

Here is the first of our new blog series to help you stay productive in school, work, and life.

Because email has become second nature to individuals and businesses, it can get chaotic. Thousands of emails stuffed in inboxes and spam folders are waiting for your response. Don’t avoid it; dive right in. Take back control of your email by using the Ohio principle and the 4 T’s.

The ‘OHIO’ in Ohio principle stands for ‘only handle it once.’ The Ohio principle means each email will get only one chance to catch your eye before the crucial decision. That is why each email should be examined carefully. The sender and subject will be vital in whether you will continue on with that email or not. To make this easier set aside some time each day to take of your emails. Not only will you remove some weight of your shoulders but you may make a few great impressions with your responsiveness and organization. With the mindset of only handling it once now its time to apply the 4 T’s to each email.

The four T’s are:

• Trash it
• Transfer it
• Tackle it
• Task it.

Emails that don’t catch your eye are automatically deleted from the inbox or spam folder and sent to the Trash bin. If the sender or subject catch your eye but the email message doesn’t it also qualifies for the Trash bin.

If the email isn’t yours or you want it moved to a different email address choose the Transfer option. Press the forward button to mail the information to the right person or email address. Then it can be deleted to the Trash bin or kept in a folder.

The emails that make it past those selections are the important messages. There are two choices on this: Tackle or Task. Tackle is where you read and reply to the email by getting the ball out of your court. Never do what I used to do and reply with a “I will look into and get back to you” It can be deleted afterward or placed in a folder.

Task it is when you send the message to Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Mail or other offline email client to tackle the email at a later time.

For people with tons of email to sort through it becomes difficult to navigate through all of them. Set a time to do this instead; you will get caught up. Once you get the hang of it becomes automatic. The 4 T’s method is a must for everyone using email for communication.

How Much Caffeine is in Energy Drinks – An Infographic

I have been seeing more and more reports about the health affects that energy drinks are having on society. However, many people are attributing these health affects to caffeine. Again, the problem is not with the caffeine as much as it is with the AMOUNT of caffeine and other ingredients used in the products. We posted an article about this late last year. It is a growing concern for us here at GungHo and we want to educate our Ninjas about the reality of it. We recently came across this really cool infographic that does a great job of putting this in perspective. Shameless plug: Unlike the typical energy shots and drinks, GungHo energy is not just a short-term stimulation from caffeine. It provides your brain with the safe, natural energy it needs to stay sharp. Enjoy!!!

Thanks to OnlineDegrees.org for this Graphic

3 Tips – How to Fact Check Your Energy Supplement Ingredients

Ninjas know how not to be trapped by marketing tricks. Here are three tips on how to review ingredients:

Tip #1: Beware The “Kitchen-Sink” – May Cause Dangerous Side-Effects

Possibly troublesome interactions may occur among compounds when they are combined in a capricious manner. Consuming such products may do more harm than good. Learn about the ingredients you see in the product. Surprisingly, this is not hard to do. There are many internet sources, but try to stick to the scientifically sound ones. Look up information on PubMed, for example. Don’t automatically believe the hype on manufacturer’s websites. Here’s a hint to speed up the process: Don’t waste your time reading about the dozens of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids you will see on the labels – unless you want to become a bona fide nutritionist. Here’s another hint: If you want to include all of those vitamins, etc., in your diet, don’t waste your money on energy shots – just eat a taco…

Tip #2: Are There Large Enough Amounts of Active Ingredients To Make The Claimed Impact?

Just because you see an ingredient on a label doesn’t mean it is in there in an amount necessary to impart a benefit. A company is not required to put anything in a product in an amount that works, and so, many companies don’t. Simple as that.

For the same money needed to put in 4 ingredients in physiologically active, balanced amounts, you can cram in 24 trace amounts of cheap, questionable, scientifically unsound or sometimes potentially harmful substances e.g., certain amino acids/proteins such as taurine, creatine, arginine-alphaketoglutarate, glutamine, etc., vitamins such as B6, B2, B1, pantothenic acid, B12, or so-called natural steroids e.g., tribulis, codonopsis, DHEA, ZMA, etc., in whatever concentrations will fit in your shot. No brainer! Sounds good to consumers who are not trained in physiology or brain health.

Identify the truly active ingredients; these are usually the ones that appear in the greatest concentration. If the manufacturer is proud of an ingredient, they will usually try to highlight it somehow. Also, if the product only has 3 or 4 active ingredients, you can be fairly sure that they are all important.

For example, Citicoline, an enormously important ingredient for cognitive health, iserg often found in products promising 5, 6 or 8 hours of energy. But they don’t contain enough of it to do any good whatsoever. It just looks nice. This is misleading. If a company tells you that they are the only one allowed to use active (proven effects) amounts of an ingredient, then you can be sure that the presence of that substance in other products is at less than active levels.

For instance, GungHo® is the only product in the energy/focus, drink/shot category with 250 mg of Cognizin® Citicoline in every shot. By contract we are the only product in this space allowed to use the effective amount (250mg) in every dose. Cognizin’ proprietary brand of citicoline was the ingredient used in almost every scientific study of citicoline where healthy adults showed improved focus – improvements in attentional tasks…at 250mg per day. If an energy shot “dusts” their product with just 5-50 mg of generic citicoline, then it saves money, and looks good on a label, but it will not work…and would you know the difference?

Tip # 3: Research the Company & “Doctors”: Independent Scientific Review or on Payroll?

Learn what you can about the company itself. Challenge them to reveal who formulated their products, and what their credentials are. If they profess to have a degree from a particular institution, query that university to see if it is legit. You may be surprised what you will find. If there is a quote from a doctor, is that doctor on their payroll or an owner in the company? Or is it a legitimate third party scientific peer review of the formula (as is the case with GungHo®). A scientist not affiliated with the company who is paid to do the review, has his credibility at stake and stands to make nothing from sales of the product. There is a huge difference!

Once you have followed these simple tips, we believe you will agree that GungHo’ patent-pending formula delivers an effective, balanced product. You will be surprised at the results achieved by combining active amounts of every ingredient in the product. No red-herrings and sound science. No “unbalanced” jolts, jitters or crash. Even a cursory review of the scientific literature (see PubMed) will convince of the value of the ingredients in GungHo. To “experience” the balanced energy and focus, you will have to try it. There is simply no other shot like it, nor can there be. The more you learn about energy metabolism, brain function and cellular health, the more we think you will agree with us that GungHo lives up to its claims and reputation [link to “Testimonials” page]. We hope you will go Gungho for GungHo.

The Right Way to Use Caffeine

How do they know what caffeine is supposed to do?
They don’t!
But we do. We have been studying it for over 2 dozen years.
They haven’t. So what do they do? They pour it on. More is better.
Forget about it. Do you feel the jolt?
Your brain does, that’s for sure. Let’s just scramble the neurons.
Sure, scrambled neurons will wake you up. Be like hitting a hive of bees with a stick!
Not good.
Crash goes the brain when the caffeine leaves. Piles up like a twisted slinky.
Not good.
Quit it, we say. Do it right, we say. Build up neuronal balance, we say. Don’t need jolt. Ninja hate crash. Ninja like focus.
How is that done?
By combining caffeine with other stuff that maintains, even enhances, neuron health.
It’s all about balance.
Plain ole caffeine can’t give it. A bunch of meaningless filler junk won’t give it.
We know how to do it?
We say: Wake up the slumbering brain, feed it balanced energy, gain more of what the brain is supposed to do: Focus. Clarity. Recall. Real brain power with all neural systems building and working together. ‘
It’s anti-jolt. It’s anti-crash. It’s the way it is supposed to be.
Balanced energy: It starts with just the right amount of caffeine plus just the right, proven effective amount of Cognizin Citicoline* , then the right, effective amounts of Ashwaganda and Eleuthero (herbs), which – working together – help maintain balanced neural function, steadily rising and expanding in warmth, comfort, potential and energy.
Ahhh, that feels good. As it should.
So we say, proper caffeine function is not achieved by a bunch of clowns playing with their circus toys.
It is about science. Lots of science. The kind we have.
So tell your friends about the GungHo challenge – feel the difference. You’ll get more done or your money back.
*GungHo is the only energy shot/drink-like product allowed to put effective amounts of Cognizin Citicoline in their products. You may see ineffective dusting of this substance on the labels of other products. Don’t be fooled. Others know it is good stuff, they just can’t put enough in their products to do any good. So they fake it.

Lady Ninjas Love Focus & Energy Without Jitters!

Some of our most vocal Ninjas are the ladies. Here’s why they go GungHo for GungHo…

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013focus/01energy/prweb10283173.htm 

Let me tell you why I hate Energy Shots…

3 Tips: How To Research an Energy or Focus Supplement

3 tips when you are looking into which energy or focus supplement to take:
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