By studying SPECT brain scans, Dr Daniel Amen has concluded that ADD/ADHD comes in six variations. This understanding is very crucial to managing ADD/ADHD because a protocol for one variation may be counter productive for another. Based on his understanding, he had devised a wonderful questionnaire for quick and dirty assessment of these variations. The questionnaire was published in his wonderful book Healing ADD and I had built a spread sheet out of it here:
People who have faced one or more periods of intense stress end up with their adrenal glands ‘burnt’. As a result, they may become anxiety prone, put on weight, get clouded thinking, become prone to skin rashes and allergies/asthma, fall sick often, have low blood pressure, have frequent head aches, dark circles around the eyes, etc. When adrenal glands are damaged, production of a hormone called DHEA will suffer. Since DHEA is a precursor to many sex hormone, adrenal fatigue will also tell on libido, energy and vitality of the affected person.
Dr. James Willson, an authority in management of adrenal fatigue, had designed a wonderful questionnaire to diagnose the damages. The questionnaire is not copy righted and I had built an spread sheet out of it here:
I had been following developments in the anti-aging industry from mid 90′s. During this period, me and my friends have extensively used an assessment tool for obtaining a quick and dirty hormone profile. The questionnaire was designed by Dr. Thierry Hertoghe, one of the leading international experts in anti-aging primarily. His specialty is hormone balancing and the questionnaire was published in his excellent book titled The Hormone Solution, written for the lay press. His other book, titled Hormone Handbook is defacto reference for anti-aging professionals all over the world.
I’ve made a spread sheet out of this questionnaire here:
[Added on 06 Oct 2010] In the same book, there is also an excellent collection of Hormone Imbalance symptoms. I’ve made a Mind Map containing the information.
Click here “Dr. Hertoghe’s Hormone Imbalance Symptoms” Mind Map
I gave an 18m talk at TEDx Trichy 2010 on 19th September, 2010.
The talk was about a special type of brian that is slightly deficient in some key brain chemicals (called neurotransmitters). The owner of this brain keeps looking for ways to top up deficient chemicals.
Some of the ways this expresses are physical movement; risk taking; day dreaming; novelty seeking; being or perfectionism. Most of these people are spontaneous to the point of being called impulsive.
When these traits combine constructively, the person gets primed for greatness. Alternatively, the traits may also combine (or recombine) to deliver a liability.
More details are in these slides:
About an year ago, I was toying around with taking my land surveying services to the retail market ($100~$2,000). As part of the exercise, we had created a new brand and identity, carried out a pilot marketing program and then aborted it as unviable (at least in the present context).
As part of the process, I had generated a couple of mind maps. One is for lead generation and another is for lead conversion. They are both based on Bradley Sugar’s Instant Business series. The maps are general in nature and are not specific to my business. I value them very high. Anytime in the future if I decide to try any retail exercise, I’ll refer back to these maps.
I’ve uploaded both the maps at There’s a map for that: Map for Lead Generation & Map for Lead Conversion