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mvz;mmooM“av,mmtm f FREE || FREE ; SUPER OPTICAL J _ Ask about our mix and match _ 4 J combination of glasses and contact § 1 lenses. Complete details in store. 1 I Expires: June 26, 1993 I If you persist in this mental creative "warmâ€"up" every day, you will find ideas popping into your head during. the day when you least expect them. When they do, be sure to write them down. (Geoff Fellows operates the Human Resource Development Institute P.O. Box 22077 Cambridge, N1R 8E3, Tel. 623â€"0283, providing effectiveness training for business and industry.) So if you want to crank up your idea machine, here is the way to go about it. It is a simple mental exercise that you should regard in the same way as if you had decided to: do some bodyâ€"building. Find yourself 15 minutes during the day when you can be undisturbed. (How about getting up before the others?) All you need is pencil and paper. Now, write down all the ways you can think of to improve the way you do things, both big and small. Don‘t expect too much in the way of good ideas. Remember this is just an exerâ€" cise. Try and get as many ideas as possible without passing judgment on them. Well, of course, opportunity does not pass by at all, it abounds all around us; it simply exists all the time and it is up to us to recognize it and grab hold of it, and this calls for an attitude of cheerful expectancy. Aristotle told us that we find what we expect. There‘s no magic in this â€" it just depends on your mental attitude; so check yourself, do you perceive the glass as halfâ€"full or halfâ€" empty? That will tell you whether opportunity will stare you in the face, unrecognized. Just as one good idea can transform your life for the better, it can increase our rewards a thousand fold. When you reflect that everything produced by humankind was first an idea in one person‘s mind, from a hotâ€"dog stand to the CN Tower; from a Wick‘s cartoon to an opera, they are all ideas in tangiâ€" ble form. This was horrifying to contemplate. What if it came when I was asleep? Or when I was blinking my eyes, or looking the other way? Or worse still, what if it had already gone by â€" before I even knew it passed only once? Here‘s an idea for you that can double, triple, even quadruâ€" ple your income. In fact you could run it up as high as you like. And for those that do not care that much about money, it can be applied to anything else you wish to accomplish. The experts say that most people are using only about 10 per cent of our mental ability. That being so, if you are a selfâ€" made person, everything you have affecting your lifestyle may be said to have resulted from the way you used your mental wear and every penny you spend and save, came from the extent of your mental capacity. Now, if the experts are right and you have been using only 10 per cent of your mental, you can double everything you are getting by merely using 20 per cent, just oneâ€"fifth of what you are capable of! How often do you actually spend time trying to think of ways in which you can make better use of your time, ability and talents? These represent your capital, and how you invest them will determine your return. Letting a day go by without trying to think of new and betâ€" ter ways of performing the things you do, is the same as throwing money away. I remember as a kid, being told by some uninformed person that "opportunity knocks but once," and you have to be ready when it comes. 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You could hop on a one foot, push a friend in a wheelâ€" _ | . barrow, or even crawl on your E_ hands and knees. ; In fact, orgariizers of the "Anyâ€" "4 Whichâ€"Wayâ€"Youâ€"Canâ€"Athon" don‘t / care how participants make the $ 10â€"km trek through Kitchenerâ€" 3 Waterloo June 27, as long as they do. w Coâ€"organized by Core Literacy of / WamlooRep'onmdtheumrK $ Council of Kitchenerâ€"Waterl00, E* Anyâ€"Whichâ€"Wayâ€"Youâ€"Canâ€"Athon 1 nizations meet increasing z demands for literacy training. Since government funding to £ both organizations has been cut back, potential students of oneâ€"toâ€" one tutoring and small group literâ€" . | acy programs are faced with waiting lists. In some cases, stuâ€" dents wait up to six months before _ | their training begins. i . In an effort to offset funding §4 shortfalls, Core Literacy of Waterâ€" _ . _ loo Region and the Literacy Counâ€" . cil of Kâ€"W have come together for _ _ the first time to raise funds for the .. * "It‘s not very common to see two . B together, but, hopefully, it will disâ€" _ pel the myths that we‘re out there _ _ in competition, fighting over e funds," says Jane Tuer of the Litâ€" _ appr eracy Council of Kâ€"W. "I hope it phon will show that we‘re trying to work _ instr similar in nature, each has a speâ€" cial mandate, and offers services Core Literacy of Waterloo Region, while offering oneâ€"toâ€"one tutoring and small group sessions, typically works towards the speâ€" cific goals of individual students. A student, for example, may wish to acquire the necessary literâ€" acy skills for a certain job, to comâ€" plete secondary school, or read to his or her child. All Core Literacy programs are work on the materials and goals that are most important to them, at a pace and level they are comâ€" fortable with. Programs are offered in Kâ€"W, Cambridge, Elmira, New Hamburg, and at the Waterloo more structured, broadâ€"based Literacy groups Join forces to raise funds The Literacy Council offers a _1 91 King Street, N., Waterico @@®) EP 747â€"5657 "It‘s just a different approach," Tuer says. "If you sat down and talked with a teacher, you‘d hear that everybody learns in a differâ€" ent way. And we try to find the best route. If we have somebody that we think Core will better help, we send them there." Without funds raised in the comâ€" munity, some of the specialized programs offered by both organizaâ€" tions will fall by the wayside. At a time when unemployment statisâ€" tics continue to rise, Core Literacy executive director Doug Rankin approach, using the Laubach phonics approach to literacy As well as oneâ€"toâ€"one tutoring and small group session, the Literâ€" acy Council also offers English as a Second Language instruction feels the provincial government should be strengthening its supâ€" port of literacy training programs, rather than cutting funding. "People who are losing work are unable to even get a foot in the door anywhere without a Grade 12 ADDITIONAL $40° OFF *40° GAS REBATE We will rebate your $40.00 towards the purchase of your glasses and contact lenses at time of purchase only. hoped this year‘s joint effort will rain‘lfi,woâ€"g.?ooforeach organization. "That‘s our goal," Tuer says. "But I‘ll be happy with any amount we raise." > The Anyâ€"Whichâ€"Wayâ€"Youâ€"Canâ€" Athon begins and ends at Victoria ParkinKitduur.pufidpants can register at 12 p.m., prior to the event‘s 1 p.m. start. â€" education," Rankin says. "And employers are indicating that a Qradelzedmfionimtnewssar- gy@odm@.muwfmmy- ing is, ‘We want you to be able to read and write whatever we throw "Without literacy, it‘s going to be hard for us to rebuild the economy. And people need literacy skills in order to have a better life for themâ€" Core Literacy of Waterloo Region held a similar fundraising event last year which raised $4,000 for the organization. It‘s (Continued on page 15)