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They rely on it to build their confidence, their belief in their training and their own capabilities

That includes breathing exercises – like yoga, but not, he says – and sessions both with the psychologist and alone. “Also some visualizing,” he adds. “I try to visualize every possible situation – with wind, with fog, with people around me. Sometimes it stresses me when people are around me, when they pass me very fast.”

In this study, subjects were randomly assigned to view a picture of a woman or a picture of this same woman wearing a headscarf in the style of some Islamic women.

(First percentage: uncovered; second percentage: covered.) Age 36 or older: 15% vs. 30% Marital status is single: 59% vs. 25% Assuming woman is married, she is not working outside the home: 12% vs. 47% A good mother: 33% vs. 45% A devoted wife: 26% vs. 51% Lively: 60% vs. 40% Has a sense of humor: 61% vs. 37% Always looks on the bright side: 60% vs. 43% Might be the life of the party: 26% vs. 6% Sticks to a tight circle of people: 24% vs. 43% Keeps to herself: 8% vs. 22% Strict: 2% vs. 23%

Study confirms robust daydreaming and superior intelligence are connected.

while daydreaming, your thoughts are gliding and ricocheting all over the place--past, present, future--accessing all your stored knowledge, memories, experiences

Many brilliant individuals--from Einstein to Mozart--credit their imagination as the source of their creativity and genius.