8 tips for keeping and developing a winning brain
- SELF-AWARENESS Train yourself to interpret other people’s gestures by watching scenes from a movie on mute. Then watch the scene with sound, to see how you fared. You can improve this skill over time.
- MOTIVATION If you procrastinate, make large tasks more manageable by breaking them down into parts.
- FOCUS If something’s not coming to you despite your best efforts, try relaxing and letting the brain work on autopilot.
- EMOTIONAL BALANCE Practice managing your emotions by changing your perspective of a situation. If you think of a highly emotional event as a challenge rather than a problem, you can stay calmer.
- MEMORY Edit your brain. Recognize and consciously purge useless information. Imagine sweeping it away, so you can concentrate on more useful data.
- RESILIENCE When you’re in a tough spot, think of a “resilience role model” a parent, a teacher or mentor, and ask yourself what they would do in your situation.
- ADAPTABILITY Try a few minutes of meditation a day to calm your thoughts. Studies show “regular yoga and meditation can increase cortical thickness in as little as eight weeks.”
- BRAIN CARE Research suggests that 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, three times a week, can help strengthen your mind.
Mark Fenske and Jeff Brown
David Anderson
Okanagan Training Solutions
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