Hello dear viewers. I am back. Today i am not going to post about physical health anymore but only focusing about mental health.
You go to the gym to train your muscles.You run outside or go for hikes to train your endurance.Or maybe you do neither of those ,but still wish you exercised more. Well,here is how to train one of the most important parts of your body:brain.
When you train your brain, you will:
- Avoid embarrassing situations: you remember his face, but what was his name?
- Be a faster learner in all sorts of different skills: hello promotion, here I come!
- Avoid diseases that hit as you get older: no, thanks Alzheimer’s; you and I are not just a good fit.
So how do you train your brain to learn faster and remember more?
- WORK YOUR MEMORY
Twyla Tharp, a NYC-based renowned choreographer has
come up with the following memory workout: when she watches one of her
performances, she tries to remember the first twelve to fourteen
corrections she wants to discuss with her cast without writing them
down. If you think this is anything less than a feat, then think again.
In her book
The Creative Habit she says that most people cannot remember more than three.The
practice of both remembering events or things and then discussing them
with others has actually been supported by brain fitness studies. Memory
activities that engage all levels of brain operation—receiving,
remembering and thinking—help to improve the function of the brain.
Now, you may not have dancers to correct, but you may
be required to give feedback on a presentation, or your friends may ask
you what interesting things you saw at the museum. These are great
opportunities to practically train your brain by flexing your memory
muscles.
What is the simplest way to help yourself remember what you see? Repetition.
For example, say you just met someone new.
“Hi, my name is George”
Don’t just respond with, “Nice to meet you”. Instead, say, “Nice to meet you
George.” Got it? Good.
2. DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT REPEATEDLY
By actually doing something new over and over again,
your brain wires new pathways that help you do this new thing better and
faster.Think back to when you were three years
old. You surely were strong enough to hold a knife and a fork just fine.
Yet, when you were eating all by yourself, you were creating a mess. It
was not a matter of strength, you see. It was a matter of cultivating
more and better neural pathways that would help you eat by yourself just
like an adult does. And guess what? With enough repetition you made
that happen!
But how does this apply to your life right now?
Say
you are a procrastinator. The more you don’t procrastinate, the more
you teach your brain not to wait for the last minute to make things
happen.
Now, you might be thinking “Duh, if only not
procrastinating
could be that easy!” Well, it can be. By doing something really small,
that you wouldn’t normally do, but is in the direction of getting that
task done, you will start creating those new precious neural pathways.
So
if you have been postponing organizing your desk, just take one paper
and put in its right place. Or, you can go even smaller. Look at one
piece of paper and decide where to put it: Trash? Right cabinet? Another
room? Give it to someone?
You don’t actually need to clean up that paper; you only need to decide what you need to do with it.That’s
how small you can start. And yet, those neural pathways are still being
built. Gradually, you will transform yourself from a procrastinator to
an in-the-moment action taker.
3. LEARN SOMETHING NEW
It might sound obvious, but the more you use your
brain, the better its going to perform for you. For example, learning a
new instrument improves your skill of translating something you see
(sheet music) to something you actually do (playing the instrument).
Learning a new
language exposes your brain to a different way of thinking, a different way of expressing yourself.
You can even literally take it a
step further, and learn how to dance. Studies indicate that learning to dance helps seniors avoid Alzheimer’s. Not bad, huh?
4.FOLLOW A BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAM
The Internet world can help you improve your brain function while lazily
sitting on your couch. A clinically proven program like
BrainHQ can help you improve your memory, or think faster, by just following their brain training exercises.
5.WORK YOUR BODY
You knew this one was coming didn’t you? Yes indeed,
exercise does not just work your body; it also improves the fitness of
your brain.Even briefly exercising for 20 minutes
facilitates information processing and memory functions. But it’s not
just that–exercise actually helps your brain create those new neural
connections faster. You will learn faster, your alertness level will
increase, and you get all that by moving your body.
Now, if you are not already a regular exerciser, and already feel guilty
that you are not helping your brain by exercising more, try a brain
training exercise program like
Exercise Bliss.
Remember, just like we discussed in #2, by training your brain to do
something new repeatedly, you are actually changing yourself
permanently.
6.SPEND TIME WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.
If you want optimal cognitive abilities, then you’ve got to have meaningful
relationships
in your life. Talking with others and engaging with your loved ones
helps you think more clearly, and it can also lift your mood.
If you are an extrovert, this holds even more weight for you. At a class
at Stanford University, I learned that extroverts actually use talking
to other people as a way to understand and process their own thoughts.
I remember that the teacher told us that after a personality test said
she was an extrovert, she was surprised. She had always thought of
herself as an introvert. But then, she realized how much talking to
others helped her frame her own thoughts, so she accepted her new-found
status as an extrovert.
7.AVOID CROSSWORD PUZZLES.
Many of us, when we think of brain fitness, think of
crossword puzzles. And it’s true–crossword puzzles do improve our
fluency, yet studies show they are not enough by themselves. Are they
fun? Yes. Do they sharpen your brain? Not really.Of
course, if you are doing this for fun, then by all means go ahead. If
you are doing it for brain fitness, then you might want to choose
another activity
8.EAT RIGHT-and make sure dark chocolate is included
Foods like fish, fruits, and vegetables help your brain perform
optimally. Yet, you might not know that dark chocolate gives your brain a
good boost as well.
When you eat chocolate, your brain produces dopamine. And dopamine helps
you learn faster and remember better. Not to mention, chocolate
contains flavonols, antioxidants, which also improve your brain
functions. So next time you have something difficult to do, make sure
you grab a bite or two of
dark chocolate!
Now that you know how to train your brain, it’s
actually time to start doing. Don’t just consume this content and then
go on with your life as if nothing has changed. Put this knowledge into
action and become smarter than ever!
So devote 30 seconds and tell me in the comments: what are you going to do in the next three days to give your brain a boost?.
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