Posts Tagged ‘mental’

Why “Just Do It” Just Doesn’t Do It for You

“Just do it!” “Do Something!” “Act now!” “Ready, Fire, Aim!” We are surrounded, on a day-to-day basis, by the exhortation to act. Hustle, hustle, hustle, get a move on, get going. Whether its a friend giving us advice or a multi-million dollar ad campaign, everyone seems to be telling us – in the vaguest way possible – to get off our butts and go do something. Any-thing. New research out of the University of

September 15 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: action, brain, doing, mental, motivation, priming, todo-list | 15 comments»

What Storytellers Can Teach You About How to Learn Faster

Storytelling is a demanding craft. Not only do you have to be able to write or perform the story accurately, you need to create vivid descriptions. Boring, complex or difficult to understand metaphors can turn an imaginative journey into a lifeless plot. You may not think of it deliberately, but learning is very similar to storytelling. You need to give yourself vivid, memorable and emotionally descriptions… Continue reading

January 3 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: brain, grades, holistic, improvement, learning, mental, metaphor, Productivity, study, thinking | 25 comments»

7 Stupid Thinking Errors You Probably Make

The brain isn’t a flawless piece of machinery. Although it is powerful and comes in an easy to carry container, it has it’s weaknesses. A field in psychology which studies these errors, known as biases. Although you can’t upgrade your mental hardware, noticing these biases can clue you into possible mistakes. How Bias Hurts You If you were in a canoe, you’d probably want to know about any… Continue reading

September 11 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: bias, brain, decide, heuristic, learn, Lifehack, logic, mental, study, think, thinking | 97 comments»

10 Ways to Conquer Boredom (and Feeling Too Busy)

Boredom and feeling too busy are the same problem. Some people might claim I’m being too ambitious trying to strike down chronic boredom and busyness at the same time. I’d argue that the only way to take them out is simultaneously. The problem stems from how you manage your attention. Both boredom and busyness stem from feeling there is a lack of quality in what is covering… Continue reading

September 10 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: boredom, busy, emotion, frustration, Lifehack, mental, Productivity, stress, time-management | 14 comments»

8 Ways to Exercise Your Brain

Studies show that brain exercise could help improving brain function, and slow down the mental decline, as the days go by. Dawn Sagario at DesMoinesRegister suggests 8 ways which you can do to keep your brain active and improve mental function:

Play head games.
Train your brain: Memory, Visualization, Reasoning
Prepare Taxes.
Build your "cognitive reserve".
Remember passwords.
Rethink your crossword puzzle.
Learn Language or Mechanical skill.
Exercise your Body.

You don't have to do them all… Continue reading

January 23 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: brain, health, Lifestyle, mental | 3 comments»

Book Review: The Creating Brain

A book review by Reg Adkins. The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius (2005, Dana Press), by Nancy C. Andreason. This book is not written for the technical reader. It has a conversational tone and does very little to address neuroscience as the title would lead you to believe. However, the book is a good place to start if you are looking for an examination of the relationship between creativity… Continue reading

September 13 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: book, brain, creativity, mental, review | 1 comment»

A.V. Squad Rocks!

If you pay much attention to media trends (Especially Oprah Winfry and Bill Gates who is king of the geeks) you'll notice a growing fervor concerning the state of education in America. They site falling test scores and dropping graduation rates as proof of their claims. Their solution...

more time in the class room
more classes in general
better textbooks
better teacher training programs
raise performance standards

Unfortunately they are wrong. In my opinion Jean Piaget (the late)… Continue reading

August 11 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: ability, action, children, mental, thinking | 6 comments»

Mental Health and Crisis Preparation?

Reg, at Elemental Truths, tells me that one out of five Americans is mentally ill, and he got a prove. It is a statistic coming from U.S. Public Health Services - so I bet other developed countries may have similar figures, if ones could provide similar extensive report. Quoted from Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General: The current prevalence estimate is that about 20 percent of the U.S… Continue reading

August 1 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: life, mental | 4 comments»

Breathe Away Stress

Sherry Roberts has a way to help you with your stress. It doesn't involve a pill, nor a vacation. In fact, you can do it simply by controlling your breathing. People give you strange looks when you tell them you spent your Saturday afternoon breathing. But that’s what I did. There were about 10 of us at the workshop on breathing at my local yoga center. We were all… Continue reading

May 20 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: breathing, howto, Lifehack, Lifestyle, mental, stress | no comments»

Mental State Called Flow

Psychologists believes there is a mental state called flow, which is a state of deep concentration. Within the flow, you will increase your productivity and more inspirations, however you usually need around 15 minutes on uninterrupted work to get into the flow state. Over at 43folders.com and C2.com, they has some good information on the Flow mental state. How do you get the flow at work? Read into it and… Continue reading

February 10 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: mental, Productivity | 1 comment»

How to be more productive

There is a good piece of article on how to be productive. Productivity is usually measured by what sort of things one is working on, and it is tightly coupled with how do you spend your time. Aaron, in the article HOWTO: Be more productive talks about some good topics on productivity, including how to spend time efficiently, how to make your time higher quality. One point that I wanted… Continue reading

December 28 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: mental, physical, procrastination, Productivity | 5 comments»