Your Brain is the New Black
By Jennifer Goddard | August 6, 2008
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Brian Haverty is editorial director for CBS Interactive Australia and is responsible for the company's BNET and ZDNet Australia sites.
Robert Gerrish is a coach, author and professional speaker and the founder of Flying Solo, an Australian online community for solo business owners.
Melissa Lourenco is the HR manager for CBS Interactive in Australia.
Chris Golis is the author of The Humm Handbook: Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence. He runs seminars and workshops on EQ.
Suzi Dafnis is Community Director of the Australian Businesswomen's Network.
Yvonne Adele helps organisations build a culture of ideas by teaching people at all levels to access their untapped creative thinking skills.
Is it just me or is our brain the new black? As I rushed out the door to catch a flight, I grabbed the top five magazines from my “To Read” pile. Each one had a major article on the brain with two magazines displaying a picture of a brain on the cover. Advice includes:
- Cross-train your brain — use it or lose it applies to your brain as much as to your muscles.
- Ride the Bicycle of Imagination rather than the Volvo of Logic.
- Use problem solving techniques, such as Mind Maps to build brain flexibility.
- Understand your brain at work and introduce Shakespeare in Kindergartens.
- Develop a ‘growth mindset’ — believing that our brain grows and changes, rather than fixed, helps us relish challenges and are more resilient in the face of setbacks.
It may be the red car syndrome — You know when you buy a new red car then all you see are red cars! I am highly attracted to articles that talk about the brain and how to get the most out of it. Why? A few years ago I followed the advice of the famous author and inventor of Mind Maps, Tony Buzan, to make my brain and my body my hobby. I recommend you do the same.
See any great tips or cool articles lately? Hit the reply button below!
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RE: Your Brain is the New Black
My Brain just endured a blunt force head trauma and i still dont feel right...Do you have any info? re: that?..thanks...
Pick Star
08/08/2008 02:34 PM
RE: Your Brain is the New Black
HI,
good to hear that you are on the road to recover - which can take a while. A good approach would be to follow a plan to build up your brain fitness and thinking - here are some ways:-
- Learn to Juggle and/or do cross patterning exercises - As the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and visa versa, any activity you can do that uses both hands/both sides of the body is beneficial to your brain as the messages cross back and forth the corpus callosum (the bit that joins the two halves of our brain together)
- do a sport that uses hand/eye co-ordination
- play mind games - either suduko or crosswords as the analysis and memory practice improves your brain
- read out aloud - Seems strange but research shows that by reading the words (info going into your eyes), the information swirls around your brain and send messages to your mouth to say the words. This complete loop gives your brain a great work out.
good to hear that you are on the road to recover - which can take a while. A good approach would be to follow a plan to build up your brain fitness and thinking - here are some ways:-
- Learn to Juggle and/or do cross patterning exercises - As the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and visa versa, any activity you can do that uses both hands/both sides of the body is beneficial to your brain as the messages cross back and forth the corpus callosum (the bit that joins the two halves of our brain together)
- do a sport that uses hand/eye co-ordination
- play mind games - either suduko or crosswords as the analysis and memory practice improves your brain
- read out aloud - Seems strange but research shows that by reading the words (info going into your eyes), the information swirls around your brain and send messages to your mouth to say the words. This complete loop gives your brain a great work out.
jennifer.goddard
08/11/2008 05:50 PM
