#power #thinking #positive The Big Q: Is your glass half-empty or half-full? How you answer that age-old Question about positive thinking reflects your outlook on life, your attitude toward yourself, and if you are optimistic or pessimistic. Some studies show that personality traits such as optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of your health […]
#thoughts #negative #positive #productivity “Success in business begins with recognizing opportunity, followed by developing a winning plan that leads to good fortune, then managing the wealth”–Paul Ebeling Replacing negative thoughts with positive ones can drive up productivity and increase creativity and energy levels by 33%. In a paper published by Barbara Fredrickson about the insight […]
#thinking #crisis #wolf #fear #DevilDog The “wolf” is a military metaphor for fear, all of the deeply ingrained negative emotions that hold us back. Overcoming fear aka staring down the wolf is the only way to unlock 1’s massive potential. These are 4 skills that I learned in the US Marines, they have had profound impact on […]
A healthy diet can help promote positive thinking, there is Power in Positive Thinking Having a healthy diet can lead you to have a more positive outlook and not just about being healthy. If you eat the correct foods, you can raise the levels of serotonin, and this acts as a mood stabilizer. Not only […]
“It’s never too late to improve your brain health,” says Lainey Younkin, MS, RD, LDN, registered dietitian and founder of Lainey Younkin Nutrition. These tips may help improve your physical health, your brain health, and your cognitive abilities, they are as follows. Aim for 150 mins or more of aerobic exercise each week. If you have […]
A healthy diet is as important to your mental health as it is to your physical well being. The food that we eat has a direct correlation to the way we think and the decisions that we make. Without a proper diet, the mind cannot function properly enough and have the clarity to make the […]
Reading is an effective way to strengthen our higher-order thinking skills. Research has shown that reading a novel can enhance the brain’s neuron connections and improve the overall function of the brain. It was also revealed that reading strengthens the ability to empathize, and stimulates the imagination in a way that the reader was actually […]
FLASH: These tips will help you survive the day when you are running on empty. Sleepless nights happen to the best of us. Maybe you tossed and turned all night long, were up working on an urgent deadline or had a bit too much fun celebrating last night and it ate into your shuteye. Whatever the […]
FLASH: aAn unhealthy lifestyle can trigger inflammation throughout your body, which can then accelerate wear-and-tear on your brain, a new study suggests. The Big Q: What happens? The Big A: Faster declines in thinking and memory for those who do not practice healthy habits that counteract inflammation. Long-term inflammation is most often caused by chronic […]
Train Your Brain to Think in New Ways Creativity and innovation arise at the intersection of ideas. By ID’ing the links between various ideas an notions, we can identify and solve problems that most people overlook. The Key to new thinking is to expand the set of mental models we use to think. Below is the […]
Key Thinking Skills Learned From the Stoic Philosophers Stoic philosophers; Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus conducted an exercise known as a premeditatio malorum, meaning “premeditation of evils.” “Very little is needed to make us happy in life, it is all within our way to thinking.” Marcus Aurelius “We suffer more in imagination that in reality.”– Seneca […]
Highly Successful People Remove Catalysts for Failure There are 2 Key mental shifts that occur in the lives of all highly successful people. Many make the 1st, not all make the 2nd. Both shifts require mental stretching from conventional and societal ways of thinking, these shifts require people to unlearn the negative programming from their […]
“Change the way You Look at Things, and the Things You Look at change” “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”— Max Planck, German quantum theorist and Nobel Prize winner “Your network is your net worth” There are 2 primary mental shifts that occur in the lives […]
The Best Jobs for Your Personality Type Everyone has different strengths, weaknesses, and traits that lend to their success in different areas. Personally, I love the analytical, data-driven nature of my work. And, not to blow my own horn, but I’m not bad at what I do! But if you put me in another setting — say, a […]
Read, Get Smarter Than the Smart People Around You The Big Q: Do you enjoy sitting down or curling up with a good book? The Big A: If you do, you are ahead of the rest, as reading is linked to a variety of benefits, both mental and physical. In fact, new research published in […]
Put Exercise at Top of “To Do List” Do you w ant to protect your cognitive health as you age, improve your memory and brain function, then put exercise at the top of your “to do list”. There is compelling evidence that shows exercise improves memory and cognition, and helps stave off dementia. A Y […]