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 […]