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Become A Personal Trainer
Every human body is different and a personal trainer will know exactly how to not just get a human body into proper shape but also shape the body into the desired form. A personal trainer knows that while guys may want to 'bulk up'; a girl might want to ...
How Stress Effects Your Body And Brain And What To Do About It.
Which of these is stress? * You receive a promotion at work. * Your car has a flat tire. * You go to a fun party that lasts till 6:00 a.m. * Your dog gets sick. * Your new bedroom set is being delivered. * Your best friend and his wife come to stay at ...
Tony Little's Gazelle Cross trainer Pro
Despite your body weight, age or level of fitness, Tony Little's Gazelle Cross Trainer Pro is one of the best workout machines available on the market today. With its soft glide technology, this aerobic machine provides a low impact work out to your upper ...
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2. Studies show that emotion plays a part in learning and memory. A basic example of this is touching a hot stove--it hurts, so you tend to learn it immediately and forever. Anxiety is another emotion that makes a difference, because if you're anxious you can't concentrate well. It stands to reason, therefore, that increasing your emotional intelligence (EQ)--your ability to handle your emotions and those of others--will affect your ability to learn and to perform.
Also learn to control your self-talk; it's crucial in your ability to learn and to perform. If you start out saying "I can't do this" or "I hate this" it's going to affect your ability to assimilate new information and to perform.
4. Strengthen your 'brain muscle' with exercise. Try HappyNeuron for some happy stimulation. Try new things. Work puzzles and mazes. Increase your reaction time.
Increase your flexibility by broadening into areas you aren't familiar with. Drive to work a new way. Dip into a field you know nothing about. Talk to someone you ordinarily wouldn't talk to. Learn a new language. 'You don't know what you don't know' so expand into those areas and find out what you really don't know.
Use it or lose it; your brain needs stimulation and new things. When you learn something new, you're actually forming new pathways. Give yourself plenty of "brain food." Take a course. Learn a new motor skill. Keep yourself out and about. Be open to trying and learning new things. Learning something new makes it easier to learn something new! And do the 'meta-practice'--practice adjusting to new things.
Get the right kind of stimulation from people, and the converse is also true -- some people provide a negative drag. Avoid them.
Work out both sides of your brain. Traditional study will improve the left-brain--analytical, logical and reasoning. Music, art, poetry and myths will work out the right-brain. You need both, and you need good communication between the two.
5. Use music. We've all heard about the "Mozart effect." The validity of listening to Mozart hasn't exactly been proven, but we do know that music can soothe us (new age) and hype us up (rap). Experiment! It's certainly good for the right-brain.
6. Certain drugs can increase oxygen flow to the brain and/or increase blood flow, but they should be used judiciously as some can be harmful or lethal. The results still aren't in yet on St. John's Wort for depression, or gingko biloba for Alzheimer's disease. Stay up on the research and check it out.
7. Practice extreme self-care. What you eat and how you exercise affect your brain just as they affect every other organ in your body. We know that aerobic exercise can improve scores on some types of creativity tests. It will also, of course, improve your self-confidence to exercise, eat right and be in top shape. Build up reserves of energy and get enough sleep. Give your brain a break!
Remember that it works if you work it.
About the Author
Susan Dunn, M.A., Clinical Psychology, is a personal and professional development coach specializing in emotional intelligence. Email her for her free ezine.
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