1.
SEEK
NOVELTY
Seek out new activities, experiences, and
information. Learn an instrument. Take an art class. Go to a museum. Learn a
new subject. When you expose yourself to new things, you create new neural
connections that build on each other and create an optimal environment for
learning.
2.
CHALLENGE YOURSELF
Efficiency hinders cognitive growth. As
soon as you start to become proficient in a subject or activity, move on to the
next one.Always be challenge by what you are doing. This keep your brain
constantly making new neural connections, creating on optimal environment for
learning.
3.
THINK CREATIVELY
Engage both your left and right hemisphere.
Think across a wide range of subjects. Make connections between remote ideas.
Alternate between conventional and unconventional thinking. Look for unorthodox
solutions.
4.
DO THINGS THE HARD WAY
Your brain needs exercise just like your
body. Technology can weaken your cognitive abilities of relied on too much. Use
your memory instead of GPS. Use your spelling skills instead of auto correct.
Do the math in your head instead of reaching for the calculator.
5.
NETWORK
Exposing yourself to a variety of peoples
gives you an opportunities to see problems from a new perspective, or offer
insights i n ways that you hadn’t thought before. This help you thinking
different!
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