Three Great Mind Power Practices

[Jerry Hunter]

Your mind power is not your IQ. It is not the innate potential of your
mind, but the actual and habitual use and development of that
potential. In other words, it isn't how smart you are that counts, but
how you use it. Here are three things you can do to make your mind
more effective.
Brain Exercises
Regular use and "exercising" of the brain has been shown to generate
new neuronal growth, and even halt the decline of mental function that
often comes with age. Try numerous brain exercises, and when you find
the ones that you enjoy, make doing them a habit. A study will someday
prove that old people who do their crossword puzzle every Sunday
morning maintain their mental function longer. Some other ways to
increase that mind power:
- Do mental math while driving.
- Look around at things and redesign them in your mind.
- Sing a song, inventing the lyrics as you go.
- Learn a memory technique and use it daily.
Discipline Yourself
A recent study, reported in the journal Psychological Science, found
that while IQ level did correlate with academic performance, there was
actually a much stronger correlation with self discipline. Those
students with high self-discipline have much better grades than high-
IQ students. They also found that there was no correlation between IQ
and discipline (they varied independently).
Again, this shows that it isn't how smart you are, but how you use it.
Self discipline doesn't necessarily mean willpower, by the way. It can
be accomplished by starting with simple and easy steps and creating
good habits over time. A great mind power practice is to get in the
habit of regularly building good habits.
Train Your Body
It has been shown that activities which involve timing and
coordination cause dendrite growth in the brain. More dendrites mean
more possible connections in your brain. More connections mean your
thinking and learning can be more flexible and efficient. Physical
exercise, then, of the right type, is also mind power exercise.
The activities most likely to help include any athletic activities
that require a lot of coordination and timing, such as basketball,
soccer, and tossing around a frisbee. Other good mind power activities
are playing musical instruments, especially when it requires precise
timing (piano playing), and painting or drawing, which involve hand-
eye coordination.

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