10 Amazingly Simple Tricks To Turn Your Brain Into A Powerful Thinking Machine
Poonam Kamboj
healthy and sharp as you age: variety and curiosity.
When anything you do becomes second nature, you need
to make a change. If you can do the crossword puzzle
in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to a new
challenge in order to get the best workout for your
brain. Curiosity about the world around you, how it
works and how you can understand it will keep your
brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas
below to help attain your quest for mental fitness.
1. Read a Book
Pick a book on an entirely new subject. Read a novel
set in Egypt. Learn about economics. There are many
excellent popular non-fiction books that do a great
job entertaining you while teaching about a subject.
Become an expert in something new each week. Branch
out from familiar reading topics. If you usually read
history books, try a contemporary novel. Read foreign
authors, the classics and random books. Not only will
your brain get a workout by imagining different time
periods, cultures and peoples, you will also have
interesting stories to tell about your reading, what
it makes you think of and the connections you draw
between modem life and the words.
2. Play Games
Games are a wonderful way to tease and challenge your
brain. Suduko, crosswords and electronic games can all
improve your brain’s speed and memory. These games
rely on logic, word skills, math and more. These games
are also fun. You’ll get benefit more by doing these
games a little bit every day-spend 15 minutes or so,
not hours.
3. Use Your Opposite Hand
Spend the day doing things with your non-dominant
hand. If you are left-handed, open doors with your
right hand. If you are right-handed, try using your
keys with your left. This simple task will cause your
brain to lay down some new pathways and rethink daily
tasks. Wear your watch on the opposite hand to remind
you to switch.
4. Learn Phone Numbers
Our modem phones remember every number that calls
them. No one memorizes phone numbers anymore, but it
is a great memory Skill. Learn a new phone number
everyday.
5. Eat for Your Brain
Your brain needs you to eat healthy fats. Focus on
fish oils from wild salmon, nuts such as walnuts,
seeds such as flax seed and olive oil. Eat more of
these foods and less saturated fats. Eliminate
transfats completely from your diet.
6. Break the Routine
We love our routines. We have hobbies and pastimes
that we could do for hours on end. But the more
something is second nature, the less our brains have
to work to do it. To really help your brain stay
young, challenge it. Change routes to the grocery
store, use your opposite hand to open doors and eat
dessert first. All this will force your brain to wake
up from habits and pay attention again.
7. Go a Different way
Drive or walk a different way to wherever you go. This
little change in routine helps the brain practice
special memory and directions. Try different side
streets go through stores in a different order
anything to change your route.
8. Learn a New Skill
Learning a new skill works multiple areas of the
brain. Your memory comes into play, you learn new
movements and you associate things differently.
Reading Shakespeare, learning to cook and building an
airplane out of tooth picks all will challenge your
brain and give you something to think about.
9. Make Lists
Lists are wonderful. Making lists helps us to
associate items with one another. Make a list of all
the places you have traveled. Make a list of the
tastiest foods you have eaten. Make a list of the best
presents you have been given. Make one list every day
to jog your memory and make new connections. But don’t
become too reliant on them. Make your grocery list,
but then try to shop without it. Use the list once you
have put every item you can think of in your cart. Do
the same with your “to do” lists.
10. Choose a new skill
Find something that captivates you that you can do
easily in your home and doesn’t cost too much.
Photography with a digital camera, learning to draw,
learning a musical instrument learning new cooking
styles, or writing are all great choices.
Source:
http://www.isityourneed.com/self-improvement/blog/2/ten-simple-tricks-to-exercise-your-brain/
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