How to Build Brain Power
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Imagine you had a friend who, one day, decides to beef up his bod and get a little fitter with some muscles. You accompany him to the fitness centre, and head towards the weights section. He doesn’t have a clue on which weight should fit him, and for the purposes of this story, there is no one to advise him (sheesh).
You’d probably ask him to try the first weight. He lifts it up pretty easily, and says that he could do a thousand lifts without breaking a sweat. The perfect weight he says. You feel like knocking that weight on his head, but instead you tell him to try the next heavier weight, and the next one, and the next. Until he gets to one which he feels difficulty in carrying. When he reaches that one, you ask him to try the next heavier one. He can’t even lift this one up. His enthusiasm about the whole fitness thingy looks lost. You recommend him to get the earlier weight, the one which caused him difficulty, but not too heavy till he couldn’t even try.
Our brain is a muscle in between our ears. We build brain muscle by lifting weights and having brain resistance. Ever had to study for an exam and felt a slight tension? Well done, you’re building brain muscle. However, you’ve also had instances where the subject gets too hard that you give up, right? That’s too heavy a weight and resistance. You should have carried a lighter weight, perhaps by studying a toned down version of the subjetct.
And just like building normal arm muscles, once the resistance disappears (you now have bigger arms), you need to change weights. Why? Cause you might just grow skinny again if the resistance stops. So too the brain. Too much relaxation and a lack of knowledge brain-downloading can inhibit growth. A common symptom? You feel too tired to think just alittle more. Really.
So head to the nearest brain fitness centre (bookstore, library, school, project work, community involvement, etc) choose the right weight for your level (subject level, complexity, difficulty, mode of teaching) and build your brain muscles today.
August 9th, 2008 - Posted in Fitness, Mindset, Resilience | |
