Why is the mind of one person sharp, brilliant, full of creative ideas, while the other "breathes a little"?
There are two main reasons for this: differences in the requirements that certain circumstances impose on us, and a difference in the usual ways of thinking.
A bricklayer doesn't need to go to the gym to train his arms. By stirring the mortar and laying bricks as it works, it naturally strengthens the muscles in the arms. Likewise, an accountant does not need to go to school to practice arithmetic. He is already constantly working with numbers, his "mathematical muscles" are constantly exercising.
If the circumstances of life do not require continuous mental stress from you, then you simply do not have an incentive to keep yourself in shape. However, if life often presents you with urgent problems, then the muscles of your mind become strong and fast. The essence of this idea is best captured by the old adage: Use it or lose it!
Ask yourself, "Which of my thinking muscles are not getting daily stress?"
A habit is a way of doing something without thinking. Whether we like it or not, our entire life, from brushing our teeth to how we achieve strategic goals, is largely dependent on our personal set of automatic skills. In principle, it should be so! Can you imagine what your life will turn into if you have to re-learn how to brush your teeth every day?!
Your entire intellectual life - your observations, what holds your attention, how well you learn, how you solve problems, what worries you, what you enjoy, what you think about during the day - is largely determined by your habits.
The key to achieving high brain performance is to develop a specific set of good habits that help you achieve what you want. An intellectually developed person can freely manage the work of his mind. He is interested in how the world works and why everything happens the way it is and not otherwise. He has a wide range of interests. He also knows how to change his habits through well-considered, deliberate actions and develop very useful skills in himself, for example, making himself dream less and build castles in the air less often, make better decisions or take more risks. Together, these good habits allow the mind to become more receptive, respond appropriately to changing conditions, and ultimately develop the most important of all habits - the habit of acquiring good habits.
Sow a thought - reap an act, Sow an act - reap a habit, Sow a habit - reap a character, Sow a character - reap a destiny. Charles Reid, writer.
Tom Woodjack
"Mind Training"
There are two main reasons for this: differences in the requirements that certain circumstances impose on us, and a difference in the usual ways of thinking.
A bricklayer doesn't need to go to the gym to train his arms. By stirring the mortar and laying bricks as it works, it naturally strengthens the muscles in the arms. Likewise, an accountant does not need to go to school to practice arithmetic. He is already constantly working with numbers, his "mathematical muscles" are constantly exercising.
If the circumstances of life do not require continuous mental stress from you, then you simply do not have an incentive to keep yourself in shape. However, if life often presents you with urgent problems, then the muscles of your mind become strong and fast. The essence of this idea is best captured by the old adage: Use it or lose it!
Ask yourself, "Which of my thinking muscles are not getting daily stress?"
A habit is a way of doing something without thinking. Whether we like it or not, our entire life, from brushing our teeth to how we achieve strategic goals, is largely dependent on our personal set of automatic skills. In principle, it should be so! Can you imagine what your life will turn into if you have to re-learn how to brush your teeth every day?!
Your entire intellectual life - your observations, what holds your attention, how well you learn, how you solve problems, what worries you, what you enjoy, what you think about during the day - is largely determined by your habits.
The key to achieving high brain performance is to develop a specific set of good habits that help you achieve what you want. An intellectually developed person can freely manage the work of his mind. He is interested in how the world works and why everything happens the way it is and not otherwise. He has a wide range of interests. He also knows how to change his habits through well-considered, deliberate actions and develop very useful skills in himself, for example, making himself dream less and build castles in the air less often, make better decisions or take more risks. Together, these good habits allow the mind to become more receptive, respond appropriately to changing conditions, and ultimately develop the most important of all habits - the habit of acquiring good habits.
Sow a thought - reap an act, Sow an act - reap a habit, Sow a habit - reap a character, Sow a character - reap a destiny. Charles Reid, writer.
Tom Woodjack
"Mind Training"
