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9 Ways to Hack your Brain to Think Faster. Lets face it, the brain is basically a biological computer. It needs food, it needs oxygen, it needs exercise. You can take steps to improve the power of your brain, in effect it’s about improving, modifying, hacking the brain. OK, we may not get to the level of Einstein, but no reason why you can’t be getting the best out of what you have got. 1. EPA is the chemical in fish oil that makes it brain food, everyone must surely be aware of that by now so why not feed your brain and increase your brain power by taking fish oil capsules. 2. Having sex regularly releases chemicals that helps to improve brain power according to a recent book “Teach yourself. 3.

Crossword puzzles, sudoko, brain teasers etc. all help to keep the grey matter in good shape. 4. There’s nothing like a breath of fresh air to clear the mind of clutter and to reduce the mental chattering that interferes with logical and constructive thinking. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Think Better. Think Faster. Ways to Sharpen Your Mind, Become Smarter, and Improve Thinking Skills. Mental Fitness - Simple Tricks to Exercise Your Mind for Mental Fitness. Your brain's fitness depends on how much it is used. Every time you do something new or different, you create new neural pathways. These simple tricks will help give your brain a workout. 1. Use Your Opposite Hand Spend the day doing things with your non-dominant hand. 2. Lists are great, but we can become too reliant on them. 3.

Our modern phones remember every number that calls them. 4. Each morning think up one story that you will have ready to tell people. 5. Each day pick a specific thing to observe. 6. Drive or walk a different way to wherever you go. 7. Do thing in a different order. 8. Pretend you are starting a business and think about how you would solve a problem. 9. Lists are wonderful. Smart Living Rule 1 – Take Full Responsibility For Your Life. Do you accept full responsibility for all of your life? Becoming personally accountable and responsible for the outcomes in your life is the bedrock of smart living. You can’t even begin to live life to the fullest until you’ve accepted that you are the one that makes the decisions for how your life turns out. Many people get caught up in blaming others, but this is fruitless and a complete waste of time.

You must accept full responsibility for your life if you ever want it to amount to anything. Why personal responsibility is so important to smart living The only way that we can live life to the fullest is by moving past the things that are holding us back. We are our own worst enemies, but we either fail to see it or won’t admit it. We are exactly where we are in life because to one degree or another we have failed to accept responsibility and have therefore chosen to continue to be victims. Now some of you are saying or thinking something like this: “Stop right there!

1. 2. 7 Ways To Take Personal Responsibility And Live A Better Life. We are the sum of all our choices in life. Oh sure, things happen to us that are outside our control, but we still choose how to respond. Our lives become exactly what we make out of them. We can either let life beat us down or we can choose to accept personal responsibility, take appropriate action, and live a better life. I’ll admit that I’ve been guilty of feeling sorry for myself when life deals me a bad hand, but I also realize that my successes have come when I take responsibility for my results and make things happen.

Personal responsibility is a choice. An Illustration of Personal Responsibility I recently read an article at The Wisdom Journal where Ron shared the following story: A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson. I really like this story! Make the Choices that Lead to a Better Life There are choices we can make that will lead to better results. 1. I could make a whole list of people that I have blamed for the less than desirable parts of my life. 2. 3. 4. Running away from your problems is futile exercise. Do you have problems, adversity, and obstacles in your life?

If you said yes, then you are like everyone else. Even the most successful people are faced with challenges. What varies is how each person responds to their problems. Running away from problems is not only futile, it leads to a false sense of security. The erroneous premise is that your problems can be left behind by utilizing one or more strategies. The reality is, problems follow you until they are resolved. People attempt to run away in numerous ways. Running away isn't always literally changing your physical location. Anything can be a displacement activity.

Obviously, there is nothing wrong with productive, benevolent, or leisure activities. There are those who turn to destructive behavior in the quest to run away from their problems. These individuals may even claim that they will cease their destructive behavior once their problems go away. Physically running away is also a commonly used option.