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Lifestyle. Motivation. NLP. Scott H Young » 20 Tricks to Boost IQ and Build a Mental Exercise Routine. Why do people go to the gym?

Scott H Young » 20 Tricks to Boost IQ and Build a Mental Exercise Routine

We didn’t evolve with treadmills and barbells, so why should experts recommend exercising every day? The answer would probably be because our daily life doesn’t challenge us enough physically. I’d like to suggest that our daily life doesn’t challenge us enough mentally. Through setting aside time to visit the mental “gym” and organizing my life to work various mental muscles I’ve found it much easier to think logically, create new ideas and focus myself.

Research indicates brainpower is more than just genes Science shows that intelligence is both environmental and genetic. The benefits of mental fitness The benefits of physical fitness are obvious and visual. Rapid learning. Creating a mental fitness routine There are two major ways to construct a mental fitness routine: Balancing projects/activities to ensure all mental “muscles” are being worked intensely.Setting aside time to hit the mental gym with activities solely for the purpose of building brainpower. Books.Blog - Guests - Skip Graduate School, Save $32,000, Do This Instead - Powell's Books. Three years ago, I invested $32,000 and the better part of two years at the University of Washington for a master's degree in International Studies.

Books.Blog - Guests - Skip Graduate School, Save $32,000, Do This Instead - Powell's Books

The verdict? It wasn't a complete waste of time and money. Once I accepted that 80% of the course requirements were designed to keep people busy, I enjoyed the other 20% of the work. If you're strictly interested in learning, however, you may want to get a better return-on-investment than I did. Here's how to save $32,000 (or more) through your own self-directed, alternative program.Here's how to save $32,000 (or more) through your own self-directed, alternative program. The One-Year, Self-Directed, Alternative Graduate School Experience • Subscribe to The Economist and read every issue religiously. . • Memorize the names of every country, world capital, and current president or prime minister in the world. . • Read the basic texts of the major world religions: the Torah, the New Testament, the Koran, and the teachings of Buddha. Study hard! How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie. High Existence.

Maslow Self Actualization - unlearn. "Self Actualization is the intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism, or more accurately, of what the organism is.

Maslow Self Actualization - unlearn.

" Abraham Maslow Maslow studied healthy people, most psychologists study sick people. The characteristics listed here are the results of 20 years of study of people who had the "full use and exploitation of talents, capacities, potentialities, etc.. " Self-actualization implies the attainment of the basic needs of physiological, safety/security, love/belongingness, and self-esteem. Maslow's Basic Principles: The normal personality is characterized by unity, integration, consistency, and coherence. 30 sleeps: Dream Chasers Unite.