Maximising Your Intellectual Abilities E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Coaching
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 26

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about maximising your intellectual abilities with this practical guide.

Human beings only use 10% of their brain capacity: this is a fact that most people are aware of, but few know what it really represents. Optimising our intellectual abilities allows us to learn and remember things more easily, make more effective decisions and grow both professionally and personally. This guide will enable you to do just that with helpful tips and fun brain-training exercises.

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Use your brain faster and more efficiently
• Make fewer mistakes in work or studying and retain information more easily
• Implement changes to your lifestyle that will promote healthy and efficient brain function 

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Leseprobe

Maximising your intellectual abilities

Issue: which techniques will allow me to maximise my intellectual potential?Uses: being capable of using our brain’s full capacity to work quickly and efficiently and to make the fewest mistakes possible.Professional context: career progression, acquiring a position of responsibility, team or project management, brainstorming, personal development, professional creativity.FAQs:What behaviour do I need to adopt to look after my brain on a daily basis?Why is it important to train my brain?Why is it easier to learn when we are young?Are brain-training games really effective?Is it dangerous to resort to medication to improve my mental capacity if I am not suffering from any illness?How long will it be before I notice an improvement in my intellectual capabilities?Does my way of thinking depend on whether I prefer using the left or right hemisphere?

Human beings only use 10% of their brain capacity. Everyone is aware of this fact, but what does it really mean? This observation, attributed to Albert Einstein (German physicist, 1879-1955), is based on the fact that, even if we use all our neurones throughout the day, they are not active at the same time. Additionally, there are billions of possible connections between them.

Does that mean that it is possible to increase this percentage and develop our mental capacity? Can we reprogramme our brains, neutralise our mechanisms and change our way of making them work? This organ, which is not dissimilar to a computerised machine, works in a very complex way; scientists do not even (yet) know its limits. Indispensable to our daily lives, it allows us to memorise, learn, act, interpret, eat, breathe: in short, to live. Our brains are constantly adapting; they can change and remodel themselves at any age by creating new neurones, and constantly evolve based on our personal experiences.

In his work Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz (American doctor and author, 1899-1975) confirmed that the brain comprises a success mechanism which can be activated like a button to take full advantage of our capabilities and reach our objectives. As it works like a muscle, it is therefore only necessary to train this organ and maintain it to further our intelligence. The American William James (founder of modern psychology, 1842-1910) explains that “a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.” How, then, can we develop this extra intelligence? What exercises and maintenance does our brain need to work optimally? How can we activate this success mechanism? In just 50 minutes, this booklet will guide you through the different steps to follow to maximise your intellectual capacity and use your mind to its full potential.

Using your brain to your advantage: the basics

Discovering our own intelligence

What do our brains consist of?

The brain is the central organ of the nervous system. Its job is to control our bodies’ motor functions and ensure our cognitive functions. It is made up of two hemispheres:

The left hemisphere