--6 AM-- You likely feel groggy, especially if you awaken your brain in the middle of one of its sleep cycles and rhythmic patterns, which last for 90 minutes. Patterns of sleep for the normal brain generally progress through three 30-minute sessions... which don’t do well when they are broken or interrupted.
--7 AM-- When you awaken, your rote memory is at its sharpest, believe it or not… Knowing this, you can take advantage by ...maybe ... reviewing those key facts you need to know about the car engine you plan to rebuild or the tricky recipe you expect to create for dinner. Or you might rehearse mentally those critical three talking points -- in bullet form --to gain a competitive advantage in that meeting later today.…
You’ll be surprised how poignant details stick to your brain to help you make points that turn the boss' head when you arrive at the meeting later that day.
Incidently...your pulse rate and blood pressure rise sharply at this point in the day also.... If you rested well, your brain rewired overnight and your brain waves are ready to roll! Ok...you are now poised and ready for the real fun, while you learn about and express your world in at least 8 distinctive intelligences or perspectives.
Ask yourself how will you plan to use a few of these intelligences to throw something fun or silly at a serious job you plan to do today, and watch creativity kick in! Look ahead, and tell your partner to look forward to a swim together at the part after work, or throw an aerobics tape on and get the blood hopping for a few minutes.
You’ll be interested to know that blood clotting problems can occur more frequently in this period of a day, so you may want to exercise and drink lots of water to give your health a heads up before you start your routines. Time’s racing on…
--8 AM--
Your best mental tools are your multiple intelligences and they will flex and flourish more and more as you use and play with them. Expect new answers to old questions, and start with an issue or event that piques your curiosity and stirs some wonder. Remember, overnight your brain completely rewired itself, and you grew new dendrite connector cells, which allow you to move forward faster now with the inspiration you stockpiled yesterday. So imagine yourself going after that special project or plan you’d like to achieve today, with the same determination Tolkien’s hobbits went after their precious ring in, Lord of the Rings.
--9 AM--
Use MITA brain based approaches during any day, and you’ll add another degree of flexibility to your brain… In other words, your brain works smarter for the excellent results you desire. You’ve learned to value these differences in yourself and others, so that your brain becomes much more effective as an integrator of ideas on the one hand, and a communicator of innovation, on the other. See yourself in win/win situations today? Then use multiple approaches to make that win happen and you’ll spot new opportunities as they arise.
--10 AM--
While you will have emotional reactions to people and to events, you can work these in your favor if you lead with your strengths, avoid negative people, and if you take a few steps to reduce cortisol and raise serotonin. These chemicals, called neurotransmitters, seep through clefts in your brain. They convert to electrical impulses and effect emotions. They also impact learning for good or bad, and they help you to create a safe learning environment for yourself others at home or work. Do you remember the strategies you used throughout the book to create satisfaction and reduce panic? These will differ for you and so it’s best to try a few until you find that you are setting your brain up for successes more and more frequently. Start today by adding one small event that brings pleasure and rescheduling one possible conflicted situation, until you reflect or gain advice for a mentor about how to handle it better, without stress.
--11 AM--
Building on how to lead with strengths, boldly step forward to try a new skill today to help you achieve a complex task that comes your way. If cortisol seems to pop up and you feel panicked or anxious, play slower Baroque music in your background. Laugh at yourself, or at something you remember, and tell the joke to somebody you know. Choose one new intelligence to sprinkle spice into your day and then throw in three or four small activities that let you play with the experience. If you play music, also practice humming a silly tune, and listen to the sounds all around you without speaking for 5 minutes. Share this intelligence with somebody else and find out what they enjoy most about using different domains of their brain.
--12 Noon--
In a later post we’ll look at the rest of the day, as your brain sees and conquers it for you… In the meantime, why not take two folks from other cultures to lunch and ask how their brains work best and what their do to launch their days in more productive ways…? Don’t forget to come back and share what you learn with the rest of us though…
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