Feel sluggish or want to punch out those high pitched demands that come with the alarm ... too early in the morning? It’s likely because you're attempting to start another workday without fully waking your brain. Sound familiar?
Many people crawl out of bed feeling like a Mack truck hit with that first alarm sound? When it happens.. anxiety fogs an entire day’s plans. Each newspaper disaster you read over coffee adds stress to the mix. 
Luckily, it doesn't have to be that way. Research supports 5 top ways to jumpstart our morning brain and boost its performance. Try to...
1. Jolt your memory and lift your vision for the day, by what Dr. Robyn McMaster calls, a balanced… high-brain diet. It raises more than energy because it increases chemicals that build up and blocks those that tear down. Not bad for a few bits of brain food!
2. Open your head to a plan or possibility that could change the world - but start as Liz Strauss started today. Ponder Liz’s mind-bender … “Why was I afraid to admit to not knowing for that moment?” Liz admits for all of us … “It was a scary thought on some level — It sounded like what if I try and I don’t learn?”... Then she kickstarted her brain, with the thought … “Now I so value the beginner’s mind. Teachers are everywhere.”
3. Bank brainpower ahead, by planning time away - just for you today, as Anna Farmery reminds us from the
4. Focus more on essentials and fling that trivia that bogs people down. Leon Ho at Lifehack.org shows 10 ways to concentrate on simple productivity, before we get tangled in another busy day. Hey, this tactics lead Ho and his readers today to new curiosity about how to become a creative genius. Ready to use the new you? Then…
5. Set the alarm a bit earlier and start your day by entering Problogger’s, 'Top 5 Group Writing Project’. Did you know that each time we challenge the human brain in ways that Darren Rowse detailed there – we actually grow smarter? It’s because we increase dendrite connections as well as cultivate multiple intelligences.
Once you are fully awake you’ll want to check out a few quick brain facts that fire workplace intelligence. What do you think?
This is a very useful post.
There are times that my head tends to be a little groggy in the morning. Maybe because of my lack of sleep and the stress that I have experienced the day before.
I usually jumpstart my brain by eating a good set of nutritional foods (just like what you said). And of course, a glass of fresh juice really helps in this too.
Nice set of tips. Pretty helpful ^_^ Thanks!
If you have time, why don’t you drop by my post:
http://mobileko.blogspot.com/2007/05/snatch-top-5-tips-on-how-to-be.html
It’s also an entry for the problogger top 5- group writing project. ^^ Goodluck to us all!
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