Within your brain lurks five pinch points that stomp out learning success … and stomp on skill development.
Sadly, since dangerous mental triggers often mask as diligence … mental toxins go undetected.
Only recently has science shed light on the destructive forces to l
earners who slip into the following five:
1. Panic: leaves some people overwhelmed in the foothills while their competitors race them to the peaks … unhindered by panic’s mental chains.
2. Procrastination: or foot dragging is on the rise according to recent studies that also show its power to punch against growth.
3. Stress: shrinks the brain and shuts it down … so that learning tools are lost in the process.
4. Cynicism: tends to rob talents and drain innovation … by the sheer fact that the brain cannot multitask these two forces concurrently.
5. Perfectionism: paralyzes the brain’s ability to risk, enjoy, or collaborate. It also robs energy … leads to depression … and prevents people from reaching goals.
Just as brains trigger failure… they also pack winning tactics for successful learning:
1. Diet: offers fuels and propels the brain to new peaks many only dream of … on a daily basis.
2. Creativity: lies on the opposite side of criticism in the brain and comes alive faster in those who skirt the critic’s pathway .. in search of creativity.
3. Music: jacks up productivity in the brain and can add well being to the whole learning process.
4. Multiple intelligences: open new segues into the topics and allow people to learn through their unique strengths.
5. Curiosity: about how things work … probes mysteries for answers … questions possibilities … and acts as a guide for a brain based guide to new accomplishments.
What sparks or stunts your own learning process? Do your learning approaches inspire others to deep dive into learning as a life long practice?
I thought you today, Ellen, when I read a story via BNET that admitted we were hardwired, brain term, to take more expensive outside advice. That right?
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2008/05/were-more-likely-to-listen-to-expensive.html
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