{"id":583,"date":"2018-05-24T02:57:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T02:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sudlatnid.com\/apps\/wp\/?p=583"},"modified":"2018-05-24T02:57:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T02:57:21","slug":"this-15-30-minute-routine-makes-your-brain-healthier-younger-and-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"This 15\u201330 minute routine makes your brain healthier, younger, and smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tOriginal link can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This 15\u201330 Minute Routine Makes Your Brain Healthier, Younger, And Smarter<\/h3>\n

\u201cEverything popular is wrong\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aOscar Wilde<\/h4>\n

In the book, BLUE ZONES: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who\u2019ve Lived the Longest, author Dan Buettner details some incredible science on how to live the longest possible life.<\/p>\n

One of the key insights is to continually learn NEW and different things. You will age very quickly if you stop learning.<\/p>\n

Use Different Learning\u00a0Styles<\/h3>\n

Learning tons and tons about one idea or subject is good. But it\u2019s also ineffective to learn about one thing in the same learning style.<\/p>\n

WHAT you learn about matters, but HOW you learn matters a lot more.<\/p>\n

If you only read books, even if you\u2019re reading about multiple subjects, your brain will atrophy in certain areas, which will age you faster.<\/p>\n

According to 50 years of research on learning theory, we all have a dominant learning style<\/span>. We all also have several backup learning styles we rely on when we\u2019re in a difficult situation. However, there are also several other learning styles that each of us neglect and avoid.<\/p>\n

Some of these learning styles include:<\/p>\n

Imagining<\/strong>: which involves coming up with ideas
\nReflecting<\/strong>: which involves learning about the ideas you come up with
\nAnalyzing<\/strong>: which involves synthesizing what you\u2019ve learning and making strategic plans about what to do with those ideas
\nDeciding<\/strong>: which involves making a decision on ONE WAY you will go with a specific idea
\nActing<\/strong>: which involves DOING SOMETHING toward the attainment of your idea
\nExperiencing<\/strong>: which involves learning from multiple angles, whether that be with other people, creating something, failing, or attempting<\/p>\n

The more learning styles you can regularly experience, the better and healthier your brain will be.<\/p>\n

Spend 15\u201330 Minutes Per Day Learning Something TOTALLY DIFFERENT\u2026 (Do It Just For Fun, But In An Aggressive Way)<\/h3>\n

When you were a kid, you tried tons of different things. Your brain was expanding and stretching left-and-right. Unfortunately, most people stop trying new things the older they get.<\/p>\n

If you want to make your brain healthier, and if you want to become a \u201csuper-learner,\u201d it\u2019s essential to continually learn different things.<\/p>\n

Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learning new languages is amazing for your brain. However, you don\u2019t want to learn those languages with the same methods. The more methods you can implement the better.<\/p>\n

For example, here are a few methods you could use:<\/p>\n

Use an app
\nUse flash-cards
\nWatch films in that language
\nHave conversations with people who speak the language
\nListen to music in the language
\nWrite journal entries in the language
\nEat food from the culture<\/p>\n

The more immersive the experience the better. However, even just actively learning something new for 15\u201330 minutes per day will open your brain and consciousness in so many ways.<\/p>\n

Musical Instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learning musical instruments is also very, very healthy for your brain. I recently started learning piano off a cool app. It\u2019s addictive! A few days ago, I practiced for three hours straight! I couldn\u2019t get myself to stop it was so fun.<\/p>\n

If you can gamify your learning, all the better. By gamify, I mean to make it into a game. In video games, you have \u201cquests\u201d or \u201cgoals\u201d to accomplish.<\/p>\n

The reason I like the app I\u2019m learning piano on is that I have 15-minute lessons, and within those lessons I have 5\u201310 sub-lessons. The competitor in me loves knocking-out as many lessons as possible.<\/p>\n

Just like in a video game, it\u2019s fun to see how far you can go.<\/p>\n

How Your Brain Changes When You Learn Something New<\/h3>\n

There is a lot of brain science into how this works and how to maximize the experience.<\/p>\n

Firstly, learning is all about memory\u200a\u2014\u200aand about enhancing your memory. The best learners can develop a nearly photographic memory. This is a skill you can absolutely develop.
\nSecondly, your confidence is all about \u201cwinning,\u201d and creating quick wins\u200a\u2014\u200aso the more you can \u201cwin\u201d and keep winning, the more your confidence will boost.
\nThirdly, as you learn one subject, you\u2019ll get creative break-throughs in the other areas of your life. This is particularly true if you\u2019ve developed mastery and expertise in a specific area. As you learn a new subject in a completely new learning style, you\u2019ll make all sorts of unique connections in your brain related to your expertise. This is called, \u201cnon-linear learning\u201d or \u201cindirect learning,\u201d and it\u2019s perhaps the most effective learning tool. Albert Einstein, the Beatles, and several of the best innovators and artists got their biggest breakthroughs in an indirect and non-linear manner. For example, Albert Einstein was working in a patent shop, not an academic setting, when he got his insights about time relativity. The Beatles studied totally different and foreign music which led to their breakthroughs in Rock and Roll. Grant Achatz, considered one of the top chefs alive, studied abstract art to get inspiration for his cooking.<\/p>\n

How To Maximize Your Experience<\/h3>\n

If you really want to give yourself a brain-workout, here are some things you could do:<\/p>\n

Daily, learn something totally different (it could be an instrument or a language, but it could also be something else\u2026 like cooking, travel, public speaking\u2026 whatever you want)
\nEven though it\u2019s just for fun, set goals
\nGamify the process as much as you can\u200a\u2014\u200ayou can make it a competition with friends
\nSpend 15\u201330 minutes, at least 5 times per week, learning this thing (it will be a very healthy mental break from your \u201cjob\u201d)
\nOnce every week or two when you have time, do an intensive 3\u20134 hour session when you totally focus-in and geek-out
\nWhile in your deep intensive session, take 5-minute fitness breaks every 30 minutes\u2026 like sprinting around your house and doing 50 push-ups
\nDrink tons of water
\nHave a journal near you and document ALL of the creative insights you get that are either related or un-related to your core expertise
\nAllow yourself to imagine where you could take this small learning hobby. Now that you\u2019re an adult, you can think about and approach this differently than when you were a kid. Rather than going through the motions, you can get creative with this. For example, rather than just learning the piano to play it, I also want to learn it to more fully develop a photographic memory and to enhance my artistic sides. I want to learn piano because music can literally heal and release suppressed emotions. But I also want to learn to write and compose amazing music because it will teach me about learning, creativity, and the brain.<\/p>\n

In other words, you want to have some profound WHY\u2019s behind what you\u2019re learning. But you also want to have specific mile-stones or achievements to keep yourself going, to gamify the process, to build your confidence, and to make it fun.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s What\u2019s Truly Amazing\u2026<\/h3>\n

When you learn new things, you change as a person. Changing is the most healthy thing you can do.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t actually have hope for your future if you don\u2019t believe you can change.<\/p>\n

The more you change, and the more you learn how to transform in a positive and intentional direction, the more hope you\u2019ll have for your future.<\/p>\n

Hope is a powerful and positive EXPECTATION\u2026 not just mere wishing.<\/p>\n

So, when you take 15\u201330 minutes per day, focused exclusively on activating different areas of your brain, you heal yourself and make yourself younger. But you also infuse deep levels of HOPE into your future.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but you enhance the areas of your life where you\u2019ve already developed deep mastery. You get to re-experience the beginner\u2019s high and humility. You get a new perspective of yourself and the world.<\/p>\n

This pulls you from the rut and apathy of routine. It allows you to see the other areas of your life with fresh eyes. This changes EVERYTHING. As Wayne Dyer once said, \u201cWhen you change the way you see things, the things you see change.\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll Start To Infuse Hope And Healing Into Your Loved Ones<\/h3>\n

Put simply, when you change your cognition, you transform your environment, your psychology, and your biology. You change yourself and you change others\u200a\u2014\u200abecause you interact with them differently.<\/p>\n

You become more loving and interested in your relationships. Because your own hope and healing is deepening, you become a more powerful vessel for healing, hope, and transformation others.<\/p>\n

You love your family and friends more. You see them in different ways. You notice the small things. You appreciate those small things. You thank them and acknowledge them for those small things.<\/p>\n

You smile more\u200a\u2014\u200abecause you\u2019re learning and changing and healing. You\u2019re appreciating this amazing this we call life more.<\/p>\n

Your imagination starts to take-off, and you remove limiting models of thinking. Again, non-linear learning is about seeing things from totally different perspectives. So, by practicing, playing, and challenging yourself in new ways, you\u2019ll start to get insights to improve the current approaches you\u2019re taking in your work and in other areas.<\/p>\n

Put simply, if you\u2019re not doing this, you\u2019re missing-out HUGE.<\/p>\n

Ready to Upgrade?<\/h3>\n

I\u2019ve created a cheat sheet for putting yourself into a PEAK-STATE, immediately. You follow this daily, your life will change very quickly.<\/p>\n

Get the cheat sheet here<\/a><\/span>!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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