Posts under ‘Smart skills 11-20 Target’

I’ve been trying to tap into better tone skills in difficult settings, and find I still have a  distance to go to snip that amygdala before it snipes back. It’s often a matter of reflecting on tools to move forward with respect rather than frustration. Did you know, for instance that stressed brains rely more [...]

Ethics is to the brain’s sense of right or wrong, what a noble life is to a highly intelligent and thoughtful person. Truth is – the brain comes with moral potential.  It equips people to do what is good – even when that good comes with personal cost.  Sure, it takes a bit of work, [...]

It was strongly held that adult brains cannot grow new cells or regenerate old ones. Recent research on aging though, is trumping commonly held myths.
Elizabeth Gould’s dynamic discoveries in this area recently created an entirely new field of neurogenesis, a discipline that shows how the adult brain generates new cells.
Elizabeth Gould at Princeton University [...]

Some say that men’s logic rivals women’s emotion, when it comes to problem-solving or stress. Others say that successful men and women use both logic and emotion – but they use it differently to solve problems and cope with stress. What do you say?
Interestingly,  hilarious mental differences you’ll spot in the YouTube below are based [...]

Pause for a moment and listen to opinionated or narrow-minded people you know. Listen to them tell others why they are far more qualified to give one-sided versions of a  topic than other people hold. Notice the put downs and attacks that fall like pellets in a hail storm?
You’ll likely hear choice words [...]

It’s no secret that teens drop out of secondary schools at alarming rates, or that parents complain about wasted tax dollars in broken schools, or that faculty vent about lack of relevancy and low standards. Yet, while most agree that secondary schools stomp out the very mental resources teens bring to class daily, far fewer [...]

Take your brain back to the last lecture or meeting you endured, and you’ll likely agree with research that shows how lectures work against human brains.  It’s the same for meetings where few people talk for the most part. You retain less than 5% heard in lectures, while you retain more than 90% of what [...]

We’ve all met dynamic people who know just where they are headed, and observed flounderers who appear headed nowhere. But have you considered the mental dividends that come with clear targets. Or do you know how to reboot for focus?
Human brains rewire potent capabilities to achieve more when you focus on clear concrete goals, and [...]

While many people bolt from conflicts, it’s also true that disagreements  blast open  doors to life-changing ethical insights,  when people differ with the brain in mind. How so?
If you’ve ever benefited from unique insights, you’ve likely also seen opposing viewpoints from high-performance minds,  that beg to differ. So why then, do disagreements also break up [...]

To learn new skills, move past distractions, or take risks, research shows that  it pays to draw on more working memory.  Ready to propel your life and leadership to new heights? Then it’s time to tap into the wonder of  working memory. How so?
This unique mental capability not only increase focus, it also offers you the brief facts you need most at [...]