Have you every thought of practicing to be a genius at anything? Several gurus in intelligence, claim that endurance and hard work get higher grades than raw intelligence scores from IQ tests. Do you agree? Einstein claimed he was no more intelligent than others – but he stayed with problems longer. You?
Ericsson calls this the [...]
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Ode to Innovation Brainpower!
Questions to Leap Over Life’s Ruts
Most people hope at some time or another to move from where they stand at that moment, into a better place for their future. Especially if following predictable schedules is holding back personal progress.
Yet have you noticed that strong traditions rarely yield to finer approaches in many workplaces, even when rejuvenated practices prove superior? Or [...]
Target Neurogenetics of Ethics
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, [...]
Wonders and Woes of your Basal Ganglia
It’s both brainpower for mastery of ethical practices and at times your slave master to cynical opposites. Unless you understand the brain’s equipment at work, you can easily fall into a basal ganglia’s propensity for ruts and miss its zest for rejuvenation. How so?
Your brain’s basal ganglia opens wonderful windows of solidarity and reliability [...]
Compelling Case Against Change…
Have you heard reasons given by people who cling to tired routines? The other day the dean of a university’s education department claimed to his audience that he’d like to make changes, but that his university was required to train teachers for schools that already exist out there.
Not one person questioned this shocking statement. Yikes! [...]
Flexibility’s Force and Foibles
Just as top gymnasts bend without breaking, flexible brains adapt with unbelievably pliable approaches.
Did you know -
Human brains come equipped with flexibility, or plasticity, that takes exercise to sustain?
Plasticity, or mental elasticity has less to do with age and far more to do with choices?
People are more susceptible to ruts than most realize, because of [...]
Override Your Brain’s Default for Ruts
If you find yourself protecting your turf or stuck in a rut with boring routines, you’ve likely defaulted to your basal ganglia. No need to stay there, once you see how your brain can create neuron pathways beyond these potholes. Probably you’ve observed how static lives come from dull daily routines where people settle into the cortisol that comes with status quo, and no longer seek [...]
