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A key to success and p rsonal growth is to increase your m nd power. You need to work on all spects of your mind – your nner strength, your knowledge and your bility to just process information. This rticle discusses a few useful ideas th t can help you process information b tter. Improve your memory How often do you walk into a room or go to the shops only to find you’ve forgotten what you what you wanted? A better short term memory can save you a lot of time and effort. Here’s a simple trick that’s been around since the Roman Times. Take the list of things that you want to remember and associate them with something you are familiar with. Also tie in some strong emotions to reinforce the picture. I use the rooms in my house. Say I want to buy coffee, bread, milk, sandwich spread and a newspaper, I’d take a tour of my house. Coffee would go in the bedroom (I love a cup of coffee in bed!). Bread in the kitchen (I’d imagine the smell of fresh bread). Milk that’s a bit more difficult but I’d put it in the living room with sandwich spread, sitting in my favourite chair eating that sandwich and drinking a glass of milk. My newspaper would go in the garden where I’d be reading it on a sunny morning.
When I get to the sh p and it’s time to recall the nformation I’ve stored, I take a m ntal walk through my house looking for the th ngs I need! I hope you get the dea. Next time you need to r member a list of things, try th s tip, it really works! Start on sh rt lists of 5-10 items and w rk up. Increase your Motivation When you find yourself feeling unmotivated, talk through your plans to yourself. When you do this you are reconnecting with the motivation and excitement you felt when you put your plan together and your brain will literally remember that positive state. As you’re talking to yourself, it can help if you sit up or stand up with your head up and a smile on your face. This is easier to do that forcing yourself to cheer up, or recite lots of positive affirmations. When you’re feeling down, forcing yourself to change you mental state can feel like pushing a large rock up a large hill! It’s better to go with the flow and take another easier route round the problem. You can apply this technique to others as well – cheer them up by getting them to talk about something they really enjoy and/or they are passionate about. Read Faster There’s been a lot written about speed reading. It can help you to increase the rate at which you learn new information. What I find is that a lot of books contain pages where there’s relatively little new information. I just want to get the gist of what’s being said to make sure I’m not missing anything. My favourite trick is to read the first and last sentence on each page and quickly skim any subheads. If it looks like there’s nothing new, I’ll go to the next page. If it looks like there might be something new, I’ll read the first and last sentence of each paragraph on the page until I find the nugget I’m looking for. Simple really, it takes a bit of discipline to apply, but you can cut down the time it takes to hunt out the nuggets of new information in any book you’re reading.
Sharpen up your mental m th So many people struggle when it c mes to numbers, to understanding whether s mething’s a good deal or not. Pr ctice mental arithmetic. It takes a bit of ffort not to reach for the n arest calculator, but the rewards are tr mendous. So much of what we do in th s world is expressed in numbers – sp rts scores, bank balances, business decisions, nvestment decision, what’s a bargain and wh t’s not. An ability to work w th numbers quickly and easily is a p werful asset for anyone. You’ve read bout four useful tips to increase y ur mind power. Ways to improve y ur memory, increase your motivation, read f ster and sharpen you mental math. P ck one and just have fun w th it. As you improve your m nd power, you’ll feel better about y urself and more confident about your bilities. Would you like to learn m re about success, personal growth ?
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