Stop treating Our brain like a computer
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We always take our brain as the computer, but there is a huge difference between the two. The computer is without feeling, it is simply a thinking machine that will react according to what you input.
It is mechanical. So whenever you calculate something with the computer. The result will always be the same if you put in the same input. It wouldn't tell you a different answer because it's raining today or because you are feeling bad tempered today. It is a stable machine.
Our brain, though, will be subject to the bodily, people and environmental influence to react. Our brain is highly sensitive and more sensitive than the computer.
Our brain reacts to the status of ourselves. When we are in a good state, we are more creative and we can work in higher efficiency, but we're not in a good state, we may not even remember the simplest knowledge that we know.
The thing is the brain doesn't have any monitor, as the computer does. So we can't always visualize the battery and status of the CPU of the brain. Therefore, most of us are not aware of the status of the brain, whether it's in a good state or not, whether the CPU if our brain at the moment is low or high....
If you work requires that you have a high CPU brain, then you need to be more sensitive to your environment and your emotional mental status.
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Environmental status
Let's say you work involves working with a computer which I believe a lot of us do these days. We would have a monitor, a screen that we see all the things, all the browsers, all the documents that we are working on, etc.
And when the screen is not big enough, what we need to do is we need to switch windows of applications by a click on the keyboard or using the mouse. Our body or head or eyes won't move much when we switch between the windows of applications (open one and minimize the others temporarily).
In another scenario, if the monitor the screen is big enough, let's say a really, really big screen wall that we can show all the windows of applications we have opened on the same screen without closing any of them. Our heads and eyes need to be moving upward downward sideways to look at different windows of application. Physical movement to the physical environment The sound troublesome. But in fact, this helps our brain to function better.
Physical Movement of spacial positioning between the different windows of application would give our brains a little more natural memory - This is the brain’s nature. We don’t need to work harder in order to be able to think more. The brain will automatically work on those data and info when we move around to look at the information.
Space has a special influence on our brain. That’s why some people might find the physical environment of Starbucks super helpful for learning and may find that it’s highly productive working in Starbucks. Environmental influence on our brain. I share more simple but effective tricks that helps us learn and take info better in PLP.
If we want to use our brain in a better way, working more effectively, efficiently, creatively, we need to stop thinking our brain as a computer because it is a living, characterized organ.
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Emotional menta status
Many of us have experienced distraction. It seems like the harder we try to focus, the more easily we get distracted.
Most likely that the speakers, when we are trying to focus, we would usually be sitting still or in a quiet place. And so we think that will help us to focus or somewhat music. So we won't have a lot of movement.
Scientific studies, on the contrary, have found that if we have a lot of movement, it will actually reduce the brain knowledge burden (CPU).
That's why when you see people delivering a speech. They have a lot of hand gestures or body gesture because it helps them to express better and reduced brain burden.
And also it was found that when the teacher uses more hand gestures and movements in explaining a new concept. It will increase the students' memory and therefore have a better test results (42%+) when that concept is being examined.
The reason being that the more movement we have, the more stable our emotional and mental status would be. Hence helping with the brain CPU.
Therefore, if we want to use our brain better, better get moving!!
To your success,
Connie
