Brain Rules

By Tricia Molloy:

I'm a motivational speaker on change management through wise business practices.

In other words, I present programs like CRAVE Your Goals! and DESIGN Your Ideal Life! to help reinforce or change behaviors in the workplace. So, I'm always interested in the primal laws, ancient truths and latest research on how people learn, retain and apply information.



In Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, author and molecular biologist John Medina shares with wit and wisdom a dozen rules that help us understand how stress, gender and other variables either support or sabotage our success.

Whether this information is new to you or not, it always helps to remember the little things you can do that make a big difference, like:

To increase your mental sharpness, go for a walk or a run or just take some deep breaths. Oxygen flow into your brain reduces brain-bound free radicals and that increases your attention and focus, and helps you solve problems easier. (To prove this point, read the rest of this while breathing deeply.)

Multitasking doesn't work because, unlike a computer, the brain is a sequential processor and large fractions of a second are consumed every time we switch tasks. That adds up to a lot of wasted time.

Midday naps boost your productivity. Around three each afternoon, which is 12 hours after the point of your deepest sleep, your brain craves a break. When NASA pilots took a half-hour nap, their performance soared 34 percent. Consider that when planning meetings or conferences.

Show and tell. Studies show you'll remember 10 percent of what you hear after three days. If you see it too, you'll remember 65 percent. Vision trumps all other senses perhaps because it's how our ancestors perceived major threats and identified food supplies and reproductive opportunities. Consider this the next time you're preparing a PowerPoint presentation.

For more, including a clever series of videos, go to http://www.brainrules.net/

What are your favorite books on professional and personal development? I will provide highlights like this in future enewsletters. Share your wisdom on my Facebook Page or just reply back to me. I love hearing from you!


To Your Wisdom,
Tricia
770.565.1231
www.triciamolloy.com

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