Category: Executive Functioning
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Why Learning Becomes a Chore
The Science Behind It Why do preschoolers LOVE to learn and the rest of us don’t? When does our brain become so resistant to education? There are a couple of reasons. One. Babies’ brains can’t not learn. From birth to about two, our brain absorbs everything, like a sponge, just like people always say. No… Read more
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10 Questions for Finding Yourself
Free Your Brain to Find Your Purpose “You must know yourself to grow yourself.” —John Maxwell Did you go off to find yourself only to come back still lost? Yeah, me too. With no map, it’s hard to find what it is we’re looking for. So here are a few things that will get us… Read more
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5 Things that Harm Your Brain
Your Amazing Brain The brain is the most amazing, complex, energy hungry organ in the universe! Your Brain is Your Most Valuable Commodity!!! DID YOU KNOW? “We only use 10% of our brain” is a myth. We use all of our brain all of the time (admittedly, some more efficiently than others). Consider these statistics… Read more
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Improve Executive Functioning
Easy Ways to Improve Your CEO Some researchers have even proposed that executive functioning may better predict success than does IQ. The CEO of our life resides in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of our brain and is primarily responsible for the following functions. As you can see, the PFC plays a significant role in success.… Read more
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The Science Behind our ‘Comfort Zone’
What is it, and How Do We Change It? Have we ever wondered why we love to stay in our comfort zone? Like, what is the actual science behind it? Neural pathways, like ruts in soil from water, are created in our brain by repetition – stuff we’re used to doing all the time. So,… Read more