Entire Life Brain Exercises

Ray Kroc, the founder of MacDonald's was a witty guy. He's know for a good selection of short sayings. I like the one, "when you are green you can grow, but when you are ripe, you are starting to rot." This applies to all things in nature.

I am not certain of his meaning, but to me it means you have to be a continuous learner. Used, your brain will grow. Unsued, your brain will fade. But, without using it hard, the brain will atrophy and soon die.

Nothing too complicated at all. Think about little kids. They hungrily seek everything new. Plus, they enjoy repetiion. They will go over the same material until some know it all by heart. They go over and over material because they want to. Not because they didn't understand it the first time around. Every one of them are mental growing enterprises.

Receiving new input or material on a new topic does contribute to mental growth. That's a wonderful place to begin this new journey. You'll find it very stimulating when you're learning new material. It becomes a habit to many people.

Think about increasing your curiosity to the level of the young. You really want to be as curious as a little child about everything. Remember, you had the skill to do this at one time in your lives. It's time for you to go back to the level you enjoyed as a child.

Your mind will grow very fast as you learn new information and become exposed to new material. It is very healthy to be in this learning environment. Of course, this is exactly the result you'll want to obtain.

Make decision quickly. Your goal is to become a continuous learner.

However, there are couple of other issues to discuss. They're even more serious. First is failing to put something you've learned into action. I have written about this before. A small problem gets very big when no action is taken.

It's a big issue when we think we know everything there is to know about a topic. Many experts get themselves in this jam. This happens to senior people in every position. The requirement to take refresher courses and to be exposed to new material is a cornerstone of some professional associations. They make this an annual requirement.

if you don't watch out, you could find this dilemma happening to you.

How do you prevent this?

If you hear yourself saying, "I know”, that could be an indication that you're close So, if you think you know a lot about something you could be setting yourself up for this issue.

Put some thought into this. Saying, “I know that” at any time could be an issue. Generally you'll cut off any more input. You have effectively cut off the communications and robbed yourself of some potentially valuable insight.

If you say the same thing in your mind, you'll also stop receiving the input. This time the person won't stop talking you'll just stop listening.

I believe myself to be a perpetual learner. I focus on learning first in teaching second. I am considered to be an expert in management training and business growth tactics I thank them for their view and compliments, but know I am simply on a personal growth path. I'm always going to new seminars and workshops. Whenever I find a new book on my topics I read them. Whenever I encounter an expert in any of the fields I'm interested in I like to listen to them

I'd like to think you will also start becoming a perpetual student.