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Sensory Stimulation
Sensory Stimulation
Stimulation of the senses creates electrical activity in the brain, and this accelerates the formation of pathways between the brain cells. These pathways, called dendrites, are the basis for intelligence. The more, the better. We’re born with a fixed number of brain cells, but there’s no limit to the number of connecting pathways that can be created.
Receiving a healthy variety of sensory stimulation can be very energizing. Think of how you feel after listening to good music, flying over the desert on a clear day, riding your bicycle, hiking through a wilderness area, swimming, traveling to a new place, feeling the warm sun on your back or a cold wind in your face. These things all have a high sensory content.
Our senses deliver complex, dynamic information that challenges us to interpret it. And our minds respond to the challenge with growth. Stimulation builds our sensory vocabulary and adds to our range of experience.
Make it a point to stimulate your senses every day. And not with the same old stuff. Remember to see new sights, taste new food, listen to new sounds, move in different ways — seek out sensations that are new and challenging. And you’ll improve performance in every area of your life.
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Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others. — David Seabury
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Use Less Effort
The less effort you put into getting each thing accomplished, the more you’ll be able to do. Reducing your effort is not being lazy — far from it. In fact, it could be argued that NOT working to become more efficient is the lazy way to live. When you look for ways to reduce your efforts, you’ll open your eyes to a whole new way of doing things. There’s no such thing as something for nothing. However, there is also no need to ever use more than the minimum effort necessary.
For example, it takes less effort to regularly change your car’s oil, than to replace the engine. It takes less effort to put things away when you’re finished with them, than to trip over them every time you walk through the room. It takes less effort to deal with a problem early, than to avoid it and have it grow bigger. It takes less effort to save in advance for a purchase, than to buy it on credit and pay the interest. It takes less effort to do it NOW, than to ponder it, and worry about it, and wonder if you should, and then play catch up because it took you so long to get started. It takes less effort to do the difficult tasks early in the day, when your mind is fresh and clear, than to stay up late and do them while fighting fatigue.
With each thing you undertake, ask “How can I do this with less effort?” There is usually a way, and by finding it you will grow vastly more effective.
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Man’s greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes – obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes. — Victor Hugo
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Get Away From The "Buts"
Get Away From The “Buts”
The word “but” is a killer. It kills your dreams. It gives you an endless supply of reasons to live a life of desperation and mediocrity.
“Yes, I’d like to go back to school, but I just can’t find the time.”
In life, there are either results or there are excuses. Unfortunately, most of us have too many excuses and not enough results. Excuses are worthless. Why do we even bother with them? They make us “feel” better, they allow us to deceive ourselves, they help us to forsake responsibility for our own lives.
“I want to, but… I need to, but… I could be, but…” But what?
To make something of your life, you need to bust some “buts”. Get rid of them. For starters, replace “but” with “and”. That just naturally makes things more open ended.
“Yes, I’d like to go back to school, and…
…and here’s how I’m going to do it.”
“But” may make you feel better in the short run by providing justification for your lack of action. Eventually, though, your “buts” become a crutch. “But” is an escape, that too soon becomes a trap. Stay away from “but”. Stop making excuses and start improving your performance.
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Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. — Harold B. Melchart
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