Today I want to talk to you about how to keep your mind healthy throughout your entire life your mind will make you rich or poor depending on the uses you put to it. I want you to take a moment to answer the following question,
what are you doing today to keep your brain healthy and active.?
If you're like most people you aren't more than willing to spend hours each week focusing on developing a strong and flexible physical body but failing to devote any time to actively seeking algal ways to improve your mental fitness cultivating a keen and active mind is key to unlocking a more satisfying and meaningful life in every area maintaining a healthy mind is essential for improving your productivity strengthening your personal and professional relationships and finally realizing your best self building your brain and keeping your mind healthy is critical but it doesn't have to be complicated here are six actionable suggestions that can help you get started today making your mind as sharp as a razor.
No.01
First, read as much positive material as you can your brain craves new ideas and stimulation and reading is one of the best ways to explore them while there are endless topics you can explore by reading it's necessary to keep the majority of the material as positive and inspirational as
No.02
Next exercise study after study has proven that there is a direct correlation between physical exercise and mental well-being exercise can help to reduce stress and alleviate depression along with boosting positivity aiding self-esteem and even improving cognitive thinking the good news is that even moderate aerobic exercises like walking or jogging or swimming can have a tremendous effect on the way you feel mentally all it takes is 30 minutes of exercises a couple of times a week to start to see results if you can't squeeze a full 30 minutes of exercise into your schedule don't worry about it even doing aerobic exercises for a little as 10 minutes at a time is really beneficial.
No.03
Next practice affirmations by using affirmations daily you can counteract some of the overwhelming negativity in the world around you and create a more optimistic outlook for yourself your subconscious mind makes everything you say and do fit a pattern consistent with your self-concept your master program research has shown that through the simple act of
Some Useful Examples:
Affirmation I like myself I learned that fully 40 years ago and I was just remarkable I was shocked that I never heard it before and the instructor had everybody in the room say it and today I have everybody in my room say it all over the world and now mmm 50 or 60 languages I like myself because the more you like yourself the more you like everyone around you the more you like your work the more you like your activities the more open-minded and optimistic you try it another one that you can say is I am the best I'm the best I always tell my children that they're the best and they soon they start to say to themselves I'm the best I'm really good perhaps the best of all is I can do it I can do anything I put my mind to I'm not afraid of anything I can do anything I put my mind to and finally retire Rudy love is the words I love my work I like myself and I love my work. get yourself pumped almost like mental exercise get the blood moving I like myself I love my work like the self I love my work and you'll be astonished and how much better you feel and how much better you do your work just give it a try my rule throughout my career has been that you only need to try one of my recommendations once to find out if it works or not you don't have to practice for six months just do it once and you'll experience the change and then you'll start to do it over and over again because once you experience the change you will be motivated to do it again my first instructor in personal development said with affirmations your future is unlimited I never forgot those words I wrote them down and I rewrote they and I read them and reread them with affirmations positively talking to yourself.
No.04
Your future is unlimited develop good habits are your habits holding you back and causing you to feel bad about yourself or are your habits pushing you forward causing you to feel great about yourself almost everyone has at least one bad habit that he or she wishes that he or she could quit whether its procrastination or self-doubt or the propensity to blame others when things go wrong or badly harmful practices are a significant drain on your mental health despite the negative impact of these self-destructive habits overcoming them can often be a real struggle one method many successful people use or find helpful is replacing a bad habit with a good habit so instead of just committing to stop fearing rejection in social situations work on
No.05
Fifth eat healthy foods maintaining a healthy mind necessitates having a healthy diet and lifestyle throw out the junk food in the cupboard and stick to eating real foods many people experience positive mental health when they eliminate saturated fats and sugar from their diet.
No.06
Finally set goals with deadlines and work towards them this is my favorite of all standing still not making any progress is almost worse than failing when you do start off at least if you tried to meet the challenge and failed you probably learn something valuable about yourself whenever you make a mistake of any kind simply ask yourself what can I learn from this experience what can I learn that will help myself to be better in the future keep your mind focused on the positive part of what you just did and the negative part will just kind of disappear the fear of failure is the biggest single enemy of personal success for you or me or anyone else it's often petrifying enough to cause you to avoid completing projects or even having the confidence to start one in the first place a positive way of overcoming this mental self-paralysis is to create SMART goals a SMART goal is a specific goal
measurable achievable relevant and time-bound 'add if you have a long-term project and use what is called the checklist and manifesto you take the long term project and you break it down into a list a smaller easier to finish tasks you organize the list by what you do first what you do second what you do third and then you begin on number one once you break out all of the tasks you need to do to complete a project identify the most important tasks and start on those make sure that you set deadlines for each task as well as fo the completion of the entire project or goal your mental health is critical to leading the life that you deserve to start making the changes that you need to improve it.
