Feb

Mental Peak Performance

We have a pretty good concept of athletic peak performance. It’s probably the person who wins. But most of us don’t make a living as athletes. Most of us need mental peak performance to advance.

Two types of mental tasks summon either the right and/or the left brain. We are either in the logic, calculating, language mode, or we are in the creative, intuitive, emotional mode.

Some tasks do require the whole brain and synthesis of right and left. This is the function of the pre-frontal cortex that organizes our mental process like a conductor.

Three easy ways to power up our brain:

Eat healthy

Get Exercise

Get Rest

The don’t do side would include:

Don’t ingest negative influences on performance

Don’t drain brain on meaningless activities (tv, news, texting, gossip)

Don’t let negative glass is half full or anxiety weigh on brain

Putting it together might look like:

Eating natural foods supports right and left brain

Aerobic Exercise at least every other day supports brain waves

Gratitude and contribution fuel positive energies

Doing most important work first focuses brain power

Avoid activities that drain energy and are not contributing or productive

Avoid procrastination

Have house in order regarding finances, relationships, and responsibilities

Then if you want to really put it in high gear:

Spend most important time on passions every day

Have gratitude that you are here

Contribute to others to make their lives better

Positive feelings and positive activities put life in “flow”. Flow produces dopamine which is the brain’s chemical for happiness. Shawn Achor in The Happiness Advantage claims happy people perform best.

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