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Understanding the concept of the self
The importance of living in the present moment
The illusion of control
Keep your hands busy
Doing something intricate with your hands – a Rubik’s Cube, squeezing a ball, fiddling with dice – excites various parts of your brain and might actively change the way you are thinking.
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Write a Haiku
The subject matter is irrelevant. What’s important is that you think about mundane things (your day, your job, etc) in a new, abstract way.
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Throw a ball around
Throwing a ball around makes people feel more interconnected and takes your mind off everything else – including the problem you’ve been stuck on for the last hours.
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We're not born creative
Some of us are better at making new connections between concepts. But this is in most cases the result of hard, deliberate work, not an accident of birth.
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Music and creativity
Listening to music can have considerable effects on the physical architecture of the brain: it can facilitate a stronger connection between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
And having better connections between the analytical and creative sides of the brain can only make you a m...
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Walking and creativity
- Walking helps you to get away from your daily sources of stress, thus reducing anxiety in the short term.
- Walking improves the process of creating new analogies in your brain.
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Working with our hands
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- Using our hands on a task that doesn’t demand much cognitively gives the mind a chance to relax and rest.
- When our brain is “offline,” it gives it a chance to work on problems behind the scen...
Your whole brain reacts to events
The idea that your brain reacts to events in the world is a myth. The idea supposes that you go through your day with parts of your brain in the off position, but when something happens around you, those parts become active and light up with activity.
But the brain doesn't...
Your expectations
Don't expect your partner to think like you. It's important that you give your partner room to have their own opinions and views without trying to change them or manipulate them to your way of thinking.
An effective partnership is really about voluntarily becoming a team because yo...
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