Mental Fitness Program for Maximizing Creativity and Achieving Success

[sanraj]

Library of Congress Cataloging | ISBN 0-8144-7994-4 | English | PDF | 1.70 MB | 242 pages

Introduction
Get Ready, Get Set …
''One can never be content to creep when one feels an impulse to soar."
—Helen Keller
When our bodies are not properly attended to, we grow weak. We all recognize the value of training our bodies through a variety of exercises—muscle building, endurance building, and coordination enhancing. What many of us do not realize, however, is the need to train our minds in the same manner. Our brains are an important part of our bodies. In fact, many of us would say it is the most important. The brain is what distinguishes human beings from other animals, and it is what makes us different from other human beings. The human brain is an adaptive mechanism of enormous sophistication; it's the most complex system currently known in the universe. Traditionally, you might think of cross-training as becoming proficient in a related task or skill. This type of cross-training enables the individual to increase his or her performance in an area of specialty. But truly transformative changes have been shown to occur when individuals learn in areas that initially seem unrelated to existing skills. The goal of
cross-training is to awaken you to the enormous potential of your mind. We all start with the same raw materials—about three pounds of gray matter. But we all shape our brains differently through a lifetime of experiences. The tremendous range of adaptability afforded as a result of our sophisticated brain has enabled us to survive where other species have become extinct. Historically, however, biological adaptability has occurred at a slow and unconscious level—brought on by pressures exerted from environmental conditions. What many people do not realize, though, is that you can take an active role now in shaping your brain through activities and exercise. These exercises are designed to (1) make you aware of the way you think and (2) aid you in forming new thinking patterns where desired. Cross-training is about both internal changes of awareness and external changes in actions. When you begin the practice of cross-training, you break your tasks into small steps to progress in the direction of your vision. Although the steps may be relatively simple, the overall task may require great effort. Real, meaningful change comes from the slow process of conscious, continuous practice over time. Why Cross-Train? Opening the mind to the possibility of solution-thinking (envisioning options) and releasing it from the recurring habit of problem-thinking (being held to conditions) is the benefit of cross-training. This new perspective can affect your life on a professional, personal, and spiritual level. Professionally, you can improve your productivity through new ideas and new solutions to old problems. Cross-training could also enable you to better understandand respond to office dynamics. You might even want to involved subordinates in some cross-training techniques to improve their performance. Personally, cross-training enables you to improve relationships at home through exercises such as perspective shifts. Spiritually, cross-training enables you to develop a new understanding of life and your role in the universe. This comprehension leads to achieving a greater sense of fulfillment in life. Of course, cross-training is also fun. Those who exercise regularly will tell you they see a payoff in the form of a healthier body, but they also come to enjoy the process—the exercise itself. Cross-training your brain is no different. The ultimate payoff of cross-training can be seen in terms of products—ideas you would not have had otherwise and an ability to see and gain control over limitations. As a bonus, it is also an enjoyable process. A Framework for Cross-Training Three aspects to cross-training help you unlock your thinking and behavior to facilitate change: principle, process, and practice. These power concepts, working together, release the insights and actions necessary to redefine our thinking and redirect our actions, enabling us to begin working within our creative, formative minds. Principle Principles are the infrastructure of cross-training. Principles are the foundations of thought and action, which bring understanding to human events. Principles are conditions that exist even when you do not understand them or have no knowledge of their existence. In the physical science, principles are often called laws. Many of the laws of matter correspond with the principles of mind. In physical science, we understand....................................

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