Lots of people do brain exercises, often in the form of brain games. You've probably even tried a few, right?
That's all fine and dandy, but there's a catch:
Playing brain exercise games on your "smart phone" is not necessarily brain exercise. Not by a long shot.
Brain Exercises Or Brain Thinners?
In fact, some of those brain games don't exercise your brain at all.
You don't have to take my word for it either. Just check out all the people on this live call who totally agreed:
Instead of helping you, those apps train your brain to get good at completing tasks within the world of those apps. The mental fitness doesn't apply to other parts of your life.
And as we discussed in the video above, your memory and brain fitness exercises need to be both the dojo and the exercise.
Use Concrete Brain Exercises And Avoid Abstract Ones
Bottom line:
If you're exercising your brain on an abstract level but not directing the fitness at specific life improvement goals, you're missing out. Your brain fitness must be targeted at specific goals so you get tangible results.
And if you'd like brain exercises that do improve your mind and give you a great mental workout that matters, give the following easy exercises a try. I promise they'll be fun and give you a memory improvement boost in a short period of time.
By the way, if you also want a detailed list of methods that will improve your memory and help you remember everything better, please check out:
How to Remember Things: 21 Techniques For Memory Improvement.
And in case you weren't aware that you can listen to me narrating this post, click play here and I'll happily speak to you as you discover these powerful brain exercises.
1. The 4-Details Observation Exercise
Gary Small talks about memorizing four details of people you encounter out in public.
For example, let's say someone is wearing a gray sweater, black hat, red belt and green shoes. The goal is to observe the details first and then recall them later.
Some scientists call brain exercises like these "passive memory training." They're passive because you're not using any special memory techniques. You're just asking your mind to do what it was designed to do: remember.
Why does this matter?
It matters because we don't ask our minds to practice observation enough.
For that reason, we fail to observe. We also fail to observe things that we aren't seeing, such as by making visual images of movements we hear in other rooms. I teach about how to complete this simple visualization and memory exercise in this video.
If you'd like to be a better observer of the world around you, this exercise will help.
It's also scalable. You can start with observing just one person per day. Once you've gotten good at recalling four details of just one person, you can add more information or more people (or both).
If you like, you can also notice details about buildings, cars, movies or series, foods that improve memory, etc. But focusing on people is the more potent. Being observant of others around you is a great social skill.
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