28 ways to shift your brain
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WHO ARE NOT
from people
SEEK OPINIONS
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DO TH
INGS IN
A
DIFFEREN
T ORDER
2.
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ROUTINELYQuestion the things you do
Do you really still need to do them?
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Use
colours
and
different
fonts
when
youmake
notes
to
reflect
your
moodA shift in thinking leads to a shift in behaviour. Where could that lead? www.springdevelopment.net
Feed all your senses:Smells can evokememories andemotions.Herbs, lavender,spices... allowyourself to savourthe aroma.
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Use your eyes to stimulate your brainLook at art and try to work out what drove the artist
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Listen todifferentmusic.If you don’tget it,discuss itwithsomeonewho does.
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Listen to TEDtalks on subjects
outside yourusual range
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Know your own comfort zonesand work out how to
stretch them
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Noticenature
close up
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Use spidergrams andbrainstormingto getyourthoughts down
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Don’t judge yourideas until you’ve
generatedas many
as youcan
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Stretch yourcreative muscles
regularly byplaying games like
‘What else could youdo with this object?'
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Make up storieswith other people,becauseother mindsare fascinatingand differentfrom yours.
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Cook something different,using new ingredients.
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DON'T ALWAYS TAKETHE SAFE OPTION
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Seek out all mannerof newexperiences
even if it’sonly using a
different shopA shift in thinking leads to a shift in behaviour. Where could that lead? www.springdevelopment.net
Learn to name your emotions asaccurately as you can, then explorewhy you are feeling them.
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If you are writing or painting, don’t stop when you reach theend of the chapter or section – you will be faced with a
blank page or canvas when you return.Instead, start on the next part, even if it is minimal.
It will make it easierto get back into it.
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If you get writer’s block,
or hit a section you can’t put into words, write a bit of
drivel, put the
font into a
different
colour, then
carry on
regardless.When the words come to you, go back and fill
the gapsA shift in thinking leads to a shift in behaviour. Where could that lead? www.springdevelopment.net
Learn about
personality traits.
Once you understand
your own, stretch
yourself by thinking
about how people with
the opposite traits to
you would handle your
issues.
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Identify music
and play it!
thatliftsyourspirit
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Take fiveminutes to besilent and stillin a busy dayto allow yourthoughts to
organisethemselves
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Remember
the
radiators
and
drains
If you are spending more time
with people who drain you than
people who warm your soul,
shift the balance.A shift in thinking leads to a shift in behaviour. Where could that lead? www.springdevelopment.net
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SHIFTYOURBUTT!
Exercise gets everything moving,including thinking and ideas
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If you are stuck,clarify the problemas far as you can,then park it.Go and dosomething else.Your subconsciouswill work on it.
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Make a
VISION BOARDof
thingsthat
INSPIREyou
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Allow your innerchild out to play.Children don’thave the selfimposedrestrictions thatwe have.Remember how tohave silly fun.Ask the advice of a4 year old.
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