28 ways to shift your brain

28 Ways to

SHIFT YOUR BRAIN

Julie Cooperwww.springdevelopment.netHello@springdevelopment.net

like you

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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