Clever Brain

In The Decline of Your Mental Powers we discussed some of the reasons for our brain’s decline and why we lose our brainpower. So what can we do to improve our brainpower?

Brainpower Courses

There are many books, lectures and products on the market designed to help you to improve your brainpower. Most of these lessons contain the same information and give specific exercises that you can do that will help you to have a much clearer focus and be able to think at your very best. These exercises do not typically take much time and if done regularly and properly, can assist in providing you with discipline and be very effective in improving your brainpower.

Omega-3 Fats in Your Diet

Add Omega-3 oils into your daily diet. You can do this by eating the proper fatty fish such as salmon as well as fish products that contain these oils, or by purchasing Omega-3 supplemental capsules.

Develop Your Concentration

It is important that you develop a higher ability of concentration. Many concentration and meditation techniques such as those taught as part of Yoga studies can help you to build up your ability to remain focused. One technique to develop concentration, and thus your brainpower, is to move only your eyes, keeping your head and body still, gazing from point to point. This should be done by moving your eyes once each second and scanning the entire range of your vision at all angles. Doing this exercise daily can help you to build your focus and increase your concentration over just a few weeks.

Positive Thoughts are Positive for Brainpower

Keeping positive thoughts can also help you to improve your brain function. Thinking positively gives you more access to the higher thinking abilities that are already inside you. When you think positive thoughts, you feel better and healthier. Spend some time each day asking yourself emotional-type questions such as what you are grateful for and name the people in your life who make you happy. Positive thoughts can go a long way towards giving you more confidence and producing a higher concentration level.

Develop Both Sides of Your Brain

Most people are right-handed and therefore primarily use the left side of their brain. In order to develop the neural pathways between the two sides of your brain, and therefore increasing your brainpower, you should engage in activities that utilize the other side of your brain as well.

An exercise that can help to broaden your brainpower is to move your mouse pad to the opposite side of your keyboard. If you are right-handed, then move your mouse pad to the left-hand side, and vice-versa. This forces you to use the hand that is not dominant and will stimulate the neural connections in your brain between the right and left hemispheres.

You should strive to perform as many activities as you can with your non-dominant hand. Try brushing your teeth with your right hand if you are left-handed. Studies have proven that those who are ambidextrous, or have the ability to use both hands equally, have ten percent more nerve fibers that join the left and right sides of the brain.

Games to Improve Your Brainpower

Playing computer games is also an excellent way to exercise and stimulate your brain. There are several games such as puzzles, brainteasers, crossword puzzles and strategy games that will stimulate your brain. Chess, checkers and – my favorite – bridge all help to engage strategic thinking and can ultimately improve your brainpower. You should strive to get yourself into a regular schedule of playing these brain-empowering games. Consider playing for fifteen minutes each morning before work to get your brain moving or take crossword puzzles to work with you for your coffee break.

All of these exercises should be practiced regularly. Be sure to set aside some time in your daily routine to do the practices that you feel most comfortable doing. Spending just a few minutes each day can increase your brainpower by ten percent or more within just a few weeks.