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  • Right Brain skills improve with Age

    Right Brain skills improve with Age

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    What do you think gets better with age?
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    Most of us fear getting older. But did you know that your right brain skills improve with age?

    Right brain skills are conceptual skills that help us connect the dots. These are skills that is related to empathy and understanding.

    Though lot of us emphasize on IQ and algorithmic skills, most of us do not realize that right brain skills can neither be automated nor are easy to replicate.

    To understand the importance of right brain skills in the modern age, read these wonderful blogs:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=right+brain+skills+

  • Add more PLAY at your JOB

    Add more PLAY at your JOB

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    What jobs have you had?
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    Whatever be the job that you do for a living, it is very important to add more play at your job to make your life more meaningful.

    Research has proven that PLAY , an important right brain skill, adds more meaning to our lives.

    Play adds more Meaning to our Lives. How?

    And finally let me leave you with this WONDERFUL FISH PHILOSOPHY to make our workplace more meaningful.

    Fish Philosophy workplace lessons – 4 key tenets
  • Right Brain Skills are the Dearest skills

    Right Brain Skills are the Dearest skills

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    What personal belongings do you hold most dear?
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    As an individual i do realize the importance of right brain skills and hence I am constantly working on improving these skills. To me right brain skills are the dearest to have in this modern age.

    Right Brain skills are growing in importance and listed below are the SIX RIGHT BRAIN skills that are gaining in importance by the day.

    The SIX RIGHT BRAIN SKILLS that you MUST MASTER.

    Thus nurturing right brain skills is the key to surival.

    Nurturing Right Brain Skills
  • SMILE MORE for THIS REASON

    SMILE MORE for THIS REASON

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    What are your favorite emojis?
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    My favorite emoji is of course SMILE. Read this blog post and know why you should smile more for this reason.

    Carmine Gallo makes a mention of this wonderful insight in his book The Storyteller’s Secret. This should inspire all of us to SMILE MORE due to the scientific benefits.

    Read this very insightful blog to know how to find out a FAKE SMILE.

    How to undertake PROGNOSIS of a FAKE SMILE?
  • Laughter as a Therapy

    Laughter as a Therapy

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    What makes you laugh?
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    Like many I do believe that laughing unconditionally can help you stay healthy. Laughter as a Therapy is the cornerstone of all modern day Laughter Clubs, getting popular by the day.

    Laughter is a RIGHT BRAIN SKILL that gives us a sense of PLAY and acts like a THERAPY. It has been proven by research that practicing to laugh regularly can help us stay healthy and improves our immune system.

    Read this post to know more:

    Why should you join a LAUGHTER CLUB?
  • Lesson that Evolution of Brain Teaches us.

    Lesson that Evolution of Brain Teaches us.

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    How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?
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    Over the past century till date, if we look at the evolution of brain via significant events, the lesson that the evolution of brain teaches is of the growing importance of right brain.

    As mentioned by Daniel Pink in A Whole New Mind, we have come a long distance from the Agricultural Age to now the Conceptual Age.

    The very basic essence of this journey has been the shift of prominence from left brain to right brain skills.

    Thus in the modern conceptual age, survival depends on the ability to leverage our right brain skills in the best possible manner.

    The Story of Human Brain’s Evolution with Time

    For more such insights from this wonderful book, visit the below link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=a+whole+new+mind

  • COOKING is GREAT for MENTAL HEALTH. How?

    COOKING is GREAT for MENTAL HEALTH. How?

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    What’s your favorite thing to cook?
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    I love to cook my own food. I love to bake cakes & many other items that keep me fit and healthy. Cooking is by the way great for mental health as well.

    Research has related cooking with happiness, relaxation, increasing self confidence to name a few.

    Research has also proven that baking your own cake can  increase your levels of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin — all positive brain chemicals directly associated with overall mood and happiness. This in turn drives away all DEPRESSION and ANXIETY.

    Thus if you have not yet started the journey would encourage you to take up cooking.

    To understand more about right brain skills like cooking, read these insightful blogs.

    Cooking is a form of PLAY, a right brain skills that adds more meaning to our lives.

    Play adds more Meaning to our Lives. How?
  • Why I Love Laughter Clubs?

    Why I Love Laughter Clubs?

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    Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.
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    Not exactly an ATTRACTION but a place I CRAVE to VISIT each weekend is a LAUGHTER CLUB, just a few miles from the town I stay. I love Laughter clubs since they encourage PLAYFULNESS.

    Laughter Clubs are ones wherein people from different parts of the city, different walks of life assemble and spend quality time SIMPLY LAUGHING.

    Research has shown that LAUGHING stimulates RIGHT BRAIN thinking and encourages PLAYFULNESS.

    This brings more meaning in our lives and make them fulfilling.

    Daniel Pink mentions about the same in his book A Whole new Mind.

    Also take out some time to read this wonderful book from Daniel Pink.

  • Why should you PLAY MORE at WORK?

    Why should you PLAY MORE at WORK?

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    Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?
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    Play is one of the six most essential right brain skills as mentioned by Daniel Pink in his path breaking book A Whole New Mind. This is a key reason I adopt PLAY in my daily life to remain in flow.

    The following are the SIX RIGHT BRAIN SKILLS mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book:

    1. PLAY
    2. DESIGN
    3. STORY
    4. MEANING
    5. EMPATHY
    6. SYMPHONY
    The SIX RIGHT BRAIN SKILLS that you MUST MASTER.

    Research has proven that as professionals we are more efficient when we PLAY at WORK. Look at the below startling observation that makes PLAY indeed a necessary component of our everyday lives.

  • Play adds more Meaning to our Lives. How?

    Play adds more Meaning to our Lives. How?

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    What was the last thing you did for play or fun?
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    Ever since I read Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind, I have tried approaching my work in such a way that I enjoy every bit of it. Play in work or life adds more meaning to our lives and removes distress and anxiety.

    Play is an essential aspect to turn any boring or mundane work to meaningful work that leads to fulfillment.

    Research shows that people who treat work as play lead more meaningful and fulfilling lives free of strife and tension.

    To understand how play makes us more efficient at work read this insightful blog post:

    How can PLAY make us MORE EFFICIENT at WORK?