3 Things We Should All Know About Our Inherent Mental Capabilities

Attitude

August 18, 2018

Even before science was able to prove that our thoughts influence our bodies, our intuition was already giving us clues and hints about this truth.

As further studies were conducted, it slowly became clear how the energy derived from our thoughts can influence our mood, health, even a situation or an outcome of an event.

The more science dives deep into understanding our inherent mental capabilities as human beings, the more we astound ourselves by our potential power.

This is also the reason why the culture of meditation and other techniques about mental clarity is on the rise as more people become aware of the power of our mind.

But we are far from understanding our true power. We are just pioneers when it comes to studying the mysteries of the human mental capabilities and our psyche.

There are certain things we should all know about our inherent mental capabilities so we can use our mental power in our own advantage.

3 Important Things You Should About Your Mental Capabilities:

1. Your thoughts can influence your immune system.

The difference between positive thinking and negative thinking is mostly subjective and different in context between each individual.

However, the thing that distinguishes them is whether or not the thinking stimulates the body to create chemicals that support its health or chemicals that can be unhealthy.

The so called negative thoughts are found to have adverse effects on the body. They can change the body’s chemical composition that can lead to problems.

Negative thoughts can also decrease the strength of your immune system and make you prone to getting sick.

On the other hand, people who think positively are found to be much healthier and more energetic than negative thinkers.

Positive thinking creates good chemicals and enzymes that keep us healthy and stimulate our immune system to protect our bodies against diseases.

2. Your mind can improve your performance and give you additional energy.

Athletes are trained to channel their thoughts into energy. The power of thinking is also used in training professional athletes.

The athletes are guided to focus their minds on seeing a picture of themselves winning, employing their emotions in the thought process as if it’s happening in the present.

Creating the experience in the thoughts direct the energy into it, which makes it more possible to happen in reality. It gives them additional energy if they need it.

Many of the best singers think of hitting their notes before they sing. Before they hit the note, they rehearse it in their minds first.

This is the reason why rehearsals are important to them before the events. They bring out the positive thoughts and energy before the performance to make it more successful.

3. You can create any emotion you want to feel with your mind.

We can feel in the present anything that we want just by thinking of a situation that we link with that specific emotion, or another emotional stimuli.

The mere thought makes us feel as if the situation happens in reality, even though it’s only in our minds. It’s because our minds find it hard to distinguish thinking from reality.

Our thoughts are magnetic and electrostatic in nature. Yet, we have the power to control their direction. We can change negative emotion to a positive one simply by visualization.

When we come to understand how powerful our minds are, and that we can control them at any time, we can use this power collectively to influence our planet.

We can heal this world by taking our power into our own hands and spreading thoughts of love, kindness, and empathy.

5 Universal Truths That Will Remove The Stress Out Of Your Reality

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Philosophy

Dejan

August 17, 2018

We tend to underrate the smallness of our planet, and we tend to exaggerate the greatness of our mundane everyday problems in comparison to The Universe.

We forget the grand mystery we are all a part of and overlook the beauty that’s hiding all around us.

But, at the end of the day, the reality that stresses us is just a tiny illusion on a greater image that’s just a dot on a bigger picture, we are all just humans doing our best.

We imprison ourselves in our little worlds, filled with activities, habits, seemingly important tasks, completely forgetting that most things in The Universe are outside of our control.

That’s why we need to remind ourselves of the truth we so easily tend to forget. We need to read and become aware of facts that shatter the stress out of our reality.

Here are some of the greatest universal truths that will give you perspective outside of your stress, uplift your mood and leave you with awe, thinking what else you don’t see.

5 Universal Truths That Will Uplift You:

1. Relax, nothing is under control.

You are living on a piece of rock circling around a fireball in the midst of an ever expanding and almost infinite sea of darkness, nobody knows anything for certain, everything is always changing and nothing big is really under our control, so just relax.

2. You don’t just look at a rainbow, you create it.

You can see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum. The existence of a rainbow depends on the conical photoreceptors in your eyes. To animals without cones, the rainbow does not exist. So you don’t just look at the rainbow, you create it. All the beautiful colors you see represent less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum.

3. Even the most evil person loved someone.

Even the most evil person in the world, at some point in their life had bad day. They did something silly, they cried, they laughed.

They acted as any regular human being, with flaws and talents. They had a favorite food, a favorite song, and an embarrassing secret they didn’t want to share with anyone.

Even the most evil person in the world, at some point in their life, loved someone from the bottom of their hearts.

4. There is always something you can do for fun, boredom is a state of mind.

You live in a world where you have abundance of almost everything. You literally cannot come even close at wasting the resources for fun and wonder, and most of them are free.

You cannot listen to all the music there is, watch all the movies, read all the books, taste all the beautiful recipes or see all the beautiful places of our planet.

There are countless activities you can do, things you can learn and games you can play, by yourself or with others.

There are infinite number of things you can create and even more ways you can express the art inside your heart.

There are millions of people you can meet, millions of stories you can hear and million of lessons you can learn.

Therefore, boredom is a choice, and an absurd one. There is always something you can do to have an incredible amount of fun.

5. There’s something you can always give to others.

At any moment in time you can immediately make your world a better place, by making someone else’s day a little better.

This is something you can always give, of course, if you choose to. It’s a power you have, and a power you have a complete control over.

You can create heaven, or you can create hell, it’s completely your choice. And it all starts with you choosing to do one small act of kindness, to make one person’s day a little better.

5 Things That Protect You From Autoimmune Diseases

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Nezel Padayhag

August 16, 2018

An autoimmune disease is said to be a condition where your immune system attacks the healthy cells of your body by mistake.

When this happens, your body sends you symptoms that could include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, allergies, and others.

The traditional way of treating these diseases is through taking medication. However, with the emergence of new healing modalities, in this age, some people prefer the natural way of treatment through total diet and lifestyle changes.

Moreover, there is the idea introduced by Medical Medium Anthony William, a person who has helped tens of thousands of people heal from ailments that have been misdiagnosed, ineffectively treated or that doctors can’t resolve.

He states that, in reality, the body cannot attack itself because it only loves the self and supports it unconditionally.

With this concept in mind, you have the power to heal yourself from autoimmune diseases or whatever kind of illnesses you’re suffering from right now by totally changing your perception of your body and your health.

The healing is a process that begins with the following steps.

5 Things That You Should Be Doing To Protect Yourself From Autoimmune Diseases:

1. Change the stories you tell yourself.

It is but human nature to believe the stories of others who suffer the same physical pain as you. Pain can render you helpless.

As such, when you’re in the situation, you have the tendency to tell yourself stories that only weaken you more.

These disempowering thoughts can render your body helpless to heal itself. However, you can change these stories right away.

What most people don’t know is, there’s a strong connection between negative self talk and health. Positive mindset can do wonders, it can significantly improve your immunity.

By thinking positive and empowering thoughts you are not just empowering yourself, but you are perceiving more options that might be helpful and healthy for you.

2. Heal inner blockages of energy.

Judging and blaming yourself for a long period of time can create a misalignment of energy and this will result in a blockage of energy flow.

Once a blockage develops, and it is not treated on time, it results in physical illnesses. By neglecting your inner struggles you are neglecting the flow of your energy.

Additionally, past traumas and guilt can be stored in the areas of the lower chakras and interfere with the reproduction and digestion functions.

What you must do is to stop blaming yourself. Face your inner trauma and start to shower yourself with unconditional love.

When you stop neglecting the inner trauma you let energy flow there and eventually heal it. This eradicates the blockage and let’s your energy flow undisrupted.

3. Go back to your essence.

Going back to your essence means going beyond your mind, body, heart and spirit, and creating a connection to your soul.

This connects you to the essence that projects itself through your mind, body, heart and spirit.

When you connect to your original blueprint you restore yourself to a version of you that is meant to be harmonious.

You can feel whole again and you will see the disharmony and where it resides. By knowing what to harmonize you can know what to fix.

You can do this through meditation, nature connection, and aligning yourself with who you truly are. When you’re fully aware of your being, you consciously know what you need.

4. Trust your gut and intuition about what is right for you.

You are gifted with a spiritual tool that helps you sense what’s best for you, and what might be wrong. This is your intuition or gut feeling.

You might do something that everybody tells you to do, but if you sense it’s wrong for you than it might be wrong for you.

We might focus on healing the body when the real issue resides in our emotional self, or mental self.

It’s ok to listen to other people who know more than you, but when something feels offbeat, take a pause and think twice. Find other options, evaluate and stay open.

You know yourself best. You know your flaws, triggers and warning signs. You know what makes you feel good deep within and what is just avoidance of the real problem.

5. Take the necessary steps to maintain your health.

There’s nothing wrong with asking for professional help when you feel something is wrong with your body. In fact, we advise it.

However, you should know that most medical health professionals are trained only on the biological makeup of the body.

The treatments therefore focus more on the chemical and structural aspects of it. But science has shown that it works.

Maintaining your health is not just external. There is the external part, like your food choices, the activities and the chemicals you put within you.

But there is also an internal part consisting of your thought processes, beliefs and energy flow. Both of these parts these can either strengthen or weaken you.

Chronic illnesses are mostly caused by an imbalance in a person’s energetic makeup. These energy fields govern the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of our being.

Living to the truth that you’re an energetic being who is composed of mind, body, heart and spirit keeps you whole and aligned with this truth.

Unless you claim your power back, you can’t heal yourself fully because what happens outside is only a manifestation of what’s going on inside.

There may be limiting beliefs you need to overcome or situations, thought patterns you need to change.

Start to nourish your body physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Your body is intelligent and resilient.

Health is its natural state. Support it in healing itself by making health easy. Your being knows how to heal itself naturally.

Look at your relationships and career. Are they empowering you or sucking the life out of you?

Whatever answer you may find, make sure you do the necessary steps that will lead you to wholeness and vibrant health.

Talking To Yourself Can Be A Sign Of High Intelligence According To Couple Scientific Studies

Attitude

Dejan

August 15, 2018

Do you ever talk to yourself? Do you catch yourself asking questions and even giving yourself advice? Have you feared being labelled as a freak?

Well, do not worry. According to a couple of scientific researches talking to yourself can actually be a sign of high intelligence and greater IQ than average.

One scientific research has shown that people who tend to talk to themselves actually have greater IQ than those who don’t.

According to Einstein.org, Einstein “used to repeat his sentences to himself softly.” Read on to find out the 5 reasons talking to yourself is an act of intelligence.

5 Benefits Of Self Talk According To Science:

1. Your brain works better.

According to a study published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Daniel Swigley and Gary Lupyan, renowned psychologists, have found that talking to yourself is actually healthy.

An interesting experiment was conducted where around 20 people were given the name of a thing, a potato, an apple or cheese, and asked to find that item in the supermarket.

In the first case they had to do it silently while in the second case they were allowed to talk and say the name of the assigned object.

The second time they completed the task much more efficiently because talking aloud helped their ear hear the item and made it easier for the brain to retain it.

So next time you want to remember something better and faster, repeat it aloud.

2. It gives higher mental clarity.

Gary Lupyan a popular cognitive psychologist at the Wisconsin Madison University says,

“Speaking to yourself isn’t always helpful, if you don’t really know what an object looks like, saying its name can have no effect or actually slow you down. If on the other hand, you know that bananas are yellow and have a particular shape, by saying banana, you’re activating these visual properties in the brain to help you find them.”

Thus just thinking about what you are looking for is not enough, when you say it its name you automatically visualize it and give it a form.

This makes it easier for your mind to take into perspective what you are actually seeking, and it gives you clarity to think about it on a much realistic and achievable way.

By thinking loudly you are helping your mind visualize your thoughts and think about them on much clearer way.

3. Helps you learn better and faster.

According to Live Science, “self directed speech can help guide children’s behavior, with kids often taking themselves step by step through tasks such as tying their shoelaces, as if reminding themselves to focus on the job at hand.”

Try to remember the first time you played a board game. You must have been confused since it’s a new process and then, when you said the steps aloud while playing the game, you gained a better understanding of the situation.

This is the reason you remembered it the next time you played.

This is exactly how talking to yourself helps you learn better, your mind reexamines the thing you have learned and teaches it to itself.

This process of learning, evaluating and teaching creates a much better understanding about the subject you have learned.

4. Organizes the chaotic chatter in your mind.

Psychologist Linda Sapadin says when we think we silently weigh possibilities. This is important. You should talk to yourself because you can prioritize what you want.

When you are stuck at crossroads, You have to choose only one path and talking aloud will make you more sorted.

You will learn to manage the overwhelming responsibility of many options better.

By talking to yourself you are giving order to your thoughts and by giving order, you can better see and compare different choices.

This gives you quicker and better choice while taking a lot less energy than facing many different options silently.

5. Motivates you to achieve what you want.

We all have certain things we dream to achieve. Just having an idea won’t make your dreams reality. You need to take action and sometimes taking action is hard. You lack inspiration, motivation and will. We all have moments of weakness.

In such cases having a mentor or someone to push you can make the difference between achieving your goals and giving up. But since not all of us have someone to push us in those moments, talking to yourself is the next best thing.

Talking to yourself, giving yourself advices and motivating yourself can give you enough push to go that extra step when you lack the motivation and will.

And who knows you better than you, who knows your triggers and buttons, who knows the fire of your emotions? Nobody. You know yourself best!

That’s why you need to motivate yourself. And by doing this loudly you are tricking your mind to think someone else is pushing you forward. This way, you’ll stay motivated and waste less time. You will concentrate on the things that matter and not on petty things.

So if you talk to yourself, do not worry. Walk on Einstein’s path of success and you’ll soon reach your goals. Keep talking!

9 Major Signs That Tell You’re An Indigo Adult

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Nezel Padayhag

August 14, 2018

People who are called for spiritual purposes share almost the same traits.

Yet it’s important that you know what your specific calling is so that it’s easier for you to respond to the call and develop the gifts that you bring but are unaware of.

Indigos have gifts of empathy, precognition, or even emotional healing. They are born with these gifts because the world needs the wisdom they have that can bring a ray of light in this dimming world. Here are the major signs that tell you are an indigo adult.

9 Major Signs You’re An Indigo Adult:

1. You are extremely curious.

You keep asking for the why of things, especially the troubles that are happening around you. You want to know why there is poverty, hatred, conflicts, and disparity.

You don’t accept that there will be a gap between things that’s why you are questioning everything just to connect the dots.

2. You can’t conform to conventional systems.

Indigos don’t feel comfortable with authority. You don’t like to follow rules and regulations because they’re self limiting.

You understand that people shouldn’t be controlled by others who love to exercise authority over them.

Once in your life, you may have been accused of being rebellious despite the purity of your intentions.

You don’t intend to initiate agitation, you just see the loopholes in the system and want to correct it the way you see fit.

Creating new organizations to achieve your cause is your way of spreading awareness to the masses.

3. You can feel the sufferings of others.

As an indigo adult, you’re an empath to the core. You can’t bear seeing the pains and sufferings of others. Because of this, you avoid situations where you feel helpless because you know you can’t do anything to help out.

It’s not that you don’t care, it’s just that you feel emotionally drained when exposed to these situations.

And you just can’t take it when you see no steps are being taken to help the innocent and the helpless.

4. You are deeply connected to animals and nature.

You find yourself in harmony with nature and spending time with it is your way of grounding yourself.

You also love animals and may even go your way to rescue them, protect them, and even fight for their rights.

It’s because you believe that every creature should be treated equally and has to live with dignity.

This is how valuable life is to you.

5. You have episodes of depression.

Depression comes as no surprise to indigo adults considering the ugliness and injustices the world is going through.

As early as in your adolescent years, depression gets in your nerves since you still don’t understand what’s going on outside and inside of you.

Because you can’t relate to how others go after money and power, you find difficulty in fitting in with the world.

You might think there is something wrong with you or that you cannot fit into society. You might think society is wrong.

But as soon as you find your unique life purpose, you rise above these issues and pave the way for others to see the essentials of life.

6. You are drawn to spiritual teachings.

Even though you may not have been raised in a religious environment, you are spiritually inclined.

Or, if your family is religious, you follow your own spiritual inclinations. You are drawn towards spiritual teachings from enlightened people from all around the world.

Your spirituality is deeply rooted that you are spiritual mature beyond your years. People can’t help but notice.

7. You strongly know your life has a purpose.

While others strive for success in their professional careers, you strive for a life that has purpose and meaning.

You know you have a mission to fulfill and you’re busy seeking the ways and means in fulfilling it.

This path isn’t easy, though, because you don’t know how or where to look for support. But this doesn’t stop you from making this world a better place.

8. You encounter synchronicities very often.

Once you start in this journey, help will come along the way. The Universe will see to it that you’re able to do what your soul has set out to do.

To let you know you are on the right path, you will encounter many synchronicities very often, maybe even daily.

Your subconscious mind will help you see clues and hints telling you whether or not you are on the right path.

Because you can perceive things on a much different light, beyond the illusion of reality, you will notice these signs much more than any other regular human.

9. You have urges to create.

You are inspired by many things. Inspiration comes to you really often and it urges you to create something.

You have tendency towards art and music. Your artistic side is always pushing you to do something and express your inner world.

It might be writing, playing an instrument, painting or even singing, but whatever it is you are urged to create something, to produce.

If the above hints speak clearly to you, then you’re an indigo adult. Embrace your unique calling and start following the path designed solely for you. It’s okay to feel afraid or clueless. The internet is filled with the help that the indigos need.

15 Signs You Are A Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) And 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Be Happy

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Psychology

Dejan

August 13, 2018

Have you ever watched a movie and it was so touching that your eyes teared up? You wonder how things that have nothing to do with you are affecting you so deeply.

If this is true you are probably a highly sensitive person or what is known in psychology as HSP.

Being highly sensitive means that you absorb and perceive information on a much deeper level than a regular human.

You feel deep connections and strong feelings, but you also get really hurt by people who perceive things differently.

You stress over little things and you can’t handle drama, especially when there is conflict in your relationships, you feel drained.

This is normal for a highly sensitive person. It’s not a flaw it’s just a negative effect of experiencing the world so deeply.

If you still don’t know whether or not you are a HSP here is a list of signs that every HSP experiences.

15 Signs You Are A HSP:

1. You have difficulty letting go of obsessive negative thoughts and emotions.

2. You feel physical symptoms like headaches, heightened stress and anxiety when something unpleasant is about to happen during the day.

3. You live with constant anxiety and you probably have coping mechanisms to deal with it.

4. You feel anger or resentment about situations in society, sometimes even in movies, which seem unjust, aggravating, or simply annoying, even though they might have nothing to do with you.

5. You tend to overthink things.

6. You often take things personally.

7. You worry about what others think.

8. You have a hard time accepting critical feedback, even when it’s given reasonably and constructively.

9. You hide negative feelings, believing they are too strong, turbulent, embarrassing or vulnerable to share, so you suppress them within you.

10. You feel awkward in social events or romantically intimate scenarios, unable to be yourself, highly worried about your partner’s approval and afraid of being judged and rejected.

11. You are extremely irritated by chewing noises and other seemingly harmless actions.

12. You feel uncomfortable when exposed to bright lights, loud sounds, or certain strong scents.

13. You feel highly upset when watching or reading negative news in the media. Even negative music might stress you extremely.

14. You feel unhappy, almost depressed and sometimes angered when following other people’s posts on social media.

15. Movies songs and stories deeply touch you and you often cry when watching or listening something sad, you often thought to yourself that music can have a complete control over your mood, you feel almost powerless when it comes to choosing your mood.

10 Things You Absolutely Need To Be Happy If You Are Highly Sensitive Person:

1. Time and place to unwind after a busy day.

Because you are affected by the daily turmoil much more than a normal human you need a special place and time at the end of your day to unwind.

You need to set a stress free room for yourself where you can relax, dim the lights, listen to soothing music or maybe drink some tea in silence.

2. A simpler pace of life.

A busy life does not mean a successful life. Some people like being busy, it gives them a sense of productivity.

But for you, being busy means high levels of stress and anxiety. It might even feel like you are in prison.

That’s why you should construct a simpler life. Find the things that give most of your results and focus on them.

Make sure to implement days for relaxation. Start your days slowly. Create a daily schedule that’s effective but not stressful to you.

3. Freedom to express your emotions.

Being highly sensitive means you will feel much deeply about things that a regular human might not even bat an eye. That’s why you need to have a healthy relationship with your emotional self.

You need to express your emotions much more often because you accumulate them within yourself.

Give yourself freedom to express your emotions. Find a friend or a family member you can freely speak with daily, someone who loves you, and share how you feel. If you feel like crying cry, without feeling shame.

Embrace your emotions, feel them, express them.

4. Play.

This is a must for a highly sensitive person. Play is something that needs to be a part of your daily life as much as food.

For a HSP play is food for the spirit. Doing an activity, free of being right and wrong, and without much risk involved, is a little vacation for a HSP.

Social games, video games, whatever you prefer, have one hour per day filled with play.

5. Healthy meals, good sleep, exercise and meditation.

A healthy lifestyle is necessary to maintain a healthy being. A healthy being has energy and positivity to tackle the world.

Eating organic food, more green veggies, fruits and less meat will give you additional energy and positivity to tackle your day.

Exercise is good for your health and balancing of your hormones to prevent additional emotional turmoil.

A good sleep is necessary, at least 8 hours per day. And meditation is a practice that will reward you with mental clarity.

All fo this will make it much easier for you to feel the world on as deep level as you feel it. But not just that, it also improves your overall mood.

6. Time to adjust to change.

One thing is certain, change is inevitable. But we all react to change differently and we all need a different pace to deal with it.

Controlling things is your thing. When things are as they are there is not much chaos, meaning you don’t need to deal with unexpected emotions.

When there is change you need much more time than a regular human to adjust because you perceive this change deeply.

You see patterns other people do not see, you deal with emotions much more intensely and you perceive information much more deeply.

So don’t go against yourself. Give yourself as much time as you need to adjust to change unapologetically.

7. Meaningful relationships.

Being around large crowds of people is draining to you, but being around people you have meaningful relationships with is recharging.

When you feel and care about someone you do this on really deep level. And you think that all people feel as deeply as you do.

Sometimes it’s intense for people to be around you because they feel the depth of your love for them, and they don’t feel the same.

There is nothing more upsetting for a HSP than a relationship they thought was meaningful that turns not to be.

That’s why you need to find the few right people who are willing to connect with you deeply, and maintain those meaningful relationships.

8. Lifestyle free of caffeine and alcohol.

Caffeine and alcohol are anxiety boosters.

Because you constantly feel at least a little sensation of anxiety, consuming these is not wise.

Implement more fresh juices, smoothies and drink more water.

You can get teas that are proven to reduce anxiety like green tea or peppermint tea.

9. Creative outlet.

Experiencing the world on a deeper level is not bad.

In fact, it gives you a great material for art. Most of the greatest artists in the world were highly sensitive people who used their deep insight and intense emotions to create beautiful work.

Write, paint, sing, create music, find your creative outlet and create something beautiful.

10. A strong sense of purpose.

Some people seem to drift through life without direction or purpose. For HSPs, this is unthinkable. Rather, they think deeply about the big things in life. Who are they, why are they here, and what were they put on this planet to do?

Whether it’s writing a novel, traveling the world, or leading the way for a cause they believe in, sensitive people crave a cause that’s bigger than them. This sense of serving something bigger reliefs them from anxiety and gives a meaning to their deep emotions.

What Does It Mean To Be A Highly Sensitive Person:

Being a highly sensitive person is not a bad thing.

It means you see the world with eyes who see something others don’t.

When there is beauty you see it and feel it so intensely that you might get obsessed with it. When you connect with people, nature, animals, you do it on a level not many can understand.

When you feel love, oh boy, you feel it on a level that most people don’t come even close to.

You have a gift of experiencing everything deeply. Sometimes it’s overwhelming but most times it’s rewarding beyond description. It’s like everybody watches a video and you watch it on ultra HD.

So use your gift to create. Use it to share with others the beauty not many can see.

People Over 40 Should Work No More Than 3 Days Per Week, According To A Study

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Dejan

August 12, 2018

A recent study published in the Melbourne Institute Worker Paper series, has found that people aged over 40 perform the best when they work only three days a week.

The researchers concluded that the cognitive performance of the middle aged people improved as the work increased to 25 hours a week.

On the flip side, the performance decreased when the work went over 25 hours per week, due to the effects of fatigue and stress.

The Study:

This study involved a series of cognitive tests. It included 3,000 Australian men and 3,500 Australian women, whose work habits were analyzed.

It tested the participants` ability to read words and recite lists of numbers.

The reading measured their “knowing” while the latter measured the “thinking” part of the work ability, including executive reasoning, abstract reasoning, and memory.

It was concluded that the participants working 25 hours a week performed best while the results of those working 55 hours were even worse than the unemployed participants.

As noted by Professor Colin McKenzie from Keio University, one of the three authors,

“Many countries are going to raise their retirement ages by delaying the age at which people are eligible to start receiving pension benefits. This means that more people continue to work in the later stages of their life.

The degree of intellectual stimulation may depend on working hours. Work can be a double edged sword, in that it can stimulate brain activity, but at the same time long working hours can cause fatigue and stress, which potentially damage cognitive functions.

We point out that differences in working hours are important for maintaining cognitive functioning in middle aged and elderly adults. This means that, in middle and older age, working part time could be effective in maintaining cognitive ability.”

The Result:

The reason why working more than 30 hours per week is detrimental for the brain of people over 40, while working fewer hours increases performance, is not clear yet.

McKenzie describes work as a double edged sword.

“While work can stimulate brain activity, long working hours can cause fatigue and stress, which potentially damage cognitive functions.

Full time work (40 hours a week) is still better than no work in terms of maintaining cognitive functioning, but it is not maximizing the positive effects of work,” he notes.

It is worth noting that the results are likely to vary between countries, depending on the days off people take annually.

It is very difficult to control all the factors which contribute to the final results of a study of this kind (including choices around the hours worked and the type of work), but this certainly makes the idea of working full time until the age of 67 unappealing.

The bottom line is that working full time is highly detrimental for the brain of those aged over 40, so the government should take this into a serious consideration and hopefully review the pension age. At this point, the state pension for a person born in 1989 begins at the age of 68, which is detrimental for the employee and unproductive for the employer.

10 Most Significant Quotes By Aristotle To Upgrade Your Wisdom

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Life Coach Code

Dejan

August 11, 2018

We all walk a different path towards the same truth. But the way we describe our journey is what differs, and these unique pieces of wisdom become the fruits we give to the world.

All throughout history the world was gifted with great thinkers who gave their fruits of wisdom for people to taste.

One such man was Aristotle. He was an Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who is still considered one of the greatest thinkers in politics, psychology and ethics.

When Aristotle turned 17, he enrolled in Plato’s Academy. In 338 B.C. he began tutoring Alexander the Great. He was a great teacher and a really curious person.

His interests ranged from politics to metaphysics and psychology. His way of looking at things is refreshing, but his honesty and realness is what’s truly inspiring about his work.

10 Most Significant Quotes By Aristotle:

1. “You will never do anything in the world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”

2. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”

3. “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”

4. “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals, separated from law and justice, he is the worst.”

5. “There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.”

6. “No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.”

7. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

8. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”

9. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

10. “Anybody can become angry, that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”

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