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22 Ways to Overclock Your Brain | Ririan Project - 0 views

  • Run up your brain cells.
  • Research suggests that people who get plenty of physical exercise can wind up with better brains.
  • For creative insight into a problem, do the opposite. Work on it when you are in a drowsy state, when your conscious mind has slowed down.
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  • I continue to find that my brain is greatly stimulated by writing to be read.
  • Build a brain trust.
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How the Pomodoro Technique has reduced size of the time windows I need for programming ... - 0 views

  • the five minute breaks give me an excuse to indulge my distractions: Twitter, email, Facebook, Google Reader, etc.
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The Pomodoro Technique™ - 0 views

  • The anxiety triggered by “the ticking clock” and deadlines to be met leads to ineffective work and study habits and procrastination.
  • You will probably begin to notice a difference in your work or study process within a day or two. True mastery of the technique takes from seven to twenty days of constant use.
  • Pomodoro Technique™ creator Francesco Cirillo loves solutions where all sides come out winners: "I wanted everyone to be able to learn the technique quickly and easily with no barriers to access".
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I Don't Want To Be Motivated By Anyone But Myself « Cirillo's Scrapbook - 0 views

  • Motivation is made up of two factors: personal structure - meaning values and principles learned in family, things learned studying or making experiences – and consciousness – meaning the capacity of recognizing and dealing with problems.
  • Motivation is made up of two factors: personal structure - meaning values and principles learned in family, things learned studying or making experiences – and consciousness – meaning the capacity of recognizing and dealing with problems.
  • Motivation is made up of two factors: personal structure - meaning values and principles learned in family, things learned studying or making experiences – and consciousness – meaning the capacity of recognizing and dealing with problems.
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  • Motivation is made up of two factors: personal structure - meaning values and principles learned in family, things learned studying or making experiences – and consciousness – meaning the capacity of recognizing and dealing with problems.
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    "Motivation is made up of two factors: personal structure - meaning values and principles learned in family, things learned studying or making experiences - and consciousness - meaning the capacity of recognizing and dealing with problems."
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Key Self-Motivation Tips - 0 views

  • One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
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INQUISITIVES- Identify the Pathology and Diagnose - 0 views

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    Have a look at my posterous...And take part in the photo-quiz..
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Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List - 0 views

  • Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List
  • Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List
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Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter - 0 views

  • Buschkuehl's team postulates that the n-back task improves working memory -- how many pieces of information subjects can keep in their head -- as well as the ability to control the brain's attention. Fluid intelligence tests require those types of thinking, and the training improved performance in these underlying skills.
  • In the experiment reported in PNAS, the researchers did not find the upper-limit for improvement, suggesting that more training could yield even better mental performance gains.
  • "We saw a linear increase in performance with increase in training time."
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