Mindconnection eNL, 2008-01-20

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1. Product highlight
2. Brainpower tip
3. Time tip
4. Finance tip

5. Security tip
6. Health tip/Fitness tip
7. Miscellany
8. Thought for the day

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I also remember way back in 2nd or 3rd grade health class hearing "You are what you eat." That's another variation on "garbage in, garbage out."

The concept here also applies to your mind. And in many different ways. For example, if you do all short-duration tasks, your brain rewires its neuronal network and you lose the ability to focus on complex tasks. This is exactly why, in our sound-bite-drenched, texting, media-oriented society, the ability to think is rapidly going the way of the dinosaur. It is being replaced by the ability to react or to process small bits of information quickly. At least, that is true in general. It need not be true of you.

Be aware of what is going into your mind.

• Are you watching television? If so, how much brain damage are you willing to accept?
   
• What kinds of magazines do you read? Do these help you be a better person, or do they simply clutter your mind with useless trivia?
   
• Are your news sources providing accurate coverage? Probably not. Take some time to analyze an article or two and determine if the author is being facetious. Much of the "fact" in the newspapers and news magazines isn't really so. It's derived from a partial data set and it fits the worldview of the author. Most of those authors are really out of touch with reality.
   
• Do you listen much to negative people? Sure, there are problems in the world and the economy is a horrible mess. We do need to talk about these things. But we don't need to dwell on them. Nor is it necessary to listen to Bob tell you for the third time what a low-life his so and so is. Do you have a sibling who is critical of your parents? What do you think listening to that over and over does for your relationship with your parents? Sure, problems with relatives need to be discussed. But diatribes about their faults don't help anyone.
   
• Do you listen to Pollyanna people? Sure, there are good things happening in the world and hope springs eternal. But everything doesn't always work out for the best. If you listen to people who pretend everything is just fine, you will lose your ability to see reality and deal with it.

These are just a few examples. The basic concept is you need to be the alert guardian of what information you feed your brain. Whatever you feed it will affect how you think, what you think, and how well you think.

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