taking care of the mind through regular, deliberate mental exercises is as crucial as physical exercise for overall health, particularly in combating issues like cognitive decline and maintaining mental sharpness and emotional well-being

 Exercising the Mind Like the Body

This idea revolves around the concept of understanding and improving our ability to focus, using activities like reading as a benchmark. It involves a two-step process: assessing our current level of concentration and then working systematically to increase it. Here's how it breaks down:<ul><li>Assessment of Current Focus Ability</li><li>Gradual Incremental Improvement</li><li>Understanding Distractions</li><li>Creating a Conducive Environment</li><li>Regular Practice</li><li>Mindfulness and Breaks</li></ul>

Assessing and Enhancing Our Concentration Skills

This idea draws a parallel between maintaining a healthy physical diet and being mindful of the content we consume mentally. Just as a balanced and nutritious diet is essential for physical health, the information and media we expose our minds to can significantly impact our mental health and well-being.

Nourishing the Mind: Cultivating a Healthy Mental Diet

This concept challenges the prevalent notion of multitasking as an effective way to manage our tasks and responsibilities. It highlights how multitasking can actually undermine the benefits we gain from mental exercises designed to improve focus and cognitive function. Here's an exploration of this idea:<ul><li>Diminished Focus and Efficiency</li><li>Impact on Mental Exercise Benefits</li><li>Increased Mental Fatigue</li><li>Quality Over Quantity</li><li>Creating Mindful Work Habits</li><li>﻿Balancing Workloads</li></ul>

The Myth of Multitasking

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Becoming a Lifelong LearnerRecognizes Limitations:<ul><li>Understands that no one knows everything and there is always more to learn.</li><li>Knowledge is boundless.</li></ul>Open to Learning:<ul><li>Maintains a mindset of continuous learning, always seeking out new information and perspectives.</li></ul>Acknowledges Mistakes:<ul><li>Admits when they are wrong or don't have all the answers, seeing mistakes as opportunities for growth.</li></ul>Values Others' Knowledge:<ul><li>Respects and values the knowledge and experiences of others, fostering a collaborative and inclusive approach. </li></ul>

A person who embraces humility in their knowledge

Avoids Arrogance:<ul><li>Does not act superior or flaunt knowled to assert superiority over others and refrains from a know-it-all attitude.</li><li>Remains open to different perspectives</li></ul>Appreciates Complexity:<ul><li>Understands that many topics are complex</li><li>Recognizes there can be multiple valid viewpoints</li></ul>Encourages Dialogue:<ul><li>Engages in discussions with willingness to listen and learn</li><li>Consider different perspectives.</li></ul>Remains Humble in Achievements:<ul><li>Stays humble despite expertise</li><li>Avoids using knowledge to act superior</li><li>Does not use knowledge as a tool for arrogance.</li></ul>

Avoids Arrogance and Appreciates Complexity

Embracing humility in knowledge contributes to a positive and collaborative learning environment. It fosters a culture where individuals can share and grow together without the hindrance of ego or arrogance.Never stop learning

Be humble in knowledge

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing." - Socrates

"The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know." - Albert Einstein

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less." - C.S. Lewis

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk." - Doug Larson

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Stephen Hawking

"Knowledge makes people humble and arrogance makes people ignorant." - Unknown

"The more you know, the more you realize you don't know." - Aristotle

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

Humility in knowledge refers to the ability to acknowledge one's limitations, uncertainties, and the vastness of what is yet to be learned.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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A peaceful mind is like a quiet lake, hidden inside the forest and shimmering with sunbeams. Suddenly, a wall of rain stirs the waters, and the peaceful lake spills over, flooding the shores. This metaphor illustrates how our minds can struggle with control. 
Our modern lifestyles are the hastiest in history, so it's no wonder everyone is concerned about mental health.

Calm Waters, Tempest Minds

Our minds will never be completely perfect. We're disrupted by people and situations constantly. Luckily, talking about mental health is finally becoming acceptable. 
However, it's important to learn how to support those who struggle with psychological issues and inform ourselves on the subject.

Acknowledging Mental Health

<ul><li>We all have mental health, it is a spectrum</li><li>It affects our overall well-being and relationships</li><li>There is no shame in seeking help or offering support</li></ul>

Why mental health should matter to us

<ul><li>Read online resources or books on mental health</li><li>Attend workshops or talks about the topic</li><li>Have open and honest conversations with others</li></ul>

How can we educate ourselves

The modern world is moving at an unprecedented speed due to current technologies and trends, putting pressure on individuals to keep up. This can be a superhuman ability, but it's essential to succeed in the long run. 
Those with attention deficit disorder (ADD) often struggle in this fast-paced society and face many misconceptions. We don't know enough. In fact, we may know nothing.

The modern world

<ul><li>ADD is a neurological disorder that affects focus and attention.</li><li>It poses unique challenges, but also brings potential advantages.</li><li>There is still much to learn about ADD and its impact on individuals.</li></ul> The more we understand about ADD, the better equipped we are to support and include individuals with this disorder in society. Let's break the stigma and keep educating ourselves!

Key Concepts

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines ADD by several external signs. The relatively evident ones include: • Lack of attention • Mood swings • Poor resilience to obsessive urges • Hyperactivity • Absentmindedness • A lack of time perception and comprehension • Underdeveloped emotional intelligence

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

In this breakthrough guide to understanding, treating, and healing Attention Deficit Disorder, Dr. Gabor Maté, an adult with ADD and the father of three ADD children, shares information on: ·      The external factors that trigger ADD/ADHD ·      How to create an environment that promotes health and healing ·      Ritalin and other drugs ·      ADD adults …and much more Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) has remainded a controversial topic in recent years. Whereas other books on the subject describe the condition as inherited, Dr. Maté believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause of and cure for this condition. In Scattered, he describes the painful realities of ADD/ADHD and its effect on children as well as on career and social paths in adults. While acknowledging that genetics may indeed play a part in predisposing a person toward ADD/ADHD, Maté moves beyond that to focus on the things we can control: changes in environment, family dynamics, and parenting choices. He draws heavily on his own experience with the disorder, as both an ADD sufferer and the parent of three diagnosed children. Providing a thorough overview of ADD/ADHD and its treatments, Scattered Minds is essential and life-changing reading for the millions of ADD/ADHD sufferers in North America today.

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I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn't know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.

The Power of Pursued Interests

You have to allow the paint to break to make it beautiful.

Embracing Imperfection in Art

If you do too much, it’s going to lose its effectiveness.

The Art of Restraint

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Go out on a limb—that’s where the fruit is.

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Not only was Bob Ross an excellent painter, but he also gave us great advice on how to enjoy our daily lives, and for that, I respect him!

Following the success of his first book, The Best of the Joy of Painting, Bob Ross gathered sixty more of his favorite paintings to create More Joy of Painting. Now available in paperback, More Joy of Painting presents each painting in full color, followed by detailed instructions and a series of black-and-white photos to walk you, step-by-step, through the process of creating a Bob Ross original.So, whether you want a landscape of snowcapped mountains or a serene fall day, with More Joy of Painting you can create a beautiful work of art with the same ease and grace as Bob Ross.

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Self-help books and other materials can help you learn from the experiences of others and provide you with valuable tools for overcoming obstacles.Yet, knowing yourself through <a href="https://productive.fish/blog/introspection/">introspection</a> is the key to self-improvement and the first step on the path to a happy and well-lived life.

How to Practice Self-Introspection

<a href="https://productive.fish/blog/introspection/">Introspection</a> is the process of observing and examining your thoughts and emotions, and being present to the thoughts or emotions that arise.Introspection allows you to reflect on your past experiences and behaviors, assess your current mental state, and gain a deeper understanding of your inner self.Even while it may appear complicated, it is a process that many of us go through without even recognizing it.

What is Introspection

By focusing inside, you can strengthen your sense of self, establish a connection with your inner self, and obtain understanding of your thoughts, emotions, and actions. And this will help you accomplish your life goals, make wiser decisions, and create stronger, more meaningful relationships.

How to Do Self-Introspection

The golden rule of any introspection session is that mood and space matter. It’s usually because of a <a href="https://productive.fish/blog/introspection/#settle-calm-environment">recency effect</a>, a cognitive bias in which those ideas, or arguments that came last are remembered more clearly than those that came first. For example, imagine that you did a bunch of preparation tests and failed. Then you decided to reflect on it, you were in a terrible mood and had failed tests lying around. In a such case, only negative thoughts will come to mind.

Settle Calm Environment

<a href="https://productive.fish/blog/journaling/">Journaling</a> or free writing allows you to express your feelings and emotions and write about your personal and professional experiences. Once everything that was in your brain is on paper, you can reflect on what you wrote to identify patterns and gain clarity about your life.

Journaling

The Johari window is a framework for understanding your relationship with yourself and others. Think of it as a way to look at what we know about ourselves and what others know about us. It's like a window with four parts:<ol><li>Things everyone knows.</li><li>Things others see, but you don't.</li><li>Things you keep secret.</li><li>Mystery things.</li></ol>

Johari Window

If you feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to start to better understand your inner self and uncover your motivation in life, writing down pre-planned questions can help. Having pre-planned questions will also allow you to easily incorporate self-reflection into your daily routine.Also, <a href="https://productive.fish/blog/introspection/#ask-yourself-questions">Tasha Eurich’s research</a> proved that “Why” questions trap us in our past, while “what” questions help us create a better future.

Ask Yourself Questions

Make sure to include introspection into your self-care. Devoting a few minutes each day to reflection can result in a happier, more fulfilling, and more productive life.

Knowing yourself through introspection is the key to self-improvement and the first step on the path to a happy and well-lived life.

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Without understanding our emotions, it can be difficult to take control of them and maintain good mental health. Many people struggle to identify and manage their feelings, which can lead to emotional difficulties that contribute to mental health issues.In order to be self-aware, it is important to:<ul><li>Recognize and understand one's own emotions</li><li>Identify and manage feelings</li><li>Understand how emotions can contribute to mental health issues</li></ul>

Understanding Emotions

Self-awareness is key to form healthy coping mechanisms. Without it, people may turn to harmful behaviors to deal with stress, affecting their mental well-being.<ul><li>Develop self-awareness to form effective coping mechanisms</li><li>Avoid maladaptive behaviors and find constructive ways to deal with stress</li><li>Don't overlook the importance of mental well-being</li></ul>

Coping Mechanisms

Self-awareness is important for recognizing stress, anxiety, or other mental health issues. Without it, understanding and addressing the problem can be challenging.<ul><li>Reflect on your emotions and thoughts.</li><li>Notice patterns or situations that cause stress or anxiety.</li><li>Seek support from a trusted friend or mental health professional.</li><li>Practice self-care and mindfulness.</li><li>Be open to exploring and understanding your triggers.</li></ul>Identifying your triggers is a crucial step towards managing your mental health.

Identifying Triggers 

Lack of self-awareness can impact how we interact with others. When we struggle to recognize our own feelings and needs, we may have a hard time communicating with others. This can strain our relationships and potentially harm our mental wellbeing. <ul><li> Lack of self-awareness can affect interpersonal relationships.</li><li> Difficulties in understanding one's own needs and emotions can lead to challenges in communicating effectively with others, potentially contributing to relationship stress and mental health issues.</li></ul>

Relationships

Self-awareness is closely connected to self-esteem and self-image. When people don't have a good understanding of their abilities and limitations, they may have negative thoughts about themselves, which can affect their mental health.<ul><li> Self-awareness is linked to self-esteem and self-image. </li><li>Without a clear understanding of one's strengths and weaknesses may struggle with negative self-perceptions, impacting mental well-being.</li></ul>

Self-Esteem and Self-Image

When we are not aware of our actions, our unconscious behavioral patterns can lead to mental health struggles. But by recognizing and changing these patterns, we can bring about positive changes in our lives. It's important to identify and modify our behavioral patterns<ul><li>They can contribute to mental health challenges.</li><li>Being self-aware allows us to understand our actions and make positive changes.</li></ul>Start paying attention to your behaviors to better understand yourself and improve your mental well-being.

 Behavioural Patterns

Self-awareness is essential for making informed and positive decisions. Without this awareness, individuals may struggle with decision-making processes, leading to increased stress and uncertainty.

Decision-Making

Lack of self-awareness can cause cognitive distortions, which are irrational thinking patterns that can lead to anxiety and depression.<ol><li>Emotional Reasoning: When someone's emotions override their thoughts, leading them to make inaccurate conclusions.</li><li>Black&White Thinking: When someone only sees things in extremes, completely ignoring any gray areas.</li><li>Overgeneralization: When someone takes one instance and assumes it applies to all similar situations, resulting in negative thoughts and behaviors.</li></ol>It's important to recognize and address cognitive distortions in order to improve mental well-being.

Cognitive Distortions

Improving self-awareness often involves self-reflection, introspection, and sometimes seeking external feedback or guidance. Therapy and counseling can be valuable tools for enhancing self-awareness and addressing mental health challenges associated with a lack of self-awareness. Professional support can provide insights, coping strategies, and a supportive environment for personal growth.

🧠Understanding your thoughts and emotions is crucial for your well-being. Here's how to develop self-awareness: <ul><li>Reflect on your feelings and identify any emotions you are experiencing.</li><li>Pay attention to your physical and mental state and how different situations affect you.</li><li>Practice self-care and listen to your body's needs.</li><li>Notice any patterns in your behavior and thoughts and try to understand why they occur.</li></ul>❗Remember, self-awareness takes time to develop but can lead to positive changes for your mental health.

Self-Awareness for Mental Health

Lack of self-awareness can indeed contribute to mental health challenges. Here's how

Self-awareness matters for mental health

"Our hands embraced, a final dance of fate, In whispered tones, my words took flight.
We were stars that collided, destined to die, Yet in that beautiful crash, scars etched on high."

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Don’t be so quick to throw away your life. No matter how disgraceful or embarrassing it may be, you need to keep struggling to find your way out until the very end.

Remember, you have comrades. Us, who will support you with the things you can't do all by yourself. That's what a team is about, Commander Undine.

There's a certain person I want to protect...no, I just want to stay by her side. That is why I want to have enough power to make her not worry about me anymore, and if possible, enough power to save that person.

I already lost this life. I do not intend to stretch it out at the cost of my honor.

It’s hardly profound. The reason is very simple: I’ve found a reason to live. From now on, I’m going to live for the girl.

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A village is gripped by fear and paranoia when a Yoma claims six lives. The Claymore who is sent to slay the creature isn't what the villagers expect at all. In fact, she seems more monster than human. -- VIZ Media

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Naomi Shihab Nye: “You are living in a poem.” Students : “What do you mean, we’re living in a poem?” Or, “When? All the time, or just when someone talks about poetry?”  Naomi Shihab Nye: “No, when you think, when you’re in a very quiet place, when you’re remembering, when you’re savoring an image, when you’re allowing your mind calmly to leap from one thought to another, that’s a poem. That’s what a poem does.”Students : “Well, here in Japan, we have a concept called yutori.”

🌸 Yutori : living in a poem.

And it is spaciousness. It’s a kind of living with spaciousness. For example, it’s leaving early enough to get somewhere so that you know you’re going to arrive early, so when you get there, you have time to look around.﻿

⛩️ Naomi Shihab Nye getting explained  'Yutori'.

Or — and then she ( student ) gave all these different definitions of what yutori was to her. But one of them was… and after you read a poem just knowing you can hold it, you can be in that space of the poem. And it can hold you in its space. And you don’t have to explain it. You don’t have to paraphrase it. You just hold it, and it allows you to see differently. And I just love that. I mean, I think that’s what I’ve been trying to say all these years.

 🏯 Naomi Shihab Nye getting explained  'Yutori'.

Taking time to admire the beauty and only talking about what’s in my field of vision. Creating pockets of time to do so. When we step into absorption with nature, as one example, and with no agenda except to see – well, spaciousness opens up.I can imagine that all of you have had experiences of spaciousness.It is easy for me to imagine how it happens with a poem, music, forest bathing, looking at the starlit sky or the full moon and other meaningful moments.Yet this snippet from the interview hints at the many more opportunities we have to savour our everyday.

🐌 The refusal to rush.

Violets, as I walkthis mountain road,draw me to them somehow.<a href="https://livingwellwithillness.com/yutori-and-the-art-of-spaciousness/">source </a>

The second Japanese term I want to introduce is Shisa Kanko translated to English as "pointing, calling, and acting". It's a kind of checklist, bringing consciousness and mindfulness to whatever you are doing, specifically when engaged in repetitive tasks. In Japan, Shisa Kanko was first used by train operators and is now widespread in industrial settings.

✨ Shisa Kanko.

A 1994 study by Japan Railways showed a reduction of 85% of mistakes made by conductors when using Shisa Kanko. If you travel to Japan, you will notice this pointing and calling. So again, how is this relevant to coaching, you may ask? Well, as mentioned above, coaching is an act of self-discovery. <a href="https://www.designingyourlife.coach/blog/2018/5/21/your-life-is-a-poem-and-more-japanese-terms-that-i-love-yutori-shikoku">source</a>

🚂 Japanese Railway.

Practicing Shisa Kanko with your own behaviors, emotions, or beliefs is a good way to start noticing the habits of the mind and to bring awareness to the situation at hand. Until you notice (point) and name (call) the behavior you want to change, it's impossible to change it (act). (More about Shisa Kanko in Japan <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/21/reference/jr-gestures/#.WwRvYFMvx0t">in this article</a> by Alice Gardener.)

✨ Shisa Kanko (2)

<ul><li>Intentionally build space in your schedule to arrive early, rather than packing meetings back to back with little or no transition or travel time.</li><li>Carry a journal or small notebook with you and regularly write down your thoughts and feelings or creative ideas or use it to explore solutions.</li><li>Notice your breath and body sensations.</li><li>Start meetings with a check-in, one-minute meditation, or a moment of silence.</li></ul><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/suffering-from-busyness-create-more-yutori-your-work-murchison/">source</a>

⚡ To achieve this kind of poetry in your own life, try them :

<ul><li>Create time to meaningfully connect with colleagues. Actually get to know them.</li><li>Slow down your conversations to focus attention and make room for thoughtful inquiry, listening, and deliberation.</li><li>Take breaks in your day to stand up, walk around, get outside.</li><li>Create “no email” zones in your day where you can have think time or concentrate planning or creative projects.</li></ul>

🏯 Yutori : living in a poem.

Yutori : living in the poem ! & to live in the poem is ultimate bliss for our soul.

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In the quiet haven of my soul, stories etched on heart's parchment scroll, A chest of tales, in sands concealed, where truths and dreams are gently sealed.

The Beauty Of Silence 

Whispers of my soul compose a song, a melody for my ears to prolong, Yet amidst the human noise, a nemesis stark, why disturb the silence, a celestial spark?

Whispers of the Soul

Words torment me, a relentless stream, why must some humans endlessly dream, Of talkative realms where quiet's unknown, don't they savor silence, as I've shown?

A Tormented Tale

Silence, a sonnet the universe sings, cosmos waltzes as each star swings,Yet why, oh why, do humans ignore, the beauty in silence, forevermore?

The Universe's Sonnet

The map of my emotions, uncharted expanse, known only to stars in cosmic dance, Secrets pirouette in shadow's embrace, the moon holding the key with grace.

Secrets in Cosmic Dance

Moonlight and stars, my audience dear, lend a celestial ear to thoughts sincere, in their cosmic glow, a solace found, the quietude of the universe, my sacred ground.

Cosmic Solace: Moonlight and Stars as Audience

Moon and stars, friends true and bright, ready listeners in the silent night, Their counsel, a wisdom from afar, the best companions beneath the cosmic star.

Stellar Companions

So let the universe weave its cosmic verse, where silence reigns, and stars converse, In the celestial dance, emotions unfurl, a poetic symphony, my soul's twirl.

Cosmic Verse: The Symphony of Silence and Stars

why must some humans endlessly dream, Of talkative realms where quiet's unknown

Whispers of the Cosmos: A Celestial Sonata

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