The Brain | Taylor in Time

Managing your brain, part 9

by Harold Taylor | Apr 26, 2016 | Executive Function Skills, Holistic Time Management, The Brain

Creativity in action. My habit over the past twenty years or more was to go for a walk in the morning with my writing tools tucked inside a computer bag, thinking along the way about the article I was to write that morning. When I reached my destination – a coffee...

Managing your brain, part 8

by Harold Taylor | Apr 19, 2016 | Executive Function Skills, General Time Management, The Brain

Develop goal-directed persistence. The brain develops gradually, and continues to build neural connections throughout our lifetime. A person’s “executive skills” take from 18 to 20 years to develop. The executive skills are mainly located in the prefrontal cortex,...

Managing your brain, part 7

by Harold Taylor | Apr 12, 2016 | Holistic Time Management, The Brain

Avoiding perfectionism. Perfectionism is said to be the desire and the self-imposed expectation to achieve the highest level of performance. So for some people, nothing less than perfect is acceptable. But perfect cannot really be defined; because most things can...

Managing your brain, part 6

by Harold Taylor | Apr 5, 2016 | Holistic Time Management, The Brain

Developing willpower There are different theories on willpower. Originally it was thought that willpower was like a muscle that was easily depleted. And research backed this up. But newer research also suggests we have as much willpower as we expect we have. If you...

Managing your brain, part 5.

by Harold Taylor | Mar 30, 2016 | Holistic Time Management, The Brain

Reducing procrastination requires help from your brain When we think of procrastination, we visualize someone rushing like crazy to get things done on time – risking mistakes, getting less than satisfactory results, and suffering undue stress and discomfort. But...

Managing your brain, part 4

by Harold Taylor | Mar 22, 2016 | Executive Function Skills, Holistic Time Management, The Brain

Tell your brain what you want. How do you develop a positive attitude? Feed your brain positive information. Studies in neuroscience prove that we can change our brains just by thinking. One example is the placebo effect. It’s not the sugar pill or saline solution...