Mental Aerobics: 75 Ways to Keep Your Brain Fit by Barbara Bruce

By Barbara Bruce

Barbara Bruce presents seventy five how one can preserve our brains healthy and purposes for doing so. She contains "Brain Breaks" all through that provide the reader possibilities to do enjoyable, stimulating, and demanding mind routines. The booklet can be utilized as a source for the reader; for getting older mom and dad, kin, or associates; for a church's ministry to getting older adults; for neighborhood courses; or in alternative routes which are constrained purely through the reader's ingenuity and mind's eye.

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Memory is what makes you unique—all the life events that have shaped you and created your history. The power of memory is the power source of your life. Where did I park the car? Where did I leave my keys? Why did I come down here? If you have asked yourself any of these questions or other similar ones, you are not alone. I had a thirty-something woman walk into my office and say, “I know I came in here for something. . ” My reply was, “Thank God. ” We all do it. ” We just have too many things going on at once.

They go and spend a month or more helping in whatever capacity they can. Many opportunities are driven by your passion. Often a group of individuals will take on an issue in the community. A group of folks in my area have the time to attend meetings on community issues and will often show up to march or carry picket signs for causes they believe in. It is cold in Rochester as I write (the thermometer is registering -2 degrees, not counting wind chill). I was driving to an appointment and passed a group of people in a silent vigil outside an abortion clinic (remember I said it was -2 degrees).

Oh yes, you listen to people all day, every day; but often the listening is peripheral. In the class I taught on managing change and conflict, we spent one entire session on listening. I used the following chart and surprised the students: ORDER LEARNED Listening--1 Speaking--2 Reading--3 Writing--4 AMOUNT USED AS ADULT Listening--45% Speaking--30% Reading--16% Writing--9% TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION Listening--0 Speaking--1 YEAR Reading--8 YEARS Writing--12 YEARS My guess is you do not spend much time in really listening.

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