It’s clear that education has immense value in any endeavour of one’s life and being able to absorb knowledge better is a ability of immense value. There’s a ever increasing demand in education which is increasing every single passing day and honing learning skills can be of a immense value in this present context and this can be asset worth having in one’s life despite the price paid to acquire it .
Lets explore the techniques and methodologies which could potentially help one to make the most out of your time and mental efforts. Mental skills can potentially make the difference between you getting enrolled into your dream university or weather you’d get your dream job or not and many more potential situations in your life which can make a crucial impact on ones overall life. Lets explore some of the approaches and proven techniques known for helping to increase one’s cognitive performance including information comprehension, contemplation and better memory so without further delay lets delve right in.
Understanding Cognitive Processes
In order to imporve one’s cognitive abilities understanding our own mind can be considered one of the best places to start and it goes the long journey of continous growth and improvement in ones life.
Cognitive functions works similar to any other muscle in human body and develops every time we put it to use or challenge it. So contrary to conventional beliefs that if we keep using something over and over again we will eventually run out of it in actuality “ It’s use it or loose it scenario”.
The myth that used to exist surrounding the brain which claimed that our brain looses it’s functional capacity as it ages have been proven wrong long ago and new study suggests that brain and most of other organs in human body only weakens due to loosing it’s potential and at certain point they permanently loose it’s functionality. To prevent that from happening one must continuously jog and keep their abilities sharpened which is crucial to maintain it’s durability. Pusing beyond one’s existing threshold is the best way to improve and to continuously move forward including improvement in cognitive functionalities. One can use techniques like mnemonincs, photographic memory and mind mapping to be able to enhance their mental processes including, perception shift, memory and precognition. Development in cognitive abiliteies are trigged by the strengthening of the connections between neurons in our brain and participating in more cognitive behaviors along with utilizing some proven approaches like mind maps, photographic memories can dramatically shift the state of mind and have a massive impact.
Make the most out of your class
Utilizing everything we’ve discussed so far a significant difference in one’s mental performance and consistency will be the best strategy for this endevour. Lets discuss the approached one can use to be able to make the most out of one’s class and in this first and one of the most primary factors that could be mentioned is attention. It could be considered the master key to handle all other cognitive processes and everything begins from it.
It’s not hard to realize that without the proper attention we cannot comprehend or remember anything in class or meetings regardless of how well the material is being explained or taught it’s all in vain if we are not paying any attention and it’s all lost as if never existed in the first place. Our mind must connect the contents being discussed to the other things we have learned and known in the past to be able to fully retain it.
Mind uses this approach so it can learn new things on the basis of using other things previous to that as a leverage to learn new concepts and ideas, so would be fair to assume that the more an individual learns the greater potential of learning that person possess and it keeps on compounding till the process of learning and comprehending comes to a halt. A mind can be imagined as a tool for handling some of the most sophisticated processes including learning and comprehension. Using attention and learning itself causes mind’s performance to drastically improve in any endeavour one is pursuing and combined with the techniques such as mnemonics and photographic memory one can reach the new heights of one’s own capabilities be it from classroom or any normal interaction at the cafe.
Summary
Mind is present everywhere and is always doing its job even if a person is asleep or unconscious mind never stops and like heart always does it’s job which is to keep the itself safe and make one feel comfortable. This sounds good until we realize the cost of it because it also means that our mind is not by default programmed to pursue the new leaving behind the old and familiar even if we know that it’s a better choice and that old will no longer serve us.
This default tendency can lead one to cling to old and familiar state of being and causing resistance like burn out fast whenever trying to learn or experience something new and it should be recognized as mind’s protective mechanism instead of dictating it as laziness or disease because even though human mind is designed for adaptation it’s primary objective can hinder our attempt to move forward in this fast paced world so a mindful and considerate approach could be one’s best choice In this endeavour full of unknown ahead.
