How to Use your whole Brain to Achieve Optimal Results in every aspects of Life
Your performance on the field is predicated by your performance in
practice. There is an old saying that “Practice Makes Perfect.”
Unfortunately, that is wrong. As a neurobiologist, I have been working
with students, executives and athletes for over twenty years and I have
seen and know that “Perfect Practice makes Perfect Performance.”
There are many factors that go into a perfect performance.
They include Vision, Listening, focus, attention, rapid neuro-muscular
reaction to thought, and the understanding and control of your
emotions. Life is a brain thing. Performance is not limited to the
field of athletic performance. Performance is behind every desk in each
school, office, home and boardroom throughout the world.
For just a moment, take off your boardroom and everyday life
mentality and step onto the field of athletic performance. I am going
to show you how you can use every molecule in your being to become a
better person, friend, spouse, business professional, student, teacher
and/or athlete. Are you ready?
The Play:
You are an offensive linesman for your favorite football team. The
next play will be for your running back to run between you and your
team mate who is to your right on the line.
You step up to the line and survey the landscape, your first observation is the Opposing Linesman
- He is trash-talking you, insulting you, your family and trying to
demoralize you in every way possible in order to distract you. If he
can distract you, your chances of making a mistake have increased ten-fold. If he can upset you, your chances of being taken out of the play are increased by 200%.
Rule Number One: Learn How To Listen
Anyone can hear: Few can Listen.
There are only two voices on the field you need to listen to - the
Center who is calling the snap (the snap is the signal to hike the
ball) and the Quarterback who is calling the play.
All other voices are only background noise; the sounds of
life. Let all others hear – let you and yours listen only to the
signals that matter.
Listening requires focusing. Whether you are in your living
room or the boardroom, there are sounds that you should listen to and
sounds that should be only white noise to you. Some of the important
sounds that should require your attention are the cry of your infant in
the crib, the complaint of a key customer or your supervisor or teacher
as they explain an assignment.
Rule Number Two: Learn How To Observe;
Anyone can see: Few can Observe
When you step up to the ball, I want you to see the eyes of your
opponent and without moving your eyes, I want you to see the feet and
calves of the opponent on both sides of the opposing linesman in front
of you. When you are able to see their feet and legs, you will know if
they are going to rush or drop back or some other play. This
information allows you to develop an appropriate plan of action.
This is important because you can’t tackle or plan your
business, your education or your life when you are being controlled by
the elements or outside influences. Just as the opposing linesmen are
outside influences, by watching their behaviors you are able to adjust
your play. This keeps you in control. Through observation, you know
your opponents path of attack and therefore you are in control. When
you are in control, you will learn and accomplish more in less time,
less effort and less stress; a side benefit is your ability to recall
on demand the information your have obtained.
Perfect practice makes perfect performance
When in practice, you learn how to expand your visual range, how to
not only see but comprehend what is going on around you. You learn what
your strengths are and which ones you can apply to strengthen each
weakness.
Now, it is coming together. You are in a position to start applying
your learned skills such as expanding your visual range to not only see
but comprehend what is going on around you. You work on the timing of
your neuro muscular reaction to thought. When you visually see the
whole picture and are quick to process thought, your access to
information is better.
In life, you are learning by observing and comprehending. Anyone can
see. Each additional piece of information you are able to collect when
you are observing helps you manage your play. This helps you become
more alert, more attentive and more focused. You are able to make sense
out of an adversarial situation. Then recall how you mastered that
situation in your perfect practice.
In my eighteen years in working with athletes, I have found
the same principles apply. Perfect practice makes perfect in prime
time.
At HealthWalk, with MindSoul Brain Technologies
I help tune your brain so you are able to process at the speed of the
Hippocampus and Limbic System. I teach you how to communicate and
organize information and energy in your brain to help you access recall
faster. I teach lobe specific communications so you can think in a
whole brain behavior. I help you bring your brain frequencies back into
optimal balance and function.
Your brain is also affected by the foods you eat, how well you manage your stress and your lifestyle. At HealthWalk our skilled practitioners working with Vital Hematology live blood analysis, Functional Nutritional analysis and other HealthWalk modalities
can help you develop a more nutritious and appropriate diet and
exercise regimen for you, clean up your blood of toxins and
neuro-chemicals that hinder and generate undesirable reactions and
behavior so you are able to truly achieve optimal performance in every
aspect of your life.
By Dr. Dennis Maness, HealthWalk™MindSoul Division
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