There are several ways we listen and different modes of focus.
We take what they say and we make connections with our experiences and start formulating a response to either…
I had a friend that was an extreme perfectionist. Nobody could work with him.
His wife said they couldn’t even work in the garden together because she couldn’t dig a hole that met his standards.
Going “ALL-IN”
Normally, I budget my time during the day to accomplish a variety of things — arranged by priority, commitments, and such.
In general, this works.
It depends.
Do you believe their marketing or independent research?
In my informal reviews of the research, it seemed like the vast majority of independent research could not substantiate the claims of the company.
Start with the usual stuff:
I used Lumosity for a couple of years and got up to the 95% percentile for my age. The improvement was steep for the first 3 months, then leveled off.
I’ve read the advice for “seniors” is to break up their routine and try new things. This is intended to stave off mental decline.
Most experts agree that intentionally interrupting habitual patterns is good for the brain. It stimulates dormant neural pathways.
This could be anything: