The information that we do not fully use the capabilities of the brain was tried to convey to us teachers at school and teachers at the university. But the ways with which you can still reveal the potential inherent in us by nature, were not always offered. But in reality, it is not so difficult to develop mental abilities, especially for those who strive for constant personal growth.
In educational institutions, they try to give us general knowledge from different spheres of life, but they do not teach us how to think directly. During their studies, children memorize certain formulas, facts, cause-and-effect relationships, but almost no independent productive work of the brain occurs. And the ability to think outside the box, creatively is just the tool that helps millionaires become millionaires, inventors - to produce new ideas, scientists - to improve technologies, etc. For the progress of the whole society, individuals need to use their hidden capabilities. Imagine if each of us began to use our abilities to the fullest? We would be able to preserve nature, and find new sources of energy, and invented medicines for all diseases, and would live without wars and disasters.
How does our brain work?
In standard everyday situations, no supernatural actions or knowledge are required from a person, therefore the brain does not produce any new ideas and does not use hidden possibilities. In non-standard, emergency situations, on the contrary, the brain "turns on" to the fullest and offers a specific solution in order to relieve psycho-emotional stress. All restrictions on what we can or cannot do are only in our head. Everyone can memorize huge amounts of information, solve complex problems, remember what seemed to be forgotten long ago.
Ways to develop lateral thinking
To use those opportunities that are not very needed in everyday life, you need to offer your brain non-standard tasks. This is the daily memorization of 5-7 foreign words, and the solution of logical puzzles, and the implementation in the mind of complex mathematical operations with three-digit numbers. There can be any method of developing one's latent potential and developing mental abilities.
To start developing your brain, to establish interhemispheric connections in it, to give your brain and yourself a certain impulse to work, you can use the following techniques and exercises:
1) Perform cross movements, for example, swings, when the right leg, bent at the knee, should touch the left elbow and vice versa. These exercises activate both hemispheres of the brain and relieve mental fatigue.
2) Try to simultaneously rotate with both hands in opposite directions: the straight right hand rotates clockwise, and the left hand rotates counterclockwise.
3) Connect your fingers in rings: on the right hand - from the index to the little finger, connecting them in turn with the thumb, and on the left - in the opposite direction.
4) Choose an object that is available in your apartment, and think of 5-10 ways to use it in everyday life.
5) On a blank piece of paper, write one word with your leading hand. Then try to write this word with your other hand. Next, take pens or pencils in both hands and try to write with both hands at once: one - straight, and the other - in a mirror image. If it is difficult to write, you can first draw shapes: from a square to an asterisk.
6) Pronounce long words in reverse without writing them down. For example, a chicken is atsiruk.
7) Having bought the next book of your favorite author, do not look at the annotation, but start reading. When you get to something exciting, close the book and try to imagine what will happen next. Then compare your views. This will help you develop the ability to anticipate events.
8) Learn to observe and remember. At first, you can focus on one subject, casting a glance at it and trying to reproduce as many details as possible that characterize it. Then focus on your surroundings in your home or outdoors and reproduce details as fully as possible. The most difficult exercise is recollecting in the evening all the events that happened during the day: with whom you talked, whom you met, what cars passed by, what you ate for lunch, etc.
There are a lot of such ways. You can develop your brain through games with friends: come up with associations, make up new names for long-familiar objects, write poetry. It is only important not to let your brain stagnate, but constantly throw new tasks to it.
