The 10 Commandments of the Brain

The 10 Commandments of the Brain here are the 10 commandments of the brain because if you don't learn how to master your brain it will forever be in control of you and it should always be mind over matter not matter over mind hi my name is Niké and I teach you all things neuroscience let's do it number one thou shalt protect your attention protect your attention number two thou shalt not believe every thought metacognition your thoughts are not in your head they do not belong to you capture every thought and decide which ones you want to keep number three thou shalt sleep thou shalt sleep you must sleep the brain needs eight hours minimum every single night to recover that's why it throws out all the trash that we don't need you must sleep number four you must sleep thou shalt exercise you must exercise every single day I do 10,000 steps every single day I have this abandoned track behind my house and I just walk 10,000 steps back and forth back and forth you must exercise the brain needs No. 5 doubt shot always learn something new neuroplasticity it's always on our side and the brain needs it to stay sharp for life always learn something new a new language a new skill pick up a new little thing to learn on the computer but always learn always adapt that shot thou shalt choose your environment wisely mirror neurons nobody I mean no one on earth is strong enough to beat mirror neurons your environment decides your whole life I'm gonna hang out with a bunch of rich brats degenerates but I'm still gonna be you know strong and powerful and successful lies it will never happen for you show me your friends and I will tell you exactly who you are neuroscience backs it up the next one is for me and I'm terrible at this cause I' m very feisty thou shalt pause before any reaction seventeen seconds is all you need before you react follow any impulse your brain will decide what's the best decision in that 17 seconds pause before any reaction that one's for me don't shout thou shalt question every Assumption ask yourself why do I think this is this real is this a fact where did I get this information from that's called metacognition a lot of things that we believe in our head were passed down from generations and they're locked into our subconscious mind so if you can question it you'll be very strong question every Assumption tonight thou shalt be the observer of your own life and your mind the observer effect in physics tells us the most powerful thing you can do is be outside of your own mind outside of your own body and watch yourself observe every thought observe everything you do every action everything that comes out of your mind out of your mouth observe it and last but not least thou shalt be the editor the director and the architect of your own life of your own mind okay you're gonna have thoughts yes but you get to choose which one becomes a belief system you get to be the director be in the driver's seat of your life again this is called metacognition is the highest form of intelligence the ability to think about your own thinking now we teaching this on the 1 9th of this month Master class tickets link is in my bio this is gonna be my best class yet it'll be so fun cause I'm learning metacognition myself I'm just learning it myself and I think I'm starting to master it so I'm excited to teach it back to you guys I'll see you there I believe in you oh it's in my bio and I pray you always believe in yourself I'm going back on my walk stay fabulous 10,000 steps