Possibilities of our brain are infinitely vast. If you do your own brain workout, you can get enormous opportunities and achieve  success in business, career and communication.

A person owes all his achievements in work, studies or society to the hard work of his brain. Brain activity is important for pupils and students, businessmen and employees. Everyone knows that learning new things, reading books, watching educational programs have a positive effect on the brain.

But how to develop a way of thinking that would activate the parts of the brain that have not been involved before? Brain training does not require a lot of time, 15 minutes a day will be quite enough.

There is a simple way to take another look at the possibilities of your brain. Take 4 white sheets of paper. On the first sheet write something familiar with your dominant hand from left to right. On the second one write the same, but in the opposite direction. On the third and the fourth ones do the same with the other hand. The first sheet is an example which you should aspire to. Repeat your efforts every day and you will see that you will begin to think differently. This simple exercise makes your inactive area of ​​the brain work.

As a result, this training will allow you to take non-standard solutions and to find an easy way out even in the most difficult situations, which will be quite useful at work and in other spheres of life.

Do you know why children easily learn new things? Because they are constantly training their brain. Memory is a very powerful tool, but it becomes weak if it is not used for a long time. What do you do to make your brain stay active and productive?

We offer you 10 ways to improve memory and personal effectiveness.

1. Learn something new

Think on what you would like to learn and start. It may be a new hobby, such as painting or horseback riding. Try yourself in writing a poem or a fairy tale. Do something you have never done before, and let your brain actively participate in it.

2. Read good books

When reading a book, your brain is “forced” to memorize information about the characters and events of the book. Images that arise in the brain stimulate the imagination. So, reading improves your memory, enhances your brain power and enriches your vocabulary.

3. Get rid of the routine

Try to make unfamiliar actions and take spontaneous decisions. For instance, you can replace your usual breakfast with something new, or try to learn to write with your non-dominant hand, or change your everyday route to/from work.

4. Sleep well

Eight hours of sleep are essential for maintaining your brain in a good condition. All day long, your brain solves various problems and faces different challenges, so it needs a good rest at night in order to effectively solve the problem again tomorrow.

5. Computer Games

Gamers will be glad to know that they do not just waste their time spending hours at the monitor, but also train their brain. However, half an hour or maximum one hour of game is sufficient for daily brain training, but not the whole evening or day. Try to choose intellectual or logical games where you have to think, choose the best strategy and plan your steps. If you have a routine job, then a half-hour game will help your brain stay active.

6. Learn poetry

How many poems do you know by heart? Little children know dozens of poems. So you can learn nursery rhymes with your children or memorize some classic or contemporary poems. Thus you will not only train your memory, but will also touch beauty. And one day you will surprise your colleagues or relatives, reciting some poem.

7. Language learning

Learning a foreign language ​​is not only a great workout for the brain, but it also can be useful in life. The point is to learn at least ten new words a day. When you master this pace, you can move to something more difficult such as, for example, learning phrases and idioms instead of words.

8. Enrich your vocabulary

Try to discover new words every day. These can be words of general use or those on your subject/interest. Use a dictionary for unknown words or pick synonyms for already known words. Also try to use new words in your speech.

9. Work with numbers

Do you easily do mental arithmetic? Well, I am sure you cannot imagine your life without calculators or computers. However, mental calculation not only makes your brain work, but enhances your memory as well. For example, you can start with such a simple thing as calculating your purchases at the supermarket.

10. Tell about the past

Try to tell someone about how your day was yesterday, starting with the end, i.e. first tell what you did in the evening, then – during the day, and finally – in the morning. Recalling the events of the near or distant past, you will activate your memory and will not let it erase this information as unnecessary.