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February 11, 2014
15 Strategies to Manage ADHD
The ADHD brain is atypically wired. We tend to inhibit inspirational urges less and go along with them, however far they might take us. We know how to dream, dare to explore and seek totally new realms, how to happily get lost, stumbling upon unexpected discoveries when lucky.
We have perhaps evolved differently from those who have brains wired typically. Our senses react to almost everything we encounter, like having many super-sensitive antennae in our brain. But...
February 4, 2014
Two Brains, One Mind, & Many Paths to Happiness
Our brain has two sides: left and right. The left brain tends to be the thinking one; the right, the intuitive.
If you are a left brain dominant person, you may tend to make sense of things through analyzing, structuring, and sequencing in a goal-oriented fashion. The right brain dominant person, on the other hand, tends to perceive the world through intuition.
We all have both tendencies but in different ranges, experiencing life in different ways...
January 28, 2014
Brain Science of Motivation
In this Brain Science of Motivation, I would like to take a look at the major brain chemicals and brain regions that are involved in motivating our action.
This is Part 3 of 4-Part series about how to overcome common barriers to productivity and reignite your inner fire. Looking for the other parts?PART 1|PART 2| PART 3
Motivation is the mental state that arouses you to take action toward your goal. It gives you a sense of purpose and directs your behavior. The more m...
January 21, 2014
How To Beat Procrastination
This is Part 3 of 4-Part series about how to overcome common barriers to productivity and reignite your inner fire. Looking for the other parts?PART 1| PART 2
PART 3:How To Beat Procrastination
Procrastination is a hard-to-beat mental block. The more we procrastinate, the more likely we are to develop an unconscious habit of not doing what we should be doing, often at all costs. Time becomes an enemy.
To be honest, I am a last-minute get-the-job-done person. I tend...
January 14, 2014
Waste Less Time by Being Selective
This is Part 2 of 4-Part series about how to overcome common barriers to productivity and reignite your inner fire. PART 1
Waste Less Time by Being Selective
A huge part of our life everyday is spent doing things other than what we should be doing. We get caught by distractions. They eat up our energy. We end up procrastinating. Our joy and productivity suffer as we waste time on nonessential activities.
The solution is to mindfully direct your attention away from mindlessly distracting elements...
January 7, 2014
How To Spark Your Productivity
Have you recently felt the “fire” in you vanishing? I mean the fire to cook something up and produce something authentic.
I find motivating myself is hard when I feel the fire dimming in me. This seems to be a common happening for many professionals who have been highly productive for a long period.
Given two people of similar ability, the motivated person, the person whose fire is burning stronger, is always likely to outperform the unmotivated person. But how can you re-light your fire?
To get...
January 2, 2014
Applying Mindfulness Strategies to Manage ADHD
Even at the best of times, our mind naturally tends to wander, browsing for something more immediately pleasurable to settle on. For those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), staying focused on one thing is a daunting challenge unless the activity is inherently rewarding.
However, in contrast to the inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity that characterize ADHD, individuals with ADHD also have the unique capacity for superfocus on what they love. Unable to control their i...
December 19, 2013
A 30-second Exercise to Reduce Holiday Stress
The holidays are an exciting time of the year. But it is quite stressful for most of us. Why? Because our body interprets the excess work and attention required for holiday activities as a stressor.
For a short time, nothing may happen. Although the body senses the overload, the mind can drift, away from the stressors, being occupied by something else not-so-stressful. Or course, when the mind is absent, the body suffers.
You can buffer holiday-related stressors and reduce their negative impact...
December 12, 2013
Remembering My English Teacher
On cold days in December, especially bone-chilling cold ones like this year, I cannot help but think of my English teacher who I first met walking up the hill on a snowy morning in my first year at college. It was 36 years ago, but something about him has left deep imprints on me for the rest of my life.
There was nothing unusual about him at the first encounter beside being the only American in the vast windy campus. “He must be a military man from the American base nearby,” I thought. He was...
December 10, 2013
Serenade in Serenity
People asked me why in the movie Zen Man the main character is fishing with no hook. The answer is that Mr. Han, a lone wounded middle-aged calligraphy master, has no goal of catching fish. Rather he meditates, immersing himself in the fish, pond, trees, and nature.
He goes fishing when he is stressed. Sitting at the edge of a beautiful pond surrounded with tall pine trees and morning fog, he tries to empty his regrets and sorrows of having lost his family not long ago. Sensing another catastr...
