Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind

by Joe Dispenza

The Frontal Lobe: On or Off? The following is a simplified list of what we can do or be when our frontal lobe is activated. • Intentional awareness and long attention span • Contemplation of possibilities, acting on them • Decisiveness • Clarity • Joy • Usable skills • Adaptability • Ability to learn from mistakes and do things differently the next time • Ability to plan a future and stick to projected plan • Focus • Daily review of options • Strengthened sense of self • Ability to take action toward goals • Disciplined behavior • Ability to build greater options from prior experiences • Ability to hold an ideal independent of external circumstances • Ability to make dreams, goals, and intents more real than external world and feedback of body • Concentration to the exclusion of everything else • Ability to stay present with the self and internal thoughts • Proactiveness • Individuality Now, here’s a list of what we can do or be when our frontal lobe is not functioning fully. • Listless and lazy • Uninspired and unmotivated, with no initiative • Desirous of sameness, routine, and predictability • Unwilling to learn • Able to be easily distracted • Unable to make future plans • Behaving in ways that never match desires • Unable to complete actions and tasks • Reactive • Mentally rigid, disliking change • Fixated on the same negative thoughts • Unable to listen well • Disorganized • Impulsive • Overly emotional • Forgetful • Unable to see options • Follower