Age-Proof Your Brain with Tony Buzan

It’s a New Year once again, and people all over the world are making resolutions on what they are going to do differently in the coming year.  Of course often just a few days into the year, many of these have been abandoned or modified, and some people swear they will give up making resolutions because they just can’t keep them.  So we were wondering what you think of this ritual and what, if anything, you have resolved to do differently in 2008.

Get fit, lose weight, stop smoking, travel more, be a nicer person, make that career change, get along better with the out-laws, drink less, write that book – we’ve all seen the list and made many of these ourselves.  Many resolutions are about the very things that help Age Proof Your Brain, but does making a New Year’s Resolution have any real impact?  We’d love hear what you think, and in our next e-letter we’ll take some of the best entries and share them around.

One thing we do know is that keeping any commitment to change often depends on how you phrase it. For instance if you keep repeating “I’m not going to smoke, I’m not going to smoke”, what your brain hears is ‘I’m going to smoke’ and stopping is almost impossible.  If on the other hand you say “I’m in the process of developing healthy lungs” you have a better chance of success.

Like many others we have also made some New Year Resolutions to become healthier, to develop more material and continue to innovate our business model.  We will let you know how we go, but for now, why not take a minute and tell us what you’re doing. 

They always say time changes things,
but you actually have to change them yourself.
- Andy Warhol