Brain Rules

Introduction to the Brain Rules book series youtu.be/6leWTImalyc

Great to see @BrainRulesBooks continue to have influence in disparate fields. Football coaches adapting these principles to help players learn systems. Only wish our schools would be as adaptive!

I recently spoke with Dr. John Medina (@BrainRulesBooks) about why our brains, which still think it’s the Pleistocene era, perform so poorly in the modern workplace. We also consider what can be done about it. bit.ly/3ZC3c7z

Join me on @substack where I write about #brainrules johnmedina.substack.com

Today I am sharing one of my favorite user manuals for your brain - @BrainRulesBooks by the amazing and talented Dr. John Medina! I fluctuate from highlighting every sentence to falling off my chair laughing. #Brain #Health #mentalhealth

Listen to this 30-minute interview with Gail Boushey @thedailycafe “It All Begins in Northern Tanzania” thedailycafe.com/content/john-m… #edtech #brainrules

Why do You Feel So Tired After @Zoom Meetings youtu.be/fR-w8sNY20M #zoom #zoommeeting #Science

Covid-19 is a major life stressor on a brain that’s already fragile as a teenager.

White Paper | The Class of Covid-19: Lessons of Today and Learning for Tomorrow hbr.org/resources/pdfs… @MicrosoftEDU #edtech

Historically, people have done their best work—sometimes world-changing work—in their first few years after joining the workforce.

Individually, the worst kind of stress is the feeling that you have no control over the problem—you are helpless. #stress #brainrules

When you learn something, the wiring in your brain changes. #learning #brainrules

The brain is constantly learning things, so the brain is constantly rewiring itself. #learning #brainrules

The brain acts like a muscle: The more activity you do, the larger and more complex it can become. What you do in life physically changes what your brain looks like. You can wire and rewire your brain with the simple choice of which musical instrument you play. #brainrules

Even a cursory inspection of the data reveals remarkable variation in growth patterns from one person to the next. Whether examining toddlers or teenagers, different regions of the brain in different children develop at different rates.

Learning results in physical changes in the brain, and these changes are unique to each individual. Not even identical twins having identical experiences possess brains that wire themselves exactly the same way.

All else being equal, it has been known for many years that smaller, more intimate schools create better learning environments than megaplex houses of learning. Smaller is better because a teacher can deeply understand the individual needs of only so many students. #brainrules

Theory of Mind is the ability to understand the interior motivations of someone else and the ability to construct a predictable “theory of how their mind works.” These skills give teachers and managers critical knowledge about their students and employees. #brainrules

If you’re a manager, make a list of the cognitive strengths of your team. Assigning work projects based on an employee’s strengths may be critical to your group’s productivity. #brainrules

No two people’s brains store the same information in the same way in the same place. #learning #brainrules