Organizing your Mind Once you can better manage your emotions you can harmonize the thinking parts of your brain opening up a whole new world before you Quote by Paul Hammerness MD ID: 199073
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Organize your life
Organizing your MindSlide2
Once you can better manage your emotions, you can harmonize the thinking parts of your brain, opening up a whole new world before you
.
Quote by: Paul
Hammerness
, M.D.Slide3
Co-written by: Paul
Hammerness
, M.D. & Margaret MooreSlide4
Six Skills to Master for an Orderly BrainSlide5
Tame the frenzy.
Be quietly in control. Before you can engage the mind, you must control, or at least have a handle on, your emotions. It's hard to be thoughtful or efficient when you're irritated, frustrated, and
distraught.Slide6
Sustain attention.
You need to be able to maintain your focus and successfully ignore distractions in order to plan and coordinate behaviors, to be organized, and to accomplish something.Slide7
Apply the brakes.
The organized brain must be able to inhibit or stop an action or thought, just as a good pair of brakes brings your car to a halt at a stop light. Think of it as a compassionate hand on the shoulder or a traffic cop holding up a raised hand.Slide8
Mold information.
Your brain has the ability to hold information it has focused on, analyze the information, process it, and use it to guide future
behavior.Slide9
Shift sets.
The organized brain is ever ready for the new game in town, the news flash, the timely opportunity, or the last-minute change in plans. You need to be focused in the present, but you also must be able to process and weigh the relative importance of competing stimuli and to be flexible, nimble, and ready to move from one task to another or from one thought to
another.Slide10
Connect the dots.
The organized and efficient individual is able to pull together the five rules we've just talked about, and bring these abilities to bear on the problem or the situation at hand.Slide11
Top 10 (dis)organizational complaints
Complaint
Absentmindedness
Easily Distracted
Overwhelmed by Clutter
Can’t Focus
Chronic Lateness
Solution
Build Awareness
Evaluate-is it urgent?
If
y
es, Shift Set
Find a partner to help you
declutter
.
Think back to the last time you were 100% focused.
Write down a list of commitments.Slide12
Top 10 (dis)organizational
complaints
(cont.)
Complaint
I can’t do it all.
I am barely hanging on.
I am way too stressed out.
Efficient, but could be more.
On the brink of chaos
Solution
Be able to have your full attention to the task.
Schedule interruption zones and interruption free zones.
Turn priorities upside down and take care of your health.
Start your day by making your to do list the night before.
Shift your mental picture. Your thoughts will follow.Slide13
Homework
Discover
your positive and negative
emotions at
www.positivityratio.com
Pick one “
dis”organized
complaint you have about your life. Write why and how you plan to get organized
Email Fit4Life your assignment for credit.