Exploiting the Brain for Fun and Profit - Lone Star 2016
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This document discusses how to exploit and optimize the brain through sleep, food, exercise, learning, and managing information. It provides tips on getting enough quality sleep, eating a balanced diet for brain health, incorporating exercise into your daily routine, using various learning techniques to retain information, and strategies for dealing with information overload in the digital age. Resources like books, websites and apps are recommended to help improve brain functioning and make smarter choices.
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Exploiting the Brain for Fun and Profit - Lone Star 2016
- 1. EXPLOITING THE BRAIN Alena Holligan @sketchings sketchings.com Wife and Mother of 3 young children PHP Teacher at Treehouse PHP Users Group Leader Women Who Code Leader for Fun and Profit
- 2. YOUR MOST IMPORTANT TOOL Physical Perception Learning Memory
- 3. EVERYONE WITH A BRAIN STAND UP
- 4. RUN IN PLACE “AWAKE AND ALERT”
- 6. Power Poses Amy J.C. Cuddy
- 9. REARRANGE SENTENCE talk this beneficial is fascinating
- 10. PRIMING
- 11. ELDERLY PRIMING Words: Old, Gray, Florida Significantly longer to walk to the elevator Done on psychology students Did the priming influence you? NO Why? Make things up We don’t say “I don’t know” instagram.com/ginalee/
- 12. The Brain Makes Things Up
- 13. WE DON’T EVEN REALIZE IT!
- 14. I’m always right. I remember things wrong.
- 15. How do we use this to our advantage?
- 16. Two Truths Everyone is the same Everyone is different
- 17. PHYSICAL Sleep, Food & Exercise
- 18. SLEEP
- 19. -Leo J. Burke "People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one."
- 20. Question: How much sleep do you get?
- 22. SLEEP EXPERIMENT 5 days mimicked Alzheimer's hallucinations and paranoia 30% loss in cognitive ability after 1 night Physical Affects: blood pressure, immune system, body temp Factor to obesity trouble metabolizing glucose feel hungry get cravings longer to feel full
- 24. Some people need less insomniac gene
- 26. ANALYZE How much do you need, sleepcycle.com Wake up at the same time everyday, even weekends - go to bed when you’re tired Go to bed at the same time everyday - wake up without an alarm Write down how you feel, multiple times - both physically and emotionally
- 27. morning lark (1/10) night owl (2/10) play to your strengths When are you at your best
- 28. SLEEP HACKS 90 minute cycles Create a routine Turn off electronics or f.lux Stop caffeine Cool and Dark Room/Bed is Sacred SOUND SMELL
- 29. Quick Tip
- 30. NAPS IMPROVE PERFORMANCE 26 min nap = 34% improvement ~ army
- 31. EVERYONE WITH A BRAIN STAND UP
- 32. Food
- 33. -Bill Phillips "Food is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and exercise is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant."
- 34. FOOD AS FUEL Brain adores glucose 2% of mass 20% of energy Your brain needs fat Balance: carbs, proteins and fats Supplements Caffeine and Alcohol are drugs, use carefully
- 35. Exercise
- 36. WHY EXERCISE improves blood flows clears waste (in your brain) improves performance actually makes brain bigger Exercise for 75 minutes to maximize mortality reduction per minute 20%
- 38. Walking Desks Walking Meetings Boeing Mayo Clinic Start your day with Yoga
- 39. Quick Tip Time Out App
- 40. -Heraclitus “The only constant is change” (especially on the internet)
- 41. EVERYONE WITH A BRAIN STAND UP
- 42. KNOWLEDGE Learned Integrated with existing knowledge Remembered over time Deployed as Behavior
- 43. LEARNED Use multiple modalities Attention needs engagement Elaborate, Meaningful, Context Stories and Examples
- 44. INTEGRATED WITH EXISTING KNOWLEDGE Make it yours - do something with it Teach
- 45. REMEMBERED OVER TIME Forgetting stuff is a feature not a bug Take frequent breaks Follow up Spaced Repetition - Increased knowledge and retention - Timing is key - Information decay - computers can help - The Mnemosyne Project
- 46. DEPLOYED AS BEHAVIOR Have the right attitude Make it a habit - habitica.com
- 47. QUICK TIPS Make up crazy story Smells and Sounds
- 49. new languages new technologies new approaches books articles blogs podcasts twitter conferences Bombarded with Information overload
- 51. We can’t multi-task Cell phones prove this
- 52. EMAIL IS LIKE GAMBLING variable reinforcement
- 53. ATTENTION IS PRECIOUS Be Selective Information Diet Selective Ignorance Pick something you care about Skim the rest Use your friends Prune Aggressively - if you’re note reading it delete it
- 55. Productivity Inbox Zero (declare bankruptcy) Getting Things Done (GTD) Pomodoro Technique (Agile)
- 56. Quick Tip
- 57. External Brain Capture ideas to generate more ideas. We Forget. No, you wont remember.
- 59. Computers Don’t
- 61. Wiki is a great tool for teams
- 62. EVERYONE WITH A BRAIN STAND UP
- 63. Final Review
- 64. Location, Location, Location Mindfulness Try new things Quality over Quantity Write it down Breathe Balance
- 65. -Ralph Keeney, Duke University America’s top killer isn’t cancer or heart disease, nor is it smoking or obesity. It’s our inability to make smart choices and overcome our own self-destructive behaviors.
- 66. Choose One Small Step Today
- 67. Resources
- 68. BOOKS Predictably Irrational A Whole New Mind Getting Things Done Your Brain: The Missing Manual Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Brain Rules Mind Hacks Sway Nudge Drive
- 70. THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT sleepcycle.com f.lux dejal.com/timeout/ habitica.com coach.me
- 71. Alena Holligan @sketchings sketchings.com Wife and Mother of 3 young children PHP Teacher at Treehouse PHP Users Group Leader Women Who Code Leader