Russell H Armstrong

You're reading 7 Science-Based Hacks to Improve Your Memory, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Individuals with strong memory skills have a comparative advantage over other professionals, so a lot of people try to improve their “memory capacity”. In theory, a human brain can hold up to 1 quadrillion pieces of information, which means it is virtually limitless. However, improving your memory demands dedication, time, and practice. The Internet is flooded with various tips and tricks on how to achieve this goal but only a handful of suggestions are based on real scientific facts. In this article, we will show you 7 science-based hacks to improve your memory. What Is Memory And How To Take It To the Next Level? Memory is the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc, or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. A po...

You're reading 3 Tips From An Introvert On How To Improve Your Relationships, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by jerks. I have been a social introvert for as long as I can remember. You know, I always preferred the company of my family and that of my close friends. Meeting someone new meant sweaty palms, an increased heart rate, and the occasional embarrassing blunder. After it kept me from taking advantage of opportunities and from meeting new people for years, I decided that something had to be done. Assume Responsibility For Your Behavior One thing that I used to tell myself, again and again, was that I was unlucky when it came to meeting the “right people”. This included people at work, the few acquaintances I had, and one failed relationship af...

You're reading How to Stay Sane When Your World is Spinning Out of Control, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. You may going through agonizing circumstances in your life right now. Your romantic relationships or marriage could be tearing at the seams and you may not be able to hang on much longer. Or some other kind of family relationship may be tearing your heart in half. People may be making you choose sides. Blackmailing you. Threatening you. Giving you the silent treatment. When emotional family drama consumes your life, it feels like everything is spinning out of control. The very people who love you are turning your life upside down. How do you remain sane when the emotional turmoil of your life is tearing you apart? How do you remain above the shore when family drama and emotional turmoil are trying to sink you? How do you stay sane when your world feels li...

You're reading The Ultimate Meditation Guide, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Meditation was for many years perceived by Western cultures as "mystic mumbo jumbo" from the Orient. In fact, it's only in the last 10 to 20 years that meditation has become a common practice in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and even parts of Europe. However, it has been practiced by the Chinese, Indians, Japanese, and other Asian cultures for thousands of years. The benefits of meditation are undeniable: It improves your immune system, decreases cellular inflammation, and decreases pain. It reduces your risk of anxiety, depression, stress, and improves positive emotions. It makes you feel less lonely, increases your compassion, and promotes social connectivity and engagement. It improves self-control, willpower, and discipline. It enhances your emotion control and your a...

You're reading What is a Tremor of Truth?, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. My courage is faith—faith in the eternal resilience of me—that joy’ll come back, and hope and spontaneity. —F. Scott Fitzgerald At this writing, I can bench press 150 pounds. It wasn’t easy. I put everything I had into it. My personal trainer kept saying, “Let me see your tremor of truth.” Raising an eyebrow at her, I grunted and trembled and sweated before reaching the goal, but I got there. She explained later that the phrase “tremor of truth” is used in physical fitness circles when we push ourselves to the max. Lifting weights, we grimace as a tremor of unease shoots through the body. Our arm muscles quiver during pushups. Our legs tremble with exhaustion running a marathon. The brain says we can’t do it, but just as grass grows through concrete, we persevere, discoverin https://www....

You're reading 6 Things Successful People Refuse To Do, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. I like to think that there is a meaning to life, in the sense that finding purpose and striving to reach that level of fulfillment becomes part of daily routine. Living just for the sake of it, without wanting to reach greatness will lead to regret later in life when you realize that so much time has passed without doing nothing. When thinking about successful people, it doesn’t necessarily translate to “industry big-shots”. People that have discovered their life purpose and stick to it are already walking “the road of success”. I would like to point out the I have purposefully used “of” instead of “to” in order to point out that success is not a destination, but rather a path. Something that sticks with us. Indeed, successful people constantly enrich their lives, https://ww...

You're reading Scientific Studies Show How Nutrition Influences Our Creativity, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/scientific-studies-show-nutrition-influences-creativity/