MENTAL EXERCISES

Articles In This Section:

· Mental Exercises vs. Physical Exercises - part 1

· Mental Exercises vs. Physical Exercises - part 2

· Mental Exercises vs. Physical Exercises - part 3

· MENTAL EXERCISES

· USE YOUR CREATIVE MIND TO STIMULATE YOUR MIND

· DEVELOP THE POWERS OF CONCENTRATION

· CREATE IMAGINARY OBJECTIVES - part 1

· CREATE IMAGINARY OBJECTIVES - part 2

Any routine of exercises which causes you to think is of value. You will be amazed to find how quickly the mind will respond, and in a very short time you'll notice marked improvement in your ability to think quickly, logically and creatively.

While driving your car, you can do a fascinating exercise with the license plates on the cars ahead.

Take the license number and, by addition, reduce it to a single digit. This is done by adding all the digits together. If the result contains more than one digit, add those together. Keep this up until you have just one digit. Here are a few examples:

978 = 9+7+8 = 24 = 2+4 = 6 164 = 1+6+4 = 11 = 1+1 = 2

899 = 8+9+9 = 26 = 2+6 = 8

If the license plates have letters as well as numbers, you can make a game of the letters. In California, for example, the plates have three letters, such as PUD. As you see the letters, make up a man's name as fast as you can using those letters as initials. The name Patrick Ulrick Day may come to you as a name for the above letters. At first it will require a bit of thinking to make up names for the letters you see, but in a short time names will come to you almost as fast as you can mentally record the letters.

Quizzes which you will find in newspapers, magazines and on television all help to stimulate the mind.

Crossword puzzles not only add new words to your vocabulary, but also stimulate your mind. As you continue to work them, you will note that words come to your mind much faster than they did when you first took up the pastime.

Speed-reading is good practice. There are several methods of speed-reading from which to choose. Reading faster also speeds your thinking which, of course, tends toward sharpening your mind.