Brain Harassment Commandments
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The document outlines a set of commandments aimed at personal growth and brain stimulation, encouraging individuals to challenge themselves in various aspects of life. It emphasizes the importance of physical fitness, continuous learning, community involvement, artistic appreciation, and self-reflection. By adopting these practices, individuals can enhance their lives and foster a more fulfilling existence.
Brain Harassment Commandments
- 3. To you, my friend: rage against self-induced senility
- 4. -Mark Twain Don’t let schooling interfere with your education “ ”
- 5. I don’t care what religion, race, ethnicity, profession, political inclination, sexual orientation or nationality you belong to. It is no business of mine what your net worth is. I’m not bothered by your philosophy, social media followers or sports team(s) you support. As long as you strive to become a better person, a better human being. One of the ways you do that is by tasking your brain with better stuff, stuff that takes it away from a lull or some comfort zone. Stuff that makes you uncomfortable. That is how you grow, by harassing the brain.
- 6. Let us begin
- 7. Thou shall be physically fit
- 8. Thou shall be a lifelong learner
- 9. Thou shall increase your vocabulary Learn at least one word daily, if possible Read Widely Consult a dictionary regularly
- 10. Thou shall concentrate on the One thing Stop multitasking Stop being easily distracted Stop with the ‘busyness’ Stop with the orphan projects
- 11. Thou shall find a hobby and be good at it
- 12. Thou shall put your goals in writing and find time to review them often
- 13. Thou shall be slow to anger Practice reacting differently to people who annoy you Practice empathy One word: Equanimity Be cool
- 14. Thou shall get into a community Join and become an active member of an association or club or society Volunteer at a charity Join a Community Organization
- 15. Thou shall seek a mentor
- 16. Thou shall see programmes you wouldn’t be caught dead watching
- 17. Thou shall keep a journal ▪ For your daily thoughts ▪ For your inspirations and aspirations ▪ For your planning ▪ For your memory
- 18. Thou shall be a team player o Encourage sharing of ideas in your networks o Participate in learning at the work place o Talk to co-workers about their lives
- 19. Thou shall be a teacher of souls Try your hand at teaching Lecture at the local continuous education programme Use platforms such as Fiverr, YouTube and Masterclass
- 20. Thou shall write an article about something, anything For a newspaper For a magazine For an organization For a religious institution
- 21. Thou shall read things outside your comfort zone Subscribe to a variety of subjects Read cross-cultural literature
- 23. Thou shall spend time talking to and listening to your children
- 24. Thou shall strike a conversation with a stranger, without an end-goal, other than the conversation itself. This is the way.
- 25. Thou shall avoid taking the same route to work • It is boring • You miss out on interesting alternatives • You stop being mindful and slide into autopilot
- 26. Thou shall find a way to keep your thoughts recorded-especially those of the eureka variety • Notepad • Tape Recorder • App • Social Media
- 28. Thou shall explore places you have never been to ✓ Hotels ✓ Galleries ✓ Pubs ✓ Restaurants ✓ Museums ✓ Scenic Routes ✓ Cool Destinations ✓ Bucket list destinations
- 29. Thou shall take a vacation, leave the stress behind and actually relax ✓ No inquiring how things are back at home ✓ No looking at emails ✓ Make it difficult to be contacted ✓ Seriously plan for personal renewal time
- 30. Thou shall appreciate art Go see a play Go see a musical Go attend a ballet Go to a cultural festival Go to a trade show Go to the local flea market Go attend a concert Go to a gallery Go to a burning man festival
- 32. Thou shall solve puzzles
- 33. Thou shall see the good attributes in your enemies They have something to teach you
- 34. Thou shall watch a TV-Discussion and try to follow the various points of view
- 35. Thou shall be an idea factory Churn out crazy, silly, idiotic, repugnant, brilliant, fantastic, out of this world ideas
- 36. Thou shall learn to draw and or sketch
- 37. Thou shall seek out friends smarter, better and more accomplished than you
- 38. Thou shall have a sense of humour
- 39. Thou shall accept that some things are beyond your control
- 40. Thou shall be a writer, even if, for a day Poetry Play Screenplay Essays Memos Memoir Novel Novella Article Blog piece Manifesto Laws Letters
- 41. Thou shall examine your beliefs, dogmas and biases and seek to destroy them or prove them Misconceptions grow deep into the soil
- 42. Thou shall sit back and enjoy thy own company
- 43. Thou shall listen to inspirational music
- 44. Thou shall be positively charged ▪ Look for the good ▪ Look for the beauty ▪ Be good to yourself ▪ Foster self-forgiveness ▪ Kill Negativity
- 45. Thou shall seek out and strengthen family relationships
- 46. Thou shall begin a regular correspondence with a friend, the more long lost the friend, the merrier
- 47. Thou shall write to the editor of a newspaper or a magazine and speak out on an issue that you are passionate about
- 48. Thou shall interact with people in different fields
- 49. Thou shall visit hospitals and hospices to find out just how healthy you are.
- 50. Thou shall focus on clean eating
- 51. Thou shall give up on excessive consumption of alcohol
- 52. Thou shall seek out a stimulating peer group and have fun with them
- 53. Thou shall always consider the other side of the story, the other point of view, the other witness, the other philosophy-that is not yours
- 54. Thou shall get involved with the Youth ✓ Mentor ✓ Coach ✓ Teach ✓ Work together on a project ✓ Ah, you are one, great
- 55. Thou shall enjoy a Biography or Autobiography of somebody you admire
- 56. Thou shall attend a lecture on something, anything,
- 57. Thou shall take a sabbatical
- 58. Thou shall earn a new degree in a new area of interest
- 59. Thou shall watch Foreign films and all the glory that is subtitles
- 60. Thou shall learn to code
- 61. Thou shall learn to create music Learn to play a musical instrument
- 62. Thou shall keep in touch with customers ▪ Find out how they are doing ▪ Give them something to look forward to ▪ Improve your database
- 63. Thou shall read Fiction | Non-Fiction | Unclassifiable
- 64. Thou shall recognize and get rid of stress in your life with extreme prejudice
- 65. Thou shall learn to play a different sport, learn the rules of a new game
- 66. Thou shall write a Legacy statement on what you want to achieve and leave behind
- 69. Thou shall learn to remember people’s names, especially those darn acquaintances
- 70. Thou shall sit down and make a financial plan for your life
- 71. Thou shall meet those fears head on, and see that they are not as jacked up as thought they were
- 72. FIN
- 73. Images by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay https://www.deviantart.com/gdj2018/gallery
- 74. Who are we? Heroes-that is what we are Heroes of what you ask? Heroes of Time and Space. Space where? Space in History, Space in a Movement, Space in a Revolution, Space in a Dynasty. We are the Mavericks Ploughing through time Planting seeds of our greatness Seeds that turn to Grapes of glory Glory that we shall toast and drink To our special breed, the Mavericks. Ad infinitum, ad aeternum. THE MAVERICKS