This
article is based on the eBook "Thinking Skills"
The
brain is the most powerful organ humans possess. Although we all have a hugely
powerful potential offered by our brain, we spend very little practicing our thinking
skills. We believe that thinking is either a natural function or believe that
the great thinkers among us are gifted. Nothing could be farther from the
truth. Everyone has the ability to use this under-used potential.
Do
you want to get to know your brain better? Then let’s take a look at some
astonishing facts about this powerful organ.
The
Brain contains 100,000 billion connections
The
facts about the brain are truly stupendous. For example, did you know that the
human brain takes up a fifth of all the energy generated by your body in its
resting state? It is similar to a 20-watt light bulb continuously glowing. How
big do you think the brain is? Well, if you can imagine it, your brain consists
of 100 billion cells, each one of which connects to 1000 other brain cells
making a total of 100,000 billion connections. There are more cell connection
points in the human brain than there are stars in our galaxy. As Norman Cousins
put it, “Not even the universe with all its countless billions of galaxies represents
greater wonder or complexity than the human brain.”
No
one has ever been able to use their brain’s full potential
Here
are some more astonishing facts about your brain. Although the brain weighs
just 3lb, it contains 12 trillion nerve cells (more than two and a half times
the people on this planet). It contains 1000 trillion trillion molecules (way
beyond our ability to compute), and can process 30 billion bits of information
a second. Your brain has 10 billion neurons and the range of connections all
the neurons in the brain could make would amount to one with 28 noughts after
it. Your brain has enough atomic energy to build any of the world’s major
cities many times over. Unsurprisingly, no human being has yet existed who has
been able to use all the potential of the brain. How about you?
Exploding the brain myths
One
of the reasons we fail to make the most of our brain and, therefore, our
thinking skills, is that we hang on to a range of inherited assumptions about
our brain and our capacity to think. Many of us believe that, contrary to the
facts, we are either born bright or stupid. We think that we are only as
intelligent as our measured Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and that this is fixed
throughout our lives. We think that, when we run up against big problems, they
just can’t be solved. We fret over taking decisions and bemoan our ability to
choose wisely. We think that we are stuck with the way we think and that we
cannot change it. And to top things off, we think that, as we age, our brain
declines and with it, our abilities to remember things. The only one of these
assumptions that is true is that it is only our thinking that limits the power
of our brains.
Summary of our brain’s key points
1.
The human brain is so powerful that few of us come anywhere near to using it as
well as we could.
2.
Every person has the ability to think intelligently and creatively.
3.
The brain is the source of key mental faculties such as memory, imagination,
creativity and innovation.
4.
The brain is the key tool for mastering the modern information age.
5.
Everyone in a modern organisation is a knowledge worker to some extent.
6.
According to research, half the skills needed by successful workers involve the
use of thinking skills.
If
you want to learn more about the power of our brain and how to successfully
exercise thinking skills, then we have got the right book for you. In “Thinking Skills: Using Your Brain in the Information Age”
written by TAMILAGAM TIMES EDITOR TEAM you can read about logical or creative
thinking and how to improve your memory.
EDITOR - TAMILAGAMTIMES
tamialagamtimes@post.com
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