Comments on: Brain Friendly(ness) as a way of life?

By: Sandy Rank

Sandy Rank — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:59:55 +0000

http://www.brainfriendlytrainer.com/reflect/brain-friendlyness-as-a-way-of-life
@bftrainer brain-friendliness should be a way of life

By: Stella Collins

Stella Collins — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:56:14 +0000

Hi Paul,
Brain friendliness as a way of life is a great concept and that’s quite scary proof about parents affecting the physiology of their children – though complete common sense really.
The challenge to us as trainers is how we overcome all those messages, stress triggers etc that are happening entirely outside our control, back at home or work, and create the best possible environment for learning.
We’ve always modeled brain friendly principles in all our contacts with our learners ‘from invitation to evaluation’ (as Ann puts it) so perhaps that’s one way to begin to address what is clearly a major challenge. On our Maximising Impact programme we even ask people to ‘unpick’ the invitation to work out how it’s brain friendly – and they can then use it to create their own future invitations.
How do other people handle this?

Warm regards,
Stella Collins

By: Jenni Wright

Jenni Wright — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:11:12 +0000

Great article, thank you Paul. I’ve read the book and find it amazing! I’ve also read an older book (from 1975) called “Teacher and Child” by Haim Ginott. He’s also written “Parent and Child”. Long before any technology could “read” these facts, Ginott contends the same things in his books. And of course Gladwell goes on in “Outliers” to talk about families for success. Then there’s Doidge’s “The Brain that changes itself”.

What does this mean for us, generally? It means that if we want to change and grow, and encourage our clients to change and grow, there is more to it than the person sitting in front of us. We must surround ourselves with positive people, books, CDs, DVDs, and words, and encourage our clients to do the same. And conversely, limit the negative, news, TV, DVDs and words.

Of course this has implications for our physical and mental health as well. It’s not just behaviours that change. (Story of Roseto in “Blink”.) The effect is to our whole being.

In the training in Emotional Intelligence that I conduct, the model is from 6seconds … Know Yourself, Choose Yourself and Give Yourself. It is designed to move people from awareness to action.

Of course, none of this is new. Around 2000 years ago we were encouraged to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind”. Maybe at last we are learning how to do that.

By: Anna DeBattiste

Anna DeBattiste — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:32:17 +0000

Stress is not good for #learning: http://bit.ly/aZNIqh

By: Liz Taylor

Liz Taylor — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:53:01 +0000

RT @bftrainer: Brain Friendly(ness) as a way of life? http://bit.ly/9JuCKJ Interesting and relevant to #positivity

By: BrainFriendlyTrainer

BrainFriendlyTrainer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:49:51 +0000

New blog post: Brain Friendly(ness) as a way of life? http://bit.ly/9JuCKJ