October 13th is National Train Your Brain Day. It’s a day that we devote to challenging and expanding our minds through mind exercises and puzzles. Taking time out to explore and increase the potential and capacity of your mind is never a bad practice. Here are some activities you can do to help increase your cognitive skills:
- Read (yeah, it’s really that simple)
- Use your non-dominant hand
- Learn a new word
- Play a matching game
- Solving brain teasers
- Do a crossword puzzle
- Get more sleep (definitely on my to-do list)
And while I’m all for working out the brain to keep mentally fit, as a life coach I think that it is equally important to cultivate a positive mindset as part of your mental self-care. Your mindset is a set of beliefs that have a huge impact on how you think, feel, and act. The mindset that you adopt is one of the determining factors in your successes and failures in life.
There are two basics types of mindsets: fixed and growth. A fixed mindset believes that your abilities are fixed and can’t be changed, therefore you don’t need to exert any effort (ex: “That’s the way I am and I can’t change”). A growth mindset believes that abilities can improve and change with effort (“I can learn to be a better listener”).
Training your brain to adopt a growth mindset will not only help you succeed in life but it will also help you cope when faced with challenges. You are more apt to seek out solutions instead of focusing on the problem and embrace change instead of fear it.
So in the spirit of #NationalTrainYourBrainDay,I have gathered 15 mindset quotes to help you on your growth journey. Comment below and let me know which is your favorite or that resonates with you most.
1. Your thoughts have the ability to completely change your future.
2. Everything you don’t know is something you can learn.
3. Envision, design, build and create the life you wish to manifest.
I came up with this quote after reading the book The Magic of Manifesting: 15 Advanced Techniques to Attract Your Best Life, Even if You Think It’s Impossible Now by Ryuu Shinohara. I gained so much insight on the practice of manifestation and I highly recommend it. You can see my resource page for the full review coming soon.
4. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. -George Addair
5. What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. -Buddha
6. Confidence comes from discipline and training. -Robert Kiyosaki
7. Don’t let a bad mood turn into a bad mindset.
8. If it consumes your mind, it controls your life. So make it count.
9. Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
-Albert Einstein
10. A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.
-Greg Reid
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11. Your thoughts are incredibly powerful. Choose wisely. -Dr. Joe Dispenza
12. You are the best investment you will ever make.
13. You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. -Darren Hardy
14. You are ultimately responsible for your happiness and wellbeing.
Don’t put your happiness on the shoulders of others. It’s a perfect recipe for disappointment. You can read more about how I took back responsibility for my own happiness.
And last, but definitely not least:
15. Mindset is everything.
Be Unapologetically You,
