Limit your choices
When we are given a choice, we assume that we will most likely take the best decision if we have multiple options to choose from. The truth is that in practice, when presented with too many options, people tend to not make any decision at all.
Bright colors
Research has proven that bright colors increase alertness and red in particular, seemed to give people more confidence. Not only that people wearing red are more motivated to accomplish a goal, but others seeing them wearing red also think they perform better.
Use your right ear
It turns out that our ears are also dominant when it comes to different functions. Thus, the right ear is better at receiving speech than the left ear.
Elaborative encoding
In an annual memory competition, contestants were asked to memorize the most information in the shortest amount of time. They were given 5 minutes to memorize 500 numbers in a specific order. The record holder correctly recited 303 digits. This is possible when you associate numbers with images. Just imagine your living room and you can definitely associate a certain number to a certain item in the room. The brain will recall everything more efficiently.
Stop eating
If you need to change your biological rythim and have to adjust to a new sleep schedule, you should eat 16 hours before the time you want to wake up. In this way, you can adjust to the new rhythm in just one day.
Don’t try to succeed
Most people think that working really hard is the key to success. However, achieving one goal raises the threshold of success and psychologists have discovered that a positive mind is more able to suceed than a stressed one, so all you have to do is to think positive.
Music
Music releases the chemical dopamine in our brains which is associated with our pleasure and reward centres. A study also showed that listening to music makes us produce more calcium which is responsible for lowering blood pressure.
Posture
Our social hierarchy dictates that in every group there is at least one dominant and one submissive member. It is claimed that with a small adjustment to their posture, a person can become more confident and more capable of coping with stress.
Use your other hand
Using your non-dominant hand in your activities has showed to decrease aggressivity in people. The reason is that once you can focus to control that part of the body, you can control others as well.
Life as a video game
Although many people think of video games as a complete waste of time, they were proved to be helpful in fighting depression and improving our relationships.
