Brain Rules – 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School.

This is a very interesting book.  Do you realize that every time you learn something your brain physically changes?  No matter how old you are your brain is still being programmed and re-shaped every day.  So if we can “re-wire” ourselves, then it’s never too late to learn, grow and become anything we desire.  Everybody can get something from this…  Check out the site @  http://brainrules.net/

The Rules

Explore each rule through illustrations, charts and video. These tutorials are designed
to reinforce the concepts in the book; we recommend reading the corresponding
chapter first.

Purpose of the Brain

Let’s consider, for a moment, the purpose of the human brain. Let’s also take a look at how this purpose is impacted by its attackers coming from inside and out.

A.R. Luria defines the three goals and objectives of the human brain. They are:
1. To be alert, awake, aware of reality;
2. Collect and store environmental information; and
3. Monitor and correct our conduct for health and well-being.

I would summarize the above definition this way; the brain’s purpose is to be aware, store information, and manage our conduct for our benefit. If this is true, then the brain becomes the key instrument used to fashion our overall ability to obey God by following his commands. The brain, not only the heart, drives our ability to love with compassion.

Why is this important?

…with all your mind.

Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”[1] He went on to say that this was the greatest commandment.

It’s interesting to think about how much has changed in the 2000 years since these words were spoken. Back in the time of Christ, I’m pretty sure they didn’t have Twitter, Facebook, cell phones, email, the internet, or texting. I’m also quite confident that most people didn’t end their days with a snack and DVRs of Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann. It was a very different time then.

So why does this matter?