fitness and mental training for leadership

jamie wheal, an executive management consultant, released an interesting set of slides under creative commons, called Free Your Ass, and your Mind will Follow. he advocates mental and physical training - including bio-feedback games and other mental skills exercises - as something that all business leaders should pursue. he cites the military and nasa as examples where this kind of training is being used effectively.

like him it really surprises me that mental exercise like meditation and mental training is not more commonplace. especially after neuroplasticity studies are finding that mental training at all ages actually reshapes the brain in positive ways.

colloquially, games like cross word puzzles, sudoku, riddles, card games, board games, and the like are all probably performing this function for people; as is work itself. but research is finding meditation beneficial in many areas, and games designed specifically for the task do much better at growing new brain cells than common puzzles.

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