“Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.” HabitFunctionSenateImprovingBad Habits Author:Michael Bennet
“The everyday brain could be dubbed "the baseline brain," because it operates at the minimum functioning to keep you alive and healthy. It controls your heart rate, your blood pressure, your immune function, all of your subconscious impulses. That's not a minor role; the baseline brain is a marvel of complexity and efficiency. But too much of it is devoted to habits, old conditioning, unconscious reflexes, and lack of self-awareness.” HeartSelfBrainRolesToo MuchAliveBloodAwarenessHabitHealthyFunctionPressureSelf AwarenessEverydayRateImpulseComplexityUnconsciousDevotedMinorsEfficiencyMinimumSubconsciousConditioningImmuneReflexesBlood PressureHeart Rate Author:Deepak Chopra
“A fixed habit is supported by old, well-worn pathways in the brain. When you make conscious choices to change a habit, you create new pathways. At the same time, you strengthen the decision-making function of the cerebral cortex while diminishing the grip of the lower, instinctual brain. So without judging your habit, whether it feels like a good one or a bad one, take time to break the routine, automatic response that habit imposes.” FeelsWellsChoicesDecisionBrainBreakJudgingHabitConsciousFunctionResponseFixedDecision MakingRoutineTake TimeWornPathwaysCerebral Author:Deepak Chopra
“No occupation is more worthy of an intelligent and enlightened mind, than the study of Nature and natural objects; and whether we labour to investigate the structure and function of the human system, whether we direct our attention to the classification and habits of the animal kingdom, or prosecute our researches in the more pleasing and varied field of vegetable life, we shall constantly find some new object to attract our attention, some fresh beauties to excite our imagination, and some previously undiscovered source of gratification and delight.” MindHumansScienceNatureImaginationNaturalAnimalAttentionStudyFieldsObjectsSourceHabitResearchDirectFunctionIntelligentStructureDelightWorthyKingdomsExcitementLabourEnlightenedOccupationVegetablesGratificationClassificationAnimal KingdomStructure And Function Book:A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Dahlia Source: A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Dahlia
“The classification of facts, the recognition of their sequence and relative significance is the function of science, and the habit of forming a judgment upon these facts unbiassed by personal feeling is characteristic of what may be termed the scientific frame of mind.” MindMayFactsFeelingsScienceHabitJudgmentAccountsFunctionRecognitionCharacteristicsSignificanceRelativeSequenceClassificationFrame Of MindPersonal Feelings Book:The Grammar of Science Source: The Grammar of Science
“Even though disciplined sleeping habits and the adrenalin of live radio ensures that we are very awake while on duty, there is evidence of a phenomenon called circadian desynchronosis which causes one's brain to function slowly at those times of day when it thinks it should be asleep, regardless how wide awake the body is.” ThinkingShouldBodyCausesSleepBrainDutyHabitEvidenceFunctionRadioWideAwakePhenomenonTime Of DayWide Awake Author:Evan Davis