How can I improve my performance?
How can I improve my performance? I have just watched another fantastic TED talk by Dr. Alan Watkins. In it he looks at the things that underpin our performance, including behaviour, thinking, feeling, emotion and physiology.
He looks at the important effect that heart rate variability has on brain function. Under pressure, the frontal lobe effectively shuts down, so we need to learn to control our physiology, in order to switch from a chaotic signal to coherence, which involves stable variance.
It was a truly fascinating TED talk, which explains why our performance drops when we are under pressure. It gives me a lot of reassurance that I am on the right path. I am aiming to reduce the amount of stress I experience by making the active decision to simplify my life.
Project 365
I set up this website after deciding that I want to build a more creative life for myself, so I can give up my job and be in control of my own destiny.
I have set myself a goal of publishing an article on my website every day this year, to document my journey from employment to self-employment.
The name I chose was Project 365 because I see this as a year that I have dedicated to learning and self-development, as I countdown to freedom. It started on 1st January 2021, so I have 294 days to go!
I have decided to set up a blog, and to document my adventures in life through it.