Category Archives: Brain Strategies

Brainwave Entrainment: Boosting Workplace Performance and Learning

By Phillip Tanzilo, CPTD, MHRM

During my time working with John Assaraf, a renowned behavioral neuroscience researcher, I developed a deep fascination with the power of the human brain. This led me to explore organizations like the Centerpointe Research Institute, where I discovered the incredible potential of brainwave entrainment. Through my research, I found that this technique can significantly boost creativity, learning, memory, resilience, and focus while reducing stress, impulsiveness, and mental fog.

I’ve always been amazed by entrainment – it’s this incredible process where things start to sync up when they’re near each other. Back in 1665, a Dutch scientist named Christiaan Huygens noticed this happening with pendulum clocks.… Read More “Brainwave Entrainment: Boosting Workplace Performance and Learning”

THE SECRET: Change the Channel to HAPPY-Shift Your Brain for Improved Productivity

I found this #TedTalk to be quite interesting. Changing the lens through which we view success and happiness is key. Most of us are wired, work hard to be successful, work harder to be more successful.  How long can this last before the Peter Principle kicks in for many of us.

This video is among the most popular of all #TedTalks. Steve Anchor, a leading psychologist,  is brilliant, intelligent and his masterful delivery relaxes your brain as you laugh. This opens the brain to fresh ideas.

Consider the question he proposes. “We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards?”… Read More “THE SECRET: Change the Channel to HAPPY-Shift Your Brain for Improved Productivity”