The Powers of Mind

• The human brain is a highly essential and powerful part of the human body
• The human brain is one of the largest and most complex organs in the body
• The human brain is the processing center of different signals and information, communicating over a trillion of connection through synapses
• Brain stem


  • Consists of medulla, pons and the midbrain which controls breathing, heart rate and other autonomic processes
  • Connects the brain with the spinal cord and the rest of the body
• Cerebellum

  • Involved in balance and motor control
  • Involved in cognitive functions: attention, language, emotional functions, processing of procedural memories
• Cerebrum

  • Makes up 75% of the brain by volume and 85% by weight
  • Divided into a large groove, known as the longitudinal fissure, into two distinct hemispheres
  • Contains the corpus callosum
• Ned Hermann


  • Father of brain dominance technology
  • Developed the theory of brain dominance where people develop a dominant mode of thinking preferences
• Whole brain model

  The brain is divided into 4 metaphoric quadrants which refers to your preferred modes of thinking, learning, and working
• Characteristics of the four quadrants

  • Logical rational/analytical thinking
  • Organized planned/sequential thinking
  • Interpersonal feelings/interpersonal thinking
  • Big picture/imaginative thinking
• Right brain


  Intuitive, thoughtful, subjective
• Left brain

  Logical, analytical, objective
• How to use both sides of the brain if you are left brained

  1. Balance mind and heart when you communicate or engage in activities

  2. Use images and visualization exercises

  3. Listen to music, find any interest or hobby

  4. Try to break your daily routine/schedule and engage in unplanned activities
• How to use both sides of the brain if you are right brained

  1. Engage yourself deeper into getting facts and details

  2. Engage in planning activities or exercises

  3. Play complex games that interest you like chess, or any board games

  4. Work with numbers and explore or study any mathematical topics
• Mind mapping


  A diagram based on a particular word or idea that presents a picture or a powerful graphical style which leads to unlock its potential to explore its possibilities from a word, image, number, logic, rhythm, color, and spatial consciousness in a unique manner
• Tony Buzan


  • A popular British psychology author and television personality in the late 1960s who used diagrams to map out information
  • Mind mapping has been used throughout history in learning, brainstorming, memory, planning, visual thinking, and problem solving of varied professionals
• Materials needed in mind mapping
• Right brain


  • Example of right brain mind map
• Left brain

  • Example of left brain mind map