"I always thought I couldn't learn - until I realized how it really works."
Do you know this too? Names disappear seconds after the introduction, learning material doesn't stick, and time? It's racing. Many people believe that a poor memory or a lack of intelligence are fixed. But the opposite is true: our brain is plastic - and can be trained. The crucial question is not how smart we are, but whether we are prepared to change our thinking.
"Our mindset is more formative than our IQ - and it can be influenced."
Christiane Stenger is a former world memory champion, she has written several bestsellers on mental fitness and she knows what it's like to push your own thinking boundaries. In this interview with Georgiy Michailov, she talks about the power of a growth mindset, the pitfalls of a high IQ and how she has made memory training a life principle. She shows how mental blocks can be dissolved, how information can be retained in the mind for the long term with the help of images - and how the brain can be trained like a muscle.
"Time doesn't pass faster - we just fill it too one-sidedly."
It also looks at the impact of exercise, nutrition and supplements on mental performance, why meditation is more than just a trend - and how time can be slowed down with simple rituals. Christiane Stenger explains how high performance can be achieved without self-exploitation - and why there is more to all of us than we often think.
*Video only in German
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