Foreign language commercials become museum artifacts. He is always fascinated. I have enjoyed a little success over the last several years when asking students to imagine they are Augustine while taking a test on the City of God. Write like Augustine. Try to sound like Augustine. Try to think like Augustine. The City of God short answers and essays are, at very least, written with more verve and panache than usual.
The students are more on guard, more attentive to detail, more obsessive. They write less, but better. They agonize over a few words. They have a better time.
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Before you go to bed, imagine what tomorrow could be like—not what you think it will be like, but what it could be at its best. Get creative by imagining that tomorrow you can fly or your workplace is suddenly overrun with adorable puppies.
Just go with it. Besides putting a smile on your face, this exercise could also help you practice your imagination skills, so it gets easier to dream about the future in general. Also, you may not always be in the mood for positive imagination.
In those moments, practicing mindfulness or identifying personal strengths that you could leverage at work are good alternatives. With some practice, it can become a simple way to bring more positivity to your work life—another tool to add to your happiness toolkit.
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Start your day by imagining the best possible day. Pause for an imagination break before new situations. Since the left side of the face would be on the right side of the observer, it is possible that attending more to the expressive side of people's faces would allow one to better understand and respond to their mental state.
These findings could also point to a role of the left hemisphere in empathy. The researchers also found that in the female subjects only, the more empathetic people rated themselves, the longer they took to imagine themselves in the position of the person on the screen.
Previous work has shown that women generally report more empathy than men and perform worse on tests of visuo-spatial abilities. Materials provided by Vanderbilt University. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
Science News. The research was recently published in the online scientific journal PLoS One. Story Source: Materials provided by Vanderbilt University. ScienceDaily, 24 June Vanderbilt University. Retrieved November 10, from www.
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