That’s fabulous!! Well done.

Martin

Some people find it easier to concentrate at first. You may have the kind of brain that easily picks up new skills but tires easily. However, concentration can also vary dramatically from day to day, so it may just be temporary.

There are various strategies for aiding concentration. Here are a few:

1. Make sure you’re rested when you train
2. Do some cardiovascular exercise prior to training, get the blood flowing
3. Meditate before training
4. Center your thoughts and apply willpower to remembering the first few items in a sequence—this can then spill over to the rest
5. If you’re distracted during a block and completely lose focus, stop the block, regroup and start again

The computer-based training is intended for occasional use when you can’t connect online. It does not synchronize with the online statistics and it does not contain the full training suite.

Best wishes,
Martin

Thank you, I will most assuredly follow your recommendations and continue with stage 3..

I have made a habit of getting up each morning to do my mindsparke exercises before I start my day..

I will keep you posted on my progress..

I appreciate your support!

John

That’s fantastic! Well done.

This would be a great time to train more regularly. It will help bolster your will power as you embrace your new lifestyle and healthy eating habits.

Also, I’d recommend that you don’t switch to Stage 4 right at the end of Stage 3, since you’re just making some good upward progress. Stay at Stage 3 for another 30 sessions or so (just ignore the program when it says that you should move on to Stage 4).

Best wishes,
Martin

No, you’re not doing anything wrong. There is a jump from Stage 2 to Stage 3. Stages 1 and 2 are intended to help prepare you for the demands of Stage 3.

Best wishes,
Martin

The research of long term impact shows that the gains from the training last well beyond a few months (up to eighteen months at least, but likely much longer).

There can be a bit of rustiness at first since you will have lost some of the task-based skills that the exercise requires, but after a few sessions your scores should return to the pre-gap levels.

Best wishes,
Martin

We’ve been looking into this and haven’t been able to find an issue. Please keep and eye on your BFI and let us know if it goes up from this point on.

(The BFI does take into account the frequency of training as well as the scores.)

Martin

The goal is one session per day, at least four or five times per week. At Stages 1 and 2 this means you’ll be training for about ten to twenty minutes. At Stage 3 the length of the session increases to about twenty-five to thirty minutes.

Best wishes,
Martin

For your goals this kind of fluid, intuitive approach to the training seems to be a great match.

Trainees tend to move between the fluid, intuitive process and the more active, conscious process of diligently remembering the sequences, with their natural inclination falling somewhere on the spectrum. Neither is right or wrong, but the first approach trains our “subconscious” memory and focus and the other trains our more analytic conscious memory and focus.

It’s a fascinating subject.

Martin