Your Brain Is a Muscle, Too

I believe that you’re never too old to press reset. 

The brain doesn’t just slow down with age. 
It adapts, strengthens, and even rewires… but only if you challenge it.

Neuroplasticity research, including a 2024 study in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (https://tinyurl.com/3955c4mc), showed that learning new skills throughout life strengthens memory, executive function, and cognitive resilience. The study tracked adults over 60 learning a second language and found measurable improvements in multitasking and attention span.

In the 4th Quarter, mental sharpness is more than a luxury. 
It’s essential for performance, leadership, decision-making, relationships, and life choices. 

You need your brain to be sharp when problems arise, during negotiations, and when opportunities knock.

Want to stay sharp and give your brain a workout?

Here’s what you can do now:

• Take up a new skill you’ve always avoided (language, musical instrument, artistic craft).

• Do puzzles regularly (crosswords, logic games, chess).

• Switch up your reading material (something outside your comfort zone).

• Teach others (mentoring forces you to recall, explain, and stretch yourself).

Look at Warren Buffett, still reading five hours a day in his 90s, sharpening his mind daily. Or Jane Fonda, who reinvented herself (again) in her 70s with a hit Netflix series while still championing activism and fitness. Even the late Maya Angelou kept writing, teaching, and speaking well into her 80s, constantly reinventing and sharing her art and voice.

Age doesn’t stop you from growing.
If anything, it multiplies the returns if you stay in the game.

Let’s play to win.