Phyu Thant Kyaw

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1. Everything is connected

To understand the world of the people is harder than to understand the entire universe. People usually
talk that “we are all connected”. In a very understandable way, everything is really connected. There
are three stories to prove that everything is connected.

The first one is “heart”. Our heart is beating because the haemoglobin modules that carry the single
atom of iron, heme B pass through our blood. The heme B is the central part of the haemoglobin
module and it allows to bind and move oxygen through our circulatory system. The universe started
with basically no iron at all. Through the process of the stars forming and exploding iron was able to
be created that now courses through it our veins. One of the most robust ways that stars would form
is galactic collisions. Different galaxies which form through the process of galactic collisions they slowly
come together and then smash into each other with interstellar gases mixing while setting on fire with
new star formation across the entire galaxy. The massive star formation through the gravitational
dance of galaxies swirling together also create the iron that courses through each of our vein with
every heartbeat. Therefore, every one of our heartbeats are connected.

The second one is “breath". Three billion years ago, the earth had the same amount of nitrogen but
there was no oxygen at all. Therefore, there was a huge amount of carbon dioxide and the organisms
that existed at that time were single-celled organisms. This organism has “photosynthesis” and they
all spread across the planet and converted all the carbon dioxide in the air into the oxygen. About 600
million years ago, the ozone layer was formed. But before the ozone layer existed, earth was not able
to sustain complex, multicellular life like people and plants. The chloroplasts that are captured by
plants are the cyanobacteria and they are continuing to produce oxygen and continuing to be the
other half of our lungs on earth. In this way, our breaths are very deeply united. Every breath that we
took can be contributed to the possibility of countless lives after us.

The last one is “mind”. All of us are born into this life having the ability to experiences of humanity.
Actually, our lives are beautiful due to having not only the ability to make unique painting with the
colours of being that are around us at the point of our birth but also the opportunities to create a new
colour. Inside of the massive physical universe there is biosphere and inside of biosphere there is
society and inside of the society there is people. The way that we are in our live, the way that we affect
our friends and family begins to change the way that they can paint in the future. And then change
communities that affect society which can affect the biosphere and the biosphere can affect the
physical planet. In this way, out mind are connected.

We need to understand the truth about how the universe is because our heart, our breath and our
mind connected and need to challenge ourselves what it means to live from the truth.

2. Your Brain will not be the Same

The brain is changing at a breathtaking pace and some of the concepts about the brain that we think
are incomplete. Most of us think the brain is silent when we do nothing. However, even we are
thinking of nothing, our brain is highly active. In addition, every time we learn new fact or skill, we
change our brain. All of our behaviours change our brain, and these changes are not limited by age.
Brain reorganization helps to support recovery after damaging the brain. The key to each of these
changes is “neuroplasticity”.

Our brain can change in three very basic ways to support learning. The first one is “chemical”. The
brain functions by transferring chemical signals between brain cells, neurons and triggered a series of
actions and reactions. To support learning, our brain can increase the amount of these chemical
signalling that is taking place between neurons. This change can happen rapidly and support short-
term memory in the performance of the skill.

The second one is “structure”. During learning, the brain can change the connections between
neurons. The physical structure of the brain is changing, and it takes a bit more time. These types of
changes are related to long-term memory, long-term improvement in skill. When we try to learn a
new skill, we have the experience of getting better and better with practice and thinking. But the next
day we feel the things that we learnt are lost because in short-term our brain can increase the chemical
signalling between neurons and those changes did not include the structure changes that are
necessary to support long-term memory. Long-term memory takes time and what we see in the short-
term does not reflect learning. Physical changes support long-term memory and the chemical changes
support short-term memory. Structural changes can also lead to integrated networks of brain regions
that function together to support learning and can also lead to certain brain regions that are important
for very specific behaviours to change the structure.

The last one is “function”. As we use a brain region, it becomes more and more excitable and easy to
use again. The brain has increased the areas that increase the excitability. With learning, the whole
network of the brain is shifting and changing.

Therefore, “neuroplasticity” is supported by chemical, structural and functional changes that are
happening across the whole brain. They can occur in isolation from one another but most often they
take place in concert. They together support learning and taking place all the time. Our behaviour is
the best way to cause changes in neuroplasticity. Patterns of neuroplasticity is highly variable from
person to person. Practise is the best way to help learning. By increasing difficulty, struggle during
practice, it can lead to greater structural changes in the brain. Brain is shaped both structurally and
functionally by everything we do and everything we do not do. Personalized learning allows us to more
effective interventions. We must repeat the behaviours that are healthy for our brain and break the
habits that are not healthy.

3. Six Behaviours to Increase Confidence

To get changes, we need to change our behaviours associated with the attitude. The most important
thing to change our behaviours is confidence. Once our behaviour change, our attitude will also
change, and we will get everything we want. Therefore, it is important to have self-confidence. There
are six behaviours to increase confidence.

The first one is count yourself in. Counting will get us started and momentum will keep us going.

The second one is giving yourself 20 seconds of courage.

The third one is taking a seat at the table.

The fourth one is cheering up other people’s success. Confident people always celebrate others’
success.
The fifth one is bolstering confidence for a new activity through your already great performance in
another. Thinking about your most proud accomplishment can bring your confidence. Use the prior
success to propel forward.

The last one is celebrating constantly. Find ways that are meaningful like creating your most proud
accomplishments. If you are more confident about yourself, you can do everything that you want.