Opportunity for a new kind of self-awareness

Growing up I often heard that we use a mere 20 percent of our brain, the rest left to waste, or at best, a relatively dormant lack of application. It was claimed that only true genius, such as that of Albert Einstein, enabled the engagement of anything more than a paltry, minor fraction of our full potential.

As one who hates to waste anything, I took this on as a challenge, motivation to try to gain another 3, 4, even 10 percent of my brain’s function. But without a means by which my desired improvements could be measured, the goal remained…