Human Relations For Career and Personal Success 9th Edition by Andrew Dubrin

Exercise 13

Developing Your Brain and Learning Ability
The belief is widespread that the human brain can be developed through mental exercise. We found about 181 million entries using the Bing search engine entry "exercising the brain." Even when a given brain builder may work for many other people, you do not know if the technique will help you specifically. Here is an opportunity to try a brain exercise and see what the positive consequences might be for you. You will need a few minutes a day for at least ten days to determine whether the technique works. First, do one or both of the following exercises for ten to fourteen days:
Recite the alphabet backward until you are proficient. Perform the exercise a few times a day until you can do the backward version almost as easily as the forward version.