Make Your Brain Work: How to Maximize Your Efficiency, Productivity and EffectivenessDo you know how your brain functions? Do you sometimes feel like you're fighting your own brain and habits in order to be productive at work? What if there was a way to work with your brain to become more efficient, effective and productive... and transform the way you operate? Make Your Brain Work is here to help. Author Amy Brann is fascinated by the application of brain science to business, and you don't have to be an expert to understand - she explains the principles and latest insights in practical and easy-to-understand language, enabling you to understand the way you work, and form the helpful habits that will revolutionize your output. |
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... attention for the rest of our lives. But is it even possible to 'make your brain work'? Isn't it doing its own thing? Aren't we programmed by our genes and fixed by our personalities? This is a question I come back to almost every time ...
... attention, she wanted to be in control for the meeting at 11.00 am and there was still client work waiting from Friday. As the gentleman on the other end of the phone explained his situation she made a few notes while also checking a ...
... cut it as an answer here). Anytime you are concentrating, learning with great intent or seriously paying attention to someone or thing then your frontal lobe, of which your PFC is a part, is. CAn A MARshMAlloW PReDICt YoUR sUCCess? 13.
... attention on repetitive negative thoughts; ○ being disorganized; ○ being forgetful; ○ feeling overly emotional. On the other hand, when Kate's PFC is working in tip top condition she can look forward to: intentional awareness; a long ...
... attention. There is a very important chemical at work inside you at this time, which we'll come back to later. For now, let's look at the area of the brain that is getting excited. THE NOVELTY FACTOR Novelty sends the prefrontal cortex ...
Contents
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02 Is your hippopotamus under attack? | 29 |
03 Learning how to influence what feels out of your control | 55 |
04 The challenge of being everything to everyone | 70 |
05 Is a busy brain a clever brain? | 91 |
06 Getting results easily and with less effort | 106 |
10 The resilient brain did you receive yours? | 177 |
11 What to do when everyone demands innovation | 193 |
12 Appearing competent to others | 209 |
Part 3 YOUR COMPANY | 225 |
13 Leading with your brain switched on | 227 |
14 A culture of more than psychological safety | 243 |
15 Managing people managing brains | 257 |
Notes | 277 |
Part 2 YOUR COLLEAGUES AND CLIENTS | 125 |
07 Working and living in balance | 127 |
08 Upgrading your life one step at a time | 140 |
09 The minefield of motivating people | 156 |
Further Reading | 279 |
Index | 280 |
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Make Your Brain Work: How to Maximize Your Efficiency, Productivity and ... Amy Brann No preview available - 2020 |