Future Brain
The 12 Keys to Create Your High-Performance Brain
1. Auflage Januar 2016
272 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
Future Brain is the busy professional's secret weapon for boosting mastery, efficiency, and productivity to gain that coveted competitive edge -- in business and in life. Designed to be implemented at the individual, team, or organisational level, this in-depth, step-by-step framework leverages neuro-scientific principles to help you develop a solid, habit-changing plan for building and maintaining brain fitness and healthy behaviours. Author Dr. Jenny Brockis will help you develop your thought processes and your regular routine to render the exhausting pace of information and change a moot point in your daily life, and show you how to get more done with less effort and time.
* Reduce stress and avoid stress-related illnesses
* Foster healthy thinking habits to boost efficiency
* Build your expertise with renewed focus and stamina
* Drive innovation through productive collaboration
Future Brain turns neuroscience into actionable steps, helping you train your brain to achieve high-performance in all areas of life.
Super-charge your brain to gain a huge competitive edge in business and in life
Future Brain is the busy professional's secret weapon for boosting mastery, efficiency, and productivity to gain that coveted competitive edge -- in business and in life. Designed to be implemented at the individual, team, or organisational level, this in-depth, step-by-step framework leverages neuro-scientific principles to help you develop a solid, habit-changing plan for building and maintaining brain fitness and healthy behaviours. Author Dr. Jenny Brockis will help you develop your thought processes and your regular routine to get more done with less effort and time. Based on the idea of neuroplasticity, these daily practices improve focus, creativity, and effectiveness to help you stay relevant, competitive, and way ahead of the pack.
You already have a magnificent brain, but you probably take it for granted; we often develop "survival techniques" that force our brain to work with an incompatible "operating system" in an effort to keep up with the ever-increasing velocity of change and information overload. This book helps you beef up your brain awareness so you can take advantage of the built-in features and native capabilities that make the human brain a truly awesome machine.
* Reduce stress and avoid stress-related illnesses
* Foster healthy thinking habits to boost efficiency
* Build your expertise with renewed focus and stamina
* Drive innovation through productive collaboration
A brain that can change, adapt, lead, and collaborate to operate with a high level of flexibility, agility, and creativity is a brain that will serve you well now and into the future. Future Brain turns neuroscience into actionable steps, helping you to train your brain to achieve high-performance in all areas of life.
Acknowledgements xi
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
Part I: Creating a high-performance brain 1
Key 1: Nutrition: Refuelling smart 3
Key 2: Exercise: You've got to move it, move it 21
Key 3: Sleep: Bring me a dream 39
Key 4: Mental stretch: Flexing our mental muscles 57
Part II: Operating a high-performance brain 71
Key 5: Focus: Adjusting our lens of attention 73
Key 6: Mindset: Does your attitude suck? 91
Key 7: Healthy stress: Creating a brain-safe environment 105
Key 8: Mindfulness: Finding enough thinking space 123
Part III: Integrating a high-performance brain 143
Key 9: Change ability: Adjusting to progress 145
Key 10: Innovation: Curiosity leads to insight and innovation 159
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Key 11: Collaboration: Side by side 179
Key 12: Leadership: Thought before action 199
Conclusion 215
Sources 221
Index 237
in." (The Times, December 2015)
"This practical book applies neuro-scientific principes in an easy to understand manner" (Flight Time, February 2016)
"'Future Brain' is a must read for anyone who really wants to understand in a non complicated way how the brain can be fine tuned to lead you towards increased performance with sharper, more innovative outcomes, in all areas of your life." (Kent Women in Business, May 2016)
