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Sort Your Brain Out


Sort Your Brain Out

Boost Your Performance, Manage Stress and Achieve More
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von: Jack Lewis, Adrian Webster

9,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 28.02.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9780857085351
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 218

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<b>Optimize your brainpower and performance with practical tools and skills</b> <p>The human brain is constantly rewiring its 160 billion cells, continually and imperceptibly changing the way we think. Because of that, we can fundamentally change the way our brains work—for the better. <i>Sort Your Brain Out</i> shows you how to re-wire your brain to be more creative, make better decisions, improve your mood and memory, manage stress, and stave off senility. The book explains how the brain works and what you can do every day to subtly alter your behaviours, beliefs, and motivations to create positive change in your life and health.</p> <ul> <li>Presents tools and exercises for maximizing your brain power</li> <li>Written by brain scientist and television personality Dr. Jack Lewis and motivational speaker Adrian Webster</li> <li>Includes brain-powered self-help advice that will improve your mood, help you deal with stress, and be better and smarter at work or in your everyday life</li> </ul> <p>In <i>Sort Your Brain Out</i>, you'll discover how to shape and control the most adaptable organ in your body to think more creatively, keep your memory sharp, and live a better life on a daily basis.</p>
<p><i>What this book is all about ix</i></p> <p><i>Introduction 1</i></p> <p>Your Amazing Brain – The wonder between your ears 7</p> <p>Flying Start – Five quick tips to get more out of your brain 15</p> <p>Old Dogs, New Tricks – It’s never too late to change 21</p> <p>Cyber Heads – Who’s the boss, you or technology? 35</p> <p>Gone Fishing (for Great Ideas) – Are you receiving, over? 55</p> <p>Perception Is Everything – Mind the gap 73</p> <p>To Do or Not To Do – Making better decisions 91</p> <p>Food for Thought – Gastronomic impact for better or for worse 111</p> <p>All Aboard the Stress Express! – Making sure you’re in the driving seat 129</p> <p>“Smart” Drugs – Understanding your chemical assistants 145</p> <p>Hold On To Your Marbles – Keeping senility at bay 165</p> <p>What Next? – Your brain, your call 185</p> <p><i>Acknowledgements 195</i></p> <p><i>About the Authors 199</i></p> <p><i>Index 201</i></p>
<p><b>Dr Jack Lewis</b> is a brain scientist, television presenter, speaker, trainer, writer and consultant in nuroforming. He has a doctorate in neuroscience and published academic research in Journals. He is also a science television broadcaster for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Discovery Science and National Geographic.<br /><br /><b>Adrian Webster</b> is a keynote motivational speaker and author of Capstone's <i>Polar Bear Pirates</i> books which inspire and motivate optimum performance. He has an extraordinary ability to engage and inspire others to achieve success. Adrian is one of the most popular motivational speakers in Europe and has followed the footsteps of Sir Richard Branson, Kofi Annan Sir Ranulph Fiennes by addressing business leaders at the Swiss Economic Forum.</p>
<b>Ever feel like your head is in a scramble?</b> <p>Your brain doesn't come with a user guide. Billions of people spend their lives scurrying around, all revved up, trying to get somewhere, but don't have a clue about the engine under their bonnet, its profound capabilities or how best to use it.</p> <p><b>Get more out of the brain you've got</b></p> <p>Most people take their brain for granted, some even forget it exists. Others spend hours down the gym working away on the body work, but few realize that with a basic understanding and a small amount of care, how much more they can get out of their mind.</p> <p>With the help of TV's neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis and motivational business speaker Adrian Webster, you can learn how to:</p> <ul> <li>Boost your performance in life and work</li> <li>Manage stress</li> <li>Make better decisions</li> <li>Remember more for longer</li> <li>Become more creative</li> </ul> <p>Grounded in scientific research yet packed with practical tips relevant to you, <i>Sort Your Brain Out</i> will help you get a better understanding of how your brain works and explore ways of achieving more out of it.</p> <p><b>By training, adapting and exercising your brain you will perform at your very best.</b></p> <p>"Distils a century of modern neuroscience into a remarkably fast-flowing and easy-to-read synthesis that describes what our brains do and how we can get the most out of them"<br /> <b>—Professor Karl Friston FRS</b>, Scientific Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London</p> <p>"Accessible, thought-provoking and full of useful, easy-to-follow tips about improving your everyday life through a better understanding of the brain"<br /> <b>—Killian Fox</b>, writer for the <i>Observer</i> and other publications</p>
"A truly inspiring and fascinating book, with lots of simple ways to make the most of your biggest asset – your brain! Without doubt, a book you cannot be without!"<br /> —<b>Dame Sarah <i>Storey DBE</i></b>

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