Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
Oct 2009 · Sold by Harper Collins
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In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday. This fascinating book uses their story to reveal, through grounded brain science, how we can better organize, prioritize, and process our daily lives for improved productivity. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s possible for this couple, and thus the reader, not only to survive in today’s overwhelming work environment but succeed in it—and still feel energized and accomplished at the end of the day.
This guide to peak mental performance translates complex neuroscience into practical strategies for your workday:
- Overcoming Distraction: Learn why your brain is so easily distracted and discover concrete methods to regain control of your attention, manage your morning email overwhelm, and finally get things done.
- Working Smarter: Understand the biological limits of your brain’s performance and find out how to prioritize, sequence tasks, and make better decisions all day long.
- Emotional Regulation: Find out why you get derailed by drama and uncertainty, and apply simple, brain-based techniques to stay cool under pressure and keep your emotions from hijacking your day.
- Effective Collaboration: Discover the surprising science behind turning enemies into friends, navigating fairness, and managing social dynamics to influence others and transform how your team works together.
In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday. This fascinating book uses their story to reveal, through grounded brain science, how we can better organize, prioritize, and process our daily lives fo...
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Brett Stone
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April 19, 2014
This book is fantastic for understanding you brain's strengths and limitations so you can make each moment memorable.
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A Google user
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February 24, 2012
Fascinating and insightful
John Nyamunda, PhD
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March 4, 2017
Very insightful
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About the author
Dr. David Rock coined the term ‘Neuroleadership’ and is the Director of the NeuroLeadership Institute, a cognitive science think tank and consultancy that has built a new science for leadership, learning and change. The Institute has helped nearly twenty million people in the last decade be more effective by understanding the brain, and has advised more than two thirds of the Fortune 100. He is the author of Coaching with the Brain in Mind, Quiet Leadership, and Your Brain at Work, and dozens of papers on the neuroscience of leadership. Originally Australian, he now lives in Miami Beach, Florida.
Dr. David Rock coined the term ‘Neuroleadership’ and is the Director of the NeuroLeadership Institute, a cognitive science think tank and consultancy that has built a new science for leadership, learning and change. The Institute has helped nearly twenty million people in the last decade be more ...
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