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1 online resource |
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Online access with DDA: Askews (Psychology)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Hack into the secret power of your brain Your Brain100 Billion Neurons100 Trillion ConnectionsAnd you only command 5% of it. Now it's time to take back control! In Brainhack, creativity coach Neil Pavitt gives you tips and tricks to re-programme your brain, developing the skills and insights that can transform how you think, solve problems and make decisions. This book will help you: - Learn to think smarter- Become more focused- Discover creative approaches to problem-solving- Generate ideas with innovative techniques- Unlock your brain blocks. |
| Contents |
Brainhack: Tips and tricks to unleash your brain's full potential -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 Thinking Smarter: General ways to make your brain work better for you -- 1 Make a Done List -- Don't Break the Chain -- Just try to do a little bit every day -- 2 Change Your Memories -- Accentuate the Positive -- 3 Be Kinder, Be Happier -- 4 Reward Upfront -- 5 Make a Better Impression -- 6 Exercise More to Make Your Brain Run better -- Un-Identical Identical Twins -- 7 Let Your Body Do the Talking -- The Fake Smile -- Be More Determined -- Cross Your Arms. |
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Stand Like Superman, Be Like Superman -- 8 Be More Musical -- 9 Don't Get Labelled -- Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Words They Can Control You -- What's in a Name? -- Maluma or Takete -- Part 2 Getting Started: How to use your time better and be more productive -- 10 See Things Differently -- An Uphill Battle -- We've Got Our Eyes on You -- Think of a Colour -- 11 Watch Cat Videos -- Laughing All the Way to the Bank -- Seeing a Joke Coming -- 12 Don't Be Biased -- You Be the Judge -- Biased About Our Own Bias -- 13 Practice With Purpose -- 14 Stop Moaning -- Don't Moan. Complain. |
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How To Complain -- 1 A complaint should have a purpose -- 2 Start with a positive statement -- 3 Deliver a lean complaint -- 4 End with another positive statement -- 5 Consider your listener -- 6 Use social media properly -- 7 Let it go -- "Get" Your "But" Into Gear -- 15 Don't Get Stressed -- Turn Performance Anxiety into Performance Energy -- 16 Make Fewer Decisions -- 17 Count the Days, Minutes and Hours -- 18 Look on the Bright Side -- Part 3 Problem Solving: Shortcuts to help your brain become better at solving problems -- 19 Take a Break -- Working Holiday -- 20 Just Start. |
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21 Take Away the Context -- Boil down Your Problem and Let It Simmer -- 22 Keep Asking Why -- Why, oh why, oh why? -- 23 Sleep Well -- The A to Zzzzzzz of Sleep -- The Nap Zone. Time to Hit Snooze. -- 10, 20 or 40 Winks? -- 24 Be More Sarcastic -- Health and Safety -- Contempt -- Resentment -- Friendly banter -- 25 Take Notes -- 26 Notice Your Mistakes -- 27 Write by Hand -- The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard -- Part 4 Idea Generation: How to come up with more and better ideas -- 28 Map It Out -- 29 Run a Brain Marathon -- 30 Do Something Different -- To Think Different, Do Different. |
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31 Don't Try to Have Good Ideas -- Don't Fall in Love -- Feed the Mind -- 32 Think Like a Child -- 33 Don't Finish -- Writer's Hack -- 34 Take Part in Name Calling -- You and I -- Time to Talk It Out -- 35 Stay Focused -- Single-Tasking -- Focus Training -- A Busy Mind Is a Focused Mind -- Don't Waste the Power Hour -- 36 Work Messy -- Part 5 Breaking Through and Innovating: The moment of insight and how to turn ideas into innovations -- 37 Enjoy Being Blocked -- Blocked Not Block -- A Walk Round the Block -- At the start -- In the middle -- 38 Think Like Goldilocks. |
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Psychology, Applied.
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Brain.
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Cognition.
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Mental efficiency.
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Psychology, Applied |
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Brain |
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Cognition |
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Psychologie appliquée. |
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Cerveau. |
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Cognition. |
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Efficience (Psychologie) |
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brains. |
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cognition. |
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Brain |
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Cognition |
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Mental efficiency |
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Psychology, Applied |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Pavitt, Neil. Brainhack. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016 9780857086426 (DLC) 2015038324 |
| ISBN |
9780857086440 (pdf) |
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0857086448 (pdf) |
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9780857086433 (epub) |
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085708643X (epub) |
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0857086421 |
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9780857086426 |
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(pbk.) |
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