Boost Your Brain Power Week by Week : 52 Techniques to Make You Smarter

by Lucas, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781844832644
• ISBN10: 1844832643
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-28
• Publisher: Duncan Baird

Summary

Find out how to realize the true potential of your mind and become a better, more productive thinker. Featuring a 52-part, step-by-step program, this smart guide covers all the relevant skills needed to develop concentration, increase learning, enhance memory, find win-win solutions, adapt more easily to change, and boost lateral thinking, creativity, communication, and problem-solving skills. Techniques for quieting the mind help improve focus, while self-evaluation tests and exercises allow readers to monitor their progress and practice as they learn.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(2)
1 How Your Mind Works	10	(16)
Step 1 Different Kinds of Smart	12	(4)
Step 2 Your Learning Style	16	(4)
Step 3 How You Learn	20	(2)
Step 4 Using Your Senses	22	(2)
Step 5 Staying Healthy in Mind and Body	24	(2)
2 Mindset Matters	26	(18)
Step 6 Relaxed Alertness	28	(2)
Step 7 Being Half Full	30	(4)
Step 8 Overcoming Barriers	34	(2)
Step 9 Adjusting Attitudes	36	(2)
Step 10 Worst-case Scenarios	38	(2)
Step 11 Ready, Go, Steady	40	(4)
3 Helpful Habits	44	(20)
Step 12 Concentration	46	(2)
Step 13 Keeping Going	48	(4)
Step 14 Soft Focus	52	(2)
Step 15 Pause for Thought	54	(2)
Step 16 Taking Stock	56	(2)
Step 17 Mistakes Are Good	58	(2)
Step 18 Deferring Judgment	60	(4)
4 Useful Techniques	64	(28)
Step 19 Big and Small Pictures	66	(4)
Step 20 How to Ask Good Questions	70	(2)
Step 21 Finding the Problem	72	(2)
Step 22 Visualization	74	(2)
Step 23 Using Your Intuition	76	(2)
Step 24 What If?	78	(2)
Step 25 Mind Mapping	80	(4)
Step 26 Clarifying	84	(4)
Step 27 Know-how and Knowledge Transfer	88	(4)
5 Improving Your Memory	92	(16)
Step 28 The Making of Memories	94	(4)
Step 29 Making It Stick	98	(2)
Step 30 Where, When, Why?	100	(2)
Step 31 Who?	102	(2)
Step 32 What?	104	(2)
Step 33 Feelings Matter	106	(2)
6 Dealing with Change	108	(16)
Step 34 The Feelings of Change	110	(4)
Step 35 Changing Behaviour	114	(4)
Step 36 Moving On	118	(4)
Step 37 Aging Well	122	(2)
7 Effective Communication	124	(14)
Step 38 Explaining Clearly	126	(2)
Step 39 Listening Carefully	128	(2)
Step 40 How to Disagree	130	(2)
Step 41 Giving and Receiving Feedback	132	(4)
Step 42 Public Speaking	136	(2)
8 Effective Negotiating	138	(14)
Step 43 Walking in Other People's Shoes	140	(2)
Step 44 Two-way Relationships	142	(2)
Step 45 Influencing Others	144	(4)
Step 46 Win-win Solutions	148	(2)
Step 47 Dealing with Conflict	150	(2)
9 Staying in Balance	152	(18)
Step 48 Good Stress, Bad Stress	154	(4)
Step 49 Recharging Your Batteries	158	(2)
Step 50 How to Say No	160	(2)
Step 51 Setting Goals	162	(2)
Step 52 A Life Plan	164	(6)
Conclusion	170	(1)
Further Reading	171	(2)
Index	173	(3)
Contact the Author and Author's Acknowledgments	176