Flip the Switch

Flip the Switch

by Jez Rose
Released May 2016
Publisher(s): Capstone
ISBN: 9780857086792

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Book description

A hilarious argument for change from international behaviour expert Jez Rose

Do you ever wonder why achieving results is such a struggle? Do you want that to change? Let Jez show you how to train your brain differently by uncovering strategies used by some of the most successful people in the world.

Using real-world examples the former comedian examines why some people struggle to achieve, despite trying, while others appear to achieve extraordinary results. Jez will show you why we behave the way we do and how to change for the better. By changing the way we think, our behaviour and approach to life will also change. Aware that our success is also a result of other people, Flip the Switch will show you how to improve the behaviour and thought patterns of those around you too.

  • Practical exercises to get you thinking differently
  • Learn how to change for the better using a variety of techniques
  • Get the confidence to go after what you want, when you want
  • Become extraordinary by adopting Jez's down to earth and charismatic approach

Flip the Switch: Achieve Extraordinary Things with Simple Changes to How You Think will change how you approach success and leave you ready to take on the world.

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction
    1. So Why ‘Flip the Switch’?
    2. The Value of Choosing Your Perspective
  3. 1 Find the Gap
    1. Achieving More by Changing Your Mind
    2. Expanding the Gap between Stimulus and Response
    3. Behaviour as a Legacy
    4. Do We Become What We Think?
    5. The Behaviour You Get More of is the One that You Feed
  4. 2 Choose to be Extraordinary
    1. Your Extraordinary Quickly Becomes Ordinary
    2. Having Faith in Our Vision
    3. When Kindness is Offensive
    4. Only Seeing What We Want to See
    5. Challenging Choice Blindness
    6. What We Think, We Become
    7. On What We Focus, We Achieve
    8. Note
  5. 3 The Power of the Brain
    1. Rewiring our Brain for Success
    2. We Are Our Brain
    3. Change Your Behaviour: Grow Your Brain
    4. Distracting Our Attention
    5. The Phenomenon of a Man in Uniform
    6. How Hormones Help And Hinder
    7. Our Built-In Ability to Adapt and Change
    8. Notes
  6. 4 Our Quest for Happiness
    1. Choosing a More Positive Frame of Mind
    2. Are We All Searching For Happiness?
    3. Flip the Switch through Gritted Teeth
  7. 5 Why We Do What We Do
    1. The Biological Threats to Following Your Purpose
    2. The Poignancy of Passion: Discovering Fuel for Your Purpose
    3. The Importance of Purpose
    4. Note
  8. 6 Make Simple Changes
    1. 1. View “Problems” as “Challenges”
    2. 2. Ask the £1,000,000 Question
    3. 3. Remember the Sum of the Whole is Greater Than the Individual Parts
    4. 4. Apply the +10% Principle
    5. 5. Avoid Chasing Bigger, Better and Faster
    6. 6. Slow Down and Take Stock
    7. 7. Find a Reminder to Flip the Switch
    8. Notes
  9. 7 Redefine Your Comfort Zone
    1. Stop Thinking – Start Doing
    2. Why Prison isn't an Effective Punishment (and what it has to do with you)
    3. Using Our Innate Desire for More
    4. Defining and Redefining Your Comfort Zones
    5. Deal With What's Real
  10. 8 A Final Reminder to Change
    1. This Day Shall Be Mine
    2. Why We Don't Change How We Cut Carrots
    3. We Tend to Seek the Easy Way Out
    4. Note
  11. Afterword
    1. Note
  12. Helping You To Get Extraordinary Results
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. About the Author
  15. EULA

Product information

  • Title: Flip the Switch
  • Author(s): Jez Rose
  • Release date: May 2016
  • Publisher(s): Capstone
  • ISBN: 9780857086792