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Sort Your Brain Out: Boost Your Performance, Manage Stress and Achieve More

by Jack Lewis, Adrian Webster

May 2014

Beginner

216 pages

4h 2m

English

Capstone

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BOP1: Water – Start every single day by rehydrating your brainBOP2: Exercise – Vital for brain health (and holding onto your marbles)BOP3: Stress – Control your cortisol to manage your stressBOP4: Sunshine – Soak up the sun's rays to stabilize your moodBOP5: Caffeine – Good for your brain in many ways, in moderation
Rewiring neededBring it on!Finding FlowChapter takeaways

Brain for sale – no longer neededI want it now!External brain relianceWill technology ruin our brains?Staying in to playMultitasking?The buzz and bleep of modern livingBrain training ourselves to distractionChapter takeaways
DunkingWhere in the brain do these creative thoughts actually come from?Using novelty to jolt you out of set piece behavioursSwitch it upInputting relevant data to feed eureka momentsThe night shiftRest and playGo jump in a few puddles!Chapter takeaways
Now you see it, now you don'tWiring up the sensesDivision of labourBottom-up and top-down pathwaysDo I know you?Mind the gapImpact of context and expectations on perceptionChapter takeaways
Icebergs of hindsightGot a hunch?Reward LineWhat do you fancy for dinner?Emotion-flavoured decisionsPush and pullDanger zone – excessive buy button activity likelyLosses loom larger than gainsThe price of impatienceExperience really does countChapter takeaways
Don't wait for the leptinThe influence of bacteriaFat filled and all sugared upSugar-coated vandalismNo vacanciesThe best fuelPump that brainConsistent high performanceEndorphins – natural opiatesChapter takeaways
Cortisol the motivatorHolding back the painWho's driving your train?“Trying” to get to sleepSixty crucial minutesChapter takeaways
Everyone's on drugs!On top of the worldNot so smart drugs in schoolsWhistle while you workNootropic drugs – big dilemmas, grave outcomesThe original smart drugBrewing for survivalWear and tearChapter takeaways
Over the hillPutting the brakes onBrain attackBrain change activityBuilding cognitive reserveAlzheimer's disease versus Alzheimer's dementiaChapter takeaways
What could possibly hold anyone back?The feedback we received and the impact it hadRepetition rulesPhoto albumsBelieving is seeing?
Dr Jack LewisAdrian Webster

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