Power Up Your Mind

Learn Faster, Work Smarter... Power Up Your Mind
-Contents
-Acknowledgments vii
-Introduction 1
-Part 1 Get READY to Learn: Going beneath the surface 6
-1 Unpacking Your Mind 8
-Taking your mind out of its box 9
-Your three brains 11
-Your divided brain 13
-Close-up on your brain 16
-Five key principles 18
-Brain or mind? 21
-Brain food 22
-Laughter, music, and sleep 25
-Nearly unpacked 28
-A day in the life of Annie’s brain 29
-Unpacking your mind - in a nutshell 33
-2 Getting Ready to Learn 34
-Checking your emotional readiness 35
-Curiosity and emotional state 36
-A hierarchy of emotional needs 38
-Reading your own moods 39
-An emotionally confusing world 40
-Raising self-esteem 43
-Learned optimism and the three Ps 46
-The joined-up revolution 48
-Mens Sana in corporate Sano 49
-Brain gym 50
-Getting to the spiritual dimension 51
--A new sixth sense? 53
-Getting ready to learn - in a nutshell 54
-3 Switching On Your Mind 55
-Understanding your fundamental drives 57
-Rewarding your own learning 59
-A formula for motivation to learn 61
-Motivation and the mind 63
-Getting the big picture 64
-Balancing challenge and threat 64
-The importance of where you learn 67
-Who you learn with 68
-Getting your learning environment ready 69
-The pressures of life 71
-Overcoming barriers to learning 72
-Switching on your mind - in a nutshell 75
-Part II GO For It: Becoming a competent learner 76
-4 Learnacy 78
-Understanding yourself as a learner 81
-Learning to use new techniques: the 5Rs 82
-Learning about learning 83
-The learning cycle 84
-Different types of learning 86
-Learnacy - in a nutshell 88
-5 Understanding Yourself as a Learner 89
-How you take in information 90
-Dealing with information 95
-Working out your learning style 96
-Learning styles and information preferences 97
-Learning styles and meetings 98
-Understanding yourself as a learner - in a nutshell 101
-6 Resourcefulness 102
-Getting the big picture 103
-Tuning in your mind 105
-Breaking down your learning 106
-Learning by imitation 108
-iv Power Up Your Mind
-Learning online 112
-Extending your range 114
-Resourcefulness - in a nutshell 116
-7 Remembering 117
-Understanding how your memory works 118
-Types of memory 119
-Key memory principles 121
-Memory pegs 126
-The importance of where you are 128
-Muttering 129
-Making regular deposits in your memory bank 130
-Your sleeping mind 131
-Remembering - in a nutshell 133
-8 Resilience 134
-Persistence 136
-Being an adventurer 137
-Dealing with difficulties 139
-Handling confusion 141
-Resilience - in a nutshell 143
-9 Harnessing Your Creativity 144
-Inspiration, ideas, and learning 147
-The characteristics of creative people 149
-The value of ideas 150
-Multiple intelligences 152
-The multiple intelligence workplace 158
-Barriers to creativity 160
-Making connections 163
-Creative thinking 169
-A world of possibility 179
-Harnessing your creativity - in a nutshell 181
-10 The Case for Learning at Work 182
-Six reasons it pays to learn 184
-The case for learning at work - in a nutshell 187
-Contents v
-Part III STEADY As You Go: Putting learning into practice 188
-11 Living and Learning 190
-Putting learning into action 190
-Change and the brain 192
-Living and learning - in a nutshell 194
-12 Reflectiveness 195
-The science of reflecting 197
-The craft of reflecting 198
-Making reflection normal 203
-Overcoming the barriers to reflecting
-A reflective world
-Reflectiveness - in a nutshell
-13 Responsiveness
-The feelings of change
-Responding to change
-Responsive learning
-Responsiveness - in a nutshell
-14 Balancing Your Life
-A life balance quiz
-Controlling stress
-A different kind of life planning
-Balancing your life - in a nutshell
-15 Making Time for Learning
-Making learning normal
-Why you need a learning practitioner
-Making a personal learning action plan
-Making time for learning - in a nutshell
-Part IV Useful Information
-An A - Z of brain-based approaches to life and work
-Troubleshooting
-Resources
-Index