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Future Brain: The 12 Keys to Create Your High-Performance Brain by Jenny BrockisEnglish | December 21, 2015 | ISBN: 0730322505 | EPUB | 272 pages | 2 MBSuper-charge your brain to gain a huge competitive edge in business and in lifeFuture Brain is the busy professional’s secret weapon for boosting mastery, efficiency, and productivity to gain that coveted competitive edge — in business and in life. Designed to be implemented at the individual, team, or organisational level, this in-depth, step-by-step framework leverages neuro-scientific principles to help you develop a solid, habit-changing plan for building and maintaining brain fitness and healthy behaviours. Author Dr. Jenny Brockis will help you develop your thought processes and your regular routine to get more done with less effort and time. Based on the idea of neuroplasticity, these daily practices improve focus, creativity, and effectiveness to help you stay relevant, competitive, and way ahead of the pack.You already have a magnificent brain, but you probably take it for granted; we often develop “survival techniques” that force our brain to work with an incompatible “operating system” in an effort to keep up with the ever-increasing velocity of change and information overload. This book helps you beef up your brain awareness so you can take advantage of the built-in features and native capabilities that make the human brain a truly awesome machine.    Reduce stress and avoid stress-related illnesses    Foster healthy thinking habits to boost efficiency    Build your expertise with renewed focus and stamina    Drive innovation through productive collaborationA brain that can change, adapt, lead, and collaborate to operate with a high level of flexibility, agility, and creativity is a brain that will serve you well now and into the future. Future Brain turns neuroscience into actionable steps, helping you to train your brain to achieve high-performance in all areas of life.Table of ContentsAbout the author ixAcknowledgements xiPreface xiiiIntroduction xvPart I: Creating a high-performance brain 1Key 1: Nutrition: Refuelling smart 3Key 2: Exercise: You’ve got to move it, move it 21Key 3: Sleep: Bring me a dream 39Key 4: Mental stretch: Flexing our mental muscles 57Part II: Operating a high-performance brain 71Key 5: Focus: Adjusting our lens of attention 73Key 6: Mindset: Does your attitude suck? 91Key 7: Healthy stress: Creating a brain-safe environment 105Key 8: Mindfulness: Finding enough thinking space 123Part III: Integrating a high-performance brain 143Key 9: Change ability: Adjusting to progress 145Key 10: Innovation: Curiosity leads to insight and innovation 159Future BrainKey 11: Collaboration: Side by side 179Key 12: Leadership: Thought before action 199Conclusion 215Sources 221Index 237See LessAuthor InformationDR JENNY BROCKIS is a medical practitioner, healthy brain advocate, and future mind planner. She is the director and founder of Brain Fit.Reviews“It is written as a  12-step book, with actionable principles for a daily business routine, making it ideal for dippingin.” (The Times, December 2015)“This practical book applies neuro-scientific principes in an easy to understand manner” (Flight Time, February 2016)“‘Future Brain’ is a must read for anyone who really wants to understand in a non complicated way how the brain can be fine tuned to lead you towards increased performance with sharper, more innovative outcomes, in all areas of your life.” (Kent Women in Business, May 2016)“For many, these insights will help with influencing a team’s behaviours and the environments in which we work.” (Project, July 2016)Wiley: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0730322505…My note : Very good book and not only for business man but for everyone that have to work and filled with many useful exercises and tips.