In the last decade we've learned more about the way the brain works than ever before. Yet only a fraction of this is known, understood and applied by most people. For the first time, this book applies this knowledge. In common sense language, it shows how you can use your own mental abilities to achieve success and discover your full talents.
Drawing on research from a variety of subject areas the book shows how everyone has the capacity to succeed and how most people use only a very small portion of their talents. The book translates what we know about the brain into useful insights for work. Of each piece of knowledge about the brain it asks the question "so what?", always translating science or research into practical application.
This book is a common-sense fusion of current thinking about human performance with new insights about the way our brains work best including sections on:
- The seven skills that make for "successful" life
- Guidance on how to get the best out of your many intelligences at work
- Why learning to learn is the key skill in today's rapidly changing world
- A unique five-step approach to learning how to learn
- Practical examples of different learning techniques
- A guide to harnessing your natural creativity
- How to write you PLAN - Personal Learning Action Plan
- How to manage the balance between home and work
The book also includes an A-Z of brain-friendly business practices and a trouble-shooting section on what to do when your brain does not seem to be working. Lucas connects an understanding of the brain with the reality of the workplace. Now is the time to apply this knowledge before we drown in the sea of the new demands of the electronic age.
