Smarter, Sharper Thinking : Reduce Stress, Banish Fatigue and Find Focus.

Intro -- Smarter Sharper Thinking -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Creating a high-performance brain -- 1 Nutrition: Refuelling smart -- You're such a fathead -- Gut instinct -- Fat is not always ugly -- Minding your mind includes minding your weight -- Food and focus -- Priming the pump -- Stocking up on willpower -- The java jive -- Our daily desk -- Time is money -- Feed your brain -- For the organisation -- Tips for building brain nutrition at work -- For the individual -- For the organisation -- 2 Exercise: You've got to move it, move it -- Business on the move -- The fact is we think better after we exercise -- Equipment order: one hamster wheel please -- Is there an optimal time to exercise? -- Is there a best exercise for our brains? -- The solution for exercise phobia -- The perils of too much sitting -- Stand up for your brain! -- Join the movement -- Moving towards a positive thinkings pace -- Don't stress me out! -- Tips to boost exercise and physical activity -- Getting to and from work -- At work -- Outside work -- For the organisation -- 3 Sleep: Bring me a dream -- Respect the zeds -- Scrambled eggs and sleep cycles -- How do you know if you're getting enough (sleep)? -- Taking out the trash -- Too tired to sleep -- A series of blows to the cognition -- I'd die to go to sleep -- Swing shift -- Sleepless in Seattle, Tokyo, London, Sydney … -- I'm sorry, I can't remember -- Sleep stability -- Fighting sleep can lead to fisticuffs -- Playing catch-up doesn't work -- Stay away from the (blue) light -- Sleeping on the job: the power of the nap -- Helping ourselves to sleep better -- Brainy tips for better sleep hygiene -- Brainy tips for avoiding workplace fatigue -- 4 Mental stretch: Flexing our mental muscles -- Curiosity breeds success.

When I was a child, I thought as a child -- Bright sparks -- Cultivating curiosity -- Train your brain to change your mind -- If I only had a brain: the Tin Man and other brainy myths -- Myth #1: We use only 10 percent of our brain -- Myth #2: We are either right brained or left brained -- Myth #3: Brain training makes your brain younger -- Myth #4: Brain training doesn't work -- Take the challenge: could you pull the sword from the stone? -- Brain time at the gym for the individual -- Make it a daily habit -- Ditch the props -- Chase up old flames -- Brain time at the gym for the workplace -- Change the language -- Change the mode of thinking -- Part II: Operating a high-performance brain -- 5 Focus: Adjusting our lens of attention -- Fragmented focus -- Give your brain a break -- We have to manage our cognitive energy -- Your brain is a 100-metre sprinter, not Tenzing Norgay -- By working with your brain's natural design you work less to get more done, and done well. Efficiency and a cup of tea - who could ask for more? -- You don't pay attention to me anymore -- Rage against the machines? -- Why monotasking is the new black -- Strategies for focus -- 6 Mindset: Does your attitude suck? -- What's with the attitude? -- Mindset over matter -- I'm open-minded, but ... -- Workplace perspective -- The power of belief -- For the individual: becoming brain type 'be positive' -- Check in first at hotel reality -- Know your choices -- Watch your language -- Keep practising! -- For the organisation: keeping the door ajar -- Develop a framework for positive and honest feedback -- Praising effort by staff, regardless of outcome, matters -- Ask what your staff finds exciting or motivating about their work -- Avoid micromanagement -- Build brain awareness about mindset in the organisation -- 7 Healthy stress: Creating a brain-safe environment -- Stress leave.

Why caring is sharing -- Managing stress -- Identify the culprit or culprits -- Identify what you can change and what you can't -- Choose your stress reduction plan -- Implement your stress reduction plan -- Psychological techniques to alleviate stress -- Labelling -- Reframing -- Mobilising the brain to learn -- Safety first -- Towards mental stretch -- Why learning really does take AGES -- Your attention please -- Generating memory -- Emotion is crucial to learning -- Spacing -- Promoting a culture for learning -- 8 Mindfulness: Finding enough thinking space -- Operating at fast-forward -- What's your perspective? -- Mindfulness over matter -- The secret is in the neuroplastic sauce -- Live long and prosper -- Team mindful -- Mindfulness takes a bow -- Johnny-come-lately -- Coming off autopilot -- Practice makes peaceful -- How long should you practice? -- How do I do this? -- Focus on the breath -- Mindful leadership -- Part III: Integrating a high-performance brain -- 9 Change ability: Adjusting to progress -- Man overboard -- The drama of change -- The need for long-life batteries -- The soothing balm of habit -- The problem with change -- External obstacles to change -- Internal obstacles to change -- Project change -- Above all else, know your why -- Share the vision -- Make the change framework commercially collaborative -- Take the first step, then the next -- Create co-owners of the idea -- Celebrate progress along the way -- Stay flexible -- Adopting a culture of change -- 10 Innovation: Curiosity leads to insight and innovation -- Whole-brain thinking -- Type creative -- All that jazz -- Aha! So that's what insight is all about -- Flexible thinking and problem solving -- Getting into RATs -- Joining the dots -- Free-range thinking -- Time out for thought -- Society and sensibility -- Innovation in a flux -- Creativity on the move.

It's brainstorming? Quick, get in out of the nasty weather! -- For the individual: creativity 101 -- For the organisation: igniting the creativity spark -- 11 Collaboration: Side by side -- Start with connection -- In peace and war, relationships matter -- Please don't disconnect me -- Being part of the in-crowd -- Let's get physical -- Creating a collaborative culture -- Environmental engineering -- Joining the hub -- Team intelligence -- Play the game -- Finding the 'C' factor -- Smells like team spirit -- The problem with groupthink -- Team work -- 12 Leadership: Thought before action -- What makes a good leader? -- Laying a foundation for the future -- Avoiding the seagulls -- Bringing out the best in others -- The ones in the wings -- Once more, with meaning -- Building self-leadership -- The TRAICE™ model -- Trust -- Respect -- Autonomy -- Impartiality -- Clarity -- Empathy -- Conclusion -- Sources -- EULA.

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