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  • Are you ADDICTED to SOCIAL MEDIA? THIS is for you.

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from David Rock’s book Your Brain at Work is very illuminating for those who are addicted to social media.

    Research has shown the ill effects of constant emailing , messaging and use of social media.This is something we all should be aware of.

    “A study done at the University of London found that constant emailing and text-messaging reduces mental capability by an average of ten points on an IQ test. It was five points for women, and fifteen points for men. This effect is similar to missing a night’s sleep. For men, it’s around three times more than the effect of smoking cannabis.”

  • How aware are you of the IMPORTANCE of these BIOLOGICAL HORMONES?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from David Rock’s book Your Brain at Work

    Highlighted below are some of the most important biological chemicals , maintaining the correct levels of which is absolutely paramount in leading fulfilling lives

    “May your cortisol levels stay low, your dopamine levels high, your oxytocin run thick and rich, your serotonin build to a lovely plateau, and your ability to watch your brain at work keep you fascinated until your last breath. I wish you well on your journey.”

  • Are you in LOVE and LOST CONTROL of your MIND?Understand this BIOLOGICAL truth..

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from David Rock’s book Your Brain at Work

    “New lovers tend to “lose their minds” and do all sorts of crazy things in the heat of the moment. One study showed that new lovers’ brains have a lot in common with people on cocaine. Dopamine is sometimes called the “drug of desire.” Too much dopamine, from being “high with excitement,”

  • Do you GENUINELY want to give more AUTONOMY to your STAR EMPLOYEES?This is the TRICK..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock from the book Your Brain at Work

    “In the workplace, you could increase autonomy by letting people work more flexibly, or work from home, or reducing the amount of reporting required.”

  • Are you in DIRE NEED of ENGAGING your EMPLOYEES?Allow “Community Days”..

    Atlassian has a concept of FedEx day wherein employees are free to do a project of their choice with people of their choice and have to show a tangible outcome.The whole idea behind doing the same is as mentioned by David Rock in the following extract from Your Brain at Work..

    “In the workplace, in order to increase fairness some organizations allow employees to have “community days,” where they give their time to a charity of their choice.”

  • Are you struggling with your CONCENTRATION LEVELS?Practice MINDFULNESS ..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock

    “Mindfulness is a habit, it’s something the more one does, the more likely one is to be in that mode with less and less effort…it’s a skill that can be learned. It’s accessing something we already have. Mindfulness isn’t difficult. What’s difficult is to remember to be mindful.”

  • This is why a quite mind is desirable

    Adopted from the following great quote of David Rock from Your Brain at Work..

    “A quiet mind allows the weak connections of non-conscious processing to rise to awareness”

  • This quote unearths a quirk about the human brain

    Adopted from David Rock’s quote from his book Your Brain at Work

    “Your brain craves patterns and searches for them endlessly. THOMAS B. CZERNER (2001)”

  • This quote explains Human Perception

    Adopted from David Rock’s great quotes in his book Your Brain at Work

    “We see the world as we are, not as the world is.”

  • This quote exposes a common flaw of human psychology

    Adopted from the following quote of David Rock from his book Your Brain at Work

    “We all often think about what’s easy to think about, rather than what’s right to think about.”