Tag: David Rock

  • This is fulfillment in life depends on the balance of these 4 hormones

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock from the book Your Brain at Work Cortisol – Stress related Dopamine – Addictive chemical stimulated by rewards and is short lived Serotonin – Leadership hormone Oxytocin – Love hormone leads to fulfillment “May your cortisol levels stay low, your dopamine levels high, your oxytocin…

  • Are you into constant emailing and text messaging?This will make you think again

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

  • Are you mindful?This is a great insight on mindfulness

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

  • The human brain craves for simplicity.This explains

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock from the book Your Brain at Work “Sometimes reducing a problem to one short sentence can be enough to bring about insight on its own.”

  • Are you aware of this innate working of human brain?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock from the book Your Brain at Work, enlightens us on the innate working of the human brain. “We all often think about what’s easy to think about, rather than what’s right to think about.”

  • Doing this can reduce stress on the emotional limbic human brain

    Adopted from the following insight shared by David Rock from his book Your Brain at Work Dopamine is a hormone stimulated by reward whereas adrenaline flows when we are over excited. “Bring your dopamine or adrenaline level down by activating other regions of the brain other than the prefrontal cortex.”

  • An Email writing masterclass

    Adopted from the following insight shared by David Rock from his book Your Brain at Work is a masterclass on email writing skills. 1. Emails should contain as few words as possible. 2. Make it easy to see your central point at a glance, in one screen. 3. Never send an email that could emotionally…

  • This is why SIMPLICITY is the utmost sophistication

    Adopted from the following insight shared by David Rock from his book Your Brain at Work “Sometimes reducing a problem to one short sentence can be enough to bring about insight on its own.”

  • Shocking insight on ill effects due to CONSTANT EMAILING and TEXT MESSAGING

    Adopted from the following insight shared by David Rock from his book Your Brain at Work “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…

  • This is how autonomy is given to employees at work

    Adopted from the following insight shared by David Rock from his 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.”