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  • 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 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 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. This effect is similar to missing a night’s sleep. For men, it’s around three times more than the effect of smoking cannabis.”

  • 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 isn’t difficult. What’s difficult is to remember to be mindful.”

  • 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 affect another person unless it’s pure positive feedback.

    4. Emotional issues must be discussed by phone; email should be used only to book a time for a call.

    5. If you accidentally break rule number four, phone the person immediately, apologize, and discuss the issue by phone.

  • 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.”

  • Quit CONSTANT EMAILING and TEXT MESSAGING

    Adopted from the following insight shared by David Rock from his book Your Brain at Work provides you the reason to quit constant emailing and text messaging.

    “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.”

    This book from David Rock is sure to change your life. By knowing the behavior of your brain you would be in a better position to respond in the best possible manner resulting in a healthy lifestyle. 

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  • 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.”