Adopted from the following great insight shared by Dan Ariely from the book Predictably Irrational
“Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.”
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This is the truth around “dopamine addiction”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock from the 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,”
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This is how great leaders inspire others to act
Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock from the book Your Brain at Work
1) Great leaders understand intuitively that they need to work hard to create a sense of safety in others. In this way, great leaders are often humble leaders, thereby reducing the status threat.
2) Great leaders provide clear expectations and talk a lot about the future, helping to increase certainty.
3) Great leaders let others take charge and make decisions, increasing autonomy.
4) Great leaders often have a strong presence, which comes from working hard to be authentic and real with other people, to create a sense of relatedness.
5) Great leaders keep their promises, taking care to be perceived as fair. -
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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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This is when the study on CREATIVITY began
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book To Sell is Human
“In the mid-1960s, two soon-to-be-legendary University of Chicago social scientists—Jacob Getzels and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi—began studying the elusive subject of creativity.”
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This is the FIRST step to SALESMANSHIP
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book To Sell is Human
“The “first step in salesmanship” was “autosuggestion,” “the principle through which the salesman saturates his own mind with belief in the commodity or service offered for sale, as well as in his own ability to sell.”