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,”
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.
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.