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.”
Tag: Your Brain At Work
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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.”
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Whole idea behind FedEx Day at Atlassian is this
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.”
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This is why even Microsoft studies working of human brain
Adopted from the following insight shared by David Rock from his book Your Brain at Work
“Microsoft has a division that studies the way people work, to develop efficiency-improving software. (According to Microsoft’s research up to 2007, if you’re looking for a technological solution to being more efficient, getting a bigger computer screen is one of the few clear winners.)”
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This is one of the many quirks of the human brain
Adopted from the following saying 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.”
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Negative effects of constant emailing and text messaging
Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock in his book Your Brain at Work..
“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.”
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Great tip on problem solving
Adopted from the following great quote of David Rock from 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 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”
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Email writing tips with respect to understanding of human brain
Adopted from David Rock’s quote from Your Brain at Work
“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.”