Adopted from David Rock’s quote from his book Your Brain at Work
“Your brain craves patterns and searches for them endlessly. THOMAS B. CZERNER (2001)”
Tag: Your Brain At Work
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This quote explains Human Perception
Adopted from David Rock’s great quotes in his book Your Brain at Work
“We see the world as we are, not as the world is.”
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This quote exposes a common flaw of human psychology
Adopted from the following quote 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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This quote explains the merits of Self Awareness
Adopted from David Rock’s great quote from his book Your Brain at Work..
“Without this ability to stand outside your experience, without self-awareness, you would have little ability to moderate and direct your behavior moment to moment. Such real-time, goal-directed modulation of behavior is the key to acting as a mature adult. You need this capacity to free yourself from the automatic flow of experience, and to choose where to direct your attention. Without a director you are a mere automaton, driven by greed, fear, or habit.”
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Fascinating quote that compares the brain of a “New Lover” with that of a “Drug Addict”
Adopted from David Rock’s 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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Training the human brain to focus on only most necessary tasks
Adopted from David Rock’s book Your Brain at Work..
Stage here refers to the capacity of the human brain..
“One final insight about prioritizing involves getting disciplined about what you don’t put on the stage. This means not thinking when you don’t have to, becoming disciplined about not paying attention to non-urgent tasks unless, or until, it’s truly essential that you do.”
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This quote explains why excessive stress leads to burn out
Adopted from the following great quote of David Rock , book named 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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This quote beautifully summarizes the working of a healthy human mind
Adopted from the following great quote of David Rock in his book Your Brain At Work
Cortisol – Leads to stress
Dopamine – Addictive and stimulated by rewards
Oxytocin – Love hormone and leads to fulfillment
Serotonin – Leadership hormone
“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 quote is a masterclass on Mindfulness
Adopted from the following great quote of David Rock in his 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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This is how our brain can EASILY interpret problems
Adopted from David Rock’s quotes from Your Brain At Work
“Sometimes reducing a problem to one short sentence can be enough to bring about insight on its own.”