interesting views, smoothly delivered.

it provides an well explained approach on the complexity of the mind and ways to address them. they are covered in structured chapters and with examples to illustrate them. it may be better slight shorter but it may have been too condensed then.

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Why don't we know this already?

Your brain is up there with, er oxygen and it is amazing how little most of us know about its capabilities and limitations and how to make the most of this most vital of assets. The core analogy, namely seeing the brain as a stage, works well. I would have awarded 5 stars but found that at just short of 10hrs the message could have been delivered more succinctly.

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Time Management with Mindfulness

I rated highly as I step beyond previous time management training \ books.

Its focus on the effort required for certain activities and guidance on how to work with the way our brains work both hit home and gave practical guidance.

I useful read that brings together then ability to get more done with the need to be aware of how our mind works.

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cut above

far too many self help books are one trick ponies which make a mountain out of a mole hill, are poorly supported by evidence or seem to have been rather selective and subjective in their reading. this book is far from like this. the refreshing message is; use the evidence about brains to be best able to use your own. with such a mission rock doesnt have to coerce evidence to fit any theory and you're left with the impression that you are actually hearing the best summary of brain research he could muster. the use of vignettes to demonstrate the practical application of cutrent understanding also means this is easy to digest. its no mean feat. thus book deserves the positive reviews it has been getting.

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one of the best self help books ever written

A fantastic piece of work.

I'm on my second read-through. I have bought a hard copy on Amazon to use as a reference. This is the best of recent psychology put into a practical self-improvement book.

Personally, I am developing a strategy to implement just about everything in this book that are not already doing.

I read many self-help books but I think this is one of the best ever written.

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Fantastic book that everybody should read

Insights in to what goes on in your head and how to change the way you think and act.

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extremely useful book about connecting habits

connecting habits to neuroscience in an understandable way. useful for anyone coaches and in business

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Helped me better focus at work

I work with multinational teams spread out across the globe and the topics discussed in this book addressed major areas of concern that I had in such working environments. The author starts with an example that highlights a less than ideal way of dealing with a scenario, discusses what went wrong, why, and how to avoid it, then goes through a modified version of the scenario that fixes what went wrong.

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A simple yet comprehensive understanding

Enjoyed the insights about the topic, helped me understand a complex area in a simplistic way

The narrator was excellent, clear in his communication and kept my attention and focus.

Will definitely buy the book and listen to this several more times.

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A little bit anal, but probably useful

The subject (how to get more out of your brain) is fascinating, and many of David Rock's suggestions are worth considering, even if his style is rather lugubrious.

My brain is particularly badly behaved and hard to control, so there are many ideas that I am keen to put into practice. Examples: do not overload your small active memory (or 'stage', as Rock calls it). Concentrate on one topic at a time; this is more efficient than 'multi-tasking'. Do spend time on 'meta-work' - organising and prioritising your tasks. Chunk big ideas into sub-ideas and give them labels, chunk tasks into subtasks. Systematise repeated tasks into 'routines' so that you don't waste brain-energy each time you have to do this task. Do high energy tasks when you are high energy (e.g. fresh, morning) and reserve dumb tasks for when you suffer lower energy.

And of special interest to us at Audible: How Not to Lose Concentration When Listening to Your Audiobook. Well this is the tip: avoid distraction in the nano-second it starts to happen. Rock makes the sweet observation that 'We are not descended from ancestors who ignored a rustling in the long grass', but if you know there are no snakes around, you have to ignore the distraction from the get-go. Don't go there, don't let your 'Default Network' (the place your brain goes for a restful wander) kick in, in the first place - stay with the book! You must DIRECT your brain. Goodness, just burnt another half-hour doing book reviews.

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