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Master Your Mind: Counterintuitive Strategies to Refocus and Re-Energize Your Runaway Brain
You'll get there faster if you just slow down
Master Your Mind offers a bit of perspective and a lot of insight for anyone seeking long-term success. Success in business is spelled M-O-R-E: better results, faster growth, more revenue, greater efficiency. Do more. Make more. Achieve more. And do it now. Eventually, ambition turns to stress, then to frenzy, then to emptiness as once-ambitious workers endlessly trudge the hamster wheel chasing the next promotion. While top-level performance is the holy grail of business at all levels, there is another, much better way to achieve it: slow down. Yes, you read that right--S-L-O-W. This is your permission to jump off of the hamster wheel.
Slowing down is not a luxury, it is a necessity. A frenetic brain simply doesn't perform at optimal levels. By maintaining a snail's pace, you actually achieve better results--at rocket speed--because you're firing on all cylinders. You'll think of new things, approach old problems from new perspectives, and breathe a breath of fresh air into everything you do. This book shows you how to achieve this state of steady, sustainable fire, and how to get further by crawling than you ever did while attempting to fly.
Learn how slowing down can lead to better, faster results Achieve optimal performance thought patterns Enhance your creativity and effectiveness Build energy, revenue, and good health in a self-sustaining way You know you're capable of more, but the stress is eating away at your body, your brain, and your soul. Relax, take a deep breath, and buckle down. Clear your mind, and then put it to work. Stop juggling and start doing. Master Your Mind shows you how to supercharge your trajectory by taking it S-L-O-W.
Master Your Mind offers a bit of perspective and a lot of insight for anyone seeking long-term success. Success in business is spelled M-O-R-E: better results, faster growth, more revenue, greater efficiency. Do more. Make more. Achieve more. And do it now. Eventually, ambition turns to stress, then to frenzy, then to emptiness as once-ambitious workers endlessly trudge the hamster wheel chasing the next promotion. While top-level performance is the holy grail of business at all levels, there is another, much better way to achieve it: slow down. Yes, you read that right--S-L-O-W. This is your permission to jump off of the hamster wheel.
Slowing down is not a luxury, it is a necessity. A frenetic brain simply doesn't perform at optimal levels. By maintaining a snail's pace, you actually achieve better results--at rocket speed--because you're firing on all cylinders. You'll think of new things, approach old problems from new perspectives, and breathe a breath of fresh air into everything you do. This book shows you how to achieve this state of steady, sustainable fire, and how to get further by crawling than you ever did while attempting to fly.
Learn how slowing down can lead to better, faster results Achieve optimal performance thought patterns Enhance your creativity and effectiveness Build energy, revenue, and good health in a self-sustaining way You know you're capable of more, but the stress is eating away at your body, your brain, and your soul. Relax, take a deep breath, and buckle down. Clear your mind, and then put it to work. Stop juggling and start doing. Master Your Mind shows you how to supercharge your trajectory by taking it S-L-O-W.
228 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 5, 2018
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September 2, 2019
Roger Seip is a personal development trainer and Robb Zbierski is a public speaker and personal coach. In this so-so book that aims to help improve productivity by helping the reader learn to slow down and refocus your effort on what actually matters, they combine some woo-woo cod science and psychology with some interesting practical tips but, as ever, there isn’t much new here and you will only take from it what you think is relevant to you.
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September 17, 2022This one’s a bit hard to rate, firstly I liked the science bits at the beginning .. throughout the book it meanders to other topics that is vaguely attached to their topic until it ends.
Therefore I appreciate the summary points at the end of each chapter.
Therefore I appreciate the summary points at the end of each chapter.
January 29, 2023
I really enjoyed this book! It has a lot of great information and tips and tricks to help you master the runaway mind. I loved the elephant and the ant story as it relates to the conscious and unconscious parts of our mind.
November 24, 2018
::thinking big elephant thoughts!!::
August 6, 2019
A more accurate title for this book could be: Master Your Business by Mastering Your Mind.
January 5, 2022
It's a fairly decent summary of behavior mod techniques that have good results. I found some good reminders of some things.
February 17, 2024
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Book notes:
"Need speed? Slow down. —David Allen, Getting Things Done"
"The language of your subconscious is pictures."
"Beta brain waves are associated with lots of good things: alertness, problem solving, logic, and, as Herrmann says, “high states of arousal.” The beta state is where you do most of your conscious thinking. For example, your Ant is all about beta brain waves."
"Alpha is a super important state to understand, because alpha is strongly associated with memory, with recall, and with learning. Your brain remembers better when"
"you’re in alpha, it recalls better in alpha, and so you do your best learning when you’re in alpha."
"To be clear: A morning ritual involving some combination of these elements is the single biggest common denominator among the most successful people in the world. Ask any successful entrepreneur, leader, top producer, professional athlete, or otherwise wildly effective human about their “morning routine.”"
"If you want to be average, learn what the majority does and do that. If you want to be extraordinary, learn what the majority does and do the opposite. —Unknown genius"
"your brain is always talking to you, and the quality of that dialogue is a major determinant of where your mind focuses, and thereby the quality of your life."
"Understand the difference between busy and productive."
Focus Timer (promo)
Book notes:
"Need speed? Slow down. —David Allen, Getting Things Done"
"The language of your subconscious is pictures."
"Beta brain waves are associated with lots of good things: alertness, problem solving, logic, and, as Herrmann says, “high states of arousal.” The beta state is where you do most of your conscious thinking. For example, your Ant is all about beta brain waves."
"Alpha is a super important state to understand, because alpha is strongly associated with memory, with recall, and with learning. Your brain remembers better when"
"you’re in alpha, it recalls better in alpha, and so you do your best learning when you’re in alpha."
"To be clear: A morning ritual involving some combination of these elements is the single biggest common denominator among the most successful people in the world. Ask any successful entrepreneur, leader, top producer, professional athlete, or otherwise wildly effective human about their “morning routine.”"
"If you want to be average, learn what the majority does and do that. If you want to be extraordinary, learn what the majority does and do the opposite. —Unknown genius"
"your brain is always talking to you, and the quality of that dialogue is a major determinant of where your mind focuses, and thereby the quality of your life."
"Understand the difference between busy and productive."
Focus Timer (promo)
July 11, 2020
"4" звезды потому, что для меня есть несколько стоящих инсайтов, но с каждой книгой, мне все сложнее и сложнее восхищяться. Американское чтиво уже много лет - это коучинг, мотивация, сон, визуализация и пр. Все цитируют друг друга, рекомендуют по кругу старые фильмы и книги коллег, а по сути - все говорят одно и тоже.
Но! Для заказчиков услуг коуча или консалтинга - это безусловно хорошая книга. Она способствует развитию двухстороннего доверия, облегчает разделение ответственности за результаты и хорошо освещает работу и роль коуча и собственные силы и усилия а пути к саморазвитию.
Но! Для заказчиков услуг коуча или консалтинга - это безусловно хорошая книга. Она способствует развитию двухстороннего доверия, облегчает разделение ответственности за результаты и хорошо освещает работу и роль коуча и собственные силы и усилия а пути к саморазвитию.
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