Mind Chi: Re-wire Your Brain in 8 Minutes a Day - Strategies for Success in Business and Life

by Vanda North, Richard Israel

8 minutes a day is all it takes to open up a world of superior mental performance. Just as Tai Chi has been used for centuries to balance body and mind, Mind Chi will help you increase your mental energy and be more effective in everything you do. And all you need is 8 minutes a day... Mind Chi is a powerful synthesis of thought and action based on the most recent research into how the brain works. By following the simple, daily exercises in this book, you will raise your mental performance to a level you never thought possible. Discover: Plus: 50 Strategies for Success in Business & Life
"An eight minute daily dose of Mind Chi will improve vitality, reduce stress and allow us to see the many blessings of life more clearly." --Stephen C. Lundin PhD, author of the five million copy bestselling FISH!

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Sherin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that I learned a lot, got new experiences & started achieving what I really ever wanted!

[Ümit Sevgi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yeni bir şey söylemeyen bir kişisel gelişim kitabı. Kadim farkındalığı evirip çevirmiş ve BEAT diye formüllendirmiş. Body, Emotions, Actions, Thoughts farkındalığı olarak. Bir bölümü de iş yerindeki başarı için ayrılmış. Bu tarz kitaplarda hep olduğu gibi çok tekrar var, ve çoğunlukla gerçek hayatta işlevine kavuşamayan farkındalık alıştırmaları vs.
Bu 2 yıldız, arada ve aralarda durmayı hatırlattığı için.

[hissi · Rating 3 out of 5]

this books has little new stuff.. as the mind mapping was tony buzan's idea. and half the book was wasted on it so it loses 2 stars for that taking his idea and wasting half a book. u could've played with the idea a bit

so, is feeling what the author wants u to feel or thinking what he wants u think.. will get me to where i want??

however.. im gonna try the BEAT for 28 days for the idea deserves a chance as i noticed how strong and negative my para conscious is..

[Linda Parkinson-Hardman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book, in fact this book helped me to get to the place I'm in today because it forced me to reassess what was important, what wasn't important and where I wanted to be in life. And it does just take 8 minutes a day to radically chance the way you think about everything.

It has a very simple approach and at the end of the book is a set of 'menus' you can use to help you deal with specific problems and issues you might be wanting to resolve.; they include things like 'dealing with difficult people' right through to 'increasing creativity'. Altogether there are 50 plans for success contained within the book, ensuring that no one is going to be left out.

I noticed that one of the reviews commented on the mind mapping of Tony Buzan so it's worth bearing in mind that Vanda founded the Buzan Centres Worldwide for Tony Buzan and is also the past president of the International Society for Accelerated Learning & Teaching.

[Mara Shaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of the book is the best part. The month-long mind chi exercises are worth doing. Centering & other steps, then reviewing the mistakes of the past 24 hours (so you don't repeat those again!) followed by reviewing what went right (what a surprise! A lot went right!) is insightful. Then planning out the next 24 hours in detail is a great practice. Finally (of 8 steps), one solid minute of gratitude. As your mind wanders, thinking of all kinds of things, you just keep coming back to everything you're grateful for. Not a new idea, but transformative.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book presented the ideas in an interesting way using mind maps technique. The first 20+ pages are a waste of time explaining what is the book all about with extensive use of referencing. I have read a lot of books on the same topic and found little new information in this one, nonetheless it is a good asset for beginners. The 28 days habit reforming exercise worth a try. Overall, a good read