Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life: Train Your Brain to Get More Done in Less TimeThe key to a less hectic, less stressful life is not in simply organizing your desk, but organizing your mind. Dr. Paul Hammerness, a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, describes the latest neuroscience research on the brain's extraordinary built-in system of organization. Margaret Moore, an executive wellness coach and codirector of the Institute of Coaching, translates the science into solutions. This remarkable team shows you how to use the innate organizational power of your brain to make your life less stressful, more productive and rewarding. You'll learn how to: –Regain control of your frenzy –Embrace effective uni-tasking (because multitasking doesn't work) –Fluidly shift from one task to another —Use your creativity to connect the dots This groundbreaking guide is complete with stories of people who have learned to stop feeling powerless against multiplying distractions and start organizing their lives by organizing their minds. |
Contents
The Rules of OrderDr Hammerness | 1 |
A Change Will Do You GoodCoach | 23 |
Rules of OrderTame the Frenzy | 43 |
Rules of OrderSustain Attention | 73 |
Rules of OrderApply the Brakes | 95 |
Rules of OrderMold Information | 119 |
Rules of OrderShift Sets | 141 |
Staying on Top of a FastChanging World | 195 |
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Acknowledgments | 237 |
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