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More About This Title Smarter, Sharper Thinking: Reduce Stress, Banish Fatigue and Find Focus
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Boost your brain and gain an edge in everything you do.
Smarter Sharper Thinking reveals how you can expand your brain's capability to think well under stress, to focus and get more out of your day, to be more creative and innovative, and to prepare you for future challenges.
Utilising the latest neuro-scientific principles, Dr Jenny Brockis shows how you can increase your brain fitness by developing a habit-changing plan to get more done with less effort.
In 12 key areas, Smarter Sharper Thinking presents simple, action-based principles that can be readily incorporated into your daily routines to train your brain for high performance.
Originally published in 2016 as Future Brain, this book has been reviewed and redesigned to become part of the Wiley Be Your Best series - aimed at helping readers acheive professional and personal success.
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Dr Jenny Brockis is a medical practitioner, healthy brain advocate, and future mind planner. She is the director and founder of Brain Fit.
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About the author ix
Acknowledgements xi
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
Part I: Creating a High-Performance Brain 1
1 Nutrition: Refuelling Smart 3
2 Exercise: You’ve got to Move it, Move it 23
3 Sleep: Bring me a Dream 45
4 Mental Stretch: Flexing our Mental Muscles 67
Part II: Operating a High-Performance Brain 83
5 Focus: Adjusting our Lens of Attention 85
6 Mindset: Does your Attitude Suck? 107
7 Healthy stress: Creating a Brain-Safe Environment 123
8 Mindfulness: Finding Enough Thinking Space 143
Part III: Integrating a High-Performance Brain 165
9 Change Ability: Adjusting to Progress 167
10 Innovation: Curiosity Leads to Insight and Innovation 183
11 Collaboration: Side by Side 207
12 Leadership: Thought before Action 231
Conclusion 251
Sources 257
