Author : Idowu Koyenikan
Publisher :
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
ISBN : 9780990639718
The author addresses how to live outside your comfort zone where many of the things we want in life are. We are not meant to live life according to only a portion of our ability. Instead, we are meant to live life at the edge of our ability where wealth, greatness, success and self-actualization lie.
Author : Sara Salam
Publisher : Peacock Pen Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781953636003
We live in a crazy time. On top of that, you're trying to figure out who you are and how to find your place in this ever-changing world. You're building your plane while flying it. The Mind Is Just Like A Muscle is a self-help book for teens that makes this daunting task not as intimidating. Through examples from science, history, and psychology, you learn about the unique qualities that make us human and how those qualities act as a filter for our experiences growing up in modern America. You learn why things - people, places, ideas - that aren't familiar to us can feel scary or create fear. You build awareness around how our brains shape our experiences, and how the increasing interconnectedness of the modern era in turn affects us on an individual level and on a societal level. This book encourages you to exercise your brain by building awareness of your life both inside and outside your household. Like any other muscle, the human brain needs exercise to get stronger. This book shares exercises and insights to help you make that happen.
Author : Roy F. Baumeister
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,53 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1101543779
One of the world's most esteemed and influential psychologists, Roy F. Baumeister, teams with New York Times science writer John Tierney to reveal the secrets of self-control and how to master it. "Deep and provocative analysis of people's battle with temptation and masterful insights into understanding willpower: why we have it, why we don't, and how to build it. A terrific read." —Ravi Dhar, Yale School of Management, Director of Center for Customer Insights Pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control. Drawing on cutting-edge research and the wisdom of real-life experts, Willpower shares lessons on how to focus our strength, resist temptation, and redirect our lives. It shows readers how to be realistic when setting goals, monitor their progress, and how to keep faith when they falter. By blending practical wisdom with the best of recent research science, Willpower makes it clear that whatever we seek—from happiness to good health to financial security—we won’t reach our goals without first learning to harness self-control.
Author : Sharon Dirckx
Publisher : The Good Book Company
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 13,83 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1784984035
Looking at the body, mind and soul to answer the question: What exactly is a human being? Modern research is uncovering more and more detail of what our brain is and how it works. We are living, thinking creatures who carry around with us an amazing organic supercomputer in our heads. But what is the relationship between our brains and our minds-and ultimately our sense of identity as a person? Are we more than machines? Is free-will an illusion? Do we have a soul? Brain Imaging Scientist Sharon Dirckx lays out the current understanding of who we are from biologists, philosophers, theologians and psychologists, and points towards a bigger picture that suggests answers to the fundamental questions of our existence. Not just "What am I?", but "Who am I?"-and "Why am I?" Read this book to gain valuable insight into what modern research is telling us about ourselves, or to give a sceptical friend to challenge the idea that we are merely material beings living in a material world.
Author : Logan Christopher
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 2016-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781942812029
Author : John Hargrave
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1501105663
Presents a twenty-one-day, three-step training program to achieve healthier thought patterns for a better quality of life by using the repetitive steps of analyzing, imagining, and reprogramming to help break down the barriers, including negative thought loops and mental roadblocks.
Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 47,56 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309045290
The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."
Author : JoAnn Deak
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780982993804
Teaches children that they have the ability to stretch and grow their own brains, delivers the crucial message that mistakes are an essential part of learning, and introduces the brain's anatomy and functions.
Author : Joanna Zeiger
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 17,50 MB
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250096715
An in-depth mental motivational book for all athletes from Olympian Dr. Joanna Zeiger that offers game-changing strategies for programming your brain to achieve physical excellence. Champions, as the familiar adage preaches, are not born—they're made. Reaching the top of any sport, or any aspect of life, takes years upon years of dedication and proper preparation. But if there's a huge pool of individuals who have undertaken the same commitment and steps towards becoming the best, what truly separates the winners from everyone else? Joanna Zeiger believes proper mental preparation is the answer. The Champion Mindset is a much-needed and long overdue look into how to program a competitor's mind to achieve optimal success. Changing behaviors and ways of thinking are never easy, but the chapters in this book aim to simplify this process to make it manageable and achievable. This book is for every athlete—from the weekend warrior, who wants to complete in his or her first 5k running race, to those who have aspirations of one day becoming Olympians and world champions. The Champion Mindset is a compendium of Zeiger's own personal journey from struggling novice swimmer to Olympian and World Champion. Through steps including: Proper Goal Setting, Keeping it Fun, Building Your Team, Intention in Training, Improving Motivation, Promoting Self-Confidence, and Mind/Body Cohesion, among others, Zeiger uses her decades of personal experience, doctoral-level research, and professional success, to prepare readers to go all-in with their mental game.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 2000-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309131979
First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning. Like the original edition, this book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methodsâ€"to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb. How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system. Topics include: How learning actually changes the physical structure of the brain. How existing knowledge affects what people notice and how they learn. What the thought processes of experts tell us about how to teach. The amazing learning potential of infants. The relationship of classroom learning and everyday settings of community and workplace. Learning needs and opportunities for teachers. A realistic look at the role of technology in education.
