Mindpower. Martin Manser

Collins Business Secrets – Mind Power

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

Author’s note

Unlock the potential of your mind

Understand how your mind works

1.1 Know how your brain functions

1.2 Strengthen the right side of your brain

1.3 Strengthen the left side of your brain

1.4 Identify your learning style

1.5 Unleash your creativity

1.6 Draw a pattern diagram

1.7 Change your thinking

1.8 Develop as a whole person

Read and listen more effectively

2.1 Know your aims in reading

2.2 Read more quickly

2.3 Take in key information

       2.4 Learn the SQ3R reading technique

       2.5 Make sense of numbers

       2.6 Interpret statistics on graphs

       2.7 Listen more carefully

       2.8 Evaluate what you listen to

       2.9 Question the speaker

       Think strategically

       3.1 Take a step back

       3.2 Use de Bono’s hats

       3.3 Hold an Appreciative Inquiry

       3.4 Apply random thinking

       3.5 Take a PEST

       3.6 Take a SWOT

       3.7 Harvest your thoughts

       Solve problems well

       4.1 Generate fresh ideas

       4.2 Examine causes and effects

       4.3 Apply the Pareto principle

       4.4 Evaluate the pros and cons

       4.5 Respond creatively to problems

       Develop your memory

       5.1 Refresh your memory

       5.2 Use mnemonics

       5.3 Use the link system

       5.4 Replace words with a picture

       5.5 Imagine a journey

       5.6 Think of a story

       5.7 Remember key phrases in a talk

       5.8 Remember names

       5.9 Remember numbers

       5.10 Remember dates

       Focus your mind

       6.1 Concentrate better

       6.2 Become more confident

       6.3 Build up courage

       6.4 Take responsibility

       6.5 Be positive

       Inspire your mind

       7.1 Balance the work-life ratio

       7.2 Achieve in a team

       7.3 Handle your boss better

       7.4 Assert yourself

       7.5 Make the most of your time

       7.6 Keep an open mind