Neuroimaging study shows how being “in the zone” requires intensive practice first and then learning to surrender

By The Conversation | April 16, 2024 |

Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up cre­ativ­i­ty, enhanced pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and bliss­ful con­scious­ness that, some psy­chol­o­gists believe, is also the secret to hap­pi­ness. It’s con­sid­ered the brain’s fast track to suc­cess in busi­ness, the arts or any oth­er field. But in order to achieve flow, a per­son must first devel­op a strong…

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New offering to refresh & enhance workplace Mental Health and Talent programs: Brain Health At Work

By SharpBrains | April 8, 2024 |

Does this sound famil­iar? Rush and mul­ti­task­ing every­where, yet we’re see­ing low pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and high burnout because we’re not tak­ing good care of our brain’s health. Peo­ple aren’t real­ly con­nect­ing with the old-school, med­ical ways of tack­ling Men­tal Health that just focus on what’s wrong. Employ­ees are often wary of tak­ing on new demand­ing tasks,…

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Five rituals to access InnSæi (Icelandic word for intuition, “the sea within”) and thrive in the fast-changing attention economy

By Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir | March 25, 2024 |

The world we live in is com­plex, volatile, fast-chang­ing and non-lin­ear. Every­thing is inter­con­nect­ed in a sys­tem where a small change in one place can cause an unfore­see­able impact in anoth­er. Metaphor­i­cal­ly speak­ing, the world we live in is very much like the ocean. It is in con­stant motion, and the ever-chang­ing, unpre­dictable direc­tions of…

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New book encourages readers to embrace uncertainty in order to improve decision-making, mental health, and more

By Greater Good Science Center | March 18, 2024 |

Life is uncer­tain. We nev­er know what will hap­pen, and many things are unknow­able. This can make us feel stressed or wor­ried, since the unknown is asso­ci­at­ed with dan­ger. But as jour­nal­ist Mag­gie Jack­son argues in her new book, Uncer­tain: The Wis­dom and Won­der of Being Unsure, there are many ben­e­fits to allow­ing our­selves to…

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Best books on cognitive ability and skills according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT

By SharpBrains | February 21, 2024 |

As a fol­low-up to the arti­cle Best books on brain health and cog­ni­tive fit­ness accord­ing to ChatSpot and Chat­G­PT we decid­ed to find out what these pop­u­lar AI chat­bots say about books to under­stand and improve cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty and skills. Here you are: (Links open cor­re­spond­ing Ama­zon book pages) Best books on cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty and skills, per…

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