
Think Smart, Act Smart
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Would you like to weigh up a situation and devise a resolution more effectively? Do you want to make decisions confidently and put them into effect with less worry? Would you like to be able to focus exclusively on the issue in hand rather than be distracted by a dozen irrelevant thoughts? Choices we can expect to encounter, from life-changing career moves to the best route to the coast, can expend a lot of time and mental energy if we haven't learnt the basic skills required for getting things done effectively and decisively.
This book is a basic practical guide to the all-important mental process by which we all live our lives - analyzing a situation, sorting out how to respond to it, and taking action accordingly. We discover how to solve problems and make choices swiftly and satisfactorily, how to reduce mental stress while
working under pressure, how to turn bright ideas into positive action. Following the techniques and exercises given here, you'll soon find you are using your brain more efficiently. Your payback will be in greater confidence and greater peace of mind - which in turn will help your mental processing.
Step inside this virtual circle now, and join the blessed ranks of the sorted!
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- Intro
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Focus And Concentration
- Focusing effectively
- Maintaining concentration
- Your focus style
- When and how to multi-task
- Setting priorities
- 2 Fresh Perspectives
- Cultivating creative solutions
- Brainstorming
- Visual thinking
- Tapping into your intuition
- Creative re-evaluation
- 3 Analyzing Options
- Convergent and divergent problems
- Focusing on solutions
- The limits of control
- The power of questions
- Different types of thinking
- Thought wells ... and how to escape them
- The Baby Elephant effect
- Changing contexts and passing time
- 4 Making Your Decision
- Weighing up choices
- Decision trees
- Effort and reward
- Your decision-making style
- Understanding risk
- When to flip a coin
- Group decision-making
- Competition and game theory
- Interlude: Lessons From The Past
- 5 Handling Stress And Emotions
- Discover your true temperament
- Emotional forecasting
- The role of self-esteem
- Conquering worry
- A state of balance
- Reducing stress at work
- Practical NLP techniques
- 6 Taking Action
- Setting goals
- Boosting motivation
- Managing time
- Scheduling tasks
- Feelings and actions
- Ten tips to beat procrastination
- The 80:20 law
- Continuous monitoring
- The action day technique
- Your new decisive self
- Further reading
- Authors' websites
- Authors' acknowledgments
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