Mindpower

Mindpower
Martin Manser

The secrets that experts and top professionals use to stay at the top of their game.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Mind PowerIncludes how to:• Produce creative and innovative ideas• Remember names, numbers and concepts• Sharpen your mental reflexes, whatever your age• Ask the right questions and understand other points of view• Make good decisions and stick to them

Collins Business Secrets – Mind Power

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u5000bce0-e54a-5c76-918d-d9e0733bcbf0)

Title Page (#u71ef39de-c3e1-53a4-b00c-439af0144372)

Author’s note (#u7fe8bd0c-c3cd-50df-b5ad-cbf556be8b44)

Unlock the potential of your mind (#u8b2d846c-718f-5448-9848-6ecc09c1ab3d)

Understand how your mind works (#u21b86de7-1c78-527b-8391-af57c5c84b28)

1.1 Know how your brain functions (#uabd40b37-c954-5a5b-874f-f6c178a8d07e)

1.2 Strengthen the right side of your brain (#u47ed3909-5563-577f-bfb6-f08c7e2ee0aa)

1.3 Strengthen the left side of your brain (#uaa7aed3b-e2ab-5a3a-a9c3-dd4392ce73e3)

1.4 Identify your learning style (#uc03612a0-9029-55a5-89db-c01c8b298fa1)

1.5 Unleash your creativity (#uc824b704-59d2-567a-b2f2-9dc871dadca7)

1.6 Draw a pattern diagram (#u36977a9e-b721-5d3c-9ff3-e3172dd073d1)

1.7 Change your thinking (#udd9b88e3-5a42-5645-85d8-ac2a11841560)

1.8 Develop as a whole person (#uf093bffd-0584-5eac-a6eb-5b2639b46c1a)

Read and listen more effectively (#ua10fdd07-0dcd-5404-a184-e4be3d95b30d)

2.1 Know your aims in reading (#ufa94ea20-8802-5874-a909-d54c5e4bd80c)

2.2 Read more quickly (#ucd5c5860-6dd9-5df0-8da1-dd0bec57997c)

2.3 Take in key information (#u44f3953c-2bbd-50bc-b616-29ec09ec2027)

2.4 Learn the SQ3R reading technique (#litres_trial_promo)

2.5 Make sense of numbers (#litres_trial_promo)

2.6 Interpret statistics on graphs (#litres_trial_promo)

2.7 Listen more carefully (#litres_trial_promo)

2.8 Evaluate what you listen to (#litres_trial_promo)

2.9 Question the speaker (#litres_trial_promo)

Think strategically (#litres_trial_promo)

3.1 Take a step back (#litres_trial_promo)

3.2 Use de Bono’s hats (#litres_trial_promo)

3.3 Hold an Appreciative Inquiry (#litres_trial_promo)

3.4 Apply random thinking (#litres_trial_promo)

3.5 Take a PEST (#litres_trial_promo)

3.6 Take a SWOT (#litres_trial_promo)

3.7 Harvest your thoughts (#litres_trial_promo)

Solve problems well (#litres_trial_promo)

4.1 Generate fresh ideas (#litres_trial_promo)

4.2 Examine causes and effects (#litres_trial_promo)

4.3 Apply the Pareto principle (#litres_trial_promo)

4.4 Evaluate the pros and cons (#litres_trial_promo)

4.5 Respond creatively to problems (#litres_trial_promo)

Develop your memory (#litres_trial_promo)

5.1 Refresh your memory (#litres_trial_promo)

5.2 Use mnemonics (#litres_trial_promo)

5.3 Use the link system (#litres_trial_promo)

5.4 Replace words with a picture (#litres_trial_promo)

5.5 Imagine a journey (#litres_trial_promo)

5.6 Think of a story (#litres_trial_promo)

5.7 Remember key phrases in a talk (#litres_trial_promo)

5.8 Remember names (#litres_trial_promo)