Your brain at work : strategies for overcoming distraction, regaining focus, and working smarter all day long / David Rock.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Harper Business, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0061771295
- 9780061771293
- Strategies for overcoming distraction, regaining focus, and working smarter all day long
- 658.4092019 22
- HF5386 .R538 2009
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 658.4092019 ROC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A553604B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Act I. Problems and decisions -- Scene 1. The morning email overwhelm -- Scene 2. A project that hurts to think about -- Scene 3. Juggling five things at once -- Scene 4. Saying no to distractions -- Scene 5. Searching for the zone of peak performance -- Scene 6. Getting past a roadblock -- -- Internission: meet the director -- Act II. Stay cool under pressure -- Scene 7. Derailed by drama -- Scene 8. Drowning amid uncertainty -- Scene 9. When expectations get out of control -- Act III. Collaborate with others -- Scene 10. Turning enemies into friends -- Scene 11. When everything seems unfair -- Scene 12. The battle for status -- Act IV. Facilitate change -- Scene 13. When other people lose the plot -- Scene 14. The culture that needs to transform.
Through the story of Emily and Paul, a working couple with different job situations, the author shows how to better organize, prioritize, remember, and process our working lives.
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