Upgrade Your Brain (52 Brilliant Ideas)52 fresh ideas for flexing mental muscle. Learn how to maximize brain power and access insight and creativity, at work and at play. From problem-solving to mind-mapping through story-telling and chattering, here are 52 brilliant ideas to turbo-charge the mind, including: - Idea #18: Kick-start your creativity - Idea #35: Food for thought - Idea #37: Become an ace storyteller - Idea #52: Maintain your brain |
Contents
Title Page Copyright Page Introduction | |
Ive got a little problem | |
Solve it like Sherlock | |
Capture your thoughts | |
Get to the point | |
Buddy can you spare a paradigm? | |
Watch out for discontinuities | |
Chapter 7Thinks aint what they used to | |
Learn to be an optimist | |
Trust but verify | |
Darwin rules | |
Little ideas mean a | |
Festina lente | |
Kickstart your creativity | |
Dejunk your life | |
What did the Greeks ever do for | |
Think | |
Its all news to | |
Why use your own brain when you can borrow other peoples? | |
What are the chances of that happening? | |
Creatively swipe | |
Its good to talk | |
Make the best decision you | |
Take a walk on the Wilde side | |
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