using your brain to win in today's hyper paced world
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Your brain is your most powerful competitive weapon–if you know how to use it properly. Check out Holly’s new book for an in-depth look at how to use your brain to become a more effective leader and help your organization win! The human brain is an amazing tool. Yet, many of its built-in thought patterns and ways of working do not serve leaders well. The brain can process large amounts of information. It has a real talent for forming patterns and connections. And it loves to answer questions and solve problems. But it also has a tendency to see what it expects to see, overlook data that contradicts its prevailing view of the world, and have greater confidence in its decision-making abilities than it should. In order to become more effective leaders, we need a much deeper understanding of how our brain works and how it often gets in the way of winning. Starting with an overview of how the brain processes to get us to our decisions and actions, Using Your Brain to Win explores: • Why parts of the brain are not well suited for today’s hyper-fast world • How those parts often lead us to make flawed decisions based on fantasy rather than fact • How seeing only what we expect to see causes us to miss obvious opportunities and threats to our business • Which built-in brain filters get in the way of making effective decisions • How our brains are sometimes out to get us With this as a baseline, you’ll learn how to: • Stop making stuff up or at least know when you are likely to and factor it in to your decision • Avoid getting blinded by your own data • Make better, more informed management decisions • Get and stay clear on winning • Use your brain to inform, inspire and engage employees to achieve your vision of winning • Use your brain to win every day Using Your Brain to Win is a fast, fun read that will change the way you think about what you think. And each chapter includes numerous “Playing with Your Brain” exercises to embed these important learning points into your daily routine. visit www.MoreThanaMinute.com and click on our store or Amazon to get your copy today!TRANSCRIPT
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Understand the basics of how your brain works.
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Unfortunately the version of brain you walk around with was developed a long time ago & has not evolved like technology
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Keep in mind, to our brain…
Our Beliefs are the truth
The Truth is obvious
Our beliefs are based on Real Data
The data We Select are the real data
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Learn to use it more effectively by visiting it more frequently
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Slow down to go fast… update constantly…
Focus on where you want to go
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FOCUS
THINK
Take a few moments to clear the mind, to reset, to look up & around…ponder, wonder, explore
Think about what you're thinking about …change perspective…challenge assumptions…challenge the one right answer
Focus & get crystal clear on winning, get obsessive about it & relentless in your pursuit of it
Unlearn some of your previous ways of thinking & doing
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Avoid their fate by practicing 4 strategies:
1.Solemnly swear
Seek the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth
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Avoid their fate by practicing 4 strategies:
2.Get it wrong sometimes
Take reasonable risks & push a little harder than you are comfortable with
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Avoid their fate by practicing 4 strategies:
3.Never take your success or your customers for granted
Consider what has changed?
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Avoid their fate by practicing 4 strategies:
4. Stand guard
Open your eyes to others’ data. Look:
• In your own industry
•At adjacent industries
•To the world at large
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Thinking eliminators… It’s too much work. It hasn’t been done before. Don’t rock the boat. Get your head out of the clouds. Yeah, we’ve tried that before. You have a point, but… It costs too much. That isn’t your problem. We don’t have the time. Good idea, but it’s impractical. They won’t buy it. We haven’t budgeted for it. It won’t pay for itself. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. It won’t work. Let’s put that on the back burner for now. We have always done it this way. It would take too much effort. Management will have problems with it. Oh no. Not that idea again. Where did you dig that one up? We did fine without it before.
• 15 minutes to start each day Focus on winning Design your day around it
• Unlearn a little • Look around • Challenge assumptions
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RUN
& then
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