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Table of Contents Title Page Dedication The Winner’s Brain PART ONE - Understanding the Winner’s Brain The Partnership of Brain and Behavior What It Doesn’t Take Welcome to the Winner’s Brain CHAPTER 1 - A Quick Brain Tour CHAPTER 2 - The Amazing History of Modern Neuroscience The Search for a Winning Formula Brain Science with a Bang Living in the Moment Moving Past Damage Scanning the Winner’s Brain CHAPTER 3 - BrainPower Tools The Winner’s Profile Quiz Score Tool #1: Opportunity Radar Tool #2: Optimal Risk Gauge Tool #3: Goal Laser Tool #4: Effort Accelerator Tool #5: Talent Meter Win Factor #1: Self-Awareness Win Factor #2: Motivation Win Factor #3: Focus Win Factor #4: Emotional Balance Win Factor #5: Memory Win Factor #6: Resilience Win Factor #7: Adaptability Win Factor #8: Brain Care PART TWO - Developing Your Winner’s Brain WIN FACTOR #1 - Self-Awareness Human Nature Winners Are Authentic Body Language: Your Slip Is Showing Successful Self-Awareness, Past, Present, and Future Minding Your Own Self Is Your Talent Meter Calibrated? WIN FACTOR #2 - Motivation Map, Rev, Drive Tweezers and Trumpets Rewards Inside and Out The Flip Side of Motivation WIN FACTOR #3 - Focus What Is Focus? Blips, Bleeps, and Blinks Beating Distractions Practice, Practice, Practice Break It Down Use Your Zoom Whac-a-Mole and Go with the Flow WIN FACTOR #4 - Emotional Balance What Are Emotions, Anyway? Winner’s Brain Emotions Educating Yourself Emotionally Becoming an Emotional Prognosticator Managing Your Emotions WIN FACTOR #5 - Memory Memory Is All in Your Head Shooting from the Hippocampus Constructing a Proactive Brain Making Memories Durable Forget About It What Is Déjà Vu? What Is Déjà Vu? WIN FACTOR #6 - Resilience This Is Your Brain Being Resilient Learn to Play the Odds Grab the Wheel Your Performance Will Never Exceed Your Self-Image Find a Failure Role Model Remember, the Past Is Not a Prison When All Else Fails, Take a Break WIN FACTOR #7 - Adaptability Adaptability in Action What Plasticity Is Made Of Mindful Matters Better Brain Behavior Back to Basics WIN FACTOR #8 - Brain Care Success on the Run Inspire Your Brain Food for Thought Sleeping Your Way to Success The Power of Meditation Do “Neurobics” work? Brain Buzz Epilogue References Acknowledgements Index About the Authors Copyright Page FROM MARK For Karen, Jake, and Nathan, my very favorite group of Winners. FROM JEFF For Carolynne and Grant. Brown Team Go! FROM LIZ In loving memory of my father, Lewis Marshall Neporent, M.D. The Winner’s Brain
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