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How to have a good day : harnessing the power of behavioral science to transform our working lives / Caroline Webb.

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"In How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb, business consultant and former partner at powerhouse McKinsey and Co., brings together the findings on behavioral economics and neuroscience--subjects that have led to dozens of bestselling books over the last decade--to show us how we can use these revolutionary new findings to improve how we work. Organized around seven factors that determine whether we have a good day at work, Webb offers us specific tools that we can use based on what we now know about how our brains work, and she shows us how we can incorporate them into our conversations, meetings, and projects in a way that will increase productivity, confidence, and enjoyment. Filled with stories of people who have used the insights Webb reveals to improve the quality of their decision-making and work lives, and drawing on cutting-edge ideas from the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, How to Have a Good Day is the book people wanted to read when they finished Blink and Thinking Fast and Slow, and were looking for practical ways to apply the new insights they had learned to their own lives and careers. From the time we wake up, Webb reveals the tools and practices that will help us to set our direction and priorities, organize our time, do our best work, adapt to uncertainty, make better decisions, improve our conversations, unleash productivity, and sustain our energy. In essence, she offers us a Good Day playbook, showing us how to sharpen our minds and increase our confidence so that we make sustained progress, resist our tendency to procrastinate, resolve conflict, and maintain control of our day and bounce back from the inevitable setbacks"-- Provided by publisher.
"In How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb, business consultant and former partner at powerhouse McKinsey and Co., brings together the findings on behavioral economics and neuroscience--subjects that have led to dozens of bestselling books over the last decade--to show us how we can use these revolutionary new findings to improve how we work. Organized around seven factors that determine whether we have a good day at work, Webb offers us specific tools that we can use based on what we now know about how our brains work, and she shows us how we can incorporate them into our conversations, meetings, and projects in a way that will increase productivity, confidence, and enjoyment"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553419634
  • ISBN: 0553419633
  • Physical Description: 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Business, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-354) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The science essentials. The two-system brain ; The discover-defend axis ; The mind-body loop -- Part I: Priorities : setting intentional direction for your day. Choosing your filters ; Setting great goals ; Reinforcing your intentions -- Part II: Productivity : making the hours in the day go further. Singletasking ; Planning deliberate downtime ; Overcoming overload ; Beating procrastination -- Part III: Relationships : making the most of every interaction. Building real rapport ; Resolving tensions ; Bringing the best out of others -- Part IV: Thinking : being your smartest, wisest, most creative self. Reaching insight ; Making wise decisions ; Boosting your brainpower -- Part V: Influence : maximizing the impact of all you say and do. Getting through their filters ; Making things happen ; Conveying confidence -- Part VI: Resilience : sailing through setbacks and annoyances. Keeping a cool head ; Moving on ; Staying strong -- Part VII: Energy : boosting your enthusiasm and enjoyment. Topping up the tank ; Playing to your strengths -- Postscript: Making it stick -- Appendix. How to be good at meetings ; How to be good at email ; How to reinvigorate your routine.
Subject: Psychology, Industrial.
Neuropsychology
Performance > Psychological aspects.
Job satisfaction > Psychological aspects.
Job Satisfaction.
Neuropsychology
Personal Satisfaction.
Psychology, Industrial.
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness.
Job satisfaction > Psychological aspects.
Neuropsychology
Performance > Psychological aspects.
Psychology, Industrial.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Introduction 1(8)
The Science Essentials
9(24)
The two-system brain
13(7)
The discover-defend axis
20(7)
The mind-body loop
27(6)
PART I PRIORITIES
33(36)
Setting Intentional Direction for Your Day
One Choosing Your Filters
35(12)
Two Setting Great Goals
47(10)
Three Reinforcing Your Intentions
57(12)
PART II PRODUCTIVITY
69(44)
Making the Hours in the Day Go Further
Four Singletasking
71(9)
Five Planning Deliberate Downtime
80(9)
Six Overcoming Overload
89(14)
Seven Beating Procrastination
103(10)
PART III RELATIONSHIPS
113(52)
Making the Most of Every Interaction
Eight Building Real Rapport
115(12)
Nine Resolving Tensions
127(25)
Ten Bringing the Best Out of Others
152(13)
PART IV THINKING
165(42)
Being Your Smartest, Wisest, Most Creative Self
Eleven Reaching Insight
166(9)
Twelve Making Wise Decisions
175(17)
Thirteen Boosting Your Brainpower
192(15)
PART V INFLUENCE
207(40)
Maximizing the Impact of All You Say and Do
Fourteen Getting Through Their Filters
208(11)
Fifteen Making Things Happen
219(17)
Sixteen Conveying Confidence
236(11)
PART VI RESILIENCE
247(30)
Sailing Through Setbacks and Annoyances
Seventeen Keeping a Cool Head
248(13)
Eighteen Moving On
261(9)
Nineteen Staying Strong
270(7)
PART VII ENERGY
277(25)
Boosting Your Enthusiasm and Enjoyment
Twenty Topping Up the Tank
278(14)
Twenty-One Playing to Your Strengths
292(10)
Postscript: Making It Stick 302(4)
Appendix A How to Be Good at Meetings 306(6)
Appendix B How to Be Good at Email 312(7)
Appendix C How to Reinvigorate Your Routine 319(3)
Suggested Further Reading 322(3)
Glossary 325(4)
Acknowledgments 329(3)
Notes 332(23)
Index 355


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