... ourselves coming back tothe same theme: Useyour brain, don’t let yourbrainuse you Road rage is an example ofyourbrain using you, but so are toxic memories, the wounds of old traumas, bad ... in the living room and headed for the kitchen with the cat in tow, only to nd, when he gets there, that he and the cat are staring blankly at each other Neither of them knows the purpose ofthe ... comes to letting yourbrainuse you But if you start touse it instead, the rewards are unlimited SUPER BRAIN SOLUTIONS MEMORY LOSS We’ve been pushing the theme that you need to relate toyour brain...
... persuading others toyour way of thinking In other words, you have to be able to “sell” your ideas in order to make changes in your favor and, in a win-win situation, provide the other side with ... information to reduce the complexity of life If you can apply these laws in specific situations toyour benefit, then your influence over others increases significantly Some ofthe best masters ofthe ... ofthe concession on your part, of course, the better) You can also use this law to appeal to fairness For example, if the other party manipulates the physical environment by requiring that your...
... persuading others toyour way of thinking In other words, you have to be able to “sell” your ideas in order to make changes in your favor and, in a win-win situation, provide the other side with ... information to reduce the complexity of life If you can apply these laws in specific situations toyour benefit, then your influence over others increases significantly Some ofthe best masters ofthe ... ofthe concession on your part, of course, the better) You can also use this law to appeal to fairness For example, if the other party manipulates the physical environment by requiring that your...
... should useto find the best match for your project Step 1: Sourcing, or where I find one? You are now ready to spread the word The goal in this stage is to attract as many targeted developers toyour ... untapped talent in the form of students looking to gain important work experience in their fields To reach theright talent, go to job events held at universities, ask professors of technical departments, ... Personal net working Making useofyour professional and personal resources and contacts is one ofthe biggest rewards of maintaining professional friendships Attend meetings in your area for entrepreneurs...
... and early brain aging The number in parentheses indicates the severity ofthe risk: the higher the number, the more severe the risk factor Work to eliminate as many of these risk factors as possible: ... inflammatory chemicals and store toxic materials in the body One ofthe reasons I want my patients to know their BMI is that it stops them from lying to themselves about their weight I was sitting ... Ed’s Brain SPECT Scan (showing slices from the top ofthebraintothe bottom) See slices 15 and 16 to see the “lobster sign” Normal Brain SPECT Scan Ed’s Brain SPECT Scan Full, even, symmetrical...
... WELCOME TOTHE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 17 As shown, each face ofthe pyramid concerns the expectations of one ofthe following: your customer, your management, or your team Each face ofthe pyramid ... reports The meetings are not a chance for you to beat them up or to tell them how to their jobs but rather should be pegged to their agenda—what they want to talk about, factors that affect their ... followers learn how to work together Your job is to get the team to work together so that needed information flows quickly and accurately There is no time to waste To make all this work, your functional...
... share of profits, even if the partnership chooses to reinvest the profits in the business rather than distributing all of them tothe partners The technical way of saying this is that the partners ... available tothe owners of other partnerships: While the owners remain liable for the financial consequences of their own malpractice, they are not liable for the malpractice ofthe other professionals ... worker—if only to allow themselves to have more weekend time away from the business They each realize they’ll have to take a temporary cut in their share of paid-out profits to fund the move and...
... there signal tothe neurons in the SCN to begin firing The SCN toggles a biological switch setting off a process that tells the pineal gland to shut off the flow of melatonin, start the waking ... regions ofthe cerebral cortex the four lobes ofthe thinking brain 25 c02_2.indd 25 6/25/09 9:58 AM 26 The Scientific American Day in the Life ofYourBrainThe Seat of Consciousness The associative ... birth ofyour first child, the horror ofthe 9/11 terrorist attack, the pain of a near-death car accident Your emotions make the events and your experience of them ever vivid; your memory keeps them...
... also draw pictures ofthe place you went or the things you did Don’t put anything important in the center ofthe frame where the photograph will go Now glue your photograph in the center ofthe ... and lots of fun places to go You know the people in your family There are so many other people and places to find out about too! You know your bedroom and the other rooms in your house y man ... About the pagination of this eBook Due tothe unique page numbering scheme of this book, the electronic pagination ofthe eBook does not match the pagination ofthe printed version To navigate the...
... WELCOME TOTHE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 17 As shown, each face ofthe pyramid concerns the expectations of one ofthe following: your customer, your management, or your team Each face ofthe pyramid ... WELCOME TOTHE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 11 Attempting to create successful project teams through theuseof squishy-sounding words like these is often derided as theuseof soft skills But the ability ... because they seem to provide actionable data and create the appearance of positive action when implemented Managers who put these tools into place often only appear to be doing something useful The...
... reports The meetings are not a chance for you to beat them up or to tell them how to their jobs but rather should be pegged to their agenda—what they want to talk about, factors that affect their ... followers learn how to work together Your job is to get the team to work together so that needed information flows quickly and accurately There is no time to waste To make all this work, your functional ... Charles’s continue to shrink About thirty miles southwest of San Antonio is the small town of Devine And divine (sorry!) it is to leave the traffic and congestion ofthe Austin -to- San Antonio I-35 corridor...
... members in the areas that matter to them Help them to meet their own work goals Lead them in the effort to establish and meet the overriding team goal Of course, doing these things will make your management ... above us in the food chain Because I was new tothe semiconductor business and tothe culture ofthe group, I spent most ofthe first week or so chatting with people, explaining a bit of my philosophy ... world; the other is the schedule that the team is driven to meet Of course, the due date for the internal schedule is more aggressive, often much more aggressive, than what is shown tothe outside...
... Refuse to lie to customers, management, or your team It might be better for you to find a new job, no matter how painful that might be, than to try to find your way through the minefield of other ... projects I call one a trapper, used to win a contract or gain approval of a project, and the second a skinner, used to run the project Theuseof different individuals for these two roles allows for ... customers, your management, and your team what they need to hear, even if they vehemently not want to hear it at the time The wisdom (or emotional intelligence) is in knowing what they need to...
... are useful tothe people generating the data This requires that your approach tothe project be one of solving the team’s problems, rather than controlling the project Your mindset needs to be ... well together: > Coach your key team leaders in theright leadership skills Many of them have never been exposed to what it means to be a good leader I use my weekly one-on-ones with my staff to ... low That’s right, not lowball > Have a plan on how to roll the replan into your schedule going forward > Continue to have a way to show costs from the replan People are going to ask Bottom line:...