Your most important tool to be successful is your brain. What do you know about your brain that is of practical help every day to get the best out of it? Most people, even highly educated professionals, do not know anything about their brain and what they know is often not correct and not useful.Even without this knowledge about their brain, more and more people discover that the way they use their computers and especially their smartphones does not improve, but undermines their intellectual productivity and even their health. Quite a few then worry that there is something wrong with themselves, since everybody else seems to have no problem interacting all the time with their smartphones and with multitasking.Hundreds of research publications, however, support this idea that the way people use their great technology indeed undermines their intellectual work, instead of enhancing it. This research also clearly demonstrates that this is true for everybody who is always connected and multitasking.This book is a very short and crisp version of the comprehensive book "BrainChains. Discover your brain and unleash its full potential in a hyperconnected world"."BrainChains" is about how to fully develop the synergy between your brilliant brain and your amazing Information and Communication Technology (ICT), computers in general and smartphones in particular, to become more intellectually productive.Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the human brain, you will get the best from your brain and your technology and become measurably more productive, more creative, in less time and with less stress.When "BrainChains" became a bestseller, Dr. Compernolle discovered an interesting paradox. The people who need "BrainChains" the most to become more efficient, do not have the time to read a comprehensive book, to understand how to develop an optimal synergy between their brain and their ICT, to become more efficient, productive and creative. Therefore, he wrote this brief "directions for use" for your brain, with only 50 pages of 250 words, one subject per page, to explain the basic knowledge about the brain that you need to know to understand the five BrainChains and the five BrainChain-breakers.
About the Author: Prof Dr Theo Compernolle MD. PhD. is an independent international consultant, executive (team)coach, trainer and key-note speaker. He consults, teaches and coaches professionals, managers and executives in a wide range of (multi)national companies, professional services firms and training institutions in many different cultures and countries. He holds these sessions in English, Dutch and French. He is an adjunct professor at the CEDEP European Centre for Executive Development. He teaches and coaches in the executive programs of business schools like INSEAD in France and TIASNIMBAS in the Netherlands. He has held the positions of Suez Chair in Leadership and Personal Development at the Solvay Business School, Adjunct Professor at INSEAD, visiting professor at several business schools and Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam. As a medical doctor, neuro-psychiatrist, psychotherapist and business consultant, Theo studies research from very different fields including medicine, biology, psychology, neurology, physiology and management. He then passes on this knowledge, in a memorable way, to all kinds of professionals. His clients often call his sessions "Science made simple and useful". Theo was first drawn into the world of business after the publication of his PhD about stress caused quite a stir in the media. Since then he has become an expert on the emotional and relational aspects of leadership, especially in times of conflict, stress and change. He has published several non-fiction books and more than a hundred scientific articles. Three of his books became bestsellers and long-sellers ao. "STRESS: FRIEND AND FOE. Vital Stress Management at work and in the family" and the dutch translation of "'BRAINCHAINS. Discover your brain to unleash your performance in a hyperconnected multitasking world." Available from Amazon.com, Createspace https: //www.createspace.com/4731062 or a bookshop near you. He has also been the director of several inpatient and outpatient departments. Theo gained a Ph.D. on his research into stress from the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). He is certified as a psychotherapist and as medical specialist in neuropsychiatry and psychotherapy. He trained at the universities of Amsterdam (The Ne¬therlands), Leiden (The Netherlands) and Pennsylvania (USA) where he was a fellow. He graduated as a Medical Doctor from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium).