Brainblocks: Overcoming the 7 Hidden Barriers to Success

By Theo Tsaousides

Book Overview

Brainblocks are the mental obstacles that keep people from achieving success, defined as setting, pursuing, and achieving a goal. Managing the brain is the solution to preventing mental blocks from interfering with achieving your goals. And neuropsychologist Dr. Theo Tsaousides gives you the tools to improve: Awareness: - the seven brainblocks to success (self-doubt, procrastination, impatience, multitasking, rigidity, perfectionism, negativity) - the characteristic feelings, thoughts, and actions associated with each brainblock - the brain functions involved in goal-oriented action - brain glitches and how they create setbacks - the cost of not removing brainblocks - the best strategies to remove the blocks Engagement: - actively search for brainblocks in your actions, thoughts, and feelings - recognize and label each brainblock as soon as it is identified - practice each strategy consistently until it becomes second nature - track your progress toward a goal Through these strategies you will learn to overcome these cognitive obstacles and harness the power of the brain to achieve success in any endeavor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735205450
• ISBN13: 9780735205451
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher