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Do you want to... Turn your brain into a co-player not an opponent? Create that crucial readiness to change in yourself and others? Build a stronger repertoire in whatever you do? Then get to know the 8 keys on your inner piano. In Play Your Brain, award-winning trainer Anette Prehn and neuroscience researcher Kjeld Fredens introduce a groundbreaking approach to coaching yourself: through knowledge of how your brain works, combined with a playful, flexible, musical attitude in working along with it. Here are simple yet powerful tools for achieving the goals in your life and career. Whatever your experience in other instruments, you can become a virtuoso at playing your brain and playing your way to success
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ANETTE PREHN & KJELD FREDENS
PLAY YOUR BRAIN Adopt a Musical Mindset and Change Your Life and Career
“A masterpiece... One of those books you must have!” – Tobias Kiefer, Head of Global Learning and Development, Booz & Company
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P L AY YOUR BRAIN
“This book humanises science, by exploring how things work in relation to how we work. And the key to this exploration is music. The brain as jazz band is a delightful analogy — a collection of cells that plays and improvises in harmony. No longer will it be thought of as a lump in the head on a trajectory of decay, but rather, an infinitely adaptable and playful part of all we are and know.” — Stephen Hough, classical pianist, composer & writer “What companies need today are adaptable, innovative and collaborative people. Play Your Brain convincingly demonstrates how to achieve this and strengthen your results by adopting a musical mindset. A must-buy for anyone working in ever-changing environments, and aiming to deliver out-of-the-box performance.” — Alex Myers, President & CEO, ArjoHuntleigh “A pioneer work in the emerging field of applied neuroscience, Play Your Brain likens the brain to a jazz band — in its capacity to improvise and make new connections. The authors show how to maximise its enormous potential, through immensely thoughtful, practical and brain-based suggestions. Highly recommended!” — Paul T. Brown, Visiting Professor in Organisational Neuroscience, London South Bank University
“A masterpiece, and tight to the core, Play Your Brain is essential reading for all leaders and managers who want to orchestrate their employees and organisations to become highly self-regulated. Combining brain science with real-life examples, this book paves the way to implementation in relation to everyday challenges. One of those books you must have!” — Tobias Kiefer, Head of Global Learning & Development, Booz & Company “How do you acquire the readiness to change that is so sought after in today’s business environment — but also so hard to achieve without the nearly insurmountable effort and cost of ‘change programmes’ and course activity? Play Your Brain shows you how. If playing certain ‘keys’ does not deliver — change! If you feel stuck on a key — change! If your ‘melody’ goes out of tune — change! Thus readiness to change and a flexible mindset become a natural part of your approach to life and business. An engaging and very approachable book for any layer of an organisation.” — Henriette Kistrup, Supply Chain Director, Carlsberg UK “Mathematics and melancholy, poetry and logic, narrow rules and grandiose dreams — all possible strategies and inspirations unite themselves in the musician. Play Your Brain makes clear how everyone can gain from approaching life and goals in musical ways. The inspirational potential of this book is immense.” — Morten Zeuthen, Professor, Royal Danish Academy of Music
“Play Your Brain is like a wise friend offering tools and pointers for acting in useful ways and staying on top of situations. It is great to be able to ‘look up inside yourself’ when you