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    Our Learning Brain: Engaging Your Brain for Learning & Habit Change (#1 in the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series)
    Our Learning Brain: Engaging Your Brain for Learning & Habit Change (#1 in the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series)
    Our Learning Brain: Engaging Your Brain for Learning & Habit Change (#1 in the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series)
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    Our Learning Brain: Engaging Your Brain for Learning & Habit Change (#1 in the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series)

    By Celine Mullins

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    This ebook is the first in the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series. The MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series is based on the most up-to-date scientific research of how our brain potential can be maximised for habit change, learning, productivity and health. As a psychologist and coach working in organisations worldwide and with individuals, groups and teams, Dr. Celine Mullins – founder of Adaptas – noticed over the past 10 years that very few new discoveries from neuroscience are being integrated into education, learning and development or soft skills programmes. Scientists have made many exciting and ground-breaking discoveries on how the brain learns and changes throughout adulthood. However, much of this recent research from neuroscience, physiology, psychology and more is not being implemented into how we learn as adults. This ebook seeks to change that. This ebook will: Help you to use your brain more effectively when learning new skills, by offering simple and practical tips; Support you in breaking old habits and creating new ones; Give you great insights into organisational learning and development-related topics that you can use in your organisation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOak Tree Press
    Release dateOct 12, 2018
    ISBN9781781193402
    Our Learning Brain: Engaging Your Brain for Learning & Habit Change (#1 in the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series)

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      I found some new information here I must admit though if you have read the books, she is citing such as the Power of Habit, there is not much new, nonetheless it is a short read and a good reminder for information you already might have. If you are new to the topic, it is a good starter, and the author mentions several important thinkers in the field of neuroplasticity & learning.

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    Our Learning Brain - Celine Mullins

    OUR LEARNING BRAIN

    Engaging Your Brain for Learning & Habit Change

    Book 1 of the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series

    Dr. Celine Mullins

    Published by Oak Tree Press, Cork, Ireland

    www.oaktreepress.com / www.SuccessStore.com

    ISBN: 978-1-78119-340-2 (ePub)

    ISBN: 978-1-78119-341-9 (Kindle)

    ISBN: 978-1-78119-342-6 (PDF)

    ISBN: 978-78119-428-7 (PB)

    © 2018 Celine Mullins.

    Brain Images by Phillip Cullen

    All rights reserved. This book may not be reprinted or distributed in electronic, print, web or other format without express written permission.

    CONTENTS

    FOREWORD

    A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    WHY READ THIS BOOK?

    INTRODUCTION

    CHAPTER 1: THE IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADULT LEARNING AND HABIT CHANGE

    CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF THE BRAIN AND THE BRAIN’S SELF PROTECTION MODE

    CHAPTER 3: OVERCOMING THE BRAINS SELF PROTECTION MODE AND CREATING SUPPORTIVE HABITS

    KEY TAKE-AWAYS

    NOTES

    CELINE MULLINS

    ADAPTAS

    FOREWORD

    As Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and the Founding Director of the Institute of Neuroscience Trinity College, Dublin, I co-supervised Celine while she was a PhD student. Celine was always an ambitious and independent thinker. Her work since then – and some of it now available to you, the reader, in the MAXIMISING BRAIN POTENTIAL series – is no different.

    In this first book, Celine draws on newly-published knowledge about the brain’s role in habit to explain the complexities of the brain in the learning and habit change process. Her ability to translate this complex science into easy-to-understand prose means that readers of all backgrounds will be able to grasp the brain’s role in making changes and learn how to implement these changes for themselves. This book is also well-suited for those at management levels who want to make learning a priority for their staff.

    I can think of no one more qualified to write this book, as Celine has been putting the theories in this book into practice in her work for many years with the company she founded: Adaptas, a learning and development business through which Celine has successfully coached and facilitated learning in thousands of leaders and teams worldwide – from Ireland and the UK, to North America, to Africa. Her form of training is unique and receives exceptional reviews, with many people saying they wished they had learned this information 10 years previously. Her clients deliver overwhelmingly positive reviews, expressing appreciation for Celine's ability to create a safe space and create amazing outcomes.

    With this book, Celine brings to the reader the science and theory that drives her successful training. Celine’s insights should not be overlooked.

    Professor Ian Robertson – Clinical Psychologist and Neuroscientist, Author of The Stress Test: How Pressure Can Make You Stronger and Sharper; The Winner Effect: The Science of Success and How To Use It; Mind Sculpture: Your Brain's Untapped Potential; The Mind’s Eye: An Essential Guide to Boosting Your Mental Power

    A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

    The only skill that will be important in the 21st century is the skill of learning new skills. Everything else will become obsolete over time.

    Peter Drucker¹

    During my time working as a psychologist, coach and facilitator of learning and growth, I have had the opportunity to observe how we behave as individuals, teams and organisations. Cognitive science, psychology and neuroscience have taught us a lot about the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of our behaviour as humans. However, only the smartest organisations and educational institutions have taken what is applicable from these schools of thought, theory and research and applied it to how we learn and change habits. And this is a work in progress.

    If like me and many others I know, you have completed courses or attended workshops, but thereafter made few changes in your behaviour, then welcome to the club. There are many reasons for not making the planned changes that might surprise you and that are covered in this short book. Time and time again, in recent years I see the difference that knowing this information makes to a person’s commitment to change and to their own long-term behavioural change.

    Reading this book will help you to see learning from a new perspective. Awareness of the concepts in this book will help you to open up to learning new things and enable you to maintain the elements that make long-term behavioural change possible.

    How do I know this works?

    With my clients over the years,

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