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      Bernd Hufnagl

      Working in a world

       of constant distraction

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE

       PROLOGUE

       CHAPTER 1: THE LOGIC OF OUR BRAIN

       FROG, AGGRESSION, AND IMPULSE CONTROL

       SHREWS, MEMORY, EMOTION, AND MOTIVATION

       CONTROLLER, CONSCIOUSNESS, REASON AND LANGUAGE

       INADEQUATE MEMORY

       CHAPTER 2: STRESS AND INNER RESISTANCE

       LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

       PROCESSING, STANDBY, OR OFFLINE MODE

       STRESS AND AUTONOMIC CONTROL

       LINKED EXPERIENCES AND INNER CONVICTION

       CONTROLLABLE AND UNCONTROLLABLE STRESS

       INNER RESISTANCE: RESILIENCY OR VULNERABILITY?

       CHAPTER 3: WORK AND OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM UNDER PRESSURE

       IS JOB BURNOUT JUST A FAD?

       DEFINITION AND CORE CRITERIA FOR BURNOUT AT WORK

       SALUTOGENISIS

       FERTILE GROUND FOR EXCESSIVE STRESS

       PRESENTEEISM

       CHAPTER 4: WORKING IN MULTITASKING MODE

       A TYPICAL WORKING DAY

       WORK DISRUPTIONS

       MULTITASKING: SHOULD WE DO EVERYTHING SIMULTANEOUSLY, OR SHOULD WE DO ONE THING AT A TIME?

       THE EFFECTS OF PERMANENT DISTRACTION AND CHRONIC MULTITASKING

       DOES MULTITASKING OFFER ANY BENEFITS?

       CHAPTER 5: BRAIN FRIENDLY EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT

       THE EVOLUTION OF LEADERSHIP

       MANAGEMENT AND HERD BEHAVIOR

       ACCEPTANCE OF LEADERSHIP

       PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMISM

       COMMUNICATION

       APPRECIATION AND MULTITASKING

       DELEGATING

       CHAPTER 6: MOTIVATION, DECISIONS, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE

       MOTIVATION AND MEMORY

       DECISIONS: A COMPETITION BETWEEN FROG, SHREW, AND CONTROLLER

       FREE WILL

       DO WE DECIDE WITH OUR GUT OR WITH OUR BRAIN?

       BIOLOGICAL DECISIONS

       THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE

       EPILOGUE

       LITERATURE

       IMPRINT

       PROLOGUE

      Have you ever been reading a book for a while, only to realize that you didn’t have the faintest idea what you had read for the last ten minutes? My guess is that you know exactly what I’m talking about. Or perhaps you have found yourself in the following situation: You’re sitting at the breakfast table reading the newspaper. You read the headline and the first two sentences of an article. Then, all of a sudden, you find yourself in the middle of the next article without knowing how you got there. You continue reading the rest of the newspaper in the same vein, unconsciously scanning and skipping from one article to another. This is referred to as executive reading and for many managers it’s a point of pride that their brain has the capacity to scan innumerable documents and e-mails at an impressive speed. What’s more, they even believe that they are able to fully grasp and retain the main ideas of the articles they have skimmed over. Perhaps it’s possible.

      Another common occurrence, both in the business world and in everyday life, is what is referred to as executive listening. For instance, let’s say a person is carrying

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