Bill Lucas, a leading international expert on life-long learning, shows that while we have learned more about how the brain works in the last decade than we have ever known, only a fraction of this is grasped and applied by most people. Power Up Your Mind applies this practical knowledge for the first time and shows you how to learn. Drawing on research from a wide variety of subject areas, from neuroscience to psychology, from motivation theory to accelerated learning, from memory to diet, this book shows how everyone has the capacity to succeed and how most people use only a very small...

Discover Your Hidden Talents opens up an exciting world of self-discovery and new opportunities. It shows you how you can overcome your personal barriers, master powerful learning skills and unlock the door to greater success in work, study, sport - in fact any area of your life. Including: simple exercises to reveal your learning habits; how to develop your Personal Learning Action Plan; clever techniques to improve your memory, resourcefulness, resilience and your ability to respond creatively to new situations; family learning and learning at work; helpful reference section - who's who in...

Drawing on new and emerging sciences and using approaches previously applied in other domains, this title describes some of the practical steps you can take at home, at school, in the workplace and in the wider community to ensure that you can constantly adapt to new circumstances.