CONTENTS

Cover

Other Books by This Author

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

PART 1


THE MORNING—
Waking Up, Getting Ready, Getting Gone

6:30 a.m.:    Insight or Energy: Should You Hit the Snooze Button?

6:35 a.m.:    The Difference Between Asleep and Awake

6:45 a.m.:    Use the Power of Newness to Wake Up Your Senses

7:00 a.m.:    Do You Crow with the Roosters or Hoot with the Owls?

7:15 a.m.:    Here’s What Your Brain Likes for Breakfast

7:30 a.m.:    Morning! Panic! Multitask!

7:40 a.m.:    The (Reverse) Power of Positive Thinking

7:45 a.m.:    How to Plan Your Day

8:00 a.m.:    The Problem with Puzzles

8:05 a.m.:    How to Remember Where You Put Your Car Keys

8:15 a.m.:    Setting Your Positivity Clock

8:30 a.m.:    Why You Can’t Remember Street Names or Directions

8:35 a.m.:    How to Pick a Car Radio Station

8:45 a.m.:    Why American Brains Commute Alone

8:50 a.m.:    Should You Make Out While Driving?

8:55 a.m.:    How to Parallel Park

PART 2


THE DAY—
Work, Thinking Skills, and Willpower

9:05 a.m.:    How to Pay Attention

9:15 a.m.:    Fourteen Ways You Are a Puppet to Your Unconscious

9:30 a.m.:    If You Believe You Have More Willpower, You Have More Willpower

10:00 a.m.:  How to Step Up, Not Fade Away, in the Face of Workplace Stress

10:30 a.m.:  Should You Paint Your Office Red or Blue?

11:00 a.m.:  If Not IQ, Then What? Practical Intelligence Helps You Surf Work Dilemmas

Noon:              What Is Your Learning Style?

12:30 p.m.:  How to Make a Creative Idea Pop into Existence

1:00 p.m.:    Should You Do Today What Could Be Put Off Until Tomorrow?

1:15 p.m.:    Pack Your Working Memory

2:00 p.m.:    It’s Only Two o’Clock. Are You Burned Out Already?

2:30 p.m.:    How to Read Your Coworkers’ Minds

3:00 p.m.:    The Secret to Solving All Your Problems

3:30 p.m.:    How to Find What You Need on the Internet

4:00 p.m.:    How to Be an Innovator

PART 3


THE EVENING—
Health, Family, Love, and Leisure

5:00 p.m.:    Does Your Brain Like One Drink a Day?

5:15 p.m.:    Pump Up Your Brain!

5:20 p.m.:    Your Brain vs. the Grocery Store

5:30 p.m.:    Why Kids Punch Each Other in the Backseats of Cars

5:45 p.m.:    How Parenting Changes the Brain

6:00 p.m.:    Love Is a Heady Chemical Cocktail

6:15 p.m.:    How to Know If Your Relationship Will Last

6:45 p.m.:    Should You Argue with Your Spouse When You’re Angry? How About When You’re Sad?

7:00 p.m.:    A Tiny Piece of Evidence That Suggests You Still Have the Brain of a Caveperson

7:20 p.m.:    How to Read Your Significant Other’s Mind

7:30 p.m.:    Happiness, Well-being, and Twinkies

8:00 p.m.:    Don’t Diss the Placebo Effect

8:30 p.m.:    Technology Is Eating Your Brain

9:00 p.m.:    Why You Should Stop Reading and Go to Sleep