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OVERLOADED CIRCUITS: WHY SMART PEOPLE UNDERACHIEVE:

Frenzied executives who fidget through meetings, lose track of their appointments, and jab at the "door close" button on the elevator aren't crazy--just crazed. They suffer from a newly recognized neurological phenomenon that the author, a psychiatrist, calls attention deficit trait, or ADT.

It isn't an illness; it's purely a response to the hyperkinetic environment in which we live. But it has become epidemic in today's organizations.

When a manager is desperately trying to deal with more input than he possibly can, the brain and body get locked into a reverberating circuit while the brain's frontal lobes lose their sophistication, as if vinegar were added to wine.

The result is black-and-white thinking; perspective and shades of gray disappear. People with ADT have difficulty staying organized, setting priorities, and managing time, and they feel a constant low level of panic and guilt read more...

Denni Francisco

Director of Qualia Learning Network

Reminder: The Superworking Coaching Program

"We move towards that which we observe"

The Superworking Coaching Program is a one-on-one coaching program for executives who have completed the Superworking program. It is a fast track to cement the tools and techniques learnt into long-term behaviours for achievement.

With a deep connection to building personal resilience, the coaching sessions help to develop and accomplish goals aligned with your vision and values and to enhance leadership skills whilst building creativity, clarity and energy under pressure. Based on the extensive research behind the Superworking program, these are practical techniques that can be used to tap into the vast unused resources of your mind and body.

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QRTSuperworking Tool Reminders

QRT... "the most important part of the day is the space we take between two deep breaths"

QRTAffirmation: "I slowly and deeply breath in and out…… and feel my body relaxing and my mind calming"

The Power of Self Efficacy:

Corporate Sessions

In the August 2009 Issue
Superworking Coaching Program NEW
Superworking Tool Reminders  
Information Sharing - Video Link
Recommended Reading
Resources
Superworking Program Dates

Information Sharing

The Benefits of Mindfulness
by John Kabat-Zinn
View the video link

Recommended Reading

Happier

The Pursuit of PERFECT
by Tal Ben-Shahar

Using groundbreaking new research in the field of positive psychology – the scientific principles taught in his wildly popular course at Harvard University, Ben-Shahar takes us off the impossible pursuit of perfection and directs us to the way to happiness, richness, and true fulfillment. He shows us an optimal way of thinking about failure and success.

Resources

The Leadership Consortium

Superworking Program Dates

Melbourne
Monday 16, 23, 30 Nov, 7 Dec 2009

Sydney
Wednesday 18, 25 Nov 2, 9 Dec 2009

We thank you for passing this information onto anyone you feel can benefit from the program… they may thank you also!

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