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Spark
- The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Fitness, Diet & Nutrition
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「気が散ってしまい、いつも集中が続かない」
「仕事や勉強で毎日疲れている」
「本番や締切りが近づいて、せっぱ詰まっている」。そう思う方、必読です。
本書で、あなたの集中力を劇的にアップさせる、
食事、睡眠、場所、運動、時間…など、
私が日々実行している即効性の高い18のメンタリズムをご紹介します。
実際に、私もこの「集中メソッド」で、次のような
たくさんの仕事や勉強をムリなくこなせています。
“TV出演、企業研修、経営者への戦略的なアドバイス、
ニコニコ動画を週4回放送、
毎日20冊の読書、ほぼ毎日のフィットネスジム通い、
まとまった休暇での海外旅行。”
尚、この本では、その場で試すことができる「知識」はもちろん、
すぐに効果が表れる「ワーク」も掲載しています。
本書を読むことで、たとえ疲れたままでも高い集中力を保つことができ、
仕事や勉強が短時間で片づけられるようになります。
本書は、自分の心を操る「行動と集中力の絶対法則」を、著者が初めて明らかにした1冊となります。
By: メンタリストDaiGo
Publisher's Summary
A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the best-selling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD.
Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance.
In Spark, John J. Ratey, MD, embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's.
Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, which has put this school district of 19,000 kids first in the world of science test scores), Spark is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning run - or, for that matter, simply the way you think.
Critic Reviews
"SPARK is just what we need - a thoughtful, interesting, scientific treatise on the powerful and positive impact of exercise on the brain. In mental health, exercise is a growth stock and Ratey is our best broker." (Ken Duckworth, MD, medical director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness)
"Bravo! This is an extremely important book. What Cooper did decades ago for exercise and the heart, Ratey does in SPARK for exercise and the brain. Everyone - teachers, doctors, managers, policy-makers, individuals trying to lead the best kind of life - can benefit enormously from the utterly convincing and brilliantly documented thesis of this ground-breaking work. People know that exercise helps just about everything, except anorexia, but it will surprise most people just how dramatically it improves all areas of mental functioning. So, get moving! You're brain will thank you and repay you many times over." (Edward Hallowell, MD, The Hallowell Centers)
"At last a book that explains to me why I feel so much better if I run in the morning! This very readable book describes the science behind the mind-body connection and adds to the evidence that exercise is the best way to stay healthy, alert, and happy!" (Dr. Susan M. Love, author of Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book and Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book)