Shift the Work

The Revolutionary Science of Moving From Apathetic to All in Using Your Head, Heart and Gut

Joe Mechlinski

• Verlag: Morgan James Publishing
• Jahr: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781642791730
• Thema: Business
• Thema: Workplace Culture

• From the New York Times best selling author of Grow Regardless, Shift The Work is a practical, actionable guide for readers who seek both personal and professional transformation.
• Applicable to today's clock-in clock-out society and written for employees who want more out of work and life.
• Shift The Work provides the tools and resources people need to re-inspire and empower employees to take control of their lives and find happiness in the workplace.
• A MUST READ for every employee, business leader, and entrepreneur who wants to look forward to Mondays again.
• Shift The Work offers an insightful and scientifically-inspired approach to employee engagement that inspires readers to think differently about culture, purpose, and perceptions.
• Not just a book, but a practical guide that makes readers do the work and take control of their own happiness in work and life.
• Shift The Work delivers stories, anecdotal evidence, neuroscience, statistics, and strategies aimed at helping all employees reconnect with their passions and find more fulfillment in work and life.

BRAIN #1

THE BRAIN IN YOUR HEAD.

This is what you automatically think of when you hear the word, “brain.”

Your head brain has 86 billion neurons, the cells that process and transmit information. It’s where synapses, electrical impulses, and hormones talk to each other, which is what allows for consciousness and awareness. Most importantly, it’s what gives you the ability to identify patterns and make sense of the world.

BRAIN #2

THE BRAIN IN YOUR HEART.

Yep, your heart has a brain, too.

Your heart houses more than 39 million neurons. It’s not nearly as many as the head, but it fills this gap with generating the largest electromagnetic field in the body. The heart sends as many messages to the head brain as it receives. Researchers in the field of energy cardiology have discovered that your heart creates thinking hormones similar to the type created in the head brain.

BRAIN #3

THE BRAIN IN YOUR GUT.

Your gut brain consists of two nerve centers called the myenteric and the submucosal, which have approximately 100 million neurons. This is more than the spinal cord.

The gut produces 70 percent of the hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful periods to regulate metabolism, control blood pressure, and assist with memory formulation. This gut brain is also responsible for processing information during sleep. 70 percent of serotonin—the neurotransmitter responsible for relaying signals across the brain to help you think clearer—is produced in the gut.

WHEN YOU LEARN TO LISTEN TO ALL THREE BRAINS, SOMETHING REMARKABLE HAPPENS: YOU FINALLY GO ALL IN ON LIFE.

 

THE JOURNEY

TO SHIFT…

 

 

 

 

PROLOGUE

INTRODUCTION: The Engagement Crisis

CHAPTER 1: Work On Purpose

CHAPTER 2: Evolutionary Engagement

CHAPTER 3: The Fire Inside

CHAPTER 4: Timelessness Will Set You Free

CHAPTER 5: Do You Thump?

CHAPTER 6: No Guts, No Glory!

CHAPTER 7: Shift Happens, Will You?

CHAPTER 8: Your Innovation, Inspiration, & Impact

CHAPTER 9: The Dare

CONCLUSION

Acknowledgments

Notes

THIS ISN’T JUST A BOOK.

IT’S INTENDED TO INSPIRE YOUR SOUL.

GRAB A PEN, TURN THE PAGE, AND GET READY TO

DO THE
WORK!

PROLOGUE

DEATH IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU FIND IT ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR.

DEATH IS DIFFERENT WHEN THE WALLS ARE SPLATTERED WITH BLOOD.

DEATH IS DIFFERENT WHEN THE SMELL OF ROT IS IN THE AIR.

And death is definitely different when the corpse before you is not only the woman who brought you into this world, but the scene reveals she violently struggled until her last breath.

Since seeing my mothe...