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Thread 1:

Financial gain activates the same reward circuitry as cocaine. Risk-taking activities that result in a series of lucky gains may induce a potentially destructive feedback loop.(pg. 69)

Thread 2:

Financial loss appears to activate the same fight or flight circuitry as a physical attack, elevating heart rate, blood pressure and hyper-alertness. Once triggered, this circuit over- rides others and is very difficult to interrupt.(pg. 69)

Thread 3:

Moderate emotional processing appears essential to making sound risk-reward decisions. Both too much and too little emotion can trigger irrational behavior.(pg. 70)

Thread 4:

Our perception of the world is a fantasy that happens to coincide with reality. One reason for that is each individual brain creates their own version of reality.(pg. 77)

Thread 5:

We see a silent enemy creeping into our society. People and organizations are loath to admit that their jobs and even things like sports are addictions parading as something benign.(pg. 70)

Thread 6:

New tools and approaches are revolution- izing concepts crucial to business. Four key networks impact the brain at work: Default (Creative) Reward (Pleasure) Affect (Emotional) Control (Executive)(pgs. 27-38)

Thread 7:

Experts can see patterns and meaning where others see a blur – and they can see them more quickly. Experts are better able to assign prob- abilities and make better decisions under pressure.(pg. 51)

Thread 8:

We have some ideas about what underlies catastrophic decisions. Low brain energy levels combined with conflicting demands, powerful emotions, stress and/ or fear make our passion impulses take over.

(pg. 56)

Thread 9:

A well-developed and practiced prefrontal cortex and its executive functions are at the heart of effective leadership. The most important executive function is the ability to manage oneself.

(pg. 58)

Thread 10:

Imagine a world in which high level discussions will take place with a brain- chemistry profile on each participant. Who is low in oxy- tocin? Who’s creaking on cortisol? Who’s tanked up on testosterone?(pg. 65)

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Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

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Slide 5 - http://www.davidmcelroy.org/?p=3788

Slide 11 - http://popaganda.gr/oscars-2015-oi-adikies/

Slide 10 - https://nocompromiseleadership.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/

Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 9 - https://harmonyofchaos.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/patterns-found-in-nature/

Slide 8 - http://quantumleapalchemy.com/tag/creativity-workplace/

Slide 7 - http://www.addictionrehabblog.com/2013_12_01_archive.html

Slide 4 - http://dailym.ai/1KSUEP8

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