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Make Your Brain Work: Perform at a Higher Level 3rd Edition
Author(s): Amy Brann (Author)
- Publisher: Kogan Page
- Publication Date: August 26, 2025
- Edition: 3rd
- Language: English
- Print length: 376 pages
- ISBN-10: 1398622958
- ISBN-13: 9781398622951
Book Description
Boost focus, performance and mental energy at work without burning out.
Make Your Brain Work is the science-backed guide for anyone juggling multiple responsibilities and aiming to improve focus, boost performance and maintain mental energy without burning out. Whether you’re managing a busy workload or preparing for your next career move, this book helps you stay productive, sharp and in control, even under pressure.
Neuroscience expert, Amy Brann breaks down cutting-edge brain research into practical, everyday strategies. You’ll learn how to beat mental fatigue, block out distractions, improve decision-making and build lasting cognitive habits that keep you performing at your best.
If you want to lead with clarity, manage stress more effectively or make smarter choices when it matters most, Make Your Brain Work gives you the tools to thrive, not just survive, in today’s demanding workplaces.
Themes include: mental performance, workplace wellbeing, focus and productivity, stress management, adaptive decision-making, cognitive resilience
Editorial Reviews
Review
“High performance is a choice, it’s an opt-in, not a dip-in. In thisbook, Amy addresses how to be accountable for our own performance,to notice and adapt our behaviours and how to set ourselves up to reach our full potential.” ―
Nigel Redman, Director of Performance Team Development, RFU“Unlocking your full potential is at the heart of the purpose at Recordati. As a pharmaceutical company our purpose is ‘unlocking the full potential of life’. I like to believe that the passion for this is at the heart of our success as a company. Amy has helped us to unlock our own full potential by better understanding our brain, by shedding light on how our brain can get in the way. The Insights Amy provides have helped me to get more out of myself, our people, and our company. This is not a new trick but really provides tools to unleash potential and embark on a life-long growth and learning journey.” ―
Rob Koremans, MD, CEO Recordati“As the world gets increasingly complex, ambiguous and fast paced, Make Your Brain Work provides an essential set of practical tips, based on scientific research, on how to navigate through and understand what is really going on in our heads!” ―
Simon Brown, Global Learning & Development Leader and Partner, Talent Team, EY“A game-changer for anyone trying to succeed in a high-pressure, distraction-filled world. Practical, science-backed, and deeply human.” ―
Irina Iashvili, Director of Professional Development, ICF SingaporeAbout the Author
Author, consultant and global speaker Amy Brann is the founder of Synaptic Potential, through which she works with companies including Warner Brothers, EY, Twinings, the NHS and Mondelez International, to help them better understand their teams, clients and organizations as a whole. She was named by HR Magazine as one of the most influential HR thinkers in 2023.
She is the author of Make Your Brain Work and Neuroscience for Coaches, published by Kogan Page.
