The Motivated Mind: Science Of Fulfillment and How To Get What You - Softcover

Persaud, Raj

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593046951 ISBN 13: 9780593046951

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2005

Synopsis

Do you make New Year resolutions? Almost everyone does, because we want to achieve positive personal change. But did you know that most resolutions are repeated five years in a row, and that the vast majority are broken by June. Have you ever dieted? Yet if diets work, why do we need so many, and new ones all the time? The evidence shows that we persist in buying diet books and following fitness fads because we want to believe the new approach will be the one that works...Today, we seem to be obsessed with advantage and disadvantage, fairness and the level playing field, without realizing that in life, the ability to overcome obstacles is a key part of any success strategy - as is our inner drive and motivation. In The Motivated Mind, award-winning author and psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud investigates the latest research on this fascinating subject - and he comes to some surprising conclusions. Complete with fascinating case studies, The Motivated Mind offers fresh & inspiring insights into understanding the key to success - the key to fulfilling your dream.

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About the Author

Dr Persaud is a consultant psychiatrist working in the British National Health Service at the world-famous Maudsley Hospital in south London, and an honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Uniquely for a doctor, he also holds a first-class honours degree in psychology from University College London, which recently awarded him the title of Fellow in recognition of his ground-breaking work in psychiatry. Other medical awards and honours include the prestigious Royal College of Psychiatrists' Research Prize and Medal, the Denis Hill Prize and the Osler Medal. Raj Persaud is the author of Staying Sane, The Motivated Mind and From the Edge of the Couch and his work has been published in academic medical journals, including the British Medical Journal. He writes regularly for the national press and hosts BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind - the only broadcast series dedicated specifically to reporting on academic psychology and psychiatry. He also appears regularly on television programmes such as Question Time, Newsnight and Tomorrow's World. In a recent poll of members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists published in the Independent on Sunday newspaper, he was voted one of the top ten psychiatrists in the UK. He is married to an eye surgeon, has a son and a daughter, and lives in London.

From the Back Cover

Almost everyone makes New Year resolutions, which is a testament to the strength of our desire to achieve positive personal change. And the research on precisely what we resolve to change is very revealing. Most resolutions are repeated five years in a row, but the vast majority are broken by June.
 
Another paradox at the heart of our desire for personal improvement is the multi-billion-pound diet industry. If diets work, why do we need so many, and new ones all the time? The psychological evidence shows that we persist in buying diet books and following fitness fads because we believe that the new approach contains the answer to why we ve always failed in the past. In fact, the missing ingredient in all our attempts to achieve change is not a chemical or an exercise regime, but a frame of mind and motivation is the key. The question is, how exactly do we motivate ourselves to achieve that elusive dream?
In this illuminating new book, the award-winning author and psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud answers this question and many more as he investigates the latest psychological research on motivation. And he comes up with some surprising conclusions.

Complete with fascinating case studies, The Motivated Mind offers a fresh and inspiring approach to understanding the key to success the key to fulfilling your dreams.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593046951
• ISBN 13: 9780593046951
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528