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Calendar use, 53–54
“Capture and create” method, 207 Carrey, Jim, 100–101
Central nervous system (CNS), 34, 39
Cerebral cortex, 35
Challenging yourself, flow and, 174–175 Chocolate, dark, 131, 135, 284
Cirillo, Francesco, 48
Clean environment, 138–139
Clear, James, 155
Cocoa-Cinnamon-ginger “Hot Chocolate,” 135 Coelho, Paulo, 182
Cohen, Gillian, 217
Commitment page, 56, 57
Commitments, 115, 123 Competence, four levels of, 195–196 Comprehension, reading, 245–246
Comstock, Beth, 96 Concentration
ability research, 48
de-cluttering environment and, 186 defined, 185
in learning how to learn, 12 as a muscle, 185, 186
practicing, 184–186
in reading comprehension, 246 success and, 184
Connection, 25, 37
Conscious awareness, 31
Conscious competence, 195–196
Conscious incompetence, 195 Consolidation stage, flow, 172 “Conventional wisdom,” 106 Conviction, lack of, 176–177 Cortisol, 141, 176
Counting, reading and, 250–251
Coyle, Daniel, 105
Cramming, 197–198, 199. See also study Creighton, Mandell (Bishop), 58 Criticism of others matters LIE, 100–102 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 169–170

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Dandapani, 184, 185 Da Vinci, Leonardo, 7
De Bono, Edward, 256–257 Decision-making
cerebellum and, 35 digital deduction and, 28
mental model for, 265–266 De-cluttering environment, 186
Deduction, 28. See also digital deduction Dementia, xvi, 5, 138. See also digital
dementia Depression
cortisol and, 177
fear of failure and, 176 lack of sleep and, 114, 142 refined sugar and, 130
Diet, brain, 130–135
Digital deduction. See also supervillains about, 28–31
defined, xvi, 30
Kwik Start, 31
technology and, 28–29
Digital deluge. See also supervillains about, 22–24
defined, xvi
half-life of information and, 24 health risks, 23–24
Kwik Start, 24
Digital dementia. See also supervillains
about, 26–28
defined, xvi, 26
Kwik Start, 28
outsourcing brain and, 27–28 Digital depression, 30
Digital distraction. See also supervillains about, 24–26 defined, xv
information processing and, 25 Kwik Start, 26
multitasking and, 26 Distractions
de-cluttering environment and, 186 eliminating, 173, 177
focus and, 186
learning how to learn and, 12 memory and, 235
time and, 187–188, 189
Dopamine, 25
Doughtie, Lynne, 108
DREAMS mnemonic, 164–165
Dreams, remembering, 164–165
Drucker, Peter, 20
Dryden, John, 148
Duhigg, Charles, 155
Dweck, Carol, 90–91, 163
Dwyer, Ryan, 25
Dyer, Wayne, 88
Dynamo genius, 78
Dyslexia, 99