“Most of what happened yesterday, let alone last week or last year, is literally deleted from your brain at night.” - Rahul Jandial, Life Lessons From a Brain Surgeon:The New Science and Stories of the Brain Rahul Jandial, Life Lessons From a Brain Surgeon:The New Science and Stories of the Brain “Beginning in early adulthood, dopamine levels, which affect both physical movement and reward-motivated behavior (in addition to a bunch of other things), decline by about 10 percent every decade. Written by a renowned neuroscientist and neurosurgeon, the book offers numerous brain-related insights and stories and proposes quick and easy exercises regarding topics such as:Ĭonsidering the variety of topics covered, the book’s easy-to-read, light tone, and the great number of insights it offers, it truly escapes me why it’s not more popular - IMO, it deserves a place next to the widely-known top non-fiction books. If that scenario sounds interesting, then you should definitely grab this book. You will reflect on the lighthouses in your own life and be reminded that the greatest heroes are alongside us-and within us.Would you like to read about the way the human brain works while also discovering how you can rewire it in order to improve various areas of your life?

With a unique vision for building up individuals and communities and restoring trust, The Lighthouse Effect opens your eyes to those who are quietly heroic. The humble gestures of kindness that change the course of our lives can shift the course for America too.

Through stories of people like John and several others, you will identify how the hardships you have overcome equip you to be a 'human lighthouse,' inspiring those around you. John gave Steve a safe harbor after Steve escaped an abusive foster home and together they navigated a new path that led to personal and professional success. Steve Pemberton found a lighthouse in an ordinary man named John Sykes, his former high school counselor. We are adrift in a dark sea of disillusionment and distrust and we need 'human lighthouses' to give us hope and direct us back to the goodness in each other and in our own hearts. Our polarized, divisive culture seems to be without heroes and role models. In this stirring follow-up to his memoir, Steve Pemberton gives practical encouragement for how you can be a 'human lighthouse' for others and through these inspiring stories will renew your hope for humanity.

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