BRAIN DRAIN
Contents
Note to Reader v
Dedication vii
Introduction xi
PART I — The Automatic Brain 1
CHAPTER ONE • The Brain Drain Begins 3
CHAPTER TWO • The Automatic Brain 11
CHAPTER THREE • Stress and Optimism 17
CHAPTER FOUR • The Race 21
CHAPTER FIVE • Our Childish Brain 25
CHAPTER SIX • Independence—An Unlikely Suspect 31
CHAPTER SEVEN • What’s Love Got To Do With It? 39
CHAPTER EIGHT • A No Win Situation 49
CHAPTER NINE • The Ultimate Challenge 59
CHAPTER TEN • True Desires 69
CHAPTER ELEVEN • Manipulation, Seduction and Lies 81
CHAPTER TWELVE • Food for Thought 91
PART II — The Power of Our Mind 103
CHAPTER THIRTEEN • Stopping Brain Drain:
Discovering the Power of our Mind 105
CHAPTER FOURTEEN • The Right Choice 115
CHAPTER FIFTEEN • In the Eye of the Beholder 129
CHAPTER SIXTEEN • A Healthy Mind 143
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN • Cultivate Your Mind 157
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN • Death,
Dying, Quantum Physics,
and Possibility 169
CHAPTER NINETEEN • Daily Magic 179
PART III — Seven Days to Belief
• Day One 191
• Day Two 194
• Day Three 197
• Day Four 216
• Day Five 216
• Day Six 222
• Day Seven 230
Acknowledgments 237
About the Author 239