Book description
-
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.
Dr Raj Persaud is a consultant psychiatrist working at London's
Maudsley Hospital, the author of the critically acclaimed books
Staying Sane
and
From the Edge of the Couch
, and the presenter of Radio 4's
All in the Mind
. Unusually for a psychiatrist he also holds a degree in psychology
which he obtained with First Class Honours. He has received numerous
academic awards and prizes for the innovative nature of his research,
including the prestigious Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Medal
and Prize and The Maudsley Hospital's own Denis Hill Prize, as well as
the exclusive medical award for the Osler Medal. In 2004 he was
appointed Gresham Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry. In
2002 the
Independent on
Sunday
conducted a poll amongst members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
and the Institute of Psychiatry to discover who were the top ten
psychiatrists in the UK as rated by fellow clinicians. Dr Raj Persaud
was the youngest doctor to make it into this esteemed list. He lives in
London.
