Sharp

14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science

Use neuroscience to unlock your mental potential and tackle life's challenges with ease. After all, your brain is your business.

Coming April 2025

“This user’s guide to your brain is the most practical, down-to-earth, and funny manual on mastering your life I’ve ever read.”

—Eddie Stern, author of One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life and co-creator of the Breathing App

What if your best days weren’t left to chance, but something you could control and activate at will?

Most of us want to be a little happier, a little more focused, and a lot less stressed. We want simple approaches that are easy to fold into our everyday lives.

In Sharp, you’ll discover dozens of evidence-backed strategies to help you unlock your potential and enhance your performance—whether at work, school, home, or in relationships. Therese Huston unpacks the latest neuroscience research to deliver a gold mine of techniques to help you feel your sharpest including:

how a calming deep breathing technique improves decision-making
exactly what kind of exercise helps you think on your feet
what brain science says you should look for in a doctor, and
how to get focused on your most unfocused days.

Forget the hard-to-implement advice of "get more sleep"—Sharp dives into more innovative, actionable tips that can make a difference in your daily routine. Best of all, many of these strategies take five minutes or less.

If you’re looking to be a little happier, a lot more productive, and far less stressed, Sharp offers solutions you’ve been waiting for.

“This book should be read by anyone who’s ever wished they could turn a frazzled mind into focused energy. Sharp distills the latest findings in neuroscience into straightforward, actionable insights for your everyday life. Imagine if, instead of hoping for a good day, you had the tools to create one. With Sharp, you can.”

—Scott Barry Kaufman, author of Transcend and Director of the Center for Human Potential, Columbia University
“A fun, fact-filled exploration of the neuroscience of self-improvement, offering suggestions everyone can use. Huston presents a clear and engaging review of scientific findings, often overturning conventional wisdom, and pointing to simple ways we all can be sharper, healthier, happier and more constructive at work and in all phases of our lives.”

— James McClelland, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology
“This user’s guide to your brain is the most practical, down-to-earth, and funny manual on mastering your life I’ve ever read.”

—Eddie Stern, author of One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life and co-creator of the Breathing App
“This book stands out (and is outstanding) from the pack of books that offer advice and assistance to improve one’s performance and well-being. The book provides concrete steps and daily practices that emerge from the thoughtful analysis of behavior, coupled with the depth of knowledge about biology and neuroscience. Dr Huston’s training as a scientist, teacher, educator and friend has allowed her to do the hard work of scoping out ways to improve your productivity and efficiency. There are toolkits that a savvy but overwhelmed person can implement and there are within-reach changes that take immediate effect. Run, do not walk, to get this book, and read it cover-to-cover.”

—Marlene Behrmann, Psychology professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh