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A revelatory exploration of how we can find meaning in the tumult of change, from a renowned cognitive scientist and host of the critically acclaimed podcast A Slight Change of Plans Life has a way of thwarting our best-laid plans. Out of nowhere, we’re confronting the end of a relationship...

"Subtly altered how I see the world." —Michelle Goldberg, New York Times “[Status and Culture] consistently posits theories I'd never previously considered that instantly feel obvious.” —Chuck Klosterman, author of The Nineties “Why are you the way that you are? Status and Culture...

If you think you are you, think again. Primate Change is a wide-ranging, polemical look at how and why the human body has changed since humankind first got up on two feet. Spanning the entirety of human history - from primate to transhuman - Vybarr Cregan-Reid's book investigates where we came from, who we are today and how modern technology will change us beyond recognition.

The different ways that social change happens, from unleashing to nudging to social cascades. How does social change happen? When do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it. White nationalist sentiments, on the other hand, were largely kept out of mainstream discourse; now there is no shortage of media outlets for them. In this book, with the help of behavioral economics, psychology and other fields, Cass Sunstein casts a bright new light on how change happens.

We live in troubled times: climate crisis, war and authoritarian ‘populism’ are just some of the challenges we are currently facing. Never has there been such a need for a new approach to politics – nor such an opportunity for one.

A pioneer in the field of behavioral science delivers a groundbreaking work that shows how finding your purpose in life leads to better health and overall happiness. Your life is a boat. You need a rudder. But it doesn’t matter how much wind is in your sails if you’re not steering toward a...

What is anger? Who is allowed to be angry? How can we manage our anger? How can we use it? It might seem like a day doesn’t go by without some troubling explosion of anger, whether we’re shouting at the kids, or the TV, or the driver ahead who’s slowing us down. In this audiobook, the first of its kind, Dr. Ryan Martin draws on 20 years plus of research, as well as his own childhood experience of an angry parent, to take an all-round view on this often-challenging emotion.

Learn to live a happier and healthier life with the help of this book—start changing behaviors and create new habits using fun and easy science-based solutions. What if you could easily and joyfully resolve the in-the-moment conflicts that often derail your eating and exercise goals? Much of...

On la croit naïve, inutile, réservée aux doux rêveurs. Pourtant, la science le prouve : la gentillesse améliore la santé, renforce la confiance, favorise la coopération et crée un avantage décisif, aussi bien dans nos relations personnelles que dans le monde des affaires. Dans ce livre inspirant et concret, Alain Samson démontre, preuves à l’appui, que la gentillesse est un levier stratégique. À travers des recherches scientifiques, des histoires réelles et des outils pratiques, il révèle comment de simples gestes de bienveillance transforment les individus, les équipes et les organisations.

A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind" - human and machine capabilities working together - has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?

The world needs leaders. Not just people holding titles, or elected into office whose only goal is to stay in their seat of power. But rather, it needs people with a clear vision, a compelling message, and the tools to leverage the power of their community to accomplish their goal. The Creator's Handbook is a concise study of the cognitive and psychological tools critical for aspiring leaders to adopt. It examines frameworks for optimizing your ability to find opportunities, for connecting with an audience, and for growing a motivated network of supporters.

In Communicate for Change, journalist and communication consultant Genelle Aldred offers suggestions and guidance to help us be better listeners, readers, watchers, and talkers. With insight drawn from years of experience, she breaks down the barriers to effective conversation so we can communicate in a more nuanced, thoughtful way and understand our part in bringing about a more just society. Thought-provoking and stimulating, it lays out how we can take that next step from learning and talking about anti-racism and unconscious bias to putting it into practice.

Whether you're a professional, business executive, manager, salesperson, coach or parent — we're all required to call on our persuasive powers to get others to do what we'd like them to do. This book helps you to uncover these gifts. It reveals the secrets of persuasion and the skills you need to become a better, more effective influencer.

A social psychologist reveals how to nudge local cultures toward positive structural change by moving people from individual action to collective action.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed and powerless after watching the news? Does it make you feel sad about the world, without much hope for its future? Take a breath. The world is not as bad as the headlines would have you believe! In You Are What You Read, campaigner and researcher Jodie Jackson helps us understand how our current 24-hour news cycle is produced, who decides what stories are selected, why the news is mostly negative, and what effect this has on us, as individuals and as a society.

We spend a shocking 43 percent of our day doing things without thinking about them. That means that almost half of our actions aren’t conscious choices, but the result of our non-conscious mind nudging our body to act along learned behaviors. How we respond to the people around us; the way we conduct ourselves in a meeting; what we buy; when and how we exercise, eat, and drink - a truly remarkable number of things we do every day, regardless of their complexity, operate outside of our awareness.

人々に自分の望むことをさせる方法 人々にアピールしより幸せでより健康でより自由になる方法を学びたいですか? 人々に自分の望むことをさせる方法はその素晴らしい道を歩み始めるための手助けになります現代の生活は本当に大切なことから私たちの気をそらし私たちが本当は誰なのかを忘れさせます私たちは誰も恐れや憂鬱または神経質を持って生まれたわけではありませんそうではなく人生の途中で何かが私たちを下降スパイラルに追い込みあちこちで問題に突き進むのですこれらの問題の解決策は目の前に迫っているかもしれませんが試さない限り解決策を見つけて自分の可能性を最大限に引き出すことはできません人付き合いは非常にストレスフルな場合がありますがそうである必要はありません私たちを圧迫するしがらみや重荷は脇に置いて自由になる必要があります親切で思いやりがあり知的な人の多くは社交性がなく友人を引き付ける方法を理解しておらず自分の言葉行動振る舞いが他人にどのような印象を与えるかを理解していないため潜在的な友人雇用主さらには将来の配偶者を遠ざけてしまいますこのスキル&#

In einer Welt, die sich stetig verändert, verlangt auch unser Verständnis von Beziehungen eine Transformation. Nicole Dildei nimmt Sie mit auf eine persönliche und tiefgehende Reise, die vom Schmerz des Verlustes und den Schatten der Vergangenheit bis hin zur Heilung und Erneuerung führt. Sie beleuchtet, wie alte Muster aufgebrochen und neue Formen der Verbundenheit geschaffen werden können.

Un viaje de mil millas comienza con un solo paso. Todo el mundo quiere crecer, pero no todo el mundo sabe cómo hacerlo. Esta es una guía meticulosa sobre cómo puedes aprender a desarrollar tu mente y mejorar, y tal vez tener una mejor autoestima. A través de una investigación rigurosa a partir de informes y datos médicos, este es un libro en el que profundizas en cosas como la neuro plasticidad, los conceptos básicos de las neuronas en tu cerebro, la meditación, la ayuda para vencer el TDAH, la mentalidad de crecimiento frente a la mentalidad fija, el poder del sueño significativo, y más.

Change is a result of each of the choices we make and how they come to life. Unlocking the secret to change is about embracing the unknown. Rather than a prescription or step-by-step directions, creating and navigating sustainable change requires a new set of guiding principles and core values. In discovering the optimal tools and conditions for change, we can adopt them as a mindset and live them as intentional choices. Change can be approached and embraced, now and in an ongoing way. But that isn't always easy.