Download or read book Quicklet on TED Talks Dan Gilbert Why Are We Happy written by Seth Leeper and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK If you can’t shake the feeling that you’re stuck in the circumstances that surround you, you’re frustrated with the stagnation of your career’s momentum, or you yearn for something more than you already have, Dan Gilbert’s Why Are We Happy? lecture may help you gain perspective in unexpected ways. The resolution to your existential crisis won’t be found through fleeing the country or overhauling your entire existence. It can be found in your mind. We live in a society that wants a lot and perpetuates subconscious entitlement and the expectation of a life that’s gluttonously filled with riches, and insists on incessant forward movement until you get everything you desire. Gilbert’s lecture suggests you may be happy if you don’t get those things, or even happier still if you succeed in accumulating your every wish and then lose everything. Some of his key points may be hard for the cynical to swallow at first, but Gilbert presents a strong piece of media that affirms the often uttered but rarely practiced adage that the true path to happiness is through ourselves. MEET THE AUTHOR Seth Leeper is a professional writer, blogger, and singer. He has written fashion columns and feature articles for AND and Xpress Magazines, maintained his own fashion blog at yourdailyfashionfix.blogspot.com, and contributed stories and poetry to Outspoken! e-zine. He has a B.A. in Creative Writing and Fashion Journalism from San Francisco State University. When he's not setting word to processor, he swims, jogs, and sings Linda Ronstadt classics. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Think you’ll be a happier person as an instant millionaire rather than someone who just lost their right arm? Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling On Happiness, begs to differ. In a twenty-minute lecture on TED Talk, Gilbert asserts his position that happiness isn’t just found, but can be manufactured by our very own brains. Gilbert opens with a look at the evolution of the human brain, which he says has tripled in mass in the last two million years to make room for new structures. Our ancestor, homo habilis, had a brain weighing one and a quarter pounds, but modern human brains weigh about three pounds. This is because the human skull evolved to make room for the prefrontal cortex, which has been referred to as the “CEO of the brain,” by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It presides over cognitive and abstract functions and moderates how we socialize, helping to discern proper forms of communication from inappropriate outbursts. Buy a copy to keep reading!
Download or read book Quicklet on Noah Goldstein Steve Martin and Robert Cialdini s Yes written by Paula Braun and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK The central theme of the book Yes! is that anyone can become more persuasive by learning about the science behind what makes people agree to requests. Yes! includes 50 strategies to help you build authentic relationships, strengthen your communications, and create outcomes that are mutually beneficial. Like tools in a toolbox, some of these strategies are easy to implement and others take a lifetime to master. The book draws from the success of Robert Cialdinis bestseller, Influence, and uses Cialdinis six universal principles of social influence as a foundation. MEET THE AUTHOR Paula Braun is a recovering bureaucrat. On a whim, she took a one-year assignment in Iraq and followed it with another one-year assignment in Afghanistan. After that, she needed a break, so she semi-retired and joined a bridge club. To support her bridge habit, she entered the glamorous world of freelance writing. You can follow Paula on twitter @paula_braun, friend her on Facebook, or read her lenses on Squidoo: http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/PaulaSquidoo. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK The authors define persuasion as all efforts to to influence others to shift their attitudes or behaviors in a direction that results in positive outcomes for both parties. That last phrase bears repeating: positive outcomes for both parties. Yes! is about persuading people in ethical and honest ways. If youre only interested in short-term gains or manipulating people, look elsewhere. Each of the 50 chapters includes successful persuasion strategies, which have been proven scientifically to be effective. The first main category of techniques fall under the principle of social proof, which asserts that people tend to follow in the footsteps of their peers, even when their peers behaviors are undesirable. The next group of techniques include specific factors that motivate people to take action. Want people to opt-in? Provide fewer options. Want to entice your customers with a free prize? Make sure the value of the gift is clear but offered at no cost to show your appreciation. Want people to chose a higher-end product? Offer at least two other options: the highest end and an inferior product that meets the customers basic needs. Want to tap into the persuasive power of fear? Offer a specific plan of attack. CHAPTER OUTLINE Quicklet on Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin and Robert Cialdini's Yes! Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin and Robert Cialdini's Yes! + About the Book + About the Authors + Overall Summary + Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary & Summary + ...and much more
Download or read book Quicklet on TED Talks Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation CliffNotes like Summary written by Karen Lac and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK When it comes to what motivates us at work, the conventional wisdom is money. It’s long been established that if you want to motivate someone to do a better job, you pay them well and provide financial incentives to do an even better job. In companies throughout the United States and much the world, employees eagerly anticipate the day when they hear from their boss whether they’ll be getting a bonus or pay raise. But is money all that motivates us? Thinking on my own situation, there have been plenty of times when I was well compensated for a job but still didn’t perform as well as I should have. There have also been times when I did everything that I could and put in a lot of time on jobs with lower pay. If you were to ask around your own family, friends, and colleagues, I suspect that you’ll find they’ve experienced this as well. This goes against everything that we’ve been told about motivation. The more I get paid, the better my job performance is supposed to be. This belief that money is the biggest driver of performance is so accepted that to suggest otherwise would almost be un-American. MEET THE AUTHOR Abdul Montaqim is a journalist, based in London, and has been working in the media since 1989. Among the more well known titles he has written for are The Guardian newspaper, Time Out magazine and the International Business Times website. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Dan Pink was supposed to be a lawyer after graduating from Yale Law School. Instead, he became a writer. This change in career trajectory, rejecting a relatively stable, well-paid and prestigious job path to pursue a career in a notoriously unstable field, no doubt led him to think deeply about careers and what really motivates people. He is the author of four books. His first book, Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself, was a Washington Post bestseller and became an indispensable book for those wanting to understand employee-management relations. His second book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, made a big splash for being the first American business book written the Japanese comic book format manga. The very different format didn’t prevent the book from being a success as well; it was a BusinessWeek bestseller and has been translated into several languages. It is his following two books that have propelled Pink into the elite circle of in-demand authors. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future boldly describes the six abilities that individuals must have and that companies must nurture in order to succeed in today’s economy. It is a New York Times bestseller and is available in over 24 languages. Buy a copy to keep reading!
Download or read book Culture Across the Curriculum written by Kenneth Dwight Keith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides background content and teaching ideas to support the integration of culture in a wide range of psychology courses.
Download or read book Introduction to Psychology written by Jennifer Walinga and published by Hasanraza Ansari. This book was released on with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. The focus on behaviour and empiricism has produced a text that is better organized, has fewer chapters, and is somewhat shorter than many of the leading books. The beginning of each section includes learning objectives; throughout the body of each section are key terms in bold followed by their definitions in italics; key takeaways, and exercises and critical thinking activities end each section.
Download or read book The Fairy faith in Celtic Countries written by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1911 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, which is first of all a folk-lore study, we pursue principally an anthropo-psychological method of interpreting the Celtic belief in fairies, though we do not hesitate now and then to call in the aid of philology; and we make good use of the evidence offered by mythologies, religions, metaphysics, and physical sciences.
Download or read book The Intelligent Investor written by Benjamin Graham and published by Harpercollins. This book was released on 1985 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the principles of stock selection and various approaches to investing, and compares the patterns and behavior of specific securities under diverse economic conditions
Download or read book Teaching and Researching Listening written by Michael Rost and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching and Researching Listening provides a focused, state-of-the-art treatment of the linguistic, psycholinguistic and pragmatic processes that are involved in oral language use, and shows how these processes influence listening in a range of practical contexts. Through understanding the interaction between these processes, language educators and researchers can develop more robust research methods and more effective classroom language teaching approaches. In this fully revised and updated second edition, the book: examines a full range of teaching methods and research initiatives related to listening gives definitions of key concepts in neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics provides a clear agenda for implementing listening strategies and designing tests offers an abundance of resources for immediate use for teaching and research Featuring insightful quotes and concept boxes, chapter overviews and summaries to guide the reader, Teaching and Researching Listening will engage and inform teachers, teacher trainers and researchers investigating communicative language use.
Download or read book Legends of the Black Watch Or Forty Second Highlanders written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collective Memory Work written by Corey W. Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seemingly mundane events of daily life create a complex knowledge base of lived experience to be explored. But how does one research common experiences and account for context, culture, and identity? A dilemma arises because experience is not just embedded in events, but also in the socially constructed meanings associated with those events. This book details the philosophical underpinnings, design features and implementation strategies of Collective Memory Work – a methodology frequently employed by social justice activists/scholars. Collective Memory Work can provide scholars with unique and nuanced ways to solve problems for and with their participants. Most importantly, the chapters also detail projects and social justice in action, analysing their participants’ real stories and experiences: projects that focus on LGBTQ youth, #blacklivesmatter activists, white faculty working at historically Black colleges and universities, men’s media consumption and much more. Written in an engaging and accessible style, readers will come to understand the potential of their own qualitative research using Collective Memory Work.
Download or read book Memory written by Bennett L. Schwartz and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The science and practice of memory come to life with Bennett Schwartz' Memory, Second Edition. Integrated coverage of cognitive psychology and neuroscience throughout the text connect theory and research to the areas in the brain where memory processes occur, while unique applications of memory concepts to such areas as education, investigations, and courtrooms engage students in an exploration of how memory works in everyday life. Four themes create a framework for the text: the active nature of learning and remembering; memory's status as a biological process; the multiple components of memory systems; and how memory principles can improve our individual ability to learn and remember. Substantive changes in each chapter and 156 new references bring this new edition completely up to date and offer students an array of high-interest examples for augmenting their own memory abilities and appreciation of memory science.
Download or read book The Gift of Fear written by Gavin De Becker and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True fear is a gift. Unwarranted fear is a curse. Learn how to tell the difference. A date won't take "no" for an answer. The new nanny gives a mother an uneasy feeling. A stranger in a deserted parking lot offers unsolicited help. The threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves, by learning to trust--and act on--our gut instincts. In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the nation's leading expert on violent behavior, shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger--before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, de Becker, whose clients include top Hollywood stars and government agencies, offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love, including...how to act when approached by a stranger...when you should fear someone close to you...what to do if you are being stalked...how to uncover the source of anonymous threats or phone calls...the biggest mistake you can make with a threatening person...and more. Learn to spot the danger signals others miss. It might just save your life.
Download or read book Applied Theatre Development written by Tim Prentki and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once both guide book and provocation, this is an indispensable companion for students and practitioners of applied theatre. It addresses all key aspects: principles, origins, politics and aesthetics in a concise and accessible style designed to appeal both to those who have recently discovered this sub-discipline and to experienced practitioners and academics. Part 1 is divided into two chapters. The first introduces the sub-discipline of Theatre for Development, covering its origins, principles and history, and providing an overview of theatre for development in Western contexts as well as in Africa, Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and Latin America. The second focuses upon theoretical and philosophical issues confronting the discipline and its relationship to contemporary politics, as well as considering its future role. Part 2 consists of seven chapters contributed by leading figures and current practitioners from around the world and covering a diverse range of themes, methodologies and aesthetic approaches. One chapter offers a series of case studies concerned with sexual health education and HIV prevention, drawn from practitioners working in Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Southern Africa, and China. Other chapters include studies of intercultural theatre in the Peruvian Amazon; a programme of applied theatre conducted in schools in Canterbury, New Zealand, following the 2010 earthquake; an attempt to reinvigorate a community theatre group in South Brazil; and an exchange between a Guatemalan arts collective and a Dutch youth theatre company, besides others.
Download or read book Psychological Science in the Courtroom written by Jennifer L. Skeem and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2009-05-08 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rigorous yet reader-friendly book reviews the state of the science on a broad range of psychological issues commonly encountered in the forensic context. The goal is to help professionals and students differentiate between supported and unsupported psychological techniques--and steer clear of those that may be misleading or legally inadmissible. Leading contributors focus on controversial issues surrounding recovered memories, projective techniques, lie detection, child witnesses, offender rehabilitation, psychopathy, violence risk assessment, and more. With a focus on real-world legal situations, the book offers guidelines for presenting scientific evidence accurately and effectively in courtroom testimony and written reports.
Download or read book The Wheel Spins written by Ethel Lina White and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iris Carr is on her way home to England from a vacation in a remote corner of Europe. Feeling alone and afraid, she is quite glad to become acquainted with a strange woman: Miss Froy. But then Miss Froy vanishes - and no one on the train seems to remember her.
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Download or read book Beyond Common Sense written by Eugene Borgida and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Common Sense addresses the many important and controversial issues that arise from the use of psychological and social science in the courtroom. Each chapter identifies areas of scientific agreement and disagreement, and discusses how psychological science advances our understanding of human behavior beyond common sense. Features original chapters written by some of the leading experts in the field of psychology and law including Elizabeth Loftus, Saul Kassin, Faye Crosby, Alice Eagly, Gary Wells, Louise Fitzgerald, Craig Anderson, and Phoebe Ellsworth The 14 issues addressed include eyewitness identification, gender stereotypes, repressed memories, Affirmative Action and the death penalty Commentaries written by leading social science and law scholars discuss key legal and scientific themes that emerge from the science chapters and illustrate how psychological science is or can be used in the courts
