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Discusses why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection.
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"What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should...
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Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly acclaimed book.
You'll learn the six universal principles,...
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"Schizophrenia is not a single unifying diagnosis, and Esm�e Weijun Wang writes not just to her fellow members of the 'collected schizophrenias' but to those who wish to understand it as well. Opening with the journey toward her diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, Wang discusses the medical community's own disagreement about labels and procedures for diagnosing those with mental illness, and then follows an arc that examines the manifestations...
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La décision d'écrire ce livre a été motivée par une double contrainte qui m'a poussé dans deux directions. Le processus de travail sur lequel j'ai travaillé pour créer un environnement dans lequel les femmes étaient rançonnées m'a fait réaliser que je devais examiner ce qui n'allait pas avec les femmes dans notre société et ce que nous faisions de mal pour créer ce que tout le monde faisait de bien. Au départ, je souhaitais d'analyser...
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A revised edition of the best-selling guide to interpersonal relationships provides suggestions for successfully dealing with people both in social and business situations. You can go after the job you want and get it! You can take the job you have and improve it! You can take any situation you're in and make it work for you! For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder...
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Are you really 'living', or just existing? Do you want to improve yourself or just continue to muddle through? Do you use the time given you each day, or just throw most of it away? These questions Bennett asks each of us and for those who want to really live and learn, offers very valuable advice. Time is the most precious of commodities, states Bennett in this book. Many books have been written on how to live on a certain amount of money each day....
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Part guidebook, part manifesto, part wake-up call, The Human Herd: Awakening Our Natural Leadership unleashes our mammal instincts with a framework for living, relating, and leading a more empowered life. We are human animals. Yet in the modern world, the natural signals of our mammal bodies are suppressed. Our instincts go unanswered as we move through life on autopilot, reacting to the latest dilemma instead of listening to the innate wisdom we...
9) Daily Self-Discipline: Everyday Habits and Exercises to Build Self-Discipline and Achieve Your Goals
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These Habits and Exercises Will Help You Build Iron-Like Resolve and Self-Discipline
Do you make goals, yet get discouraged when your plans don't work? We all know that person who seemingly was born to succeed. Fitness, health, business, they achieve all their goals. You want that success, and know you can get it... but how?
Everywhere you turn, there are obstacles that block your path. Being successful doesn't mean avoiding them, it means meeting...
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This masterful collection of tanka features the work of Hazel Hall in collaboration with other leading practitioners of the form: Beverley George, Carole Harrison, Carol Judkins, Mary Kendall, Kathy Kituai and David Terelinck. Sit back, breathe slowly in and out, sip your cup of green tea... and enjoy!
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In this cross-disciplinary study, a group of researchers critically examine the ways in which narrative-that is, written and told stories and legends-might aid in coping with traumatic or stressful life situations and with the emotions that these situations engender. Starting with an introduction of basic narrative theories and the therapeutic effects of storytelling, the book moves on to a series of lucid case studies. The contributors present a...
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A lo largo de la vida de un ser humano, cientos de imprevistos acontecen y devienen todo un reto, más cuando este cambio es impuesto. Situaciones adversas, como la del confinamiento ante una pandemia, pueden resultar difíciles de aceptar.
Nunca hubiéramos pensado tener la posibilidad de vivir un experimento natural en el que gran parte de la humanidad estuviese confinada en su hogar. Este tipo de crisis ofrece un espacio para auscultarse a uno...
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El Dr. Luis Chiozza es sin duda un referente en el campo de los estudios psicosomáticos, cuyo prestigio ha trascendido los límites de nuestro país. Medicina y psicoanálisis es el tomo inaugural de sus Obras completas, a la vez que una guía y manual de uso de las mismas, cuyos quince tomos se presentan completos en un CD incluido en este libro.
Este volumen está pensado con el objetivo de facilitar el acceso al fruto de la labor profesional y...
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La psicología positiva trata de proporcionar a las personas su propio arsenal de recursos y técnicas para ser más felices; pero para incrementar nuestra felicidad y bienestar tenemos que pasar a la acción, poniendo en práctica de manera activa los valiosos conocimientos que esta disciplina pone a nuestra disposición.Todas las personas solemos tener, en mayor o menor medida, un sesgo de negatividad. Esto significa que tendemos a centrarnos en...
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Aunque es sabido que la felicidad en gran medida está vinculada a nuestra capacidad para gestionar las emociones, en muchos aspectos, nuestra cultura social parece estar enfocada al desarrollo del intelecto, sin tener en cuenta la importancia del desarrollo de la Inteligencia Emocional, debido a ello, tenemos una sociedad con unos niveles de estrés, frustración, y ansiedad muy elevados, en gran medida provocados por no tener herramientas para gestionar...
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Banalizaciones contemporáneas analiza aspectos esenciales de nuestra vida que han perdido valor, que se banalizan o rechazan en la actualidad. Tomando como hilo conductor el concepto de banalidad del mal de la filósofa Hannah Arendt, plantea una reflexión sobre tres aspectos fundamentales.
En primer lugar, la cuestión del lenguaje, cuya importancia radical no es tenida en cuenta en nuestra época. En segundo lugar, la cuestión del sufrimiento...
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Este libro pone a disposicin de lector las experiencias del autor en la utilizacin del psicodrama en diversos mbitos como son el aula, la comunidad, las instituciones y las empresas, donde ha aplicado el mtodo creado por Jacob Levy Moreno, en la capacitacin y la educacin de grupos humanos en temas tales como la salud mental, la violencia, las adicciones, la seguridad, la integracin grupal, entre muchos otros. Propone llevar el entendimiento del psicodrama...
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Si aprender los matices de usar el control mental y las vías nerviosas para lograr el objetivo final del éxito es algo que quieres para ti, entonces necesitas leer este libro. En este libro, exploraremos formas de controlar las mentes de los demás a través de técnicas tan fáciles como:
• Seguir el sentimiento
• Retroalimentación
• Anclaje
• Modificación del comportamiento
• Rastreo
Exploraremos formas de usar estas técnicas...
19) Maestro de la Autodisciplina: Descubre los secretos del estoicismo y la TCC para superar el miedo
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Aquí un extracto de "Maestro de la Autodisciplina"Durante la antigüedad surgieron un alto número de escuelas filosóficas, muchas de ellas aportaron grandes ideas de progresos para la humanidad de impacto tan relevante que aun en la actualidad muchos de esos pensamientos siguen vigentes, tal es el caso de la escuela de filosofía estoica, esta que se creyó desaparecida para los primeros siglos de la era presente, y pese a la realidad, que los...
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Get 6 Bestselling Books About Self-Discipline for a Greatly Reduced Price-Over 1300 Pages of Practical Advice!
The books included in the bundle:
1. How to Build Self-Discipline: Resist Temptations and Reach Your Long-Term Goals. 2. Daily Self-Discipline: Everyday Habits and Exercises to Build Self-Discipline and Achieve Your Goals. 3. Self-Disciplined Dieter: How to Lose Weight and Become Healthy Despite Cravings and Weak Willpower. 4. How to Build...
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