Why Good People Do Bad Things exposes the pervasive and often hidden impulses that influence our everyday decisions. The headlines are full of stories of good people gone astray. They show up on the evening news and are splashed across the weekly tabloids. In many ways, these sad stories have become a national obsession. Yet countless other acts of self-destruction and sab...(展开全部)

There are two myths about crime. In one, the criminal act is a selfish choice, and tough punishment the only solution. In the other, the system is at fault, and perpetrators will change only when society reforms. Both these narratives are wrong. Interweaving conversations and stories of crime with findings from the latest research, Tom Gash dispels the myths that inform our vie...(展开全部)

Bad beliefs - beliefs that blatantly conflict with easily available evidence - are common. Large minorities of people hold that vaccines are dangerous or accept bizarre conspiracy theories, for instance. The prevalence of bad beliefs may be politically and socially important, for instance blocking effective action on climate change. Explaining why people accept bad beliefs and ...(展开全部)

Culled from business headlines and corporate files, this examination of the ultimate in boardroom breakdown describes, in entertaining anecdotes, the mega-mistakes made by highly regarded leaders in business and public life.

Culled from business headlines and corporate files, this examination of the ultimate in boardroom breakdown describes, in entertaining anecdotes, the mega-mistakes made by highly regarded leaders in business and public life.

A detailed guide to overcoming the most frequently encountered psychological pitfalls of investing Bias, emotion, and overconfidence are just three of the many behavioral traits that can lead investors to lose money or achieve lower returns. Behavioral finance, which recognizes that there is a psychological element to all investor decision-making, can help you overcome this obs...(展开全部)

A detailed guide to overcoming the most frequently encountered psychological pitfalls of investing Bias, emotion, and overconfidence are just three of the many behavioral traits that can lead investors to lose money or achieve lower returns. Behavioral finance, which recognizes that there is a psychological element to all investor decision-making, can help you overcome this obs...(展开全部)

Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordina...(展开全部)

Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordina...(展开全部)

《这辈子只能这样吗?》将是一张地图、一套计划，也是一整组的工具，独家披露改变全美150万人命运的“极限潜能计划”，提供15个实用、有效的方法，让你可以突破障碍，了解自己的极限潜能！它被媒体誉为20年来最有影响力的自我突破工具书！ 什么是“极限潜能计划”？ 这项运动由享誉国际的心理学家肯尼斯•克利斯汀创立，目的是帮助所有被习惯性障碍困扰、潜能无法发挥的人，使他们能够建立新习惯，突破人生的瓶颈，一步一步实现自己的梦想。这项运动被普华永道、摩托罗拉、沃尔玛、通用电气等世界500强广泛推行，用于激发员工潜能，提振士气。 《这辈子只能这样吗?》是一本世界级的自我突破工具书！独家披露改变全美150万人的“极限潜能计划”！ 你是不是这样的人： 凡事力求简便，只做最低程度的努力，即使是很重要的事情。做事不持久，常常徒劳无功。无法乐在其中，即使是面对你人生中重要的活动...(展开全部)