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Homo Prospectus by Martin E. P. Seligman; Roy F. Baumeister; Peter Railton; Chandra Sripada
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are homo prospectus. In this book, Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada argue it is anticipating and evaluating future possibilities ...Show more
Is There Anything Good about Men? - How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men by Roy F. Baumeister
Category: Reference
Have men really been engaged in a centuries-old conspiracy to exploit and oppress women? Have the essential differences between men and women really been erased? Have men now become unnecessary? Are they good for anything at all?In Is There Anything Good About Men?, Roy Baumeister offers provocative ans ...Show more
Power of Bad by John Tierney; Roy F. Baumeister
Category: Personal Development
Why does a bad impression last longer than a good one? Why does losing money affect us more than gaining it? What makes phobias so hard to shake? The answer is the negativity bias - or in other words, the power of bad. As John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister show, we are wired to react to bad over good. ...Show more
The Cultural Animal by Roy F. Baumeister
Category: Film
What makes us human? Why do people think, feel, and act as they do? What is the essence of human nature? What is the basic relationship between the individual and society? These questions have fascinated both great thinkers and ordinary humans for centuries. Now, at last, there is a solid basis for answ ...Show more
The Power of Bad: And How to Overcome It by John Tierney; Roy F. Baumeister
Category: Personal Development
Why does a bad impression last longer than a good one? Why does losing money affect us more than gaining it? What makes phobias so hard to shake? The answer is the negativity bias - or in other words, the power of bad. As John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister show, we are wired to react to bad events more ...Show more
Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Can you resist everything except temptation? In a hedonistic age full of distractions, it's hard to possess willpower - or in fact even understand why we should need it. Yet it's actually the most important factor in achieving success and a happy life, shown to be more significant than money, looks, bac ...Show more
Willpower - Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister; John Tierney
Category: Business
Psychologist Roy F. Baumeister teams with New York Times science writer John Tierney to reveal the secrets of self-control, and how to master it in Willpower. For years, our concept of the self and well-being has been dominated by the notion of self-esteem, while the old fashioned value of willpower ha ...Show more
Willpower: Why Self-Control is the Secret of Success by Roy F. Baumeister
Category: Popular Science
Can you resist everything except temptation? In a hedonistic age full of distractions, it's hard to possess willpower - or in fact even understand why we should need it. Yet it's actually the most important factor in achieving success and a happy life, shown to be more significant than money, looks, bac ...Show more
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