When asked to talk to students at Broome Community College in upstate New York in the spring of 2011, Austin Kleon wrote a simple list often things he wished he\''d heard when he was their age: \''Steal like an artist; Don\''t wait until you know who you are to start making things; Write the book you ...
A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behaviour later in life? Walter Mischel''s now iconic ''marshmallow test,'' one of the most famous experiments in the history of psychology, ...
Kniha se zakládá na poznatcích Franklovy existenciální analýzy a logoterapie, které prezentuje tak, aby se jim dalo porozumět a aby se daly aplikovat v neterapeutické, mimoklinické oblasti.Záměrem není vyučovat, kniha chce poskytovat návod. Protože pojednává o smyslu, jde o to, aby se čtenář osobně vyrovnával ...
The word-of-mouth international bestseller about giving less f**ks and living your best life in the process.
''I learned much from this book. Priya Parker has created both an art and a science to gathering in ways that can bring joy and fulfillment to any meeting.'' - De….
''I want to change, but not if it means changing,'' a patient once said to me in complete innocence What do we do when we find ourselves trapped by our own thoughts or behaviour? Drawing on his twenty-five years'' experience as a psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz ushers the reader through the door of his ...
THE BESTSELLING TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES FBI Special Agent and expert in criminal profiling and behavioural science, John Douglas, is a man who has looked evil in the eye and made a vocation of understanding it. Now retired, Douglas can let us inside the FBI elite serial crime ...
Meetings are a crucial part of all our lives, but too often they go nowhere and waste valuable time. In Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono shows how meetings can be transformed to produce quick, decisive results every time. The Six Hats method is a devastatingly simple technique based on the brain\''s ...
Are men''s and women''s brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via the Cloud? Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand. How the ...
NEW EDITION - Includes never-before-published commentary from the author The Power of Your Subconscious Mind introduces and explains the mind-focusing techniques that remove the subconscious obstacles that prevent us from achieving the success we want - and deserve. This authorised edition of Dr. Murphy''s ...
The bestselling author of Dying to Be Me returns with an inspirational guide for sensitive people looking to fully harness their gifts of intuition and empathy in today''s harsh world. Anita Moorjani astounded fans across the globe with her bestselling book about overcoming cancer and her life-changing ...
Kniha Intencionalita a apriorita. Studie ke vztahu Brentanovy a Husserlovy filosofie představuje základní pojmy Brentanovy deskriptivní, apriorně orientované psychologie s důrazem na tu část Brentanovy nauky, na kterou navázala fenomenologie Edmunda Husserla, přičemž rozebírá i některá aristotelská východiska ...
A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What ...
The highly anticipated follow-up to the sensational bestseller Quiet - empowering introverted children, teens and young adults Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation with Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can''t Stop Talking. She inspired millions of people, and permanently changed ...
An expertly crafted work of reportage, memoir, and biography on the subject of loneliness told through the lives of six iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring. You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, ...
Discover everything you were never taught at school about how to lead a better life. Introduced and edited by the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love ''Alain de Botton likes to take big, c.
The world is awash in bullshit, and we''re drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act. Based on a popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit ...
Díky této intuitivní a optimistické knize vám bude umožněno najít správné směřování za vlastním štěstím. Autor představuje 41 technik, díky kterým se zbavíte podprůměrnosti ve svém životě. Krok za krokem najdete cestu, jak přejít od slov k činům a tak si splnit nejtajnější přání, která jste měli na dosah, ...
Občasný pocit frustrace ze školy, ze vztahů s kamarády a rodičů, nebo dokonce ze života je docela normální. A za to, že dospívající někdy ztratí hlavu a reaguje hněvem, se nemusí stydět, to se stává. Dospívání je složité období a je třeba se během něj vypořádávat s mnoha výzvami, ovšem je to ještě složitější, ...
Sbírka příběhů z minulosti i současnosti o obyčejných lidech, které jejich zásadní rozhodnutí změnila v hrdiny. Někteří z nich jsou slavné postavy dějin, jiní jsou téměř neznámí lidé, o kterých jste možná ještě neslyšeli. V jejich příbězích se dá vystopovat určitý vzorec. Ti, co přežili a kterým se dařilo ...