We understand the world through stories. All of our experiences, all of
our insights – psychologically, we interpret them through specific
lenses that have been curated, perfected and passed down throughout
human history. Internationally bestselling author Professor Ben
Ambridge has quantified those lenses into eight distinct masterplots
that can apply to any experience.
The mother who wakes up an hour early every day to prep her child's
breakfast? She's playing out the Sacrifice plot. The amateur sports
team who go on to win the big trophy against all the odds? They're part
of the Underdog narrative.
Ambridge uses examples from fiction, real life, and popular psychology
research to demonstrate how we not only naturally gravitate towards the
masterplot narratives, but how we actually use those narratives to
manipulate the world around us – like the addict who uses the Monster
plot to paint their illness as something to overcome, or the boxer who
relies on the Revenge narrative to motivate themselves to fight their
way back after an embarrassing defeat.
These masterplots do more for us than to help us understand the world;
they’re vehicles through which humans have survived. The Stories of
Your Life shares fascinating lessons about the nature of humanity, the
power of psychology and – most importantly – the way we see ourselves.
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