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From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a
ground-breaking exploration into the history, psychology and
meaning of awe Social psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his
career speaking to different groups of people, from schoolchildren
to prisoners to healthcare workers, about the good life. These
conversations and his pioneering research into the science of
emotion have convinced him that happiness comes down to one thing:
finding awe. Awe allows us to collaborate with others, open our
minds to wonder, and see the deep patterns of life. In his new
book, Keltner presents a radical investigation into this elusive
emotion. Drawing on his own scientific research into how awe
transforms our brains and bodies, alongside an examination of awe
across history, culture and within his own life during a period of
immense grief, Keltner shows us how cultivating wonder leads us to
appreciate what is most humane in our human nature. The book
includes intensely moving, deeply personal stories of awe from
people all over the world - doctors and veterans, environmentalists
and filmmakers, indigenous scholars and hospice workers, ministers
and midwives, poets and prisoners. At turns radical and profound,
Awe is our field guide for how to uncover everyday wonder as a
vital force within our lives.
From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a groundbreaking
exploration into the history, psychology and meaning of awe Social
psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his career speaking to
different groups of people, from schoolchildren to prisoners to
healthcare workers, about the good life. These conversations and
his pioneering research into the science of emotion have convinced
him that happiness comes down to one thing: finding awe. Awe allows
us to collaborate with others, open our minds to wonder, and see
the deep patterns of life. In his new book, Keltner presents a
radical investigation into this elusive emotion. Drawing on his own
scientific research into how awe transforms our brains and bodies,
alongside an examination of awe across history, culture, and within
his own life during a period of immense grief, Keltner shows us how
cultivating wonder leads us to appreciate what is most humane in
our human nature. The book includes intensely moving, deeply
personal stories of awe from people all over the world-doctors and
veterans, environmentalists and poets, indigenous scholars and
hospice workers, ministers and midwives. At turns radical and
profound, Awe is our field guide for how to uncover everyday wonder
as a vital force within our lives.
An award-winning author team challenges students to think
critically about the concepts, controversies and applications of
social psychology using abundant tools, both in text and online.
(NEW) infographics examine important topics like social class,
social media effects and research methodology. InQuizitive online
assessment reinforces fundamental concepts and PowerPoints, test
questions and (NEW) Concept Videos, will help you create the best
course materials in the shortest amount of time.
Wield your power for greater influence and impact. With formal
authority comes power. But few people realize that informal
power--the kind that doesn't come with a title--can have just as
much impact. How do you use your power for greater influence? This
book explains how power affects our emotions, our behavior, and how
we work with others. You'll learn how to use self-awareness to keep
your power in check, connect with the right people to create more
value, respond to abuses of power, and leave a lasting impression.
This volume includes the work of: Dan Cable Peter Bregman Harrison
Monarth Dacher Keltner HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. HBR's Emotional
Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human
side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business
Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how
our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing
difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it
means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and
practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical
for ambitious professionals to master.
A revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know
about power. Celebrated UC Berkeley psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner
argues that compassion and selflessness enable us to have the most
influence over others and the result is power as a force for good
in the world. Power is ubiquitous-but totally misunderstood.
Turning conventional wisdom on its head, Dr. Dacher Keltner
presents the very idea of power in a whole new light, demonstrating
not just how it is a force for good in the world, but how-via
compassion and selflessness-it is attainable for each and every one
of us. It is taken for granted that power corrupts. This is
reinforced culturally by everything from Machiavelli to
contemporary politics. But how do we get power? And how does it
change our behavior? So often, in spite of our best intentions, we
lose our hard-won power. Enduring power comes from empathy and
giving. Above all, power is given to us by other people. This is
what we all too often forget, and it is the crux of the power
paradox: by misunderstanding the behaviors that helped us to gain
power in the first place we set ourselves up to fall from power. We
abuse and lose our power, at work, in our family life, with our
friends, because we've never understood it correctly-until now.
Power isn't the capacity to act in cruel and uncaring ways; it is
the ability to do good for others, expressed in daily life, and in
and of itself a good thing. Dr. Keltner lays out exactly-in twenty
original "Power Principles"-how to retain power; why power can be a
demonstrably good thing; when we are likely to abuse power; and the
terrible consequences of letting those around us languish in
powerlessness.
In this startling study of human emotion, Dacher Keltner
investigates an unanswered question of human evolution: If humans
are hardwired to lead lives that are "nasty, brutish, and short,"
why have we evolved with positive emotions like gratitude,
amusement, awe, and compassion that promote ethical action and
cooperative societies? Illustrated with more than fifty photographs
of human emotions, Born to Be Good takes us on a journey through
scientific discovery, personal narrative, and Eastern philosophy.
Positive emotions, Keltner finds, lie at the core of human nature
and shape our everyday behavior-and they just may be the key to
understanding how we can live our lives better.
A revolutionary rethinking of everything we know about power It
shapes every interaction we have, whether we're trying to get a
two-year-old to eat green vegetables or ask for a promotion at
work. But how do we really gain and maintain power - through
coercion or cooperation? What does it do to our behaviour? And what
makes us lose power? In twenty revolutionary 'power principles',
renowned psychologist Dacher Keltner turns everything we thought we
knew about influence and status upside down, redefining power for
our times. 'Keltner is the most interesting psychologist in
America. It's only a matter of time before his ideas spread
everywhere' Michael Lewis 'Sheds light on human power's dark side,
as well as its redeeming qualities. Everyone can learn from this
wise book' Susan T. Fiske, author of Social Cognition 'A lively
description of how true power is like a return on a social
investment in others' Frans de Waal, author of Are We Smart Enough
to Know How Smart Animals Are? 'Lively and intriguing ... A
much-needed dose of positivity' Prospect
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