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The power of bad

Paperback • 2019 • English

The power of bad: How the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it

By John Tierney, Roy F.

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About the book

The most important book at the borderland of psychology and politics that I have ever read.--Martin E. P. Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology at that University of Pennsylvania and author of Learned Optimism Why are we devastated by a word of criticism even when it's mixed with lavish praise? Because our brains are wired to focus on the bad. This negativity effect explains things great and small: why countries blunder into disastrous wars, why couples divorce, why people flub job...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Health, Relationships and Personal development

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9780143111078

Published year

2019

Language

English

Original title

The power of bad

Format

Paperback

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