ISBN:
9781118436981
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (306 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Tame the Primitive Brain : 28 Ways in 28 Days to Manage the Most Impulsive Behaviors at Work
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Social institutions
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Social systems
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Human behavior
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A new and simple system to understanding and controlling the behavior of others Noted body language, behavior and communication expert Mark Bowden offers a totally practical, easy-to-read guide to understanding the impulsive actions of others, along with the best tools to manage them. A number one anxiety in business is dealing with problem people. In Tame the Primitive Brain, Mark Bowden's fresh approach is the fastest and most effective way to understand why someone acts towards you the way they do; why you react to their behavior in the way you do; and most importantly, what exactly to do a
Description / Table of Contents:
Tame the Primitive Brain: 28 Ways in 28 Days to Manage the Most Impulsive Behaviors at Work; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Week One: You; Day One: Shared Instincts; Impulse Buying; Primary Schooling; Suppressing Thoughts; Ingrained Habits; The Unconscious Process; Out of Control; Day One Action; Day Two: Snap Judgments; Get Away from Her, You B#%*!; We're Still Collating; I Think It's Safe to Assume It Isn't a Zombie; This or That?; We're All Gonna Die, Man!; Day Two Action; Day Three: Default to the Negative; Rumsfeld; I'll Wake the President
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Crisis of ConfidenceI Do Not Like Broccoli; Expect the Worst; Act Today to Preserve Today; Day Three Action; Day Four: Best-Fit Thinking; Pacino or De Niro?; If the Cap Fits . . . It Must at Least Be on a Head?; Pattern Recognition; Day Four Action; Day Five: Friend, Enemy, Sexual Partner, or Indifferent; Categorically Thinking; So What?; Fitting In; You're Fit for Work; Again, So What?; Trust in Behavior; Day Five Action; Day Six: Moods and Emotions; Are You Feeling Blue?; In the Mood for Anger?; What Started This?; Change = Threat; Pull the Trigger; Find What You're Looking For
Description / Table of Contents:
Day Six ActionDay Seven: The Spice of Life; Chemical Dependence; Diminished Responsibility; Hell's Seesaw; Day Seven Action; Week Two: Relationships; Day Eight: Relationships Are Dyadic; Madonna's First Imprint; Ducks in a Row; The Born Identity; I Blame The Parents; Day Eight Action; Day Nine: Opposites Attract; You Complete Me; Attractive; Where's the Romance Gone?; Trophies and Gold Diggers; See That Really Annoying Person? It's You!; Old-Brain Logic; Day Nine Action; Day Ten: BFFs; Me, Again; Marching to the Same Drummer; Trust It; Chemical Wedding; Eyes; Definition of a Friend
Description / Table of Contents:
Friends with BenefitsDay Ten Action; Day Eleven: Enemies; Who Goes There?; A Brief History of Hatred; Kill or Be Killed; Why Can't They Be Like Us?; Extremists; Extremities; People Hate Being Powerless; Day Eleven Action; Day Twelve: Indifference; Who?; Blending into the Background; Day Twelve Action; Day Thirteen: Moods Are Contagious; Outbreak; Sharing the Feeling; Emotional Time and Space; Emotion, Mirrors, and Empathy; Sociopathic?; Day Thirteen Action; Day Fourteen: The Four Stages of Relationship; Reflection; Infatuation; Reality; Grief; Partnership; You Fall for Them Again
Description / Table of Contents:
Day Fourteen ActionWeek Three: Tribe; Day Fifteen: We Are Tribal; Club; First Tribe; Community Spirit; Group-Work; Reptilian Brain Tribes; Tribal by Nature; Day Fifteen Action; Day Sixteen: Tribal Nurture; Fit; Propaganda; Day Sixteen Action; Day Seventeen: Hierarchy; Symbols; Alpha-Beta-Omega; Kicking Post; Top Down; Treading on Toes; Ordo Ab Chao; Day Seventeen Action; Day Eighteen: Tension; Solo or Group; Parties; Isolation; Responsibility versus the Safety Net; My Brother's Keeper; Reasonable; Day Eighteen Action; Day Nineteen: Values; Affiliations to Appearance; Valuing the Disagreement
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