We are sociable creatures. Our interactions with others determine whether or not we survive. The most crucial skill we may have understands why others act in certain ways; without it, our other abilities will only get us so far. Some laws show how to stand strong in the midst of the storm. Others teach the value of confidence, and many recommend Stand up for you. Others promote the need of confidence, and many people advice take a stand for you. This book teaches us how to master self-control and detach from our emotions, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to see through people's facades, and how to fight conformity to find your own purpose. The Laws of Power gives practical advice for achieving success at business, in relationships, and in changing the world.

40 Laws of Intensity

Drawing comparisons to the most eloquent science writing of our day, three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain. The result is an original, lucid, at times moving account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being. A General Theory of Love draws on the latest scientific research to demonstrate that our nervous systems are not self-contained: from earliest childhood, our brains actually link with those of the people close to us, in a silent rhythm that alters the very structure of our brains, establishes life-long emotional patterns, and makes us, in large part, who we are. Explaining how relationships function, how parents shape their child’s developing self, how psychotherapy really works, and how our society dangerously flouts essential emotional laws, this is a work of rare passion and eloquence that will forever change the way you think about human intimacy. From the Trade Paperback edition.

A General Theory of Love

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