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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
informative
wasnt in the mood to read it. requires a lot of brain power
informative
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
This was an excellent read that covers what emotion is, how we can use it to our advantage, and how we can and should be emotionally intelligent enough to manage our emotions to live our best lives.
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
It was hard to maintain focus on the arguments Mlodinow was trying to make. I don't know if I was paying insufficient attention or if his presentation was just too subtle.
Brain geography/local function has always been difficult for me--hard to visualize chemical/electrical activity--so I kind of nodded blankly through the discussions of amygdala this and prefrontal cortex that.
I was a bit frustrated that the discussion of behavioral epigenetics did not go a bit further--specifically, how it is adaptive rather than maladaptive.
There was an awful lot of self-help-type material--especially in later chapters--for a book that is supposed to be about science, some of the language devolving into woo-adjacent statements.
Sorry, Lenny, didn't love this one.
Brain geography/local function has always been difficult for me--hard to visualize chemical/electrical activity--so I kind of nodded blankly through the discussions of amygdala this and prefrontal cortex that.
I was a bit frustrated that the discussion of behavioral epigenetics did not go a bit further--specifically, how it is adaptive rather than maladaptive.
There was an awful lot of self-help-type material--especially in later chapters--for a book that is supposed to be about science, some of the language devolving into woo-adjacent statements.
Sorry, Lenny, didn't love this one.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
After reading Subliminal, I immediately picked up this book to enjoy more of Mlodinow’s writing. For someone who’s authored books with Stephen Hawking, he has a surprisingly deep understanding of psychology and makes complex topics easy to digest. The message of this book was a bit muddled and repetitive at times, but overall enjoyable for a big psychology nerd like me. Mlodinow is up there with my favorite nonfiction authors!