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A review by bootman
The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney
5.0
I’ve loved the work of Roy Baumeister for a while, so I’ve been anticipating this book and it didn’t disappoint.
I’ve always been fascinated with the problem we all face of negativity bias. This book does a great job explaining it in all aspects of our lives from relationships, to consuming news, to giving criticism and much more.
Best of all, the authors prevent excellent solutions.
2nd read:
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how angry the world is and why we can’t stop clicking on headlines that fuel our anger even further. So, I decided to re-read this book from John Tierney and Roy Baumeister. Baumeister is one of my favorite psychological researchers and writers, and this book is fantastic. Baumeister and Tierney start the book by explaining how and why we evolved to have a negativity bias as well as it’s pros and cons in the modern age. From there, they break down a variety of different topics such as why we suck in relationships and what we can do better as well as how we make terrible business and everyday decisions due to this bias. They provide a ton of tips for how to counter the negativity bias, and I love how they ended the book with a ton of social issues that were completely messed up due to this bias. It’s extremely enlightening.
If you haven’t read this book yet, you need to. It’ll help you make a lot more sense of the world as well as your own personal life and decisions.
I’ve always been fascinated with the problem we all face of negativity bias. This book does a great job explaining it in all aspects of our lives from relationships, to consuming news, to giving criticism and much more.
Best of all, the authors prevent excellent solutions.
2nd read:
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how angry the world is and why we can’t stop clicking on headlines that fuel our anger even further. So, I decided to re-read this book from John Tierney and Roy Baumeister. Baumeister is one of my favorite psychological researchers and writers, and this book is fantastic. Baumeister and Tierney start the book by explaining how and why we evolved to have a negativity bias as well as it’s pros and cons in the modern age. From there, they break down a variety of different topics such as why we suck in relationships and what we can do better as well as how we make terrible business and everyday decisions due to this bias. They provide a ton of tips for how to counter the negativity bias, and I love how they ended the book with a ton of social issues that were completely messed up due to this bias. It’s extremely enlightening.
If you haven’t read this book yet, you need to. It’ll help you make a lot more sense of the world as well as your own personal life and decisions.