Emotional Success - Softcover

DeSteno, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1328505936 ISBN 13: 9781328505934

Publisher: Eamon Dolan Books Paper, 2019

Synopsis

“As inspiring as it is practical.”—Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution

A pioneering psychologist reveals how three powerful emotions are the surest path to attaining your goals

Grit, the ability to persevere against all odds, is widely recognized as the key to success. But how can grit be cultivated and sustained? In this myth-shattering book, David DeSteno reveals that the most powerful tools we can draw upon to achieve our toughest goals are not willpower or self-denial, but our prosocial emotions—gratitude, compassion, and pride. In fact, this undervalued toolkit evolved specifically to help us resist immediate temptations in favor of long-term gains. DeSteno breaks down the long-overlooked mechanisms of perseverance built into our brains and shows how we can work with our emotions, instead of denying them, to achieve our goals. And he shows how we can do it with greater ease and deeper satisfaction than we would have thought possible.

“Revolutionary.” —Chade-Meng Tan, author of Joy on Demand and Search Inside Yourself

“Anyone who hopes to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life should read this book.”—Peter Salovey, professor of psychology and president, Yale University, and discoverer of emotional intelligence

“DeSteno’s provocative argument is that the science of success is, in fact, very much the science of social emotions like gratitude and compassion. I, for one, am convinced!”—Angela Duckworth, author of Grit

About this title

From the Author

DAVID DeSTENO is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University. He is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, where he is editor in chief of the journal Emotion. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Pacific Standard, and other publications.
 

About the Author

DAVID DESTENO is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, where he directs the Social Emotions Group. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association, for which he serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Emotion. His work has been repeatedly funded by the National Science Foundation and has been regularly featured in the media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR's Radiolab and Talk of the Nation, and USA Today. He is the author of The Truth About Trust (featured in articles and videos at Harvard Business Review) and coauthor of the Wall Street Journal spotlight psychology bestseller Out of Character. He frequently writes about his research for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Harvard Business Review, Pacific Standard, and the Atlantic. At the broadest level, his work examines the mechanisms of the mind that shape vice and virtue. Studying hypocrisy and compassion, pride and punishment, cheating and trust, his work continually reveals that human moral behavior is much more variable than most would predict.
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Eamon Dolan Books Paper
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1328505936
• ISBN 13: 9781328505934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240