Modern Psychology

A chronicle of Vienna's Golden Age and the influence of Sigmund Freud on the modern world by a clinical psychologist whose mystery novels form the basis of PBS's Vienna Blood series.

In this book in praise of wait times, award-winning author Jason Farman passionately argues that the delay between call and answer has always been an important part of the message. Traveling backward from our current era of Twitter and texts, Farman describes how societies have worked to eliminate waiting in communication and how they have interpreted those times' meanings. And in a rebuttal to the demand for instant communication, Farman makes a powerful case for why good things can come to those who wait.

What if I told you that there was a social media platform where you could drive consistent, passive traffic to your website without spending a DIME on advertising? And that your posts on this platform can generate potential leads for YEARS to come, rather than just disappearing immediately in a news feed? You would probably think I was crazy! But Pinterest does all of these things, and many marketers aren’t even aware of the amazing benefits of using Pinterest to promote their website, product, or service.

Parenting just got tougher. As the teenage brain rewires, hormones surge, and independence beckons, a perfect storm for family conflict emerges. But help is at hand. This uniquely practical parenting audiobook for raising teenagers in today's world is grounded in evidence-based psychology, exploring the science at work during this period of child development and showing how your behavior and response as a parent has never been more important.

This two-in-one audiobook will teach you some of the most powerful techniques to maximizing your mental capacity so you can be functioning at your best from day to day. Memory Squared will teach you the most powerful techniques to developing a sharp, accurate memory and expand your capacity for information. Focus: Hack Your Productivity for Massive Success will teach you how to relearn how to focus your attention and reevaluate how to use your mental energy both wisely and effectively.

Do you have trouble focusing? Do project deadlines make you feel anxious? Is it sometimes hard to concentrate on a task with constant emails, messages, and reminders getting in the way? Well, what if you could gain the skill of powerful focus, and get more done in less time? Another way to skyrocket your time management skills is learning how to speed read. Think how many times you read every day. And imagine how much more time you would have if you could learn how to speed read.

Wouldn't it be great if you could read people's minds? What if you could win people over effortlessly with your natural charisma, and always know what to say to someone based on their personality type? Knowing how to navigate social situations can seem like a challenge, if you are unequipped with the proper tools. But with the right knowledge, you can not only unlock your own inner charisma, but become a master of human psychology!

Persuasion is not an art, it is a science. Anyone can learn how to create massive influence if they understand how to apply the right psychological principles. The key comes from learning how to bypass people's mental firewall of resistance, and implant ideas in their subconscious mind for the greatest possible impact.

What is the single, key ingredient that can mean the difference between closing the sale and hearing your customer say "I'll think about it"? Getting a raise, or not getting a raise? Making people interested in listening to your ideas, or not caring what you have to say? You guessed it - persuasion!

What is the connection between physics and consciousness? In this groundbreaking new audiobook, Samuel Avery presents the quantum screen, a paradigm-shifting model of perceptual consciousness and of the world. This model looks to the enigmas of modern physics to demonstrate the primacy of consciousness - the essential oneness of spirit and matter.

Modern life is full of minor but acute dilemmas: we get stuck at a gathering with someone unusually boring and wonder how to move on without causing offence; in the course of introducing one friend to another, we realise that we have forgotten one of the party’s names; we run into an ex while on an early date with a new partner; we spill red wine across a host’s sofa...

The philosopher Susan Neiman argues that the absence of appealing models of maturity is not an accident: By describing life as a downhill process, we prepare young people to expect - and demand - very little from it. In Why Grow Up?, she challenges our culture of permanent adolescence, turning to thinkers including Kant, Rousseau, and Arendt to find a model of maturity that is not a matter of resignation. In growing up, we move from the boundless trust of childhood to the peculiar mixture of disappointment and exhilaration that comes with adolescence.

"Everyone has secrets, and everyone is living a double life to some degree. The world is held up by lies; if everyone's secrets were to all be revealed tomorrow morning, civilization might collapse." To ascend the social hierarchies and achieve great power, you need to optimize and strategize rather than slog and "work hard" for every day of your life. This is counterproductive since it does not guarantee any beneficial results in the end.

Are you tired of being stuck in the same negative habits, but don't know how to change? Do you feel like old fears and unnecessary limitations and are holding you back from getting extraordinary results in your life, but you don't know how to break free? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Neuro Linguistic Programming may be just what you need to create drastic positive change in your life.

Imagine if you were running a very old software program on a computer. It would be slow, inefficient, and cause you to waste a lot of time dealing with the outdated interface. You know how frustrating it is when this happens to you on a computer, but do we even notice when we are using old or inefficient mental skills? Think how many times you read every day. And imagine how much more time you would have if you could learn how to speed read.

This book will teach you how to relearn how to focus your attention and re-evaluate how to use your mental energy both wisely and effectively; how to turn off distractions, and even say no to communications sometimes; how to prioritize and develop the mental acuity to follow through on goals. All of these things can be easily done if we simply relearn the skill of powerful focus!

Do you feel like you could be living a happier life? Though many of us might answer "yes" to that question, attracting more joy into our lives is not always easy - life and stress can seem to hinder our well-being, despite our best efforts. There are proven methods to increase your happiness, break down the hold of negative emotions, and increase self-love, to live your best and most joyful life. This audiobook is highly actionable, with step-by-step exercises for building a better, happier, more joyfully complete life.

Want to get smarter? Develop your EQ. Emotional energy is in many ways our most precious resource. Emotions are the fuel for absolutely everything we say, do and create, and emotions are directly responsible for the degree of personal and professional success that we enjoy in life. Successful people, no matter their profession or field of interest all have one key characteristic in common: they are masters of managing their emotional energy. Simply put, they control their emotions, and don’t let their emotions control them.

Do you wish you had a better memory? Are you tired of forgetting details of important events, or just not able to recall names and numbers with ease? Maybe you are a student and are looking for a way to drastically improve your study habits. Or, perhaps you are looking for a technique to recall huge amounts of information to impress your friends at a party.

Are you one of the millions of people that suffer daily from anxiety? Do you find yourself stuck in negative thought patterns, but don't know how to stop them? Are you tired of constantly worrying? Do you avoid social situations for fear of being judged by others? If you are constantly feeling anxious or worried, you are not alone! But there is also no need to feel powerless. Believe it or not, there are very simple things that you can do to take back control of your life, and give you more confidence than you thought possible.