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Sway
- The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
- Narrated by: John Apicella
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A Harvard Business School student pays over $200 for a $20 bill. Washington, D.C., commuters ignore a free subway concert by a violin prodigy. A veteran airline pilot attempts to take off without control-tower clearance and collides with another plane on the runway. Why do we do the wildly irrational things we sometimes do?
Drawing on cutting-edge research from the fields of social psychology, behavioral economics, and organizational behavior, brothers Ori and Rom Brafman reveal the dynamic forces that act on us repeatedly over time, affecting nearly every aspect of our personal and business lives. They show how we are sabotaged by loss aversion (going to great lengths to avoid perceived losses), the diagnosis bias (ignoring evidence that contradicts our initial take on a person or situation), and commitment (even when a plan isn't working, we are reluctant to change course).
Weaving together colorful stories about dot-com millionaires, game-show audiences, NBA coaches, and the U.S. Supreme Court, this audiobook tours the flip side of reason and points us toward a more rational life.
What the critics say
"Sway helped me recognize an aspect of irrational behavior in my experimental work in physics. Sometimes I have jumped into some research that didn't feel quite right...but some irrational lure, such as the hope of quick success, pulled me in." (Martin L. Perl, 1995 Nobel Laureate in physics)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-01-11
Good information, quick read
I have read many books on the same topic from different authors all of them really good but I like this one because even when is short and easy to read it gives a very good introduction to the topics of behavioural economics and decision making.
The last chapter provides good tips on how we can be aware that we are falling in a trap and gives good ways of dealing with that.
Excellent book highly recommended
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-07-18
Interesting Read
I'd recommend this book. It is interesting how our behaviors are swayed by different factors
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