The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It

by John Tierney, Roy F Baumeister, Roy F. Baumeister

Book Overview

The most important book at the borderland of psychology and politics that I have ever read.--Martin E. P. Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology at that University of Pennsylvania and author of Learned Optimism

Why are we devastated by a word of criticism even when it's mixed with lavish praise? Because our brains are wired to focus on the bad. This negativity effect explains things great and small: why countries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594205523
• ISBN13: 9781594205521
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

It's going to change the way you think and your observation of other people's thoughts in your life

I was prompted to buy this book to find a answer why a dozen good things in your life can be wiped away with a small transgression. This book gives the answer to that and strategies for recognizing the behavior and changing direction. Good for manager