Entries in the Category "Book Review"
Chapter Highlights
I'm not as good at powerpoint as you guys are, so i thought i'd post my thoughts onto the Blog:
Some key points from the Chapters I wrote as I read along. It took me a while to finish the book, but i thought it was a generally good read with some interesting points.
I thought it wsa interesting we've attracted some interest from outside sources (see Heidi and Gretchen's post) from the university. Goes to show the power of sharing and broadening one's experience.
I liked in Chapter 2, page 69 he writes "we are quick to discover explanations for things we don't have explainations for". I think today's society is based on white lies, and this is why we are so prone to do this. Young children don't have a problem saying people are ugly or fat or some other characteristic, but yet we're fired at work for doing so. Could lying be a defense mechanism from the cover your butt theory so prevalent in the working class society?
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dont blink but sleep on it
Hey guys I found this article on BBC which says that researchers found that if we were to make a complex decision, its better to sleep on it and allow our unconcious mind to make such a decision. Here's the link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4723216.stm
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