How does your personality shape your life… and what, if anything, can you do about it?
Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to broo d? Do you think you’re in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate? Would you be happier, or just less socially adept, if you were less concerned about what other people thought of you? And what about your “Type A” spouse: is he or she destined to have a heart attack, or just drive you to drink?
In the past few decades, new scientific research has transformed old ideas about the nature of human personality. Neuroscientists, biologists, and psychological scientists have reexamined the theories of Freud and Jung as well as the humanistic psychologies of the 1960s, upending the simplistic categorizations of personality “types,” and developing new tools and methods for exploring who we are.
Renowned professor and pioneering research psychologist Brian R. Little has been at the leading edge of this new science. In this wise and witty book he shares a wealth of new data and provocative insights about who we are, why we act the way we do, what we can—and can’t—change, and how we can best thrive in light of our “nature.”
Me, Myself, and Us explores questions that are rooted in the origins of human consciousness but are as commonplace as yesterday’s breakfast conversation, such as whether our personality traits are “set” by age thirty or whether our brains and selves are more plastic. He considers what our personalities portend for our health and success, and the extent to which our well-being depends on the personal projects we pursue.
Through stories, studies, personal experiences, and entertaining interactive assessments, Me, Myself, and Us provides a lively, thought-provoking, and ultimately optimistic look at the possibilities and perils of being uniquely ourselves, while illuminating the selves of the familiar strangers we encounter, work with, and love.
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Reviews
“Me, Myself, and Us is a truly gripping look at questions at the heart of the human experience. Why do we do what we do? How does our environment shape our nature and our nature our environment? Are some people just innately happier than other? In crisp and lucid prose, one of the giants in the field of personality science tackles these questions and many more. I defy you to read this book and not change the way you think about your friends, your family, and yourself.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND
Insightful, clever and practical. Professor Little is a genius, making personality psychology not only relevant but essential knowledge in the modern world. This book is one “aha” moment after another, each rocking your world and upending the way you think about your coworkers, your relationships and your life.”
—Shawn Achor, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and CEO of GoodThink
“Me, Myself, and Us is a masterpiece. With extraordinary wit and wisdom, distinguished psychologist Brian Little offers startling insights about our trivial pursuits and magnificent obsessions. It should come with a warning label: this book will fundamentally change the way you see yourself and everyone you know.”
—Adam Grant, Wharton professor and bestselling author of Give and Take
“Brian Little is one of the wisest, funniest, kindest, and most erudite people I have ever met, and in this book you’ll be treated to a generous helping of all these personality traits. A monumentally important book for anyone who wants to understand their colleagues, their loved ones — and their very own selves.”
—Susan Cain, author of the New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking“
Professor Brian R. Little is an internationally acclaimed scholar and speaker in the field of personality and motivational psychology. He is a fellow of the Well-being Institute at Cambridge University, where he also lectures in the Department of Psychology and the Cambridge Judge Business School. He is a distinguished research professor emeritus at Carleton University. Little has taught at Carleton, McGill, Oxford, and Harvard Universities. He was elected as a Favorite Professor by the graduating classes of Harvard for three consecutive years. He lives in Cambridge, England, and Ottawa, Canada.
For more information, visit brianrlittle.com or follow him on Twitter @DrBrianRLittle."
就是我看过那个Ted talk的很会讲故事的人 1. 为什么性格可以改变? 稳定特质和自由特质的区分。自由特质往往是外界因素,比如我想做成某件事情,我会改变我是内向性格的某些方面。 2. 怎么改变呢?人的性格有三个原因,生物来源,社会来源,和特定来源 (也就是基因,环境和动...
评分How does your personality shape your life and what, if anything, can you do about it Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to brood Do you think you re in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate Would you be happier, or just l...
评分1 首先,我们要回答一个问题:什么是有见识? 关于这个问题,我比较同意新媒体撰稿人粥左罗,在他的文章《一个人怎样才算见过世面?》中的观点。 他的从4个角度讲怎样算见过世面: 不随意评价别人,不试图改变别人; 面对权威,不卑不亢,从容淡定; 见天地见众生而后看见自己...
在Portland的Powell书店偶然遇到,是一本关于人格心理学的书籍。作者解析了人格的纬度,表达,拓展,如何与社会和环境因素相关联,以及有意义的个人实现对人生幸福感的贡献。读这本书的过程中,感觉又多了一个认识自己的纬度,很是有趣
评分我们不是要一直做自己,也可以不做自己。“啊~ 原来我也可以这样啊!”。
评分事实证明这本书需要静下心慢慢看...记忆最深的是where you are right now? What are you doing? And, who you are? 在这之后需要不断审问自己的怕是what's ur life project?
评分So in the end it comes down to making choices about which of these various aspects of the good you accord the greatest significance. Follow your passion, by all means, but know that in so doing you might be choosing your poison as well.
评分非常好看!!看过ted特意找的~~教授好幽默啊~看起来毫不费力~一口气看完~~关键是没有说教,没有鸡汤~~
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