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The Hypocrisy Trap

How Changing What We Criticize Can Improve Our Lives

by Michael Hallsworth ...

**How our desire to stamp out hypocrisy is backfiring—and how learning to target our criticisms better can improve our politics, business, and personal relationships.Finalist, 2025 Foreword INDIES Awards, Self-Help (Adult Nonfiction) CategoryShortlisted, Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists Book AwardLonglisted, Non-Obvious Book Awards 2025**In our increasingly distrusting and ... Read more

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**How our desire to stamp out hypocrisy is backfiring—and how learning to target our criticisms better can improve our politics, business, and personal relationships.Finalist, 2025 Foreword INDIES Awards, Self-Help (Adult Nonfiction) CategoryShortlisted, Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists Book AwardLonglisted, Non-Obvious Book Awards 2025**In our increasingly distrusting and
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Behavioral Insights

by Michael Hallsworth, Elspeth Kirkman ...

Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
Two experts offer an accessible introduction to the behavioral insights approach, which applies evidence about human behavior to solve practical problems.“A brilliant book, packed with wisdom and insights, and a ton of fun to boot.” —Cass R. Sunstein, New York Times-bestselling coauthor of NudgeOur behavior is strongly influenced by factors that lie outside our conscious awareness, although we ... Read more

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Two experts offer an accessible introduction to the behavioral insights approach, which applies evidence about human behavior to solve practical problems.“A brilliant book, packed with wisdom and insights, and a ton of fun to boot.” —Cass R. Sunstein, New York Times-bestselling coauthor of NudgeOur behavior is strongly influenced by factors that lie outside our conscious awareness, although we
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Hypocrisy Trap, The

How Changing What We Criticize Can Improve Our Lives

by Michael Hallsworth ...

Narrated by Michael Hallsworth ...

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8 hours 2 min

How our desire to stamp out hypocrisy is backfiring—and how learning to target our criticisms better can improve our politics, business, and personal relationships.In our increasingly distrusting and polarized nations, accusations of hypocrisy are everywhere. But the strange truth is that our attempts to stamp out hypocrisy often backfire, creating what Michael Hallsworth calls The Hypocrisy Trap. ... Read more

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How our desire to stamp out hypocrisy is backfiring—and how learning to target our criticisms better can improve our politics, business, and personal relationships.In our increasingly distrusting and polarized nations, accusations of hypocrisy are everywhere. But the strange truth is that our attempts to stamp out hypocrisy often backfire, creating what Michael Hallsworth calls The Hypocrisy Trap.
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The Cost of Conviction

How Our Deepest Values Lead Us Astray

by Steven Sloman ...

Narrated by Steven Sloman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

When you are faced with a decision, do you consider the best outcome, or do you consider your deepest values about which actions are appropriate? The Cost of Conviction contrasts these two primary strategies for making decisions: consequentialism, the former, or prioritizing one's sacred values, the latter. Steven Sloman argues that, while both modes of decision making are necessary tools for a ... Read more

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When you are faced with a decision, do you consider the best outcome, or do you consider your deepest values about which actions are appropriate? The Cost of Conviction contrasts these two primary strategies for making decisions: consequentialism, the former, or prioritizing one's sacred values, the latter. Steven Sloman argues that, while both modes of decision making are necessary tools for a
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The Origin of Politics

How Evolution and Ideology Shape the Fate of Nations

by Nicholas Wade ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

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6 hours 41 min

Societies that ignore social disintegration and collapsing birth rates are putting their future in peril. So why are we ignoring the signs??In The Origin Of Politics, Nicholas Wade explains how our political systems compete with a more ancient set of rules for organizing society—those developed by evolution. Modern ideologies are in constant tension with structures inherent in human social ... Read more

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Societies that ignore social disintegration and collapsing birth rates are putting their future in peril. So why are we ignoring the signs??In The Origin Of Politics, Nicholas Wade explains how our political systems compete with a more ancient set of rules for organizing society—those developed by evolution. Modern ideologies are in constant tension with structures inherent in human social
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Less Is Liberation

Finding Freedom from a Life of Overwhelm

by Christine Platt ...

Narrated by Christine Platt ...

Unabridged

6 hours

From lifestyle trailblazer and author of The Afrominimalist's Guide To Living with Less, a practical guide to move beyond decluttering your space and, instead, declutter your life.Less Is Liberation welcomes those who are tired and weary to embark upon a journey of self-discovery. This is an invitation to understand the interconnectedness of overwhelm and our overall wellbeing.For years, the ... Read more

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From lifestyle trailblazer and author of The Afrominimalist's Guide To Living with Less, a practical guide to move beyond decluttering your space and, instead, declutter your life.Less Is Liberation welcomes those who are tired and weary to embark upon a journey of self-discovery. This is an invitation to understand the interconnectedness of overwhelm and our overall wellbeing.For years, the
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Distancing

How Great Leaders Reframe to Make Better Decisions

by L. David Marquet, Michael A. Gillespie ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

Unabridged

5 hours 24 min

What if there was a way to instantly see your reality with the clarity of a coach – unencumbered by the baggage of you being you?In Distancing, bestselling author and former submarine captain David Marquet (Turn the Ship Around!) and psychology professor Michael Gillespie introduce a powerful solution: distancing. This simple but underused superpower lets us step outside ourselves to see with ... Read more

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What if there was a way to instantly see your reality with the clarity of a coach – unencumbered by the baggage of you being you?In Distancing, bestselling author and former submarine captain David Marquet (Turn the Ship Around!) and psychology professor Michael Gillespie introduce a powerful solution: distancing. This simple but underused superpower lets us step outside ourselves to see with
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Lucky by Design

The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want

by Judd Kessler ...

Narrated by Judd Kessler ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Wharton economist and market designer Judd Kessler pulls back the curtain on hidden markets that determine who gets what in everyday life—and how to tip the scales in your favor.“Who knew cutting-edge economics could be so fun—and so useful? Witty and entertaining, Lucky by Design is essential reading before your next job hunt, school application, or even dinner reservation.”—Seth Stephens ... Read more

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Wharton economist and market designer Judd Kessler pulls back the curtain on hidden markets that determine who gets what in everyday life—and how to tip the scales in your favor.“Who knew cutting-edge economics could be so fun—and so useful? Witty and entertaining, Lucky by Design is essential reading before your next job hunt, school application, or even dinner reservation.”—Seth Stephens
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Breaking Bias

Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From—and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them

by Anu Gupta ...

Narrated by Anu Gupta ...

Unabridged

12 hours 22 min

For readers of Caste, Sapiens, and The Dawn of Everything, a page-turning deep-dive into how bias is learned—plus a strikingly original and highly effective set of tools to un-learn it.Imagine a world without bias. A world where all human beings can truly be just as they are and unleash their full potential.Take a moment to imagine how you feel in such a world—not what you think about it, or ... Read more

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For readers of Caste, Sapiens, and The Dawn of Everything, a page-turning deep-dive into how bias is learned—plus a strikingly original and highly effective set of tools to un-learn it.Imagine a world without bias. A world where all human beings can truly be just as they are and unleash their full potential.Take a moment to imagine how you feel in such a world—not what you think about it, or
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How to Win an Information War

The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler

by Peter Pomerantsev ...

Narrated by Matthew Waterson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you can't fight lies with truth? Can a propaganda war ever be won?In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat his powerful propaganda ... Read more

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From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you can't fight lies with truth? Can a propaganda war ever be won?In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat his powerful propaganda
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Original Sin

On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness

by Kathryn Paige Harden ...

Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

A daring and intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment, and moral responsibility, from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic Lottery Kathryn Paige Harden.“An extraordinary book, the very best of science writing, because it is about not just science—it is memoir, history, bleeding-edge genetics, and a completely original take on original sin.” ... Read more

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A daring and intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment, and moral responsibility, from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic Lottery Kathryn Paige Harden.“An extraordinary book, the very best of science writing, because it is about not just science—it is memoir, history, bleeding-edge genetics, and a completely original take on original sin.”
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I Shouldn't Feel This Way

Name What’s Hard, Tame Your Guilt, and Transform Self-Sabotage into Brave Action

by Dr Alison Cook ...

Narrated by Alison Cook ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

Read by the author.Learn to see through the haze of conflicted feelings and move forward in your life with confidence.In I Shouldn't Feel This Way, licensed therapist and bestselling author Dr. Alison Cook guides you through a groundbreaking 3-step process to find the emotional freedom you've been longing for.When you're tangled up inside, it's hard to find clarity.Yet so many of us guilt-trip or ... Read more

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Read by the author.Learn to see through the haze of conflicted feelings and move forward in your life with confidence.In I Shouldn't Feel This Way, licensed therapist and bestselling author Dr. Alison Cook guides you through a groundbreaking 3-step process to find the emotional freedom you've been longing for.When you're tangled up inside, it's hard to find clarity.Yet so many of us guilt-trip or
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