Tag: psychology
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10 Best Psychology Books
Every few years I update my list of favorite psychology books, and it’s that time again. It turns out that this is my most popular blog post. So here’s my latest list. Let me know if you have some favorites that you think should have made it on my list but didn’t. (These are in…
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Bringing Emotional Intelligence To Machines: An Interview With Pamela Pavliscak
Do we know enough about human emotions to start building them into our technology? Isn’t human emotion the one thing that differentiates us from machines? What does it mean to build emotional artificial intelligence? These are some of the questions we discuss with Pamela in this episode of the Human Tech podcast. Pamela’s upcoming book…
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How To Get People To Do Stuff #6: Hot drinks, soft pillows & heavy objects
Do you think you’d make different decisions if you were holding something heavy in your hand than holding nothing? Or if you were holding a cup of hot coffee instead of a cold drink? Sounds unlikely, but it’s true: Here’s a video about “haptic sensations.” Or, if you prefer, you can read the summary text…
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How To Get People To Do Stuff Book Tour
To celebrate my new book, I’m going on a book tour! I will be touring the US and Europe and speaking on the new book How to Get People to Do Stuff. If you’d like me to come speak/lead a discussion or have a Q&A in your city or for your group, let me know.…
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How To Get People To Do Stuff
Are you good with people? Do you know how to get them to do stuff? Are you using tips and techniques you picked up from others or experimented with? If so, I bet that sometimes your strategies work and other times they don’t. There are 7 basic drivers of human motivation. And if you understand…
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How To Get People To Do Stuff: #2 — Break Through A Confirmation Bias
A confirmation bias is a form of “cognitive illusion”. People tend to pay attention to what they already believe and filter out information that doesn’t fit with their opinions and beliefs. You can breakthrough these biases, however. Watch the video to find out how: For more information check out: Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast And…
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How To Get People To Do Stuff: #1 — Use Nouns Instead Of Verbs
This blog post is the first of a new series called “How To Get People To Do Stuff”. It features nuggets from the book I am writing by the same name due out in March of 2013. I’m also starting a new format of doing video blogs. So first is the video, and then below…
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Need Your Help With My New Book: How To Get People To Do Stuff
If you could get people to do stuff, what is the stuff that you would get people to do? I’m working on my next book (due out on February 2013), How To Get People To Do Stuff. I have a long list of “stuff” that I think my readers would like to know how to…
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The Top 10 Psychology Books You Should Read
NOTE: I’ve updated this list. Go to this blog post for the newest list of Best Psychology Books. A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post about my favorite psychology and usability books. Since then there have been more great psychology books to hit the bookstores, so I thought it was time to…
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7 Tips To Get A Team To Implement Your Recommendations: Tip #4
This is the 4th in a 7-part series on how to get a team to implement your recommendations. Tip #1 was: Hide Your Top 3 Recommendations. Tip #2 was Say “You”, “They”, “Customers”, “Users”, or “Research”. Don’t say “I”. Tip #3 was Give Them A Presentation, Don’t Send Them A Report. Now for Tip #4. The context…
