The best-selling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this "delightful" (Bloomberg News) collection of writings from The New Yorker. What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century?

Do you want to become great at reading people? Do you want to know what others around you are silently saying with their body? Do you want to learn the art of silent persuasion? If you have answered yes to any of the above, then this book was written for you. There is a vast world of unspoken intentions hiding in the gestures, postures, and other non-verbal cues that abound in our daily interactions. Understanding these non-verbal cues is the key to effective communication and building better relationships.

Dark manipulation is going to be found all around us. All of us are going to use some form of manipulation to get what we want and to benefit us...In this guidebook, we are going to spend some time talking about manipulation, persuasion, deception, and more and how it can be used, either by us or against us, in many different scenarios throughout our lives.

This book describes in detail every aspect of dark psychology. You will learn the mechanisms of the human mind and how they are used to make the victim feel shame, guilt, and useless. You will learn about the power dynamics a manipulator uses to try to transform you into a slave. Sometimes you also may not know if some of these manipulation techniques are actually being used on you. Fortunately, this book will unveil all the manipulative behaviors and scenarios to help you reveal if you are a victim.

Have you asked yourself, why it is important to analyze people? Do you know what benefits this skill can bring? This audiobook will act as a guidebook for analyzing people and help you be more successful in interpersonal relations.

Discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate.

Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of listeners, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding, and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense.

Writing from both the cutting edge of scientific discovery and the front-lines of elite athletic performance, National Magazine Award-winning science journalist Alex Hutchinson presents a revolutionary account of the dynamic and controversial new science of endurance.

Like first impressions, we often only get a shot at one conversation to win people over. If your conversation skills aren’t up to scratch, then you will find yourself left behind in life, love, and most definitely work. Us humans are ultimately a social species, making good social skills an imperative for survival. This guide will transform you from the dowdy office bore to the dynamic conversationalist that everyone wants to chat with.

In his landmark best seller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept?

Have you ever felt manipulated by someone? Are you afraid of not understanding when you are being manipulated? All of humanity has this potential to victimize other humans and living creatures. While many restrain or sublimate this tendency, some act upon these impulses. Dark psychology seeks to understand those thoughts, feelings, and perceptions that lead to human predatory behavior.

Today's psychologist is apt to be very different from the image most people conjure up when asked to picture one - an image that almost always suggests Sigmund Freud or someone like him, complete with leather couch.

Science has defined human personality types to a fine point that identifies the clear categories that you fall into and furthermore explains what motivates and drives each one of us as a unique personality.

As social animals who are used to being around others, it is often imperative that we have good social skills that will help us to get on in our careers or personal lives. This simple ability sounds easy at first glance but for many, it is an impossible minefield that they find hard to navigate.  

Would you like to be able to defend yourself against mind control, manipulation, and deception? Would you like to be able to see the hidden messages that a person’s body language reveals? If the answer to these questions is yes, then keep reading.... You can only defend oneself against manipulation if you know what manipulation is. Reading body language implies that you know what amounts to body language, and this why the audiobook first introduces what is human behavior psychology as it is important to understand why people exhibit such behavior.