November 2014
Beginner
224 pages
4h 40m
English
book
Selfish, Scared and Stupid: Stop Fighting Human Nature And Increase Your Performance, Engagement And Influence
by Dan Gregory, Kieran Flanagan
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PART IWe are all selfish, scared and stupid
Please, don’t be offended by this heading. As you will learn, we owe rather a lot to being selfish, scared and stupid. In fact, these qualities are not to be shunned but rather understood and even applauded.
A matter of survival
Being selfish, scared and stupid has shaped our evolution and helped us rise to the top of the food chain despite other species having better strength, speed, more acute senses and even, occasionally, more cunning.
The Happy Delusion
We delude ourselves about what really drives our behaviour and how this can cost us success, effectiveness and a connection with reality — but why?
Why failure happens
We have structured our systems, processes, organisations and entire communities in such a way that we fight our human nature and instead expect laboratory-like consistency in the real world.
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