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  • The Ethical Executive

    Becoming Aware of the Root Causes of Unethical Behavior: 45 Psychological Traps that Every One of Us Falls Prey To

    by Robert Hoyk, Paul Hersey ...
    In this book, Hoyk and Hersey describe 45 "unethical traps" into which any one of us can fall. These traps, they say, can erupt in any organizational environment. Some of these traps distort our perception of right and wrong—so we actually believe our unethical behavior is right. Many of them are psychological in nature, and if we are not aware of them they are like illusions—webs of deception. In ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    Why More Is Less, Revised Edition

    by Barry Schwartz ...
    In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, decision fatigue and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface from the author.Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Punished By Rewards: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

    The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of its publication, Alfie Kohn's landmark challenge to carrot-and-stick psychology features updated reflections and research in a major new afterword by the author.Our basic strategy for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summed up in six words: Do this and you’ll get that. We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales ... Read more

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  • Blindspot

    Hidden Biases of Good People

    by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald ...
    “Accessible and authoritative . . . While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one. . . . What if we’re not the magnanimous people we think we are?”—The Washington PostI know my own mind.I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way.These self-perceptions are challenged by leading ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Myths of Happiness

    What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does

    by Sonja Lyubomirsky ...
    The bestselling author of The How of Happiness reveals how to find opportunity in life’s thorniest momentsFocusing on life’s biggest, messiest moments, Sonja Lyubomirsky provides readers with the clear-eyed vision they need to build the healthiest, most satisfying life. Lyubomirsky argues that we have been given false promises—myths that assure us that lifelong happiness will be attained once we ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The All-or-Nothing Marriage

    How the Best Marriages Work

    by Eli J Finkel ...
    “After years of debate and inquiry, the key to a great marriage remained shrouded in mystery. Until now...”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessEli J. Finkel's insightful and ground-breaking investigation of marriage clearly shows that the best marriages today are better than the best marriages of earlier eras. Indeed, they are the best marriages the world has ever known. ... Read more

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  • The Art of Choosing

    by Sheena Iyengar ...
    The nationally recognized, leading authority on choice exposes the surprising truths behind the decisions we make everyday.Every day we make choices. Coke or Pepsi? Save or spend? Stay or go?Whether mundane or life-altering, the choices we make define us and shape our lives. Sheena Iyengar asks the difficult questions about how and why we choose: Is the desire for choice innate or bound by culture ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Practical Wisdom

    The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

    by Barry Schwartz, Kenneth Sharpe ...
    A reasoned yet urgent call to embrace and protect the essential, practical human quality that has been drummed out of our lives: wisdom.It's in our nature to want to succeed. It's also human nature to want to do right. But we've lost how to balance the two. How do we get it back?Practical Wisdom can help. "Practical wisdom" is the essential human quality that combines the fruits of our individual ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Myth of the Spoiled Child

    Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children -- what they're like and how they should be raised -- have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic . . . among other ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • The Self-Esteem Trap

    Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance

    by Polly Young-Eisendrath ...
    "Wise and packed with insight . . . If you've wondered how to cut through our culture's obsession with perfect children, this is the book for you." —Jean Twenge, PhD, author of Generation MeKids today are depressed and anxious. They also seem to feel entitled to every advantage and unwilling to make the leap into adulthood. As Polly Young-Eisendrath makes clear in this brilliant account of where a ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The War Against Boys

    How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men

    by Christina Hoff Sommers ...
    An updated and revised edition of the controversial classic—now more relevant than ever—argues that boys are the ones languishing socially and academically, resulting in staggering social and economic costs.Girls and women were once second-class citizens in the nation’s schools. Americans responded with concerted efforts to give girls and women the attention and assistance that was long overdue. ... Read more

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  • Shiny Objects

    Why We Spend Money We Don't Have in Search of Happiness We Can't Buy

    by James A. Roberts ...
    In Shiny Objects, a cross between In Praise of Slowness and The Tipping Point, consumer behavior expert Professor James A. Roberts takes us on a tour of America's obsession with consumerism—pointing out its symptoms, diagnosing specific problems, and offering a series of groundbreaking solutions.Roberts gives practical advice for how to correct the materialistic trends in our lives which lock us ... Read more

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