The Truth-Seeker's Handbook
The Truth-Seeker's Handbook

Author: Gleb Tsipursky

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 9780996469234

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Why do so many people prefer comfortable lies over inconvenient truths? After all, holding such false beliefs can cause bad decisions with tragic consequences for one¿s personal life, relationships, careers, and our society as a whole.Recent research provides the answer: the human mind make mistakes in predictable and systematic ways. These mental errors ¿ called cognitive biases by scholars ¿ cause people to form misconceptions about the world and thus make poor decisions that may lead to catastrophe. Fortunately, cognitive and behavioral scientists have recently uncovered many useful strategies for overcoming these mental flaws. This book relates those strategies in a clear, straightforward and engaging manner. It uses everyday life examples to show you how to train yourself and guide others in avoiding these mental flaws, preventing disasters and facilitating success and happiness for yourself and those you care about.

Never Go With Your Gut
Never Go With Your Gut

Author: Gleb Tsipursky

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 2019-11-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1632657708

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“This book is Moneyball for management. It will help you understand your subconscious biases that can lead to bad decisions, and it will teach you the techniques to help you make better decisions.” —Gordon Tredgold, author of Fast “This well-written, go-against-the-grain book is full of practical ways to tap into your very best mental resources to make better and better decisions.” —Brian Tracy, bestselling author of Eat that Frog! Want to avoid business disasters, whether minor mishaps, such as excessive team conflict, or major calamities like those that threaten bankruptcy or doom a promising career? Fortunately, behavioral economics studies show that such disasters stem from poor decisions due to our faulty mental patterns—what scholars call “cognitive biases”—and are preventable. Unfortunately, the typical advice for business leaders to “go with their guts” plays into these cognitive biases and leads to disastrous decisions that devastate the bottom line. By combining practical case studies with cutting-edge research, Never Go With Your Gut will help you make the best decisions and prevent these business disasters. The leading expert on avoiding business disasters, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, draws on over 20 years of extensive consulting, coaching, and speaking experience to show how pioneering leaders and organizations—many of them his clients—avoid business disasters. Reading this book will enable you to: Discover how pioneering leaders and organizations address cognitive biases to avoid disastrous decisions. Adapt best practices on avoiding business disasters from these leaders and organizations to your own context. Develop processes that empower everyone in your organization to avoid business disasters.

The Book of What Is
The Book of What Is

Author: Josh Jorgensen

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-26

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781504323444

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"The Book of What Is" is a guide for anyone who is searching for truth and reality. It gives a wide range of commentary on spiritual and philosophical topics that can provide the reader with a general knowledge of such subjects. It breaks boundaries and may cause controversy but it is brave and bold in its delivery of the author's opinions.

Truth Seeker
Truth Seeker

Author: Warren M. Mueller

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1973659832

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Have you ever wondered why humans think and act the way we do? This book explores how we are wired and the limitations and biases of the way we are designed. It also explores the convergence of science and the Bible based on recent discoveries. It then develops models that synthesis and harmonize this information to explain the meaning and purpose of being human.

The Blindspots Between Us
The Blindspots Between Us

Author: Gleb Tsipursky

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1684035104

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When what you think you know gets in the way—this eye-opening guide offers a clear path to forging stronger, healthier, and more meaningful relationships. We all want positive, productive, and genuine relationships—whether it’s with our family, friends, peers, coworkers, or romantic partners. And yet, time and time again, we all seem to make the same thinking errors that threaten or sabotage these relationships. These errors are called cognitive bias, and they happen when our brain attempts to simplify information by making assumptions. Grounded in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), The Blindspots Between Us reveals the most common “hidden” cognitive biases that blind us to the truth, and which lead to the misunderstandings that damage our relationships. With this guide, you’ll learn key skills to help you debias—to stop, pause, and objectively observe situations before jumping to conclusions about others’ motives. You’ll also learn to consider other people’s points of view and past experiences before rushing to judgment and potentially undermining your relationships. Being a human is hard. None of us are perfect, and we all have our blindspots that can get in the way of building the relationships we really and truly want, deep down. This much-needed book will help you identify your own blindspots, and move beyond them for better relationships—and a better world.

Pro Truth
Pro Truth

Author: Gleb Tsipursky

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-05-29

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1789044006

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How can we turn back the tide of post-truth politics, fake news, and misinformation that is damaging our democracy? First, by empowering citizens to recognize and resist political lies and deceptions: Using cutting-edge neuroscience research, we show you the tricks post-truth politicians use to exploit our mental blindspots and cognitive biases. We then share with you strategies to protect yourself and others from these threats. Second, by addressing the damage caused by the spread of fake news on social media: We provide you with effective techniques for fighting digital misinformation. Third, by exerting pressure on politicians, media, and other public figures: Doing so involves creating new incentives for telling the truth, new penalties for lying, and new ways of communicating across the partisan divide. To put this plan into action requires the rise of a Pro-Truth Movement - a movement which has already begun, and is making a tangible impact. If you believe truth matters, and want to protect our democracy, please read this book, and join us. Dr. Gleb Tsipursky and Tim Ward have teamed up to help citizens learn to protect themselves from lies, and empower them to put truth back into politics.

Fake News
Fake News

Author: Michael Miller

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ™

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1541552482

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While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism. Since then, it has come to encompass a broad universe of news stories and marketing strategies ranging from outright lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories to hoaxes, opinion pieces, and satire—all facilitated and manipulated by social media platforms. This title explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores methods for assessing and avoiding the spread of fake news.

The Truth Seeker ~ Religion, Belief, Spirituality and Truth
The Truth Seeker ~ Religion, Belief, Spirituality and Truth

Author: Joan Boler

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9780994411693

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The sixth book in The Truth Seeker series, Religion, Belief, Spirituality and Truth, examines the history and validity of religious belief, especially that of the true identity of Jesus and Christianity. This in-depth study takes into account ancient texts, historical and archeological finds along with scholarly conclusions based upon evidence. In an effort to uncover the true spiritual message contained in the early records the author revokes many conclusions drawn by those in power.The author reveals her personal association with Christianity over lifetimes dating back to the times of the Crusades and the cruel and callous behaviour of the Christians as they fought 'God's holy war'.