12 lessons from Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell:
1. We have a default to truth. We assume that people are telling us the truth, even when they’re not. 2. Transparency is not the same as truthfulness. People can be transparent but still lie to us. 3. We are all susceptible to behavioral mismatching. We often misjudge people’s behavior because we don’t understand the […]
Read More10 lessons from Carol Dweck’s book “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”
:1. There are two mindsets: fixed and growth. In a fixed mindset, people believe that their talents and abilities are fixed. They believe that they are born with a certain amount of intelligence, talent, and creativity and that there is nothing they can do to change that. In a growth mindset, people believe that their […]
Read More10 Lessons from the Book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.____________________________________________ 2. The only way on earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.____________________________________________ 3. You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people […]
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