I received this book from the Early Reviewers program on LibraryThing. Thank you so much!

Interesting and enlightening, this book talks about the various ways we deceive ourselves in our day-to-day life. The author's snappy writing and clear description of experiments and research made me speed through this book in just two days. The topics he addressed were the following:
1. The placebo effect works.
2. In herd mentality, an individual unthinkingly tends to follow what others do.
3. Death can be an effect of hopelessness.
4. We see what we expect to see.
5. If we believe it, it's true for us.
6. A sense of control correlates to better health.
7. Superstition breeds confidence which leads to better outcomes.
8. Power dulls our sensitivity to others.
9. The more successful we are, the less we believe we'll be caught cheating.
10.We believe we are risk averse.
11. Optimism pays off - even if a bit deluded

I liked reading about all issues addressed in the book, but those about power left me feeling a bit sad. It seems that most people in positions of power have attributes I don't like. It seems ironic that I just finished reading Walter Isaacson's book "Steve Jobs". That CEO really was a good example of what Joseph T. Hallinan has to say about the personality of those in power.

I really enjoyed this book. I hope you do, too.

Happy reading!

Caught!

Thank you for returning this book to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). I'm saving this book to go out for Round #2. :)

Going out for Round #2...

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I'm releasing this book for following BookCrossing challenge:

***The 2016 April Showers/May Flowers wild release challenge hosted by GoryDetails. This book has a palm tree pictured on the front cover.

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I'm releasing this book at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

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