Notes from Underground
A bitter, hyper-conscious man retreats from society to wrestle with free will, spite, and the stubborn irrationality of human nature.
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psychology
36 posts
Understanding human behavior, motivation, and cognitive patterns.
Digital Minimalism
In an era dominated by constant connectivity, the concept of digital minimalism emerges as a refreshing antidote. Coined by Cal Newport, this philosophy isn't about rejecting technology but rather about using it with gre…
Man's Search for Meaning
In Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl not only shares his harrowing experiences from the Holocaust but also presents a profound philosophy on the human condition. This book is a testament to the resilience of the human spi…
Prisoner's Dilemma
The Prisoner's Dilemma illustrates the complexities of strategic decision-making, where individuals must choose between cooperation and betrayal, often revealing insights into human behavior and the consequences of self-…
Invincible
Marcos Vazquez combines stoic philosophy with modern psychology to train your mind for clarity, determination, and discipline in the face of adversity.
Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing
Embarking on the path to high team performance involves understanding Tuckman's Model — a roadmap through the stages of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. In this blog post, we explore practical stra…
Crucial Conversations
Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life's most difficult and important conversations, say what's on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want.
Unhealthy Working Environment
An unhealthy working environment can have various symptoms that negatively impact both the physical and mental well-being of employees.
The Peter Principle
The Peter principle states that a person who is competent at their job will earn a promotion to a position that requires different skills. If the promoted person lacks the skills required for the new role, they will be i…
The Day of the Triffids
This book is fantastic and frightening, but entirely plausible. It doesn't just seem scientifically possible, but its characters are living people shaken out of the civilization they know into the horror of a world domin…
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury's dystopian masterpiece about a fireman whose job is to burn books, until a chance encounter makes him question everything about his society's war on knowledge.
Learned Helplessness
Learned helplessness is the behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive beyond their control. It was initially thought to be caused by the subject's acceptance of their powerlessness by discontinuing…
Momo
Momo is a modern fairytale that shows the fight between good and evil in our contemporary society, focusing on the lack of time to care for other people.
Dare to lead
Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyo…
Understanding People
One of the most complicated challenges for everyone is avoiding misunderstandings and being aware that other people don't think the same way as you do.
Bikeshedding
People within an organization typically give disproportionate weight to trivial issues.
Dunbar Number
Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.
The Psychology of Money
There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don't have and don't need. Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness.
The Power of Authority and Obedience
Milgram was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person, and how easily people could be influenced into committing atrocities. For example, Germans in…
Leaders Eat Last
A company's biggest strength doesn't lie in its products or services. It always lies in its people, and in their ability to cooperate closely and rally behind the organization, especially during a crisis.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
A fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
This book is a leadership fable about a tech company that is struggling to get more customers. The C level is not working as a team, and they have a hard time coming to any agreements which result in negative morale. Unt…
The Catcher in the Rye
The novel is a deeper reflection of Salinger's own youth, his complicated relationship with growing up and the generational trauma affected by World War II.
Lord of the Flies
Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse. It has established itself as a true classic. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded …
Conformity Experiments
To what extent do social forces alter people's opinions? Which aspect of the group influence is most important — the size of the majority, or the unanimity of opinion?
Peopleware
Software development is about people: when, how and where they can best work together. Not about programming languages or tools. Not about fast computers, networks or internet access.
Embrace the Change
The tale is a beautiful metaphor of the different attitudes that people adopt as part of their identity in life when they have to confront any change.
Who moved my cheese?
This book presents a tale inside the main story that consists of 4 characters: two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little persons, Hem and Haw.
Animal Farm
Orwell's political allegory about a farmyard rebellion that descends into tyranny, exposing how power corrupts even the most idealistic revolutions.
The Process Itself Is the Goal
No goal should be an achievement on its own, but the process itself that helps us to go in the direction of these goals.
Never split the difference
From policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, to becoming the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator to teaching negotiation at leading universities, Chris Voss has tested the techniques in 'Never Spl…
The metamorphosis
Kafka's iconic novella about alienation and identity. Gregor Samsa wakes as a monstrous insect and must confront his family's revulsion and his own fading humanity.
1984
One of Britain's most popular novels, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party.
Atomic Habits
People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions. He calls them a…
The Art of War
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and kindred to the Realpolitik of his time, termed in China as Legalism.
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg explores the science behind habit formation, showing how habits work, why they exist, and practical strategies to transform them for personal and professional growth.