Professor Brian R. Little is an internationally acclaimed scholar and speaker in the field of personality and motivational psychology. He is a fellow of the Well-being Institute at Cambridge University, where he also lectures in the Department of Psychology and the Cambridge Judge Business School. He is a distinguished research professor emeritus at Carleton University. Little has taught at Carleton, McGill, Oxford, and Harvard Universities. He was elected as a Favorite Professor by the graduating classes of Harvard for three consecutive years. He lives in Cambridge, England, and Ottawa, Canada.
For more information, visit brianrlittle.com or follow him on Twitter @DrBrianRLittle."
How does your personality shape your life… and what, if anything, can you do about it?
Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to broo d? Do you think you’re in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate? Would you be happier, or just less socially adept, if you were less concerned about what other people thought of you? And what about your “Type A” spouse: is he or she destined to have a heart attack, or just drive you to drink?
In the past few decades, new scientific research has transformed old ideas about the nature of human personality. Neuroscientists, biologists, and psychological scientists have reexamined the theories of Freud and Jung as well as the humanistic psychologies of the 1960s, upending the simplistic categorizations of personality “types,” and developing new tools and methods for exploring who we are.
Renowned professor and pioneering research psychologist Brian R. Little has been at the leading edge of this new science. In this wise and witty book he shares a wealth of new data and provocative insights about who we are, why we act the way we do, what we can—and can’t—change, and how we can best thrive in light of our “nature.”
Me, Myself, and Us explores questions that are rooted in the origins of human consciousness but are as commonplace as yesterday’s breakfast conversation, such as whether our personality traits are “set” by age thirty or whether our brains and selves are more plastic. He considers what our personalities portend for our health and success, and the extent to which our well-being depends on the personal projects we pursue.
Through stories, studies, personal experiences, and entertaining interactive assessments, Me, Myself, and Us provides a lively, thought-provoking, and ultimately optimistic look at the possibilities and perils of being uniquely ourselves, while illuminating the selves of the familiar strangers we encounter, work with, and love.
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Reviews
“Me, Myself, and Us is a truly gripping look at questions at the heart of the human experience. Why do we do what we do? How does our environment shape our nature and our nature our environment? Are some people just innately happier than other? In crisp and lucid prose, one of the giants in the field of personality science tackles these questions and many more. I defy you to read this book and not change the way you think about your friends, your family, and yourself.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND
Insightful, clever and practical. Professor Little is a genius, making personality psychology not only relevant but essential knowledge in the modern world. This book is one “aha” moment after another, each rocking your world and upending the way you think about your coworkers, your relationships and your life.”
—Shawn Achor, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and CEO of GoodThink
“Me, Myself, and Us is a masterpiece. With extraordinary wit and wisdom, distinguished psychologist Brian Little offers startling insights about our trivial pursuits and magnificent obsessions. It should come with a warning label: this book will fundamentally change the way you see yourself and everyone you know.”
—Adam Grant, Wharton professor and bestselling author of Give and Take
“Brian Little is one of the wisest, funniest, kindest, and most erudite people I have ever met, and in this book you’ll be treated to a generous helping of all these personality traits. A monumentally important book for anyone who wants to understand their colleagues, their loved ones — and their very own selves.”
—Susan Cain, author of the New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking“
你有不做自己的能力。 哪怕隻是短時間、一定範圍內不做自己的能力。這就是 Brian Little 在《突破天性》一書中所說的“自由特質(free trait)”。 是的,KY 在綜述這個概念的時候,用過的標題就是《你除瞭做自己,也要有不做自己的能力》,恰切至此。 而更令我驚訝的是,探索...
評分總體來說,這是一本不錯的心理學方麵的普及讀物。 探討的是人格與工作、生活等方麵的關係,並否定瞭大五型人格的部分觀點。 就我個人而言,當初買這本書主要是想看作者如何教我們突破自己的固有人格。 然而,看完本書,卻令我大失所望。 所謂自由改變人格特質隻占瞭書的一小部...
評分 評分1.個人建構 a 增加視角和框架,不然會在單一框架裏極端(裂縫改變) b 以最自由的態度看世界和他人。 2.穩定特質: 大五 ( 盡責與成功@非混沌環境/ 宜人性中等與效益 / 神經質放大強度/開放性+努力~成功和創新/ 外傾喚起水平低 + 咖啡: 中間性格者優勢) 3. 自由特質 : 情...
評分A good read. 有新研究結論,也給老東西賦予新的動態的著眼未來的建設性的視角;溫暖的有人文關懷的筆觸。
评分非常好看!!看過ted特意找的~~教授好幽默啊~看起來毫不費力~一口氣看完~~關鍵是沒有說教,沒有雞湯~~
评分事實證明這本書需要靜下心慢慢看...記憶最深的是where you are right now? What are you doing? And, who you are? 在這之後需要不斷審問自己的怕是what's ur life project?
评分把自己真實的想法和情感埋藏得很深原來是特彆普遍的。看完這本書對自己的瞭解也增長瞭不少。可以安慰自己的是,幸好隨著年齡漸漸長大,已經越來越不怕麵對自己內心最脆弱的部分瞭。
评分A good read. 有新研究結論,也給老東西賦予新的動態的著眼未來的建設性的視角;溫暖的有人文關懷的筆觸。
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