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Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions

And How Critical Thinking Can Protect Them

By: Annie McCubbin

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Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions

And How Critical Thinking Can Protect Them

By: Annie McCubbin

This is a laugh out loud, narrative-driven self-help book. Think Bridget Jones gets a critical makeover.In Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions, our protagonist Kat is learning that the philosophy of &‘Believe-in-yourself-and Magic-will-happen' will not deliver her a better life. Her story, which recounts her hapless attempts to navigate scenarios disturbingly familiar to many readers, is presented with a companion account of the cognitive quirks that drive her faulty thinking and behaviour. This is neuroscience explained through the lens of a modern comedy; the buggy brain stripped bare in a laugh out loud take down of magical thinking and the goofy, delusional self-actualisation movement. Kat discovers that the simplistic advice to honour your intuition is not all it's cracked up to be. Despite practising Gratitude and Acceptance, she is still failing to lose the 5lbs that preoccupy her. Despite her Positive Thinking, her performance review leaves her limp with despair, and despite her assiduous application to making affirmations, her philandering Hipster Boyfriend leaves her (taking with him the remote control).In the companion explanation to each chapter, author Annie McCubbin explains to readers what drives people to behave in blindly optimistic and self-destructive ways. If only they could apply the critical thinking that our narrator suggests, smart women would indeed stop making bad decisions.It becomes clear to Kat, and in turn the reader, that positive thinking, meditation and magical thinking will not turn her life around. Instead, women should apply the narrator's advice and change the inherent cognitive flaws that run, and often ruin, their lives.

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240

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Major Street Publishing

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0648980456

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9780648980452

Why Smart Women Buy the Lies

And how critical thinking reveals the truth

By: Annie McCubbin

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Why Smart Women Buy the Lies

And how critical thinking reveals the truth

By: Annie McCubbin

Someday, somebody somewhere is going to try to scam you. It could be someone online. It could be a person in your workplace. It could be a friend. It could be your partner. There are a myriad of ways in which people will try to get you to buy the lies.In the second book in the Why Smart Women series, we rejoin Kat who' s in a relationship with a lovely, decent man, she' s enjoying her well-paid job and she has adopted a large groodle. Things are looking up!Then her boss brings in a smooth-talking business guru, her neighbor employs a psychic to rid her flat of a curse and stylish but mysterious neighbors move in upstairs. Things start to go awry. Her happy life starts to fracture. Her relationship is threatened, the groodle disappears and she gets scammed.Throughout this laugh-out-loud book, you' ll appreciate how easily cognitive flaws can poke their noses into loads of different contexts. By understanding the cognitive flaws that infiltrate your decision-making you can prevent the process of obfuscation and stay safe.

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343

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Major Street Publishing

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1922611662

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9781922611666

Smart Women Keep it Simple

By: Annie Chapman,Maureen Rank

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Smart Women Keep it Simple

By: Annie Chapman,Maureen Rank

Getting free from the unending demands and expectations on a woman's life.

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196

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1556612362

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9781556612367

The Extended Mind

The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

By: Annie Murphy Paul

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The Extended Mind

The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

By: Annie Murphy Paul

A New York Times Editors' Choice A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A New York Times Notable Book A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships Use your head. That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve got it exactly backwards. What we need to do, says acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul, is think outside the brain. A host of “extra-neural” resources—the feelings and movements of our bodies, the physical spaces in which we learn and work, and the minds of those around us— can help us focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively. The Extended Mind outlines the research behind this exciting new vision of human ability, exploring the findings of neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, and examining the practices of educators, managers, and leaders who are already reaping the benefits of thinking outside the brain. She excavates the untold history of how artists, scientists, and authors—from Jackson Pollock to Jonas Salk to Robert Caro—have used mental extensions to solve problems, make discoveries, and create new works. In the tradition of Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind or Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence, The Extended Mind offers a dramatic new view of how our minds work, full of practical advice on how we can all think better.

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352

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HarperCollins

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0544947584

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9780544947580

The Freelance Mum: A flexible career guide for better work-life balance

By: Annie Ridout

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The Freelance Mum: A flexible career guide for better work-life balance

By: Annie Ridout

More time with your kids, making the money you know you’re worth and a better work/life balance. No wonder more women than ever are choosing to be become freelance mums.

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179

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HarperCollins UK

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0008313644

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9780008313647

Crossing Cultures

Readings for Composition

By: Myrna Knepler,Annie Knepler

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Crossing Cultures

Readings for Composition

By: Myrna Knepler,Annie Knepler

The sixth edition of this cross-cultural writing anthology contains eight thematically organized units that introduce students to a wide variety of cultures in the United States, allowing them to analyze cultural differences and reflect on their own cultural background. Each selection has been chosen because it is accessible and puts forth a subject and style that will engage college students and provide thought-provoking material for class discussion as well as compelling ideas for writing. The thematic units provide logical groupings for class study, but the text is also flexible and allows teachers to pair readings in a variety of ways. A headnote for each piece provides background information to help students prepare for the reading. The questions that follow each selection guide students through the reading and help them analyze both the content and style of the work. The writing questions can be used for formal paper assignments or as prompts for less formal writing.

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488

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Longman Publishing Group

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020533167X

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9780205331673

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Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions

Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions

Why Smart Women Buy the Lies

Why Smart Women Buy the Lies

Smart Women Keep it Simple

Smart Women Keep it Simple

The Extended Mind

The Extended Mind

The Freelance Mum: A flexible career guide for better work-life balance

The Freelance Mum: A flexible career guide for better work-life balance

Crossing Cultures

Crossing Cultures

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