Bøger af John Tierney

Uanset hvordan man definerer succes - en lykkelig familie, gode venner, en tilfredsstillende karriere, et sundt helbred, økonomisk sikkerhed, frihed til at forfølge sine passioner - er definitionen som regel ledsaget af et par betingelser. Når psykologer isolerer de personlige egenskaber, der forudsiger 'positive resultater' i livet, finder de altid tilbage til to menneskelige træk: intelligens og selvkontrol. Indtil nu har forskerne stadig ikke fundet ud af, hvordan man permanent kan forbedre intelligens. Men de har opdaget, eller i det mindste genopdaget, hvordan man kan forbedre sin selvkontrol.Derfor denne bog! Forfatterne mener, at forskning i viljestyrke og selvkontrol er det bedste håb, psykologien har, for at kunne bidrage til menneskeligt velbefindende. Viljestyrke lader os forandre os selv og vores samfund på både små og store måder.Bogen henvender sig til alle med interesse for menneskets psyke og den fascinerende 'selvkontrol', som i bogen udfoldes og giver mange aha-oplevelser for læseren. Bogen er skrevet i et inspirerende sprog og med mange relevante eksempler fra både forskningen og menneskets hverdag. Læser du denne bog, vil du have et godt grundlag for at arbejde med dig selv og din egen selvkontrol i hverdagen.Bogen er oversat til dansk efter bestselleren Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength af Roy F. Baumeister og John Tierney.Roy F. Baumeister er leder af den socialpsykologiske uddannelse ved Florida State University. Han er forfatter til mere end 450 videnskabelige publikationer og rangerer konsekvent blandt de mest citerede psykologer i verden. John Tierney skriver videnskabsklummen 'Findings' for The New York Times. Som skribent har han vundet priser fra American Association for the Advancement of Science og American Institute of Physics. Dette er hans tredje bog.

Can you resist everything except temptation? In a hedonistic age full of distractions, it's hard to possess willpower - or in fact even understand why we should need it. Yet it's actually the most important factor in achieving success and a happy life, shown to be more significant than money, looks, background or intelligence. This book reveals the secrets of self-control. For years the old-fashioned, even Victorian, value of willpower has been disparaged by psychologists who argued that we're largely driven by unconscious forces beyond our control. Here Roy Baumeister, one of the world's most esteemed and influential psychologists, and journalist John Tierney, turn this notion on its head. They show us that willpower is like a muscle that can be strengthened with practice and improved over time. The latest laboratory work shows that self-control has a physical basis to it and so is dramatically affected by simple things such as eating and sleeping - to the extent that a life-changing decision may go in different directions depending on whether it's made before or after lunch. You will discover how babies can be taught willpower, the joys of the to-don't list, the success of Alcoholics Anonymous, the pointlessness of diets and the secrets to David Blaine's stunts. There are also fascinating personal stories, from explorers, students, soldiers, ex-addicts and parents.Based on years of psychological research and filled with practical advice, this book will teach you how to gain from self-control without pain, and discover the very real power in willpower. The results are nothing short of life-changing.

From the international bestselling authors of WillpowerWhy does a bad impression last longer than a good one? Why does losing money affect us more than gaining it? What makes phobias so hard to shake?The answer is the negativity bias - or in other words, the power of bad. As John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister show, we are wired to react to bad over good. It makes sense in evolutionary terms, but in our modern world the lure of bad is, well, bad. It governs people's moods, drives marketing and dominates our news. It can explain everything from why wars start or couples divorce, to why we mess up job interviews or feud with neighbours. But there is good news. By using smart strategies from new science, we can train our brains to get better at spotting our own negativity bias, fighting back with our rational minds to manage the bad in our lives - and even using its power for positive results. Breaking bad's hold over us can help our own lives, at work and in our relationships. Properly understood, bad can be a good thing.

The Past as Prologue ("Over There" in American History) is a collection of essays (162) written between 2015 and 2021. The central theme, from the main title, is an attempt to tie history to the present and future on the subject, bearing in mind the recent domestic turmoil to "erase" aspects of "Americana" or to alter the past in order to build a different future.In this sense the book is "traditional" insofar as it respects the past as a "prologue" to what comes next. But the hope ("aspiration") is that the best elements of American history in world politics will serve as guides to what the country can do to provide a secure and free global future. The essays herein try to remember when Americans won world wars and the Cold War, when they made efforts to both "isolate" themselves from war and conflict and when they, reluctantly, had to "intervene" to establish peace and prosperity where disaster had destroyed both.In this sense the book looks "forward" to a better future, where the best elements of history carry forth and where the "other" elements are allowed to develop amidst stability and progress.Finally, the essays try to resurrect America's history in world politics, against a background where it has been forgotten, which in history has been called "normalcy." The reader may judge if the term applies.About the AuthorJohn Tierney was born in Syracuse NY (1940) and received a B.S. from LeMoyne College (History, 1962) and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania (International Relations, 1969). He has been a faculty member at The Catholic University of America (1966-77), University of Virginia (1981) and The Johns Hopkins University (1977-1979).He has published scholarly articles in several US journals and has published opinion articles in the WashingtonTimes, Bridge News among others. His published books include The Politics of Peace, (Anti War Protest in US History), Chasing Ghosts (Unconventional Warfare in American History) and Conceived in Liberty (The American Worldview Theory and Practice).From 1976 to 1981 he was full-time staff in the US House of Representatives, Republican Study Committee, where he organized the bipartisan caucus, Committee for the Common Defense, which included over 30 Members from both political parties. From 1981 to 1993 he served in the US Department of State (Arms Control and Disarmament Agency) where he represented the US in national security at the United Nations (New York), the Conference on Disarmament (Geneva) and other fora in Brussels, Moscow, Vienna and Madrid. He was also an Eisenhower Fellow in Taiwan (1980).Since 1998 he has been full-time faculty at the Institute of World Politics, Washington DC, where he has been both Faculty Chairman and Dean. He is currently Professor Emeritus. Tierney lives in Washington D.C. and has three children, Monica, Lauren and John III.

Key Perspectives in Criminology is not simply a dictionary of criminology, but a welcome introduction for those with a genuine interest in the terms, concepts, themes and debates in the field.