Bibliograph

Emotional success, the power of gratitude, compassion, and pride, David DeSteno

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Emotional success, the power of gratitude, compassion, and pride, David DeSteno

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-220) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emotional success

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1018380555

Responsibility statement

David DeSteno

Sub title

the power of gratitude, compassion, and pride

Summary

A pioneering psychologist reveals how three emotions can provide the surest, quickest route to success in any realm. A string of bestsellers have alerted us to the importance of grit - an ability to persevere and control one's impulses that is so closely associated with greatness. But no book yet has charted the most accessible and powerful path to grit: our prosocial emotions. These feelings - gratitude, compassion and pride - are easier to generate than the willpower and self-denial that underpin traditional approaches to grit. And, while willpower is quickly depleted, prosocial emotions actually become stronger the more we use them. These emotions have another crucial advantage: they're contagious. Those around us become more likely to apply them when we do

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