Useful True (351 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Personal effectiveness: Useful Not True is about reframing.Success in anything starts with your perspective which affects your strategy - your actions.Your first thought (this is a disaster) feels true, but it's not the only perspective.Your first thought is an obstacle you need to get past by realizing no thoughts are necessarily true.After your initial impulse, consider other perspectives, then choose the thought that's more useful to you - the one that makes you take effective actions.Understanding others: People share perspectives, not facts. They tell you how they see things.Like someone across the world telling you the time. Maybe it's true for them, but not for you, and not for most other people.Brains lie to their owners. Nobody knows the real reasons why they do anything.When someone says, I believe., then whatever they say next is not a fact. No beliefs are necessarily true.Beliefs are perspectives. Explanations are confabulated. Obligations are wishes. Rules are arbitrary. They're useful, but not necessarily true.Knowing this gives you empathy, as you understand people's incentives behind their beliefs.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book is the collection of the quotes that mostly have either practical value and meaning, or in some cases just beautifully and harmonically put together as a phrase. The first chapter is comprised of the quotes that I have come up with and haven't heard or read from any other source at least in this format.The second chapter, is comprised of the quotes that have been said by other people in the past.All of the quotes in both chapters, address some part of the process of dealing with obstacles in real life.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Personal effectiveness: Useful Not True is about reframing.Success in anything starts with your perspective which affects your strategy - your actions.Your first thought (this is a disaster) feels true, but it's not the only perspective.Your first thought is an obstacle you need to get past by realizing no thoughts are necessarily true.After your initial impulse, consider other perspectives, then choose the thought that's more useful to you - the one that makes you take effective actions.Understanding others: People share perspectives, not facts. They tell you how they see things.Like someone across the world telling you the time. Maybe it's true for them, but not for you, and not for most other people.Brains lie to their owners. Nobody knows the real reasons why they do anything.When someone says, I believe., then whatever they say next is not a fact. No beliefs are necessarily true.Beliefs are perspectives. Explanations are confabulated. Obligations are wishes. Rules are arbitrary. They're useful, but not necessarily true.Knowing this gives you empathy, as you understand people's incentives behind their beliefs.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tissue guard remains in place over frontispiece portrait. PON "Geo. W. Decker" to front pasetdown. "Published October 1905", which matches date to title page, with no later dates mentioned. While not seeking to debunk Revere's courage or importance, the author uses journals of the time (including Revere's) to de-mythologize Longfellow's account of the "midnight ride." (For one thing, Revere ORDERED THE SIGNAL LANTERNS SET in the steeple of Christ Church (the "Old North Church") to inform those in Charlestown of the British departure -- he would have had no need to "watch" for that signal.) Gilt titles remain strong to front board, moderately worn to spine. 294 pp. including index. Reduced from $47. Illustrations from Photographs (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Personal effectiveness: "Useful Not True" is about reframing.Success in anything starts with your perspective which affects your strategy - your actions.Your first thought ("this is a disaster") feels true, but it's not the only perspective.Your first thought is an obstacle you need to get past by realizing no thoughts are necessarily true.After your initial impulse, consider other perspectives, then choose the thought that's more useful to you - the one that makes you take effective actions.Understanding others: People share perspectives, not facts. They tell you how they see things.Like someone across the world telling you the time. Maybe it's true for them, but not for you, and not for most other people.Brains lie to their owners. Nobody knows the real reasons why they do anything.When someone says, "I believe.", then whatever they say next is not a fact. No beliefs are necessarily true.Beliefs are perspectives. Explanations are confabulated. Obligations are wishes. Rules are arbitrary. They're useful, but not necessarily true.Knowing this gives you empathy, as you understand people's incentives behind their beliefs. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: very_good. Excellent condition with just a hint of character. Minor signs of love, but the pages are still clean and ready for adventure.

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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