Full name: Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It

Author: Ian Leslie Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Psychology, Science, Business, Self help, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780465079964 9781782064954 0465079962

Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning and discovering as they grow older. Which side of the 'curiosity divide' are you on? In Curious Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our desire to know. Curious people tend to be smarter, more creative and more successful. But at the very moment when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood and undervalued, and increasingly practised only by a cognitive elite. Filled with inspiring stories, case studies and practical advice, Curious will change the way you think about your own mental life, and that of those around you. Similar books: The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow 59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) by Carol Tavris You Are Now Less Dumb by David McRaney Irrationality by Stuart Sutherland You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney Emotional Vampires by Albert J. Bernstein The Science of Evil by Simon Baron-Cohen Mindwise by Nicholas Epley Why We Make Mistakes by Joseph T. Hallinan The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking by Matthew Hutson Quirkology by Richard Wiseman A Mind of Its Own by Cordelia Fine Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely Quiet by Susan Cain