by Benard Makaa | Jan 15, 2017 | Books
I will keep updating the 2017 list as the year progresses on. For the 2016 list, find it here. For the 2015 list, find it here. 1.The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.) by Matt Ridley. The book by Matt Ridley gives reasons to be optimistic about the...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
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by Benard Makaa | Dec 18, 2016 | Books
Some of the best books I read in the year 2016 include the following. For reviews, you can follow the links. Influence – by Robert Cialdini Classic book on the psychology of persuasion. He explains the psychology of why people say “yes”—and how to...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 11, 2016 | Books, Psychology
Caution: The phrase “Self Help” has become a cliché. Its use here is not intended to mean these “feel-good-about-your-self” ideology so prevalent in today’s motivational texts. Rather it implies those actions you can take on your own without being taught and explained...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 31, 2016 | Psychology
As part of being victims of the Sunken costs fallacy, we find it a tough call to change our careers. You studied say, Electrical Engineering and thus you think you must practice electrical engineering forever even you do not enjoy it. We only live once, yet we spend...