Author Lauren Powers points out how our automatic thinking, usually negative, skews our interactions with the world in her book The Trouble with Thinking.
May 9, 2007 (Press Release) --
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Lauren Powers’ The Trouble with Thinking: The Dangerous Trip From In the Head to Out the Mouth brings together the latest in emotion and brain research, shedding new light on that most common of human activities: misinterpretation. Powers illustrates how our brains give new meaning to the word “autopilot,” or, in Powers’ irreverent words, “Rat Brain.” She points out how our automatic thinking, usually negative, skews our interactions with the world.
Intertwining her scientific research with a look at personal gaffes and corporate mistakes, Powers investigates our unconscious thought processes and how they get us into trouble––often in the form of misunderstandings, self-doubt, and irritating relationships. The Trouble with Thinking offers concrete recommendations for moving beyond “Rat Brain.” Powers explains how to let go of being right, how to try on alternative perspectives, how to interact with people in unusual ways, and also how to talk about our “Rat Brain” stories. Happily, we can choose the ways we think and feel, thereby improving our interactions with the world. The Trouble with Thinking shows us how, with some welcome humor along the way.
LAUREN POWERS, a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and a Master Certified Coach (MCC), supports people in uncovering their “Self Smarts” so they can choose how they interpret information, how they react to other people, and how to own their thinking instead of letting it own them. She travels the world speaking and consulting with her Fortune 500 clients on "Self Smarts” and is also a senior faculty member with the International Coaches Training Institute. Powers’ client list includes some of the most respected companies in the world: Marriott Hotels, IBM, Royal Bank of Scotland, CSC, Verizon, BP, ING, and Johnson & Johnson. She lives in San Francisco.
Visit www.laurenpowers.net for more information.
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"Finally a communication expert who explains the deep reason that we don't understand each other. Powers shows how we are stuck in our own private realities. And how our very perceptions are keeping us there! We cannot truly work together or communicate well until we identify and remove the blinders that keep us isolated. Powers shows us how. This is an important book. And what a delight to read!”
––Randi Voss, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Intertwining her scientific research with a look at personal gaffes and corporate mistakes, Powers investigates our unconscious thought processes and how they get us into trouble––often in the form of misunderstandings, self-doubt, and irritating relationships. The Trouble with Thinking offers concrete recommendations for moving beyond “Rat Brain.” Powers explains how to let go of being right, how to try on alternative perspectives, how to interact with people in unusual ways, and also how to talk about our “Rat Brain” stories. Happily, we can choose the ways we think and feel, thereby improving our interactions with the world. The Trouble with Thinking shows us how, with some welcome humor along the way.
LAUREN POWERS, a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and a Master Certified Coach (MCC), supports people in uncovering their “Self Smarts” so they can choose how they interpret information, how they react to other people, and how to own their thinking instead of letting it own them. She travels the world speaking and consulting with her Fortune 500 clients on "Self Smarts” and is also a senior faculty member with the International Coaches Training Institute. Powers’ client list includes some of the most respected companies in the world: Marriott Hotels, IBM, Royal Bank of Scotland, CSC, Verizon, BP, ING, and Johnson & Johnson. She lives in San Francisco.
Visit www.laurenpowers.net for more information.
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"Finally a communication expert who explains the deep reason that we don't understand each other. Powers shows how we are stuck in our own private realities. And how our very perceptions are keeping us there! We cannot truly work together or communicate well until we identify and remove the blinders that keep us isolated. Powers shows us how. This is an important book. And what a delight to read!”
––Randi Voss, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
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