Emotional Equations
Simple formulas to help your life work better
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- 3,99 €
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
What if an equation could help you understand and even master what you're experiencing right now?
In this age of uncertainty, many people feel like they're clinging to a dinghy amidst a perfect storm. But successful entrepreneur Chip Conley has discovered that by using simple word equations, it's easy to build the grit, insight, stamina and joy that allow us to become our best, highest-functioning selves.
Conley's equations are a simple yet profound way to help your emotions work for you. They are mantras that we can turn to for stability in times of uncertainly, reminding us to focus on the things we can change ('the variables') and leave the others ('the constants') alone.
Equations include:
Joy = Love - Fear
Anxiety = Uncertainty x Powerlessness
Given the complex times we live in, people are looking for ways to distill some basic truths in life. Emotional Equations is a new, visual lexicon for mastering the age of uncertainty.
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Hotelier and motivational speaker Conley introduces his concept of emotional equations (such as "Joy = Love Fear") to help readers "get a handle on how emotions work together and how you can work with them." To deal with despair, he turned to the post-WWII classic Man's Search for Meaning, in which Viktor Frankl recalled how concentration camp prisoners who focused on meaning and learning survived while others who saw only suffering died. Trying to explain Frankl's ideas to friends, Conley reduced them to an equation: "Despair = Suffering Meaning." Now he takes off from that first equation. For Conley, these equations are a way of allowing the brain to gain some control over irrational emotions, a new twist on the self-help staple of learning to monitor one's emotions. But his equations do help break down the components of an emotion: for instance, both mistrust and self-esteem are elements in jealousy. Exploring such emotional landscapes as disappointment, regret, jealousy, anxiety, pleasure, pain, courage, narcissism, love, and fear. Conley filters his own readings in psychology and philosophy into his teachings, which may help some readers who can appreciate a rational, mathematical approach to managing their emotional lives.
