Your subconscious is working against you – a simple tweak to your thought process can fix that.

We’re all biased.

You may have read the above and already your mind is raising its defenses. No… I don’t have a biased bone in my body.

The fact is: you do. So does everyone around you.

Scientific studies, in fact, suggest that certain forms of bias may be hardwired into the human psyche.

For instance, Professor Stephen Neuberg published research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in 2005, showing that we evolved as a species to quickly assess dangers posed by those outside our group for survival.

The ability to process information rapidly was a life-or-death evolutionary advantage to our ancestors in their hostile environment.

As our environmental landscape changed, we still needed to process information with speed, but the decisions became increasingly nuanced.

The swift system that evolved to identify and mitigate threats in hunter-gatherer societies became faulty, resulting in several cognitive biases everyone harbors.

Cognitive biases – or mental shortcuts – help you sift through the massive volumes of information available at each given time.

One comes to appreciate this thought process when confronted with the fact that, according to Professor Timothy Wilson from the University of Virginia, we face about 11,000,000 pieces of information simultaneously.

However, these mental shortcuts can lead to irrational, false, or even harmful conclusions.

For example, an HR manager – overestimating their understanding of a subject – could neglect to consult knowledge specialists during their hunt for new tech solutions.

This could lead to a loss of crucial time required for operational tasks.

Worse, this decision could lead to losing company money on ineffective tech solutions.

Such cognitive processes can consequently prove detrimental to your professional and personal life.

But wait – you didn’t think we’d leave you without good news, did you?

All the techniques that give you control over subconscious cognitive activities are within your reach.

This book bundle will help you to identify and correct the cognitive biases you fall prey to in your everyday life.

This book bundle includes:

1. Cognitive Biases In A Nutshell: How To Spot And Stop The Hiccups In Our Thinking Process
2. Lay Off Your Cognitive Biases: How To Identify Them And Ways To Prevent Disastrous Mistakes And Missed Opportunities At Work

Here’s just a fraction of what you’ll discover inside:

• How wanting something to be true influences you to “find” evidence that it is and how to avoid this
• Elon Musk’s secret behind professional and personal growth
• The 5 ways your ego tricks you into thinking you know more than you do
• How bias exists along a scale and where yours falls on it
• What are the Halo and the Horn effects and how you can reduce their impact on your decisions
• Why this crucial mistake could cost you your job and land you at the “Peak of Mount Stupid” (And 6 strategies to help you overcome it)
• These 6 thought-provoking questions can eliminate any unconscious cognitive biases at play during your decision-making process

…and much, much more.

We’re not telling you we have a magic potion to eliminate your cognitive biases completely, but we sure do have a recipe filled with strategies you can eventually turn into habits.

This book bundle will set you apart because you will know what they are and how to steer clear of the traps they set for your reasoning.

Don’t let your brain become the biggest hurdle to your success. Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” now!

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Winning New Business is for anyone who needs to know the skills of winning new customers but lacks the training – or the courage – to sell effectively. Richard Denny, one of the world’s most renowned sales gurus, takes the fear out of selling and shows you just what to do and how to do it. In true Denny style, Winning New Business motivates and inspires from the first page to the last, giving you the ability and confidence to succeed. Each key topic is covered, including making a winning presentation; how to make an appointment; how to beat the competition and how to provide excellent customer care.

Bursting with insight and ideas Denny gives you the techniques and tactics you need to help you maximize your ability to win, whatever your role in the company.

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Rather than simply indicating what is already assembled together, it is now used in a way that makes assumptions about the nature of what is assembled. It has become a word that designates two distinct things: a process of assembling: and a type of material, distinct from others. Latour shows why “the social” cannot be thought of as a kind of material or domain, and disputes attempts to provide a “social explanation” of other states of affairs. While these attempts have been productive (and probably necessary) in the past, the very success of the social sciences mean that they are largely no longer so. At the present stage it is no longer possible to inspect the precise constituents entering the social domain. Latour returns to the original meaning of “the social” to redefine the notion and allow it to trace connections again. It will then be possible to resume the traditional goal of the social sciences, but using more refined tools. Drawing on his extensive work examining the “assemblages” of nature, Latour finds it necessary to scrutinize thoroughly the exact content of what is assembled under the umbrella of Society.

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You don’t need to pay for a personal assistant. We can help you build one.

We’ve all been there: constantly reminding ourselves not to forget our wallet and keys.

When it’s time to head out, our brain seems to remember everything except those.

But let’s not jump to conclusions and put all the blame on our cognitive abilities.

After all, there’s only so much our brain can remember at a given time.

In fact, according to American psychologist George Armitage Miller’s The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two, short-term memory lasts about 15-30 seconds.

And short-term memory can only hold seven pieces of information.

In times like these, we all wish we could afford a personal assistant to remember all the minute details of our day-to-day endeavors.

What if we told you that you could build your very own personal assistant, intricately designed just for you, at a low cost?

This book is an all-encompassing self-help guide that helps you get there by laying out all the nitty-gritty of building a second brain—an efficient and effective knowledge management system.

According to the Technology Services Industry Association, over 70% of companies predict a 20% increase in productivity as a result of effective knowledge management.

That’s not to say that knowledge management is only suitable for big corporations.

Truth be told, if you’ve been creating a checklist on your phone’s inbuilt notes app or a sticky note on your fridge, you already have a knowledge management system in place.

We’re here to show you how you can utilize tools already at your disposal to refine your approach to knowledge management into a brilliantly polished gem.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll discover inside the book:

• Google’s simple yet effective goal-setting methodology (that you can apply to your personal life!)
• How to use gaming elements to turn your plans into epic adventures (reaching your goals doesn’t need to be boring)
• How Netflix uses its intricate knowledge management system to keep you satisfied (AND save the company about $1 billion a year!)
• Four free and easy-to-use note-taking apps to elevate your knowledge management system (you can use any or all based on your needs)
• How to keep a knowledge management system alive without killing off traditional physical sources of information in the digital age
• The one extremely common thing that can lead to increased unhappiness, a negative work environment, and decreased productivity and creativity
• A brilliant CODE for effective and efficient note-taking and organization
• Why you shouldn’t create a rigid knowledge management system—employ a mix of these six flexible elements instead

…and much, much more!

We’ve come across numerous books on knowledge management that teach the power of organization. But much to our surprise, they are filled with tenuous technical jargon and rigid systems.

While other books lack certain credibility, focus, and organization, this book makes up for all of it—tenfold.

It doesn’t simply present you with a rigid system to follow mindlessly; this book presents a myriad of possible solutions for readers from all walks of life.

Whether you’re a teacher, student, CEO, remote employee, parent, or homemaker, this interactive book will help you create a system designed for your specific needs.

Craft your cognitive powerhouse and unlock the path to greater productivity and success. Scroll up and hit the “Add to Cart” button now!

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A concise, straightforward book on how to handle difficult people in your personal or professional life.

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Surrounded by idiots at work? Fed up with a bad boss or lazy colleagues? Thomas Erikson, author of the runaway international bestseller Surrounded by Idiots, will help you handle them and get things done, the right way

Why is good leadership so rare? Everyone has to manage up to some extent but frankly some bosses are worse than others. If you’re being driven crazy by a micro-manager, frequently drown under your boss’s unreasonable expectations or struggle with being handed out responsibilities but no authority international behavioural expert Thomas Erikson is here to help.

Drawing on the simple four-colour system that made Surrounded by Idiots a global bestseller, Erikson shows how understanding your boss’s behavioural tendencies as well as your own will lead to a more harmonious and productive workplace. He also sets out what characterises an exemplary leader type and how you can adapt your behaviour to model it. Because there are two sides to every coin, Erikson also looks at employees themselves and why some colleagues frequently underachieve and what you can do to change this.

Written with Erikson’s signature humour and warmth, Surrounded by Bad Bosses (and Lazy Employees) will help you deal with the most hopeless managers and employees you can imagine – and keep you entertained along the way.

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