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A concise account of the power dynamics that shape our life - from the board room to the dinner table, the playground to the bedroom. It shows that everything we thought about power is wrong. Drawing on fascinating case studies that debunk longstanding myths, Keltner redefines power as the ability to do good for others. Everything we know about influence, status, and inequality turns upside down.

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A revolutionary rethinking of everything we know about power

It shapes every interaction we have, whether we´re trying to get a two-year-old to eat green vegetables or ask for a promotion at work. But how do we really gain and maintain power - through coercion or cooperation? What does it do to our behaviour? And what makes us lose power? In twenty revolutionary ´power principles´, renowned psychologist Dacher Keltner turns everything we thought we knew about influence and status upside down, redefining power for our times.

´Keltner is the most interesting psychologist in America. It´s only a matter of time before his ideas spread everywhere´ Michael Lewis

´Sheds light on human power´s dark side, as well as its redeeming qualities. Everyone can learn from this wise book´ Susan T. Fiske, author of Social Cognition

´A lively description of how true power is like a return on a social investment in others´ Frans de Waal, author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

´Lively and intriguing ... A much-needed dose of positivity´ Prospect

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There cannot be many business school academics with a hotline to Hollywood. But Dacher Keltner has become something of a go-to guy for Tinseltown since advising on Inside Out ... Prof Keltner is in demand for his work on decoding emotions, which has culminated in a book explaining how people gain and lose power, based on the studies of executive behaviour he has undertaken over 20 years Financial Times

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Keltner, Dacher
Dacher Keltner is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. A renowned expert in the biological and evolutionary origins of human emotion, he has received numerous prizes for his research, which has been covered in The New York Times, Newsweek, the BBC and CNN. He is the bestselling author of Born to Be Good and has served as a consultant to Google, Facebook, and on the award-winning Pixar film, Inside Out. In 2008, the Utne Reader listed him as one of the fifty visionaries changing the world.

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