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Learn how to understand, predict and influence the way people act

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A brilliant compendium of psychological discoveries that will truly make you wiser, The Wisest One in the Room is an accessible and pragmatic summary of how we perceive and misperceive the world around us, especially the world of other people. As a users´ guide to living on earth, it is concise yet comprehensive, practical and inspiring, enabling us to better understand how to communicate with others and take steps to resolve conflicts both social and political.

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´A powerful book that brings the best of psychology to bear on the way we live our lives.´
Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and Outliers

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Thomas Gilovich is a professor of psychology at Cornell University, New York and author of How We Know What Isn´t So . Lee Ross is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and co-founder of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiations.

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