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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
BATB score: 6/10 🤓 BATB reading level: advance max You need both IQ and EQ to read this serious research book. Best to: it’s a heavy research book about all the behavioral studies surrounding emotional intelligence (EI) from loser loners and bullies, marriage counseling, PTSD, to eating disorders #legit Best for: a nerd who didn’t have many friend back in school #thatsme Best as: “the hippocampus is crucial in recognizing a face as that of your cousin. But it is the amygdala


The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely
BATB score: 9/10 ⭐️ Reader disclaimer: BATB loves Dan Ariely #fangirl love his writing style, his quirky experiments, and his natural curiosity to the oddest things; so would a picture of flowers 🌸 or of eyeballs 👀 make you more honest? Like what? Best to: so how do we cheat without feeling too bad about cheating when not cheating at all is just stupid Best as: so the extent of cheating increases when you believe you are Robin Hood “we cheat because we are good people who c


Barking Up The Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker
BATB score: 9/10 👌🏻 10/10 book but it’s like 6 books in 1 book (1 chapter = 1 book in itself), intense shit - a typical Joe can not digest this Best to: kudos to Eric Barker for concluding shitloads of research paper synopsis, numerous behavioral experiments and results, and quotes from so many influential authors, while adding one’s valuable deciphers; literally knitting it all-in into one book 💯 Best for: there so much material in this book for you to chew, digest, and p
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