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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New York, NY—Why do we often make the wrong choices and find ourselves in the wrong relationships or in the wrong jobs leaving us unhappy and dissatisfied? What can we do to make the right life choices?
The answers and the solutions to these everyday plights are revealed by today’s “scientists of the mind,” evolutionary psychologists who have discovered stunning new lessons about the power of instincts and their capacity to transform lives from merely surviving to actually thriving in every area of life. Unfortunately, in these modern times, most of us are disconnected from our basic instincts and all too often cautiously rely on our rational mind to cope with life’s challenges. We make all the wrong moves, all the wrong choices and the results are self defeating. We’ve foolishly numbed ourselves to the more essential human trait. Instinctual disconnection spells disaster at home and at work.
In The Genius of Instinct: Reclaim Mother Nature’s Tools for Enhancing Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Work (FT Press, ISBN 13: 9780132357029 $24.99, 272 pps., April 2009) leading psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Hendrie Weisinger shows you how to get in touch with your human instincts to live a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life. This is especially needed in these tough economic times, with unemployment at an all-time high, and the stress and worry that accompanies uncertainty ever present.
“The wonderful thing about our instincts is that we all have them, but some of us are more connected to them, than others,” says Weisinger. “If we are instinctually connected, our instincts will guide us in the right direction, whether it be health, family, or work issues. In this economic downturn, instincts are life enhancing tools that are free of charge and it’s a shame not to use them.”
Weisinger suggests we thrive by reconnecting with the following six deep human instincts:
Shelter seeking
Build yourself an environment that empowers you
Care soliciting
Protect your vulnerabilities
Care giving
Develop and support those around you
Cooperation
Stimulate and develop fairer, more productive relationships
Beauty
Entice others to desire you
Curiosity
Stay ahead of the pack
Mixing clinical expertise with evolutionary science, Dr. Weisinger explains exactly how people can reconnect with these hard-wired behaviors and wisely re-establish the links between our everyday actions and these powerful natural forces designed to help us thrive. In a step by step and highly learnable fashion, he teaches his audience how to strategically use the genius of their instinctual tools, and in doing so, they can thrive personally and professionally in all aspects of life-marriage, parenting, and work. For example:
Personal
The genius of your instincts will help you lose weight, accelerate your learning, become more appealing to others, protect your vulnerabilities, empower your relationships, break free from destructive relationships and dead end jobs, get others to be more interested in you, empower your relationships, find the right job and the right partner.
Work
The genius of your instincts will help you become a more effective manger, retain key talent, attract new clients and customers, create an inspirational learning environment, resolve and reduce interdepartmental conflicts, enhance performance appraisal effectiveness, develop more effective leaders
Marriage:
The geniis of your instincts will help you reduce marital discord, make yourself a more attractive mate, add spark to your sex life, enhance your partners health, have more fun
Parenting
The genius of your instincts will help you enable your son or daughter select the right college, stimulate your children’s interest and creativity, create stronger bonds with your children
With these and many other examples, Dr. Weisinger presents a revolutionary insight with an upbeat message: Your instincts are from dark and uncivilized. Quite the contrary—they are the ultimate life enhancers. Reconnect with them, listen to them, let their natural forces guide you to a more authentic and vibrant life. It is the genius of your instincts that makes this presentation applicable to all.
We are all hardwired for success. Using the tools given to you by Mother Nature outlined by Dr. Weisinger you can gain the happiness, fulfillment, and satisfaction you deserve!
After reviewing the enclosed book, please contact Laura Czaja, PR Manager for FT Press at 212-641-6627 [email protected] to request an interview with Dr. Weisinger or an excerpt.
Visit http://www.ftpress.com for more information on The Genius of Instinct.
About the Author
Dr. Hendrie (Hank) Weisinger, Ph.D. is renowned, celebrated and influential psychologist. He currently teaches and has taught in numerous executive education and MBA programs at Wharton, UCLA, Cornell and NYU. He has lectured on multiple continents to dozens of Fortune 500 Companies and professional organizations such as the Young Presidents Organization. He is a leading authority on the application of emotional intelligence, an expert in Anger Management and the creator of the highly regarded techniques of Criticism Training. He has appeared on over 500 television and radio shows and his work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. His books include Emotional Intelligence at Work, Anger at Work, The Critical Edge, Dr. Weisinger’s Anger Workout Book , and Nobody’s Perfect , a New York Times bestseller.
About FT Press
FT Press (www.ftpress.com), an imprint of Pearson, publishes high-quality books in the areas of General Business, Finance and Investing, Sales and Marketing, Leadership, Management and
Strategy, Human Resources, and Global Business. Our brand is built on the concept of signing and publishing the world’s best minds on the most relevant topics.
About Pearson
Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the global leader in education and education technology, reaches and engages today’s digital natives with effective and personalized learning, as well as dedicated professional development for their teachers. This commitment is demonstrated in the company’s investment in innovative print and digital education materials for preK through professional learning, student information systems and learning management systems, teacher development, career certification programs, and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. The company’s respected brands include Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Benjamin Cummings, the Stanford Achievement Test, the Wechsler family of assessments, SuccessNet, MyLabs, PowerSchool, SuccessMaker, and many others. Pearson’s comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student at every level of education. Pearson’s commitment to education for all is supported by the global charitable giving initiatives of the Pearson Foundation. Pearson’s other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. For more information, go to www.pearson.com.
The Genius of Instinct: Reclaim Mother Nature’s Tools for Enhancing Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Work
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger
April 2009
$24.99
272 pps
Hardback
ISBN 13: 9780132357029
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