
The Laws of Connection
The Scientific Secrets of Building a Strong Social Network
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Cowley
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By:
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David Robson
This groundbreaking study reveals how social connections are far more important than we thought, showing us the steps we can take to build better relationships and improve our lives.
Social connection is as essential for our health and happiness as a balanced diet and regular exercise. It reduces our risk of stroke, heart disease, and Alzheimer's. It enhances our creativity and adds years to our life span. Yet many of us struggle to form strong and meaningful bonds—and the problem lies not with our personalities but with a series of cognitive biases that stop us from fulfilling our social potential.
In The Laws of Connection, award-winning science writer David Robson describes the psychological barriers that lead us to keep others at a distance and offers evidence-based strategies to overcome them.
Drawing on philosophy, neuroscience, and cutting-edge psychology, Robson introduces listeners to new concepts such as the liking gap, the novelty penalty, the fast-friendship procedure, the beautiful mess effect, and the Japanese art of amae. Whether we are shy or confident, introvert or extrovert, we can all build deeper relationships. The Laws of Connection shows us how.
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Interesting, useful and down to earth
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Technical
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So many actual usable lessons in how to create more and better friendships
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The content and writing style were good. This is one of those books that develops a few new and very interesting and useful insights, and the rest is fine but not especially striking. Doubtless things that seemed ho-hum to me will be of interest to others and vice versa. Overall, I don't regret reading this and continue to think about and use some of the ideas.
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Terrible narration.
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I could not listen bc the narration was SO BAD
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