Lewis Howes’ School of Greatness podcast had an interview with Robert Cialdini. He has written many books on influence and the best ways to communicate to get what we want. In each of the 7 main influences, he was able to refer to anecdotes, studies or A/B testing to help get his points across. I find it interesting that we are influenced a lot easier than we would like to think.

The book is about Frankl’s experience during the holocaust and what he went through at multiple concentration camps. It’s not written as a recalling of the facts, but rather an analysis of the psychological toll the experience had on the prisoners and what it took to make it out.

The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson takes an interesting look at why we really do the things we do. They unpack the hidden motives in everyday life and make you question them.

Transactional Analysis is a term coined by psychiatrist Eric Byrne and is used to refer to the study of any interaction between two people. He created the structure of transactional analysis to study human behaviour.

“The way we navigate our inner world - our everyday thoughts, emotions, experiences, and self-stories - is the most important determinant of our life success.”

Taking a look at three psychological experiments that tell us a lot about social interaction and the human condition.

The Courage to be Disliked is a book that makes you question why we think the way we do and shows a new way of finding happiness.