WTF JUST HAPPENED?: HOW TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS BY ASKING YOURSELF BETTER QUESTIONS
Book ID/图书代码： 03480516B95669
English Summary/英文概要： How great would it be to learn from other people’s mistakes rather than having to make our own? In WTF Just Happened? Martin Goodyer presents a hilarious compilation of catastrophes to help readers do just this. Drawing on his experience as a psychologist and taking the perspective of a behavioural change coach, Martin offers insights into people’s often irrational behaviour and suggests ways to avoid such behaviour ourselves. Reading this book won’t stop bad things from happening – but it can prevent you from making it worse if they do.
This is not a self-help book. The self-help bit is up to you. Here’s why: self-help books are OK, but many are not great. They normally tell you to do this or that and then you’ll be fine – but real life isn’t usually that simple and good advice is only useful if you can remember to use it. Stories, on the other hand, stick with you, and these cautionary tales could help you avoid your own WTF moments. Your empathy for these unfortunate characters might just help you to see things differently and respond in a more positive way the next time life throws something unexpected at you.
We all have WTF moments but, unfortunately, few of us respond well. We say and do things that we regret, and in hindsight we know we could have reacted so much better. This collection of cringeworthy stories explains why this happens and offers practical advice to prevent it happening to you.
Topics covered include: how to avoid missing the point; how to avoid being embarrassed by being overheard; how to avoid being ‘good’ but not great; how to avoid getting fired; how to avoid unpleasant romantic ‘surprises’; how to avoid your darling children turning into teenage monsters; how to avoid letting yourself go; how to avoid tying the knot with the wrong person; how to avoid losing your way, and be successful despite the odds; how to avoid crushing debt; how to avoid losing your confidence and self-esteem; how to avoid letting life pass you by; how to avoid misinterpretations, mistakes and misunderstandings; how to avoid getting taken for a ride; how to avoid getting dumped all the time; how to avoid losing out at work; how to avoid getting fat; how to avoid losing when you should have won; how to avoid dealing with a bad situation badly; how to avoid getting scammed; how to avoid ‘losing it’ during a panic; how to avoid being too late; how to avoid losing your friends; how to avoid putting up with unhappiness; how to avoid saying ‘what if’ and ‘if only’; how to avoid leaving your best behind; how to avoid buying into the wrong thing; how to avoid missing an open door; how to avoid being steamrollered by circumstance; how to avoid missing out; how to avoid wishing you hadn’t given up; and finally … how to avoid being a loser.
An ideal book for anyone interested in human behaviour, personal development or avoiding mistakes by learning from others’. If you only buy one book to help you handle life’s challenges, then make it this one.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 果不必自己犯错，就能从别人的错误中吸取教训，那该多好。在这本书里，Martin Goodyer就用搞笑的方法呈现出各种灾难性的场景来帮助读者汲取教训。书中内容来自他作为一个心理学家的经历，从行为改变训练的角度出发，帮助人们能够发现自己不合逻辑的行为并提供建议如何更正或者避免这样的行为。阅读这本书并不能让坏事不再发生——但能够在发生了坏事的是时候防止你作出更糟糕的决定而使得事态向着更加严重的方向恶化。
这不是一本自助书籍，是否要自助取决于读者自己。为什么呢？因为自助类书籍大多并不是伟大的书籍。它们一般都会告诉你这样做或者那样做，一切都会好的。但真实的生活并非如此简单，好的建议只有在你能记得如何去用的时候才是有效的。但故事能让人更容易记忆，这些有趣又简短的故事能让你改变视角，用更为积极的方式应对生活中的意料之外。
我们每个人都有可能遇到“见鬼”的时刻，但不幸的是我们中很少有人能够作出足够好的应对。我们或者说出或者作出了事后让人后悔的举动。这本书中的故事则解释了为什么会这样，并给出了有意义的实用建议，防止你再遇到类似情况。
这是任何对于人类行为、个性发展或者通过从别人那里吸取教训并避免错误感兴趣的人都会喜欢的书。如果你只想买一本书来帮助你应对人生的挑战，那么就买这本好了。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 心理学家Martin Goodyer正在进修博士学位，他的经历和背景是非常独特的。他曾管理过国际酒店，就证券交易全球化培训过公司总裁，也曾就培训撰写过书籍和论文。Martin还曾在ITV的节目Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie以及Channel 4的The Fit Farm以及BBC的广播节目中出场。
Currently researching a PhD, psychologist Martin Goodyer has a fascinating and unique background. As well as managing international hotels, coaching executives in global boardrooms and writing books and papers on coaching, Martin has appeared on ITV’s Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie, Channel 4’s The Fit Farm and BBC radio in between.
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