How to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room
Watkins Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78678-085-0 (ISBN)
HOW TO FIND A BLACK CAT IN A DARK ROOM IS ABOUT THE THINGS MONEY JUST CAN’T BUY.
“An entertaining journey to the peaks and valleys of human nature. Research from cognitive and social psychology you can apply in your day-to-day life.”
Rolf Dobelli, bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly
Venture capitalist turned author and social activist, Jacob Burak, uses the metaphor of trying to find a black cat in a dark room to express just how hard it can be for us to “see” clearly what would make us whole and happy, both as individuals and as a society.
His book combines the latest behavioural science with a deep social awareness garnered on the battlefields of tech investing to demonstrate a crucial finding: we are not nearly as smart or as rational as we think we are. Only by understanding our flawed human nature can we hope to reach our goals
in life, business and politics.
Originally published in Hebrew, this is the first translation of this international bestseller into English.
Jacob Burak is a Tel Aviv-based writer who draws from psychology, science and art to examine life and human nature. Since retiring from his business career in 2005, Burak has authored four bestsellers: Do Chimpanzees Dream of Retirement (2007), Noise (2009), Why Kamikaze Pilots Wear Helmets (2011) and How to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room (2013). Burak holds a BSc in Engineering and Management from the Technion and studied management at Harvard. He is active in social causes, including the Midot organization that rates the effectiveness of NGOs, and Round-up Israel, which enables credit card users to donate fractions of their purchases. In 2013, Burak founded Alaxon a digital magazine featuring articles on culture, art and popular science, where he writes regularly.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78678-085-2 / 1786780852 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78678-085-0 / 9781786780850 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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