There is currently an epidemic of "affluenza" throughout the world—an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses—that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James traveled around the world to try and find out why. He discovered how, despite very different cultures and levels of wealth, affluenza is spreading. Cities he visited include Sydney, Singapore, Moscow, Copenhagen, New York, and Shanghai, and in each place he interviewed several groups of people in the hope of finding out not only why this is happening, but also how one can increase the strength of one's emotional immune system. He asks: why do so many more people want what they haven't got and want to be someone they're not, despite being richer and freer from traditional restraints? And, in so doing, uncovers the answer to how to reconnect with what really matters and learn to value what you've already got. In other words, how to be successful and stay sane.

Affluenza

Health, Fitness & Dieting

James, Dr. Oliver

Mental Health

Vermilion

Office Politics: How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks

A fascinating exposé of office culture, in the style of the bestselling Affluenza, from popular psychologist Oliver James. The modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity, and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything? In this fascinating exposé, Oliver James reveals the murky underside of modern office life. With cutting-edge research and eye-opening interviews, he highlights the nasty practices that propel people to the top and shows how industries and cultures are fostering this behavior He then divulges strategies and techniques for not only surviving but thriving in these difficult environments. With the right mindset, you can distinguish and deal with toxic and overpromoted colleagues, charm your way through interviews, and use office politics to your advantage. Office Politics will overthrow your perceptions of office life and set you on a new path to success.

Business & Money

Business Culture

Professor Robert Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: ‘I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don’t have any’. 
Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. The implications are huge: as adults we can change, we can clutch our fates from predetermined destiny, as parents we can radically alter the trajectory of our childrens’ lives, and as a society we could largely eradicate criminality and poverty. Not in Your Genes will not only change the way you think about yourself and the people around you, but give you the fuel to change your personality and your life for the better.

Not In Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents

Psychology & Counseling

Professor Robert Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: "I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don’t have any." Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. The implications are huge: as adults we can change, we can clutch our fates from predetermined destiny, as parents we can radically alter the trajectory of our childrens’ lives, and as a society we could largely eradicate criminality and poverty. Not in Your Genes will not only change the way you think about yourself and the people around you, but give you the fuel to change your personality and your life for the better.

Not in Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. The implications are huge: as adults we can change, as parents we can radically alter the trajectory of our childrens' lives, and as a society we could largely eradicate criminality and poverty. Not in Your Genes will not only change the way you think about yourself and the people around you, but give you the fuel to change your personality and your life for the better.

Posing questions such as Do your relationships tend to follow a destructive pattern? Do you feel trapped by your family’s expectations of you? and Do you feel your life is governed by envy, rivalry, and distrust?, this study posits that the first six years of a child’s upbringing are a decisive factor in determining his personality and behavior. James argues his thesis by drawing on a variety of resources, from the latest scientific research to revealing conversations with celebrityand a few anonymouspersonalities and fascinating psychobiographies of individuals such as George W. Bush, Prince Charles, and Mia Farrow. This entertaining discussion demonstrates that understanding the past is the key to taking control of the present. Planteando preguntas como ¿Tiende usted a seguir una pauta destructiva en sus relaciones? ¿Se siente atrapado por las esperanzas que su familia depositó en usted? y ¿Le parece que su vida está gobernada por la envidia, la rivalidad o la desconfianza?, este estudio propone que los seis primeros años de la crianza de un niño condicionan decisivamente su carácter y comportamiento. James defiende su tesis manejando variados recursos, desde las más recientes investigaciones científicas a reveladoras conversaciones con personajes célebres y anónimos o interesantes psicobiografías de individuos como George W. Bush, el príncipe Carlos de Inglaterra y Mia Farrow. Esta discusión entretenida demuestra que comprender el pasado es el primer paso para tomar posesión del presente.

Te joden vivo: Cómo sobrevivir a la familia (Polirritmos) (Spanish Edition)

Global Rhythm Press

Loss fat forever: How to loss fat and fix weight forever

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Special Diet

Independently published

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Books by James, Dr. Oliver

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Affluenza

Office Politics: How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks

Not In Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents

Not in Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents

Not in Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents

Te joden vivo: Cómo sobrevivir a la familia (Polirritmos) (Spanish Edition)

Loss fat forever: How to loss fat and fix weight forever