Emotional Success: The Motivational Power of Gratitude, Compassion and Pride Audiobook (Free)

“EMOTIONAL SUCCESS is as inspiring as it is sensible. DeSteno shows us how exactly to […] improve our lives – as well as the globe.” – Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution

“If you believe the key to self-control is overriding your feelings, think again. Moral emotions can strengthen your willpower – which fascinating book uses the most recent social science to describe how.” – Adam Offer, writer of GIVE AND TAKE, ORIGINALS, and OPTION B with Sheryl Sandberg

Appreciation, Compassion and on the subject of Emotional Achievement: The Motivational Power of Appreciation, Compassion and Pride pride – not willpower – contain the secret to achieving your goals.

Using cutting-edge study, world-leading psychologist David DeSteno demonstrates how positive emotions are more powerful than willpower and self-denial in attaining your goals. Willpower is usually quickly depleted, but our prosocial emotions become stronger the more we use them. Better still, they’re contagious.

· Cultivating gratitude, compassion, and satisfaction leads to raised cardiovascular health, immune system function and sleep

· Learners who feel pleased with their work will continue to work 40% harder and longer than others

· Empathy and compassion are the best predictors of team success

Our prosocial feelings evolved specifically to greatly help us withstand immediate temptations towards long-term gains. But they can also be adapted to improve our bonds with this own long term selves – who’ll benefit most through the grit we have to succeed in existence.