El poder de las palabras

Our mind is much more malleable than we think. Although it is surprising to us, we retain throughout our lives the same capacity to learn that we had when we were children. What we do lose over time is the need and motivation to learn, so we build sentences about what we cannot be: the one who is convinced that mathematics is not his thing, the one who feels that he was not born for music, the one who thinks he can't handle his anger and the one who can't get over his fears. Demolishing these beliefs is the starting point to improve anything, at any time in life. This is the good news: you can change ideas and feelings, even those that are deeply rooted. The bad news is that to transform them it is not enough to propose it. Just as we quickly conclude whether a person seems trustworthy, smart, or funny, so too are judgments about ourselves snappy and inaccurate. That is the habit that we have to learn: that of talking to oneself. Fortunately, the bad news is not so bad. We have a simple and powerful tool: good conversations. Mixing neuroscience, life stories and a lot of humor, this book explains how and why these good conversations improve decision-making, ideas, memory and emotional life and, thus, can change your life.