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The Quest for Significance: Harnessing the Need that Makes the World Go Round is a fascinating exploration of why we all seek Significance - a fundamental human motivation - and how we can understand it to help us lead better lives.
List of contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Winning Friends and Influencing People
Chapter 2: Knowing How You Quest
Chapter 3: How the Quest Evolved
Chapter 4: The Shapers of Our Ambition
Chapter 5: Needing and Getting Significance
Chapter 6: Narratives of Significance
Chapter 7: Networks for Significance
Chapter 8: Attack for Significance
Chapter 9: Align for Significance
Chapter 10: Adjust for Significance
Chapter 11: Back to Friendship and Influence
Chapter 12: The Rise of the Machines
About the author
Arie W. Kruglanski is a globally esteemed authority on human motivation, goal systems, cognitive closure, and terrorism. A Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, his many awards include the American Psychological Society honoring "his lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology".
Dan Raviv is a bestselling author and covered war, espionage, diplomacy, and politics for CBS News for 40 years.
Summary
The Quest for Significance: Harnessing the Need that Makes the World Go Round is a fascinating exploration of why we all seek Significance - a fundamental human motivation – and how we can understand it to help us lead better lives.
