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You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how to influence people, and not one of them could be made without the essential component of emotion. It has long been held that thinking and feeling are separate and opposing forces in our behaviour. But as best-selling author Leonard Mlodinow tells us, extraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience have proven that emotions are as critical to our well-being as thinking.

What do Pokémon Go and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein have in common? Why do some businesses survive and others fail at the first sign of change? What gives the human brain the edge over computers? The answer: elastic thinking. It's an ability we all possess and one that we can all learn to hone in order to succeed at work and in our everyday lives.

Discípulo directo de Stephen Hawking y coautor de Brevísima historia del tiempo y El gran diseño, Leonard Mlodinow demuestra que para prosperar en estos tiempos dinámicos y difíciles es posible recurriendo al pensamiento elástico, una habilidad cognitiva que al desarrollarse libera nuestra mente volviéndonos más aptos para generar ideas novedosas e incorporarlas a nuestra vida.

Siempre nos han dicho que pensar racionalmente es la clave del éxito. Pero las más recientes investigaciones científicas...

Discípulo directo de Stephen Hawking y coautor de "Brevísima historia del tiempo" y "El gran diseño", Leonard Mlodinow demuestra que para prosperar en estos tiempos dinámicos y difíciles es posible recurriendo al pensamiento elástico, una habilidad cognitiva que al desarrollarse libera nuestra mente volviéndonos más aptos para generar ideas novedosas e incorporarlas a nuestra vida.

Durante muito tempo acreditamos que o pensamento racional era a influência dominante em nossos comportamentos. As emoções, por sua vez, seriam prejudiciais nas tomadas de decisão. Agora, graças ao enorme progresso das pesquisas em neurociência e psicologia, sabemos que a emoção é tão importante quanto a razão para orientar nossas escolhas e atitudes.