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Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas (business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others) struggle to make their ideas "stick". In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds draw their power from the same six traits.

We all know that change is hard. It's unsettling, it's time-consuming, and all too often we give up at the first sign of a setback. But why do we insist on seeing the obstacles rather than the goal? This is the question that best-selling authors Chip and Dan Heath tackle in their compelling and insightful new book. They argue that we need only understand how our minds function in order to unlock shortcuts to switches in behaviour. 

The New York Times best-selling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt, elevate and change us - and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember 20 years later? What if a doctor or nurse knew how to orchestrate moments that would bring more comfort to patients?

In Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath draw on decades of psychological research to explain why we so often get it very badly wrong - why our supposedly rational brains are frequently tripped up by powerful biases and wishful thinking. At the same time they demonstrate how relatively easy it is to avoid the pitfalls and find the best answers, offering four simple principles that we can all learn and follow. In the process, they show why it is that experts frequently make mistakes. 

Decisiones, decisiones, decisiones. Nos enfrentamos a cientos de ellas todos los días, incluso miles. Pero ¿cómo podemos saber si estamos tomando las correctas? En "Decídete", Chip y Dan Heath abordan uno de los temas cruciales de nuestras vidas laborales y personales: cómo tomar mejores decisiones. Y es que la decisión correcta, en el momento oportuno, puede cambiarlo todo.

Until very recently, most languages had no words for numbers greater than five - anything from six to infinity was known as 'lots'. While the numbers in our world have become increasingly complex, our brains are stuck in the past. Yet the ability to communicate and understand numbers has never mattered more. So how can we more effectively translate numbers and stats so that the data comes alive? In Making Numbers Count, Chip Heath and Karla Starr argue that understanding numbers is essential - but humans aren't built to understand them.  

¿Cómo es posible que dos desconocidos entren en una sala y 45 minutos después ya sean amigos íntimos? ¿Por qué tenemos algunos recuerdos imborrables de nuestra infancia o adolescencia? ¿A qué se debe que recordemos perfectamente eventos ocurridos hace años? Chip y Dan Heath, autores superventas de The New York Times y The Wall Street Journal, nos enseñan en este libro que ciertas experiencias cambian nuestra vida y que no tienen por qué ser siempre producto del azar: podemos crearlas, si sabemos cómo.

Au travail comme à la maison, quand on veut changer quelque chose (améliorer son chiffre d'affaires, se mettre au vélo, pousser son conjoint à arrêter de fumer...), une montagne d'obstacles surgit forcément : trop de contraintes, pas le courage, trop compliqué... Malgré nos bonnes volontés, nous résistons au changement ! Pourtant, c'est facile d'y arriver ! Au programme, dans ce livre : Un concept simple pour expliquer les mécanismes du comportement.

Pourquoi certains moments, même brefs, nous marquent à vie ? Pourquoi nos souvenirs les plus précieux se concentrent-ils sur une courte période de notre jeunesse ? Pourquoi avons-nous tendance à nous souvenir du meilleur, du pire ou du dernier instant d'une expérience vécue ? Dans ce nouvel ouvrage, Chip et Dan Heath décryptent les ressorts de ces instants puissants capables de changer une vie et vous apprennent à créer des expériences mémorables pour vos interlocuteurs, vos clients, vos enfants.