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How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World
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See moreA practical manifesto for bridging differences and fostering compassion, Seek offers a four-step framework for unlocking the transformational power of curiosity.
A practical manifesto for bridging differences and fostering compassion, Seek offers a four-step framework for unlocking the transformational power of curiosity.
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Energizing, creative and exciting - Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project
Open your mind, heal your relationships, and connect across divides with this groundbreaking guide to deep curiosity from internationally-recognised curiosity expert, Scott Shigeoka.
At a time when tensions over race, religion, age, gender identity, rights, economic status, and more have fractured our lives and relationships, curiosity is the key to fostering connection, growth, and healing.
Seek shows us how to unlock deep curiosity, strengthen this fundamental human skill and build the courage be transformed by the people, places, and experiences we encounter.
Using Shigeoka's transformative four-step framework, you will enhance your capacity to:
- Detach: Let go of your ABCs (Assumptions, Biases, Certainty)
- Intend: Prepare your mindset and environment
- Value: See the dignity of every person - including yourself!
- Embrace: Welcome the hard times in life as a catalyst for connection and transformation
A must-read for our times, this book will help you to shift your perspective, understand differences and lead a more curious life.
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Praised by Adam Grant, Seek is described as a timely and contagious guide to embracing curiosity in a divided world. Gretchen Rubin calls it energizing and creative, highlighting Shigeoka as the perfect author for this subject. Kristen Neff commends its exploration of curiosityβs transformative power, while others note its empathic and practical approach as a roadmap to reconnecting humanity.
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ISBN: 9781035008742
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 November 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bluebird
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 322g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Scott Shigeoka is an internationally recognized curiosity expert, bridge builder, and the architect of the Bridging Differences Playbook - which has been downloaded by more than 300,000 people - created in partnership with UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World is his first book.
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