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Plays Well with Others
- The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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Summary
From the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Barking Up the Wrong Tree comes a cure-all for our increasing emotional distance and loneliness—a smart, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining guide to help build better friendships, reignite love, and get closer to others, whether you’re an extrovert or introvert, socially adept or socially anxious.
Can you judge a book by its cover?
Is a friend in need truly a friend indeed?
Does love conquer all?
Is no man an island?
In Plays Well With Others, Eric Barker dives into these questions, drawing on science to reveal the truth beyond the conventional wisdom about human relationships. Combining his compelling storytelling and humor, Barker explains what hostage negotiation techniques and marital arguments have in common, how an expert con-man lied his way into a twenty-year professional soccer career, and why those holding views diametrically opposed to our own actually have the potential to become our closest, most trusted friends.
Leveraging the best evidence available—free of platitudes or magical thinking—Barker analyzes multiple sides of an issue before rendering his verdict. What he’s uncovered is surprising, counterintuitive, and timely—and will change the way you interact in the world and with those around you just when you need it most.
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- Hettie
- 22-05-22
A Masterpiece
love this book, it's already helped me connect with family on a deeper level.
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- Nizamuddin G.
- 22-08-22
narration is outstanding, content is pretty good
Narrator is absolutely fantastic and engaging
the book has some useful nuggets and gems but unfortunately lacking an overall cohesive message in my opinion.
would still recommend for a light hearted pop-psychology book with some good insights!
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- Mrs G
- 07-09-22
a great insight into human behaviour and friendshi
some great insights.....thought provoking about marriage- extremely interesting about human nature and how we get along together
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- SDG
- 03-03-23
Excellent
Really enjoyed this listen
Informative without the trudge
Made sense of our mad mad world
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- Emad
- 17-07-22
LOVED IT!
The contents to the narration are 10/10.
Excellent follow up to Barking Up the Wrong Tree
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- Giorgio
- 11-08-23
Easy listening, lots of fun facts
I’ve enjoyed listening to this book, the way it was written and narrated makes it easy to follow even when working on chores. Worth listening to if you’re having relationship problems!
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- Jim Cowan
- 20-05-22
"Challenging!"
I thoroughly enjoyed the author’s previous bestseller, ‘Barking Up the Wrong Tree’. So, as a lifelong student of “people”, “relationships” and “what makes us tick”, I was so impatient to read Eric Barker’s new book.
I have to confess that, although I found this (audio) book thoroughly entertaining, humorous and backed by the meaningful level of research that I personally always need to enjoy a book, I also found it challenging. It provoked me to re-examine my understanding of ‘relationships’, ‘friendships’, ‘love’, ‘loneliness’, ‘communications’ … and all aspects of our interactions with others.
Well done, Eric Barker! You have ‘stopped me in my tracks’ and reminded me, as a business psychologist, that when I try to help others to lead & manage people and to deal with ‘relationships’, I still have an incredible amount to learn about myself and our relationships. Thank you!
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- Anonymous 11111
- 03-06-22
Interesting
As great and funny as his blog. Informative and entertaining. Can’t wait for the next book.
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- J
- 15-05-22
Excellent book!
Another great book, listened to in one day and plan to again soon. Very good stories and practical advice.
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- D M Green
- 26-02-23
Great
It was really interesting, insightful. Well narrated, too. The seven hours went by pretty quickly.
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