Can You Really Think Your Way to Success?
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- “Psychobusiness” examines popular psychological beliefs such as positive thinking and the idea that people can become whatever they want.
- The book also questions the Enneagram’s division of people into nine personality types, despite how accurately readers may feel the model describes them.
Can positive thinking really lead to success? Can people simply choose their thoughts and become whatever they want? “Psychobusiness,” a new book, takes aim at some of the most persistent beliefs in popular psychology and asks why people continue to fall for them.
One example is the Enneagram, a model that divides people into nine personality types. It claims to offer insight into people’s strengths and weaknesses, encouraging readers to see themselves as a helper, a perfectionist or a leader.
The descriptions can feel surprisingly accurate. But, as the book puts it, there is only one problem.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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