“The Power of Wonder delivers on its title by showing how wonder can spark creativity, deepen humility, and boost performance.”
– Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author
From the first tickle of curiosity to an unexpected shift in how we perceive the world, there isn’t a person who hasn’t felt wonder, and yet the why and how of this profoundly beneficial emotion is only just beginning to be scientifically defined and explored. This inspiring book from thought leader Monica Parker explores the power of wonder to transform the way we learn, develop new ideas, drive social change, and ultimately become better humans.
The Power of Wonder takes readers on a multidisciplinary journey through psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, literature, and business to share some of the surprising secrets behind the mechanics of wonder and guides readers in bringing more of it into their lives. Readers will learn about the components and elicitors of wonder, and how it can transform our bodies and brains. From taking a daily “awe walk” to discovering a new and all-consuming interest in something you’d never given much thought to before, this book shows readers how to become more wonder-prone and reconnect with a reverence for the world and all the fascinating people in it.
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The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead is an antidote to a move-fast-and-break-things world buckling under the pressures of social upheaval and a paralyzing pandemic.
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Art, music, religion, politics, science, nature, love, fear, birth, death; each of the myriad experiences that compress to form the bedrock of human life has a golden vein of wonder running through it .
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The Power of Wonder is the first book to introduce this concept and its power to transform the way we learn, develop new ideas, drive social change, and ultimately become better humans.
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Azzedine Downes, President and CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare
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David Eagleman, neuroscientist at Stanford University, bestselling author of Sum and Livewired
