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Why Smart Women Buy the Lies
And how critical thinking reveals the truth
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This laugh-out-loud book will help you understand the cognitive flaws that infiltrate your decision-making so you can prevent the process of obfuscation and stay safe.
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The follow up to the award-winning Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions, this laugh-out-loud self-help book teaches us how we can use critical thinking to protect ourselves against trusting the wrong people.
35-year-old Kat, having seen off her narcissistic boyfriend, believes that this is the year her life will click into gear. She is in a relationship with a lovely, decent man, she's enjoying her well-paid job and she has adopted a large groodle. Things are looking up!
Then her boss brings in a smooth-talking business guru, her neighbour employs a psychic to rid her flat of a curse and stylish but mysterious neighbours move in upstairs. Things start to go awry. Her happy life starts to fracture. Her relationship is threatened, the groodle disappears and she gets scammed.
This is a hilarious and insightful book about the lies we tell ourselves, the lies we tell others and the lies we're told, and why we believe them. It's less about why people lie, scam and obfuscate and more about why we are vulnerable to it.
But we shouldn't judge ourselves for being overly trusting. Intelligence doesn't protect us from being lied to; often, we are willing participants. If we desire something strongly and someone comes along and offers us that very thing - the dog, the love, the shoes, the anti-aging vitamin, the money or the future - the cognitive flaws in our brain kick into action and skew our thinking.
Using Kat's universe as a microcosm of the world we all inhabit, Why Smart Women Buy the Lies is a relatable, thought-provoking and incredibly important must-read for women who are ready to use critical thinking to discern fact from fiction.
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Why Smart Women Buy the Lies by Annie McCubbin is praised for its engaging and humorous storytelling, offering educational insights into preventing poor decision-making despite intelligence. The book uses relatable scenarios to advocate for critical thinking, challenging disinformation with wit and compassion. Readers appreciate its ability to transform their understanding of leadership and personal decision-making.
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ISBN: 9781922611659
Publisher: Major Street Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 May 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: Major Street Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 207.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Annie McCubbin is an actor, author and corporate communication consultant and coach who has taught thousands of women about critical thinking and cognitive flaws through the lens of drama and comedy. As the Director of COUP, her corporate work is highly regarded as an outstanding synthesis of dramatic art, management consulting and applied neuroscience.
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