{"product_id":"the-stories-of-your-life-by-ben-ambridge-9781035018390","title":"The Stories of Your Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom internationally bestselling author Ben Ambridge, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Your Life\u003c\/em\u003e shares fascinating lessons about the nature of humanity, the power of psychology and — most importantly — the way we see ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe understand the world through stories. All of our experiences, all of our insights — psychologically, we interpret them through specific lenses that have been curated, perfected and passed down throughout human history. Professor Ben Ambridge has quantified those lenses into eight distinct masterplots that can apply to any experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe mother who wakes up an hour early every day to prep her child's breakfast? She's playing out the Sacrifice plot. The amateur sports team who go on to win the big trophy against all the odds? They're part of the Underdog narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmbridge uses examples from fiction, real life, and popular psychology research to demonstrate how we not only naturally gravitate towards the masterplot narratives, but how we actually use those narratives to manipulate the world around us — like the addict who uses the Monster plot to paint their illness as something to overcome, or the boxer who relies on the Revenge narrative to motivate themselves to fight their way back after an embarrassing defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese masterplots do more for us than to help us understand the world; they're vehicles through which humans have survived. In showing us how our brains work, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Your Life\u003c\/em\u003e teaches us fascinating lessons about the nature of humanity, the power of psychology and — most importantly — the way we see ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244713062636,"sku":"9781035018390","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035018390-the-stories-of-your-life-1.jpg?v=1788010666","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-stories-of-your-life-by-ben-ambridge-9781035018390","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}