NEW TO ISHK
THE TIME PARADOX
The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
Philip Zimbardo & John Boyd
Free Press, 2008
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Become aware of your personal time zone to see and manage one’s life
• Learn how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you
• Understand how your individual time zone interacts with others to create economics, national cultures and personal destinies
• Learn seven most common ways people relate to time
• Learn how time zones create benefits and pitfalls
• Learn how to optimize your blend of time perspectives to maximize your personal and professional life
• Understand the power and paradoxes in the modern world
• Understand this new psychological science of time zones
• Overcome the mental biases from one’s past
• Look beyond immediate gratification
• Avoid obsessing with future goals
Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University. He is two-time past president of the Western Psychological Association and past president of the American Psychological Association. He is responsible for the PBS series, Discovering Psychology. He has authored over 300 publications, including one of the most widely-read introductory psychology textbooks.
John Boyd, Ph.D., received his doctorate in psychology from Stanford University, where he worked closely with Zimbardo developing the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. His professional experience includes Director of Scientific Affairs at Alertness Solutions, Director of Research at Yahoo!, and, currently, Research Manager at Google.
10 CE credits; 319 pages
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