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Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both

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Smart social strategy for work and life

This is a great read if you like practical psychology that actually changes how you deal with people. It takes the false choice between being nice or ruthless and shows how the real advantage comes from knowing when to do each. Readers often come away feeling sharper about trust, negotiation, ambition, and the small social moves that quietly shape success.

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Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both

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ISBN: 9781847940834
Date of Publication: 2015-09-24
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Science, Business
Goodreads rating: 3.84
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Is it in our best interest to compete or to cooperate? Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive and that pursuing our self-interest is the best way to get ahead. Others believe that we are hard-wired to cooperate and are most successful when we collaborate with others. In Friend & Foe, leading psychologists Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer draw on original, cutting-edge research to explain why this debate misses the mark. They argue that it is only by learning how to strike the right balance between competition and cooperation that we can improve long-term relationships and maximise success in work and life. Galinsky and Schweitzer show how holding these two forces in the right balance can enable us to turn weaknesses into strengths, to recognise deception and build trust, and to improve our powers of negotiation without alienating our counterparts. Along the way, they also offer answers to a number of perplexing puzzles, from how too much talent can undermine a team’s success, to why ending an auction at 2 a.m. can get you the best outcome, to when acting less competently can help you gain status. This book is a guide for better navigating your social world by learning when to cooperate as a friend and when to compete as a foe – and how to be better at both.
 

Smart social strategy for work and life

This is a great read if you like practical psychology that actually changes how you deal with people. It takes the false choice between being nice or ruthless and shows how the real advantage comes from knowing when to do each. Readers often come away feeling sharper about trust, negotiation, ambition, and the small social moves that quietly shape success.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.