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- Have you ever wondered why our brains are hardwired to crave the unexpected, even when we think we prefer a strict routine?
- What’s the secret to using the power of surprise to keep your closest relationships from losing their spark?
- What if you could flip the script on uncertainty and turn your fear of the unknown into a source of constant inspiration?
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What You'll Learn from Surprise
- Surprise arises when the brain cannot foresee the next moment, thereby triggering a distinct emotional response within.
- Today’s world needs both predictability and doses of surprise.
- To truly embrace unpredictability, you must actively cultivate personal resilience first.
- Reframe vulnerability as openness, and resist avoiding or predicting surprises, so you can more fully accept and embrace uncertainty.
- To become a surprise engineer, you must craft delightful surprises and intentionally design experiences that engage the senses.
Surprise Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Surprise arises when the brain cannot foresee the next moment, thereby triggering a distinct emotional response within.
Chapter 3: Today’s world needs both predictability and doses of surprise.
Chapter 4: To truly embrace unpredictability, you must actively cultivate personal resilience first.
Chapter 5: Reframe vulnerability as openness, and resist avoiding or predicting surprises, so you can more fully accept and embrace uncertainty.
Chapter 6: To become a surprise engineer, you must craft delightful surprises and intentionally design experiences that engage the senses.
Chapter 7: By welcoming differences and calibrating surprise, you can greatly enhance your relationships’ quality and cultivate deeper, healthier connections.
Chapter 8: To surprise yourself, gather novel experiences and pursue awe.
About Surprise
Surprise (2015) takes a closer look at the very concept of surprise, how it works and how to embrace and create it. What’s more, the authors show us how surprise can keep our relationships flourishing and allow us to live life to the fullest.
Who Should Listen to Surprise
- Anyone bored with fixed routines and structures
- Anyone with a fear of the unpredictable
- Anyone curious about how surprise works
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