This book is a 'must read' not only because it is about a fascinating topic – the nature of the unconscious mind – but because it is an engaging and accessible book by the scientist who did the groundbreaking research. Jonah Berger, author of 'Contagious' and 'Invisible Influence' An entertaining and intelligent book that will change the way you see yourself and the world around you. This fascinating journey through the inner workings of the human mind reveals how our conscious thoughts and unconscious motives intertwine to shape who we are. Malcolm Gladwell, author of 'Blink' and 'David and Goliath' John Bargh's Before You Know It moves our understanding of the mysteries of human behaviour one giant step forward.

Dan Ariely, PhD, Duke University, author of New York Times bestseller 'Predictably Irrational' Professor John Bargh has been a consistently and systematically amazing social scientist for decades with his insights, observations, studies, and perhaps most important – their implications for the way we live and the aspects of our life that we take for granted. Daniel Gilbert, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author of the international bestseller 'Stumbling on Happiness' a spellbinding tour, written by the undisputed master. and it is no surprise that he has received virtually every award science can offer. John Bargh is – without exception, without exaggeration, and without competition – the world's foremost authority on the unconscious mind. John Gottman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington

Now Bargh reveals a new science of the unconscious that busts these outdated myths. I predict that this book will be the most important and exciting book in psychology that has been written in the past twenty years.

In Before You Know It, Dr John Bargh – the world’s leading expert on the unconscious mind – reveals the psychological forces that are at work behind the scenes as we go about our daily lives, and offers simple steps to improve your sleep, boost your memory and live better. How much of what we say, feel and do is under our conscious control? How much is not? And most crucial of all: if we understood how our unconscious worked – if we knew why we do what we do – could we finally, fundamentally, know ourselves?įrom checking a dating app to holding a cup of coffee or choosing who to vote for, our unconscious secretly governs everything we feel, think and do. A brilliant and convincing book.’ – Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and David and Goliath ‘John Bargh's Before You Know It moves our understanding of the mysteries of human behaviour one giant step forward. A groundbreaking work of non-fiction revealing the powers of the unconscious mind, and explaining how we can learn to harness this power to think, act and live better, in the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow.

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