Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Pe..., Hasan Merali, MD
Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Pe..., Hasan Merali, MD
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Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas
Secrets from the Science of Toddlers for a Happier, More Successful Way of Life

Author: Hasan Merali, MD

Narrator: Shawn K. Jain

Unabridged: 7 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/14/2024


Synopsis

Toddlers hold the secrets to having more fun and living a fulfilling life. These are secrets we once knew and ones that a Harvard-trained physician can help us rediscover.

Terrible twos, temper tantrums, and grocery store meltdowns are usually the first things that come to mind when people think of toddlers. But pediatric emergency medicine physician and researcher Dr. Hasan Merali has long thought toddlers are among the best people in our society and adults could do well to learn from them.

These extraordinary youngsters can be impulsive, yes, but with this comes a remarkable ability to take risks and ask questions—two qualities that can help us enjoy life more. Toddlers act kindly toward strangers, are eager to work with others to solve problems, and demonstrate extraordinary dedication and perseverance. These are all traits that many of us aspire to have in order to improve both our personal and professional lives.

To unpack this behavior, Dr. Merali includes many humorous examples from his experience as a pediatrician and father, but the core lessons are drawn from two decades worth of fascinating and surprising studies in child psychology and development. Merali connects these studies to research about adults to create the first book to offer adults important lessons that can be gleaned from toddlers.

Toddlers can teach you many things, including how to:
• Lose weight naturally • Sleep better • Build stronger friendships • Improve teamwork • Be more productive • Have more fun, and • Live a more fulfilling life

Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas shows us how toddlers bring out the best in humanity and how we can, too. It’s a whole new way of looking at and learning from toddlers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jillian on June 04, 2024

This book argues that in order to live happier, more successful lives, we should try to emulate toddlers. That’s right, toddlers. As in the tiny person in your home currently throwing a tantrum because their shirt is the wrong colour. But the author is surprisingly persuasive, and his arguments are......more

Goodreads review by Natasha on April 19, 2024

Usually when you think about the life of a toddler, you imagine tantrums, terrible twos, picky eaters and sleepers, right? Did you know that we can learn a lot from toddlers, who Dr. Merali, a Harvard-trained physician and child health researcher, argues that toddlers are experts at self-regulation......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on January 15, 2024

So this book explains how we can learn from toddlers so we can have better lives. There are so many studies, such as how toddlers help each other even without reward, even if they have already helped someone and gotten no reward. The lessons are basic like that: be helpful, laugh, be overconfident.......more

Goodreads review by Jiani on September 24, 2024

Evergreen Leadership Wisdom from Unexpected Places "Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas: Secrets from the Toddlers" offers a thoughtful look at how the behaviors of toddlers can inform adult creativity, teamwork, and leadership. The author draws interesting connections between how toddlers play a......more

Goodreads review by Greg on May 15, 2024

Having been a toddler, raised toddlers, and now luckily enough interacting with a new set of toddlers in the family, I thought this book was fascinating. Dr. Merali pulls from decades of research involving hundreds of thousands of participants from all over the world (toddlers and adults) to identi......more