The Upside of Your Dark Side, Todd Kashdan
The Upside of Your Dark Side, Todd Kashdan
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The Upside of Your Dark Side
Why Being Your Whole Self—Not Just Your "Good" Self—Drives Success and Fulfillment

Author: Todd Kashdan, Robert Biswas-Diener

Narrator: Todd Kashdan

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/25/2014

Synopsis

In The Upside of Your Dark Side, two pioneering researchers in the field of psychology show that while mindfulness, kindness, and positivity can take us far, they cannot take us all the way. Sometimes, they can even hold us back. Emotions like anger, anxiety, or doubt might be uncomfortable, but it turns out that they are also incredibly useful.For instance:
• Anger fuels creativity
• Guilt sparks improvement
• Self-doubt enhances performance
• Selfishness increases courage
• Mindlessness leads to better decisionsThe key lies in what the authors call “emotional agility,” the ability to access our full range of emotions—not just the “good” ones—in order to respond most effectively to whatever situation we might encounter. Drawing on years of scientific research and a wide array of real-life examples including sports, the military, parenting, education, romance, business, and more, The Upside of Your Dark Side is a refreshing reality check that shows us how we can truly maximize our potential.

About Todd Kashdan

Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D., is a recognized authority on personality, well-being, and social relationships. He has published more than 150 scholarly articles and trains professionals to become emotionally and socially agile. He has been honored with the Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year Award at George Mason University and the 2013 Distinguished Scientific Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association. His work has been featured in several media outlets, including the New York Times and the Washington Post.

About Robert Biswas-Diener

Robert Biswas-Diener, Dr. Philos. has published more than forty scholarly articles and has trained thousands of professionals on six continents. He is known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because he has conducted research with groups typically overlooked by psychologists, including Amish farmers, sex workers in Kolkata, Maasai tribespeople, and seal hunters in a remote corner of Greenland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terry on October 04, 2014

I think overall for the average person this is a decent reminder that we should not forget about the entire experience of human life. The lows are important as are the highs. Yet the authors tend to review the negative emotions ( and really they only discuss basic things like anger, anxiety, depress......more

Goodreads review by Toppy on November 10, 2015

Perhaps this may have been a 4 star book if it didn't take me 8 months to finish. It contained some good 'against the grain' facts on the benefits of our darker side. I enjoyed it repeatedly pointing out the fact that it's abnormal to be, or to strive to be, happy all the time. People pursuing this......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on July 12, 2017

3.75 stars. The title of this book is terrible, but the content is good, and the ideas interesting, it just felt too stretched out and should have been more tidy. The overall concept is that life can't be only happiness. That "dark" feelings have utility and value; and we should utilize them rather t......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on March 12, 2016

Okay. Quite the title, isn’t it?! Long but perfect, as that’s exactly what this book is about. I must report that reading this book has resulted in a slight shift in my ideas about happiness, and that’s a good thing. Happiness doesn’t always have to be about refocusing on positive things; happiness......more

Goodreads review by ScienceOfSuccess on July 29, 2018

This book consists of some well-known ideas from books like Thinking Fast and Slow, prince and a few others, but the author makes it simple and easy to read. It's probably one of the best books to start with when you are looking for answers about how people mind works, but you don't want to get too t......more

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