What Makes Us Tick?
The ten desires that drive us

Truth be told, I am a sucker for studies on social behaviours. Complex and insecure, we have a tendency to think of ourselves as the most important person in the world, with problems and desires that are uniquely our own. In What Makes Us Tick? Mackay reveals that as a whole, we share ten ‘social’ d......more

At times I thought this book was a bit too comfortably middle class Australian but in general I found some kernels of wisdom and reassurance here. It is a useful exercise to stop and think about what we all are striving for and I think Hugh Mackay has listened to enough people in his career to be ab......more

Interesting read. It covers a lot of things that most already know. There are some intriguing parts to the book however there is plenty of fluff in between. Interesting concept, reasonable execution.......more

If only I could give a book six stars. What Makes us Tick? is chock full of quotable and thought provoking wisdom which resonates like nothing else I've read, except the Bible. Based on decades of work as a social researcher, Hugh Mackay nails the human condition in this incredibly insightful and ba......more

A bit boring really. Missing the flair i'm used to from books that try to explain why we are the way we are.........more