Ethan Kross’s book, Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don’t Manage You, delves into the mechanics of emotions and how we can effectively manage them. Kross, a renowned neuroscientist, provides insights into why we have emotions and how we can harness them for a happier, healthier, and more productive life.
The book emphasizes the importance of emotional management skills and offers practical tools to help us navigate our emotions. Kross argues that emotions are not inherently good or bad; rather, they are information that can guide us in making better decisions. He dispels common myths about emotions and provides a new framework for shifting our emotional states.
Through compelling stories and cutting-edge research, Kross shows how we can use our senses, attention, relationships, and environments to master emotional decision-making. The goal is to experience all emotions, learn from them, and move easily from one emotional state to another.