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Арсен Аветисов. The Power of Narrative Intelligence. Enhancing your mind’s potential. The art of understanding, influencing and acting
Introduction
About the Author by the Author
Acknowledgements
Preface. No more secrets
Multiple Intelligences and One Life. How we survived and how much intelligence a person has
EQ: Who Controls Emotions, Controls the World. Why is emotional intelligence so important for business?
Narrative Intelligence, Your Personal Secret Advisor. How narrative intelligence affects behaviour and why life is a constantly changing narrative
Monopoly on Narratives. How societies create a monopoly on meanings and narratives and how people voluntarily choose them
A Parable Is a Form of Narrative. Special learning space
Managing the Paradoxical and Unpredictable. Management is the formation of purposeful behaviour and, as classical experiments show, how much this is possible
The Hierarchy of Goals. The hierarchy of goals and communities. How the upper levels seek to subdue the lower ones, and how they manage to do so
Some Cherished Stories from the Bible. How many stories – so many interpretations
The Meanings of Survival. Life is the choice and refinement of the model in which meanings are tried to be introduced
Paradise: The Story of Abdication
The Basic Design of the Brain. How the 'triune’ brain came into being and what actually happens in it
Explain and Justify. A reluctant lawyer – why a person is never guilty
Energy Strategies of the Brain 'Economic or economical?' – a question that has never lost its relevance
Do We Really Think? Where the illusion begins or where it does not end. Our maps of a world that does not exist
Two out of Six. How we can be convinced of anything. What you see depends on how you see
Reflection, Imitation, Learning. Mirror areas, or how we learn
In the Beginning Was Attention. How to attract and retain attention and what emotions have to do with it
How We Can Be Convinced of Anything. Trust at the chemical level
What Do We Believe In? In Anything. The brain shows – we believe, or if you don’t see – you will never reach
Form Defines Function. What Do Narratologists Do and How Are Form and Content Connected?
How Many Parables are There in the New Testament? 10 commandments and 32 parables
The Architecture of Narrative. Stories are simply facts plus emotions
How to Create Narratives. Why is it always simple when there is a plan and how dangerous is a cat that is tied up
Great Stories and Big Meanings. One of the advantages of the past is that it stays in the past, and that is why there are so many incredible stories for everyone to enjoy
The Club of Outstanding Storytellers. How to tell narratives, and why everyone is unique in it
The Graphics of Narratives. How we forgot how to draw and write, and why thinking matters
Metaphors: Vessels of Non-obvious Meanings. How metaphors enhance attention, vision, and memory
Education in the Learning Loop. When a system fails to meet the demands, it distorts and slows everything down
Tales About Bicycles. To assemble a bicycle, you just need to study the instructions, or How fairy tales relate to a bicycle ride
You Are More Than What You Think of Yourself. Why it is never too late or too early to start understanding yourself? The similarity between behavioural laws and physical laws is that they both exist
On Talents and Admirers. For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance
A World Where Everything Is Possible. It is not who we are that holds us back, but who we believe we are not. And this can be changed
The Parable of the Two Sons
The Winemakers’ Rule: Do Not Rush. Humanity, in its effort to avoid change, creates complications for itself
The Assembly Point: Where Dreams are Realised. From transformation to compilation. How to connect meanings and results
Deformed Time. Tell me which narratives you spend your time on, and I will tell you what will become of you
Everything That Does Not Kill Us Does Not Make Us Stronger. Forgive yourself, but be persistent
Generation of Blurred Meanings. How civilisation has changed, replacing meanings with consumption
The Single Window Phenomenon. How attention is usurped and how distorted perception becomes world view
Colonisation XXI. The era of new forms of expansion, interpretation, and dominance
A Brief History of Youth’s Betrayal. Who are the economists and politicians who have led us to a world where we are uncertain about ourselves yet still willing to pay for a bagel?
The Slavery of Volunteers. How slavery has changed its forms but retained its essence
Narrative Intelligence in Business. How an office can be turned into a temple, and how a temple can become an office
Narrative Intelligence in Team Building and in Nature. When one person with convictions can achieve a hundred times more than a hundred people with mere interests
Division by Grouping. How to unite people by emphasising their identity and uniqueness, and how different theories have divided the indivisible
The Features of Modern Leadership. Leadership is a unique system of narratives, a balance between inspiring and maintaining momentum without losing steam
Humans are Like Animals and Vice Versa. Leadership in the animal world and among humans who do not even resemble them externally…
Lentil Stew. The story of Jacob – a culinary tale of priorities
Leadership Narratives: Passion and Humility. We are born leaders, but we still need to become them
On Long Historical Waves, Interference is Possible. How Accentuated Biographies Change Meanings
Gender Leadership. Women in Business, Management, and Life
Two Galaxies in One Universe. The more significant the differences, the more effective the union
Behavioural Differences. Everything has its place and application
Cherchez la Femme. The Heart of the Matter, or How Narratives Shape Social Structures
Ex Libris, or How to Develop Narrative Intelligence. Accurate in details, attentive to nuances
Afterword
What Should I Read, Doctor?
