Sway

Praise

Praise for SWAY*

“A breathtaking book that will challenge your every thought, Sway hovers above the intersection of Blink and Freakonomics.”–Tom Rath, coauthor of the New York Times #1 bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket?

“Now we know why no one ever coined the phrase ‘rational exuberance.’ Behind the surprising ways we all make choices, the Brafmans find biology, humanity, and the wisdom of our collective experience. As a longtime student of how financial decisions are made, I found their insights utterly fascinating. Once I started reading, I couldn’t stop—and I suspect the Brafmans could tell you exactly why!”
–Sallie Krawcheck, CEO, Citi Global Wealth Management

“Count me swayed–but in this instance by the pull of entirely rational forces. Ori and Rom Brafman have done a terrific job of illuminating deep-seated tendencies that skew our behavior in ways that can range from silly to deadly. We’d be fools not to learn what they have to teach us.”–Robert B. Cialdini, author of New York Times bestseller Influence

“Brilliant.”
—Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum

“A page-turner of an investigation into how our minds work . . . and trick us. Think you behave rationally? Read this book first.”–Timothy Ferriss, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek

 ”Sway helped me recognize an aspect of irrational behavior in my experimental work in physics. Sometimes I have jumped into some research that didn’t feel quite right . . . but some irrational lure, such as the hope of quick success, pulled me in.”–Martin L. Perl, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Physics


*DISCLAIMER: If you decide to buy this book because of these endorsements, you just got swayed. One of the psychological forces you’ll read about in Sway is our tendency to place a higher value on opinions from people in positions of prominence, power, or authority.

(But you should still buy the book.)


“If you think you know how you think, you’d better think again! Take this insightful, delightful trip to the sweet spot where economics, psychology, and sociology converge, and you’ll discover how our all-too-human minds actually work.”–Alan M. Webber, founding editor of Fast Company magazine