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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I don't like the whole premise.
To make sure that the title accurately reflected the premise of the book, I checked the book description. I wish to quote this: "Positive emotions alone are not enough. Anger makes us creative, selfishness makes us brave . . . ."
I'm not saying that I haven't always suppressed my dark side, even here on MobileRead, but we don't need people telling us to unleash some or all of our dark side, especially on other people, even for the purpose of making us successful. I'm sure that the author doesn't/wouldn't appreciate that being done to him.
We need a nicer, kinder world. And this book doesn't help things.
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I'm curious. It's possible the title and description are both click-bait* and the book actually is more about controlling and channeling the dark side, like the Jedi and the Vulcans, rather directly using its power, like the Sith.
Perhaps the author was just concerned that the people who most need that sort of help would only read it if it pretended to be of a like mind.
That's what I'd do if I wrote a book on being a nicer person.
ApK
*OMG, I know there was a term for this before the Internet, but I can't think of it. "Deception" perhaps?