Our brains are powerful machines that allow us to process the world around us, translating the chaos we see into a perceived order.  How it does this is a bit of a mystery, but we’ve discovered some clues to why we think the way we do, how we can change how we think, and what can go wrong.

In the last of the themed weeks this year, I’ve put together some books on how our minds work.  The first three book reviews are about cognitive dissonance, what our brains do when we encounter conflicting beliefs, attitudes, or values.  From there, we take a visit to dishonesty and how we’re all dishonest sometimes – even to ourselves.  We’ll finish with a focus on what makes us unable to focus.  We’ll tease apart focus concepts from one book that might cause you to think differently about why you can’t focus.