Emotional Logic and Decision Making: The interface between professional upheaval and personal

265 Pages·2005·1.23 MB·English

by  Christian Bourion (auth.)

Emotional Logic and
Decision Making
The interface between professional
upheaval and personal evolution
Christian Bourion
Translated by Andrea Soulis
Emotional Logic and Decision Making
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Emotional Logic and
Decision Making
The interface between professional
upheaval and personal evolution
Christian Bourion
Translated by Andrea Soulis
© Christian Bourion 2005
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bourion, Christian, 1945–
[Logique emotionnelle, English]
Emotional logic and decision making : the interface between professional
upheaval and personal evolution / Christian Bourion ; translated by Andrea
Soulis.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
1. Decision making. 2. Emotional intelligence. I. Title.
HD30.23B677 2004
153.8’3—dc22 2004054939
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05
To Jade and Robin
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It is only with the heart that one can rightly see.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
1946, A. de Saint-Exupéry
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Contents
List of Exhibits xi
List of Questionnaires xiii
Preface: Why “Self-Management”? xv
Prologue: From Economic to Emotional Man xvii
Foreword: The Epistemological Position of This Work xix
Preview: The Concept of Emotional Production 1
1. A Defense for the Introduction of Emotional Production in the Field of
Decision Theory 1
2. Scientific Status 3
3. Managerial Status 9
4. The Contribution of the “Emotional Production” Concept 13
5. The Nature of Emotional Production 16
1 Gratifying Situations:The Resolution and the Acquisition
of Know-How 23
1. The Application of Know-how 25
2. The Acquisition of Know-how 30
3. Associated Emotional Production 36
4. Associated Emotional Conflict: “Approach–Approach” 37
5. A Brief Overview of This Chapter 37
2 Aversive Situations: Challenge and Self-doubt 39
1. The Preliminaries 39
2. The Situation Deteriorates 42
3. Associated Emotional Production 50
4. Associated Emotional Conflict: “Approach–Avoidance” 60
5. The Practice of Counterfire 63
6. The Neurosis of the “Workaholic” 66
7. Psychological Energy 69
8. Resistance to Obstacles 70
9. Avoiding Challenge 73
10. Neurosis of the “Fugitive” 74
11. Passive Acceptance of Challenge: Doing Nothing and Inhibition 76
12. A Brief Overview of This Chapter 83
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