{"product_id":"how-humans-work-ashfaq-rafiq-9798183640618","title":"How Humans Work: The Operating Manual You Should Have Received at Birth - Understand Your Mind. Master Your Habits. Improve Your Life.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou did not come with instructions. This is the manual you should have received at birth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, a psychologist put a marshmallow in front of a four-year-old and walked out of the room. What he discovered didn't just explain childhood willpower - it explained something far bigger about how your mind, your money, your habits, your relationships, and your sense of purpose actually work. \u003ci\u003eHow Humans Work\u003c\/i\u003e starts there, and spends the next nine chapters showing you the rest of the machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not another self-help book promising a 30-day transformation. It's a field guide - grounded in decades of psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral research - to the operating system you're running on but were never given a manual for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstand your mind. Master your habits. Improve your life. Inside, you'll learn: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePsychology\u003c\/b\u003e - Why your brain is a survival machine, not a happiness machine, and how Israeli fighter pilot instructors accidentally proved one of the most important findings in behavioral science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDecision Making\u003c\/b\u003e - Why expert firefighters don't \"decide\" at all, and what that means for every major choice you'll ever make\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRelationships\u003c\/b\u003e - What a 75-year Harvard study of 1,300 people found about what actually predicts a long, healthy life (it isn't what you think)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMoney\u003c\/b\u003e - How a janitor who never made more than minimum wage died with 8 million dollars, and why personal finance is a psychology problem wearing a math costume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHabits\u003c\/b\u003e - The MIT rat experiment that revealed why willpower was never the answer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHappiness\u003c\/b\u003e - Why lottery winners and accident victims end up almost equally happy a year later, and what that means for your own pursuit of happiness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePurpose\u003c\/b\u003e - What Viktor Frankl learned in a concentration camp about what actually keeps people alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Body\u003c\/b\u003e - Why the world's leading sleep scientist says there's no organ in your body that doesn't benefit from sleep and suffer without it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWork\u003c\/b\u003e - Why \"follow your passion\" is backwards, and what actually predicts career satisfaction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery chapter opens with a true story from the research. Every chapter closes with \u003cb\u003eThe Shortcut\u003c\/b\u003e - the single most useful idea, distilled - and four questions to apply it to your actual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e500 books. One manual. No fluff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you've ever felt like you were operating on instinct, reaction, and other people's expectations instead of genuine self-understanding - this is the book you needed years ago.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashfaq Rafiq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183640618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Ashfaq Rafiq","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173874344191,"sku":"9798183640618","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-humans-work-ashfaq-rafiq-9798183640618","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}