Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 950 000 titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Try now
image.devices-Singapore 2x
Cover for Free Your Mind: The new world of manipulation and how to resist it

Free Your Mind: The new world of manipulation and how to resist it

5 Ratings

5

Duration
11H 20min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller Learn how to recognise and resist the daily attempts to control and manipulate your mind.

There is a war on for your mind. You may not notice, but you are surrounded by manipulators: advertisers, politicians, big tech, even the humble waiter who asks, ‘Still or sparkling?’

Free Your Mind is your field manual to surviving the information battlefield. In this indispensable book, Laura Dodsworth and Patrick Fagan draw on interviews with mind-control experts ranging from monks to magicians, infiltrate cults and forums to uncover their most deceptive techniques and expose the hidden tactics used to influence you, from social media to subliminal messages.

Learn how to recognise the nudges, dispel efforts to brainwash you and always question those who say the choice is yours. If you don’t control your mind, someone else will.

© 2023 HarperCollins (Audiobook): 9780008600846

Release date

Audiobook: 20 July 2023

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No That Puts You in Charge of Your Life
    The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No That Puts You in Charge of Your Life Vanessa Patrick, PhD
  2. Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day
    Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day Daniel Goleman
  3. Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships is (Mostly) Wrong
    Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships is (Mostly) Wrong Eric Barker
  4. The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
    The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance Dr. Nate Zinsser
  5. Get Out of My Head: Creating Modern Clarity With Stoic Wisdom
    Get Out of My Head: Creating Modern Clarity With Stoic Wisdom Andrew McConnell
  6. Listen Like You Mean It: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection
    Listen Like You Mean It: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection Ximena Vengoechea
  7. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
    The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain Annie Murphy Paul
  8. Positivity and Growth
    Positivity and Growth Harvard Business Review
  9. Get it Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation
    Get it Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation Ayelet Fishbach
  10. Rethinking Intelligence: A Radical New Understanding of Our Human Potential
    Rethinking Intelligence: A Radical New Understanding of Our Human Potential Rina Bliss
  11. Think This, Not That: 12 Mindshifts to Breakthrough Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be
    Think This, Not That: 12 Mindshifts to Breakthrough Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be Dr. Josh Axe
  12. How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Productivity in Anxious Times
    How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Productivity in Anxious Times Chris Bailey
  13. Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives
    Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives Howard J. Ross
  14. The Observer: A Modern Fable on Mastering Your Mind
    The Observer: A Modern Fable on Mastering Your Mind Todd Stottlemyre
  15. Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change
    Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change Edward D. Hess
  16. The Burnout Fix: Overcome Overwhelm, Beat Busy, and Sustain Success in the New World of Work
    The Burnout Fix: Overcome Overwhelm, Beat Busy, and Sustain Success in the New World of Work Jacinta M. Jimenez
  17. The Psychological Safety Playbook: Lead More Powerfully by Being Human
    The Psychological Safety Playbook: Lead More Powerfully by Being Human Karolin Helbig
  18. Make Brilliant Work: Lessons on Creativity, Innovation, and Success
    Make Brilliant Work: Lessons on Creativity, Innovation, and Success Rod Judkins
  19. The Psychology of Good and Evil: Understanding Extraordinary Behavior from Altruism to Atrocities
    The Psychology of Good and Evil: Understanding Extraordinary Behavior from Altruism to Atrocities Catherine Sanderson
  20. Thinking 101: Lessons on How To Transform Your Thinking and Your Life
    Thinking 101: Lessons on How To Transform Your Thinking and Your Life Woo-kyoung Ahn
  21. Next Job, Best Job: A Headhunter's 11 Strategies To Get Hired Now
    Next Job, Best Job: A Headhunter's 11 Strategies To Get Hired Now Rob Barnett
  22. Magic Words
    Magic Words Jonah Berger
  23. Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance
    Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance Erica Dhawan
  24. Becoming AntiFragile: Learning to Thrive Through Disruption, Challenge and Change
    Becoming AntiFragile: Learning to Thrive Through Disruption, Challenge and Change Dr Paige Williams
  25. Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul
    Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul Matt Richtel
  26. Conversations Worth Having, Second Edition: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement
    Conversations Worth Having, Second Edition: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement Cheri Torres
  27. I Know What to Do So Why Don't I Do It? - Second Edition: Mind Your Emotions to End Procrastination and Achieve All Your Goals
    I Know What to Do So Why Don't I Do It? - Second Edition: Mind Your Emotions to End Procrastination and Achieve All Your Goals Nick Hall PhD
  28. Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work
    Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work Harvard Business Review
  29. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking. 2nd Edition
    How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking. 2nd Edition Sönke Ahrens
  30. The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower
    The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower Morra Aarons-Mele
  31. Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
    Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter Joel Schwartzberg
  32. Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations
    Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations Kathryn Mannix
  33. Unstuck: Reframe your thinking to free yourself from the patterns and people that hold you back
    Unstuck: Reframe your thinking to free yourself from the patterns and people that hold you back Lia Garvin
  34. Braintenance: A scientific guide to creating healthy habits and reaching your goals
    Braintenance: A scientific guide to creating healthy habits and reaching your goals Dr Julia Ravey
  35. The Deadline Effect
    The Deadline Effect Christopher Cox
  36. Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience
    Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience Paula Davis
  37. The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You
    The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You Michael Gervais, PhD
  38. Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart
    Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart Joe Navarro
  39. Two-Career Families
    Two-Career Families Harvard Business Review
  40. A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work
    A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work Juliet Funt
  41. HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI (with bonus article "How to Win with Machine Learning" by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb)
    HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI (with bonus article "How to Win with Machine Learning" by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb) Thomas H. Davenport
  42. Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential
    Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential Brian Johnson
  43. Bet on Yourself: Recognize, Own, and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities
    Bet on Yourself: Recognize, Own, and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities Ann Hiatt
  44. Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict
    Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict William Ury
  45. Work, Your Way: Reinvent Yourself, Create the Life You Want and Thrive as a Consultant
    Work, Your Way: Reinvent Yourself, Create the Life You Want and Thrive as a Consultant Lisa Hufford
  46. Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Stop Counter-Productive Habits and Get the Results You Want
    Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Stop Counter-Productive Habits and Get the Results You Want Peter Bregman
  47. Think Like Einstein: Think Smarter, Creatively Solve Problems, and Sharpen Your Judgment. How to Develop a Logical Approach to Life and Ask the Right Questions
    Think Like Einstein: Think Smarter, Creatively Solve Problems, and Sharpen Your Judgment. How to Develop a Logical Approach to Life and Ask the Right Questions Peter Hollins
  48. How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas
    How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas Kim Wehle
  49. The Art of the Tale: Engage Your Audience, Elevate Your Organization, and Share Your Message Through Storytelling
    The Art of the Tale: Engage Your Audience, Elevate Your Organization, and Share Your Message Through Storytelling Tom Morrisey
  50. Get Things Done: What Stops Smart People Achieving More and How You Can Change
    Get Things Done: What Stops Smart People Achieving More and How You Can Change Robert Kelsey
  51. Process!: How Discipline and Consistency Will Set You and Your Business Free
    Process!: How Discipline and Consistency Will Set You and Your Business Free Lisa González
  52. Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live
    Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live Chris Guillebeau
  53. Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading and Public Speaking
    Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading and Public Speaking Mehdi Hasan
  54. Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery
    Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery Scott H. Young
  55. Show the Value of What You Do: Measuring and Achieving Success in Any Endeavor
    Show the Value of What You Do: Measuring and Achieving Success in Any Endeavor Patricia Pulliam Phillips
  56. Negotiate Without Fear: Strategies and Tools to Maximize Your Outcomes
    Negotiate Without Fear: Strategies and Tools to Maximize Your Outcomes Victoria Medvec
  57. Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World
    Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World Scott Shigeoka
  58. How We Change: (And Ten Reasons Why We Don't)
    How We Change: (And Ten Reasons Why We Don't) Ross Ellenhorn
  59. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
    Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things Dan Ariely
  60. The Elevated Communicator: How to Master Your Style and Strengthen Well-Being at Work
    The Elevated Communicator: How to Master Your Style and Strengthen Well-Being at Work Maryanne O'Brien
  61. Design Thinking For Dummies
    Design Thinking For Dummies Christian Muller-Roterberg
  62. The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking: Leading Your Organization into the Future
    The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking: Leading Your Organization into the Future Michael D. Watkins
  63. Problem Solver: Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions
    Problem Solver: Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions Cheryl Strauss Einhorn
  64. Louder Than Words: Take Your Career from Average to Exceptional with the Hidden Power of Nonverbal Intelligence
    Louder Than Words: Take Your Career from Average to Exceptional with the Hidden Power of Nonverbal Intelligence Joe Navarro
  65. HBR Guide to Negotiating
    HBR Guide to Negotiating Jeff Weiss
  66. Brain Blunders: Uncover Everyday Illusions and Fallacies, Defeat Your Flawed Thinking Habits, And Think Smarter
    Brain Blunders: Uncover Everyday Illusions and Fallacies, Defeat Your Flawed Thinking Habits, And Think Smarter Peter Hollins
  67. How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself
    How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself Michelle P. King
  68. The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience
    The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience Aditi Nerurkar
  69. Not Today: The 9 Habits of Extreme Productivity
    Not Today: The 9 Habits of Extreme Productivity Mike Schultz
  70. Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking
    Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking Jon Acuff
  71. You're Invited: The Art and Science of Connection, Trust, and Belonging
    You're Invited: The Art and Science of Connection, Trust, and Belonging Jon Levy
  72. Nothing's Wrong: A Man's Guide to Managing Emotions
    Nothing's Wrong: A Man's Guide to Managing Emotions David Kundtz
  73. Unf#ck Your Business: Using Math and Brain Science to Run a Successful Business
    Unf#ck Your Business: Using Math and Brain Science to Run a Successful Business Joe Biel
  74. Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life
    Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life Gloria Mark
  75. Is Our Will Truly Free?
    Is Our Will Truly Free? Robert Lawrence Kuhn
  76. Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success
    Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success Ryan Leak
  77. Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity
    Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity Ben Ramalingam
  78. The Neuroscience of Memory: Seven Skills to Optimize Your Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Stay Sharp at Any Age
    The Neuroscience of Memory: Seven Skills to Optimize Your Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Stay Sharp at Any Age Sherrie D. All, PhD
  79. Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick
    Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick Russell A. Poldrack
  80. Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration and Catalyze Systemic Change
    Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration and Catalyze Systemic Change David Ehrlichman
  81. The Cactus and Snowflake at Work: How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side
    The Cactus and Snowflake at Work: How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side Devora Zack
  82. The Obvious Choice: Timeless Lessons on Success, Profit, and Finding Your Way
    The Obvious Choice: Timeless Lessons on Success, Profit, and Finding Your Way Jonathan Goodman
  83. Triple Your Reading, Memory and Concentration in 30 Minutes
    Triple Your Reading, Memory and Concentration in 30 Minutes Kam Knight
  84. Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You
    Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You Christopher Hadnagy
  85. The Creative Mindset: Mastering the Six Skills That Empower Innovation
    The Creative Mindset: Mastering the Six Skills That Empower Innovation Jeff DeGraff

Features:

  • Over 950 000 titles

  • Kids Mode (child safe environment)

  • Download books for offline access

  • Cancel anytime

Most popular

Unlimited

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$12.98 /month
3 days for free
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Bi-yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$69 /6 months
14 days for free
Save 11%
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$119 /year
14 days for free
Save 24%
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Family

For those who want to share stories with family and friends.

From S$14.90/month
  • 2-3 accounts

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

2 accounts

S$14.90 /month
Try now