Book 2 Post 1

 For book number two I have decided to choose the option, The Science of Creating a Compassionate World, more specifically Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior. Even before reading the book I took interest into the title. The recent events with a variety of different conflicts between countries, within countries, and even personal, I looked at the title and thought, the world could really use this right now. One thing that I have always been taught at home is to have compassion and to always try to understand why people do what they do and try not to judge someone based off surface level actions or statements. 

One goal that I have going into reading this is to try to develop different ways other than my current practices of being compassionate and understand the rules of what drives my actions and point out which rules are negatively effecting my life. Try to become better at listening or see a different perspective of how people think of different situations. The end goal of me reading this book is to understand different ways to implement compassion into my life and interactions with other people on the daily. 

As far as my progress with book two I have been satisfied. Jonah starts off the book by discussing social influence and how our behavior is determined and guided by invisible influence and the acts of others around us including society's norms. Along with the effect of comparison between others in our life. This is one that I am guilty of and am self aware so it was very cool to see it written out to understand why I do compare myself to others.