“We are living through a cultural shift in the recognition of the role that emotions play in our professional lives,” says Ethan. “We now know definitively that the better able you are to regulate your emotions, the better able you are to think and perform. If a company cares about performance, they have to care about emotions.”

An award-winning psychologist in the University of Michigan’s psychology department and an executive education faculty member in its Ross School of Business, Ethan is the bestselling author of Chatter and one of the world’s leading experts on the conscious mind.

Now, in his forthcoming and hotly anticipated book Shift, Ethan turns his attention to the question of emotions: what they are, and (more importantly) how we can use them to think, perform, and lead better. He dispels unhelpful myths (like the idea that avoidance is always toxic, or that we need to live in the moment all the time) and offers riveting stories and science-backed tools that anyone can use to leverage their emotions in any context.

Charles Duhigg (The Power of Habit) says that Ethan “presents a revolutionary guide to mastering your emotional life,” while Dan Pink (Drive) says that “his actionable insights can turn emotions from adversaries to allies—and transform how you navigate high-pressure work environments and the unpredictability of daily life.” Lisa Damour (The Emotional Lives of Teenagers) says, “This must-read book will—without question—change your life for the better!”