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The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

Author Oliver Burkeman

Format Hardcover

Publisher Faber & Faber

Category Self Help

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The Antidote is a series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. What they have in common is a hunch about human psychology: that it�s our constant effort to eliminate the negative that causes us to feel so anxious, insecure, and unhappy. And that there is an alternative �negative path� to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid. It is a subversive, galvanizing message, which turns out to have a long and distinguished philosophical lineage ranging from ancient Roman Stoic philosophers to Buddhists. Oliver Burkeman talks to life coaches paid to make their clients� lives a living hell, and to maverick security experts such as Bruce Schneier, who contends that the changes we�ve made to airport and aircraft security since the 9/11 attacks have actually made us less safe. And then there are the �backwards� business gurus, who suggest not having any goals at all and not planning for a company�s future. Burkeman�s new book is a witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive read that turns decades of self-help advice on its head and forces us to rethink completely our attitudes toward failure, uncertainty, and death.

Authors

Oliver Burkeman

Additional Info

  • Release Date: 2012-11-13
  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780865479418

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