Publisher's Summary 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 audiobook is a witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive listen that turns decades of self-help advice on its head and forces us to rethink completely our attitudes toward failure, uncertainty, and death. ©2012 Oliver Burkeman (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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Commentaires
10 commentaires
Il y a des bon concepts, mais il faut savoir que c'est un livre ultra philosophique. Gens pragmatique s'abstenir.
Any additional comments?The examples and stories are fun and well-written, and the author is a great reader. I think there are some American readers who may not be used to English snark and might be put off by that, I thought it was funny.My only real complaint is that he suffers from the same perspective skew that he complains of in positive thinking; lack of real evidence and a pious attachment to their own belief.I can think of people in my life that could benefit from this book, in the same way that I know of people who benefitted from "The Secret", and over-all I think the truth sits somewhere in the middle depending on the individual.I would definitely recommend this book, especially to students of marketing, behavioral sciences and psycho-history.
First, I would like to point out that this book very well written. The author clearly has a gift for writing and expression.As far as the content, I felt the author took certain liberties in minimizing the effects of positive thoughts reducing them to trite expressions and foolishness. For example, to point out how a proponent of positive thoughts fails in some endeavor is a giant leap of assumption in regard to the affects of his thought and the overall condition of his life.I found the book thought provoking for sure. However, I won't be so quick to give up my positive thought life in favor of pursuing negativity and death for the jolt in life it might give me.