The antidote : happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking /
Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and e...
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New York :
Faber and Faber,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- On trying too hard to be happy
- What would Seneca do? : the Stoic art of confronting the worst-case scenario
- The storm before the calm : a Buddhist guide to not thinking positively
- Goal crazy : when trying to control the future doesn't work
- Who's there : how to get over your self
- The safety catch : the hidden benefits of insecurity
- The Museum of Failure : the case for embracing your errors
- Memento mori : death as a way of life
- Negative capability.