The Art of the Good Life: 52 Surprising Shortcuts to Happiness, Wealth, and SuccessSince antiquity, people have been asking themselves what it means to live a good life. How should I live? What constitutes a good life? What's the role of fate? What's the role of money? Is leading a good life a question of mindset, or is it more about reaching your goals? Is it better to actively seek happiness or to avoid unhappiness? Each generation poses these questions anew, and somehow the answers are always fundamentally disappointing. Why? Because we're constantly searching for a single principle, a single tenet, a single rule. Yet this holy grail--a single, simple path to happiness--doesn't exist. Rolf Dobelli -- successful businessman, founder of the TED-style ideas conference Zurich Minds, bestselling author, and all-around seeker of big ideas--has made finding a shortcut to happiness his life's mission. He's synthesized the leading thinkers and the latest science in happiness to find the best shortcuts to satisfaction in The Art of the Good Life, his follow up to the international bestseller The Art of Thinking Clearly (which has sold more than 2.5 million copies in 40 languages all around the globe). The Art of the Good Life is a toolkit designed for practical living. Here you'll find fifty-two happiness hacks -- from guilt-free shunning of technology to gleefully paying your parking tickets -- that are certain to optimize your happiness. These tips may not guarantee you a good life, but they'll give you a better chance (and that's all any of us can ask for). |
Contents
The Pledge | |
Black Box Thinking | |
Counterproductivity | |
The Negative Art of the Good Life | |
The Ovarian Lottery | |
The Spiral of SelfPity | |
Hedonism and Eudemonia | |
The Circle of DignityPart I | |
The Circle of DignityPart II | |
The Circle of DignityPart III | |
The Book of Worries | |
The Opinion Volcano | |
Your Mental Fortress | |
The Introspection Illusion | |
The Authenticity Trap | |
The FiveSecond | |
The Focusing Illusion | |
The Things You Buy Leave No Real Trace | |
FuckYou Money | |
The Circle of Competence | |
The Secret of Persistence | |
The Tyranny of a Calling | |
The Prison of a Good Reputation | |
The End of History Illusion | |
The Smaller Meaning of Life | |
Your Two Selves | |
The Memory Bank | |
Life Stories Are Lies | |
The Good Death Fallacy | |
Envy | |
Prevention | |
Mental Relief Work | |
The Focus Trap | |
Read Less But Twiceon Principle | |
The Dogma Trap | |
Mental Subtraction | |
The Point of Maximum Deliberation | |
Other Peoples Shoes | |
The Illusion of Changing the WorldPart I | |
The Illusion of Changing the WorldPart II | |
The Just World Fallacy | |
Cargo Cults | |
If You Run Your Own Race You Cant Lose | |
Managing Expectations | |
Afterword | |
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