Free shipping on orders over $99
The Antidote: Happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking

The Antidote: Happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking

Happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking

by Oliver Burkeman
Paperback
Publication Date: 25/09/2013

Share This Book:

14%
OFF
RRP  $23.99

RRP means 'Recommended Retail Price' and is the price our supplier recommends to retailers that the product be offered for sale. It does not necessarily mean the product has been offered or sold at the RRP by us or anyone else.

$20.75
or 4 easy payments of $5.19 with
afterpay
The Antidote: Happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking is an exploration of a radically new path to happiness.


In an approach that turns decades of self-help advice on its head, Oliver Burkeman explains why positive thinking serves only to make us more miserable, and why 'getting motivated' can exacerbate procrastination.


Comparing the personal philosophies of dozens of 'happy' people-among them philosophers and experimental psychologists, Buddhists and terrorism experts, New Age dreamers and hard-headed business consultants-Burkeman uncovers some common ground. They all believe that there is an alternative 'negative path' to happiness and success that involves coming face-to-face with, even embracing, precisely the things we spend our lives trying to avoid.


Burkeman concedes that in our personal lives and the world at large, it's our constant efforts to eliminate the negative-uncertainty, unhappiness, failure-that cause us to feel so anxious, insecure and unhappy.


Hilarious and compulsively readable, The Antidote will have you on the road to happiness in no time.
ISBN:
9781922147653
9781922147653
Category:
Popular psychology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
25-09-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Text Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
197x128x17mm
Weight:
0.18kg
Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman is an award-winning feature writer for the Guardian. He writes a popular weekly column on psychology, ‘This Column Will Change Your Life’, and has reported from London, Washington and New York.

This item is In Stock in our Sydney warehouse and should be sent from our warehouse within 1-2 working days.

Once sent we will send you a Shipping Notification which includes online tracking.

Please check the estimated delivery times below for your region, for after your order is despatched from our warehouse:

ACT Metro  2 working days

NSW Metro  2 working days

NSW Rural  2 - 3 working days

NSW Remote  2 - 5 working days

NT Metro  3 - 6 working days

NT Remote  4 - 10 working days

QLD Metro  2 - 4 working days

QLD Rural  2 - 5 working days

QLD Remote  2 - 7 working days

SA Metro  2 - 5 working days

SA Rural  3 - 6 working days

SA Remote  3 - 7 working days

TAS Metro  3 - 6 working days

TAS Rural  3 - 6 working days

VIC Metro  2 - 3 working days

VIC Rural  2 - 4 working days

VIC Remote  2 - 5 working days

WA Metro  3 - 6 working days

WA Rural  4 - 8 working days

WA Remote  4 - 12 working days

 

Express Post is available if ALL items in your Shopping Cart are listed as 'In Stock'.

Reviews

Be the first to review The Antidote: Happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking.