Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why

Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

Wall Street Journal BestsellerMuch of the advice weâ€™ve been told about achievement is logical, earnestâ€¦and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. Youâ€™ll learn: â€¢ Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your greatest strength â€¢ Whether nice guys finish last and why the best lessons about cooperation come from gang members, pirates, and serial killersâ€¢ Why trying to increase confidence fails and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior solution â€¢ The secret ingredient to â€œgritâ€ that Navy SEALs and disaster survivors leverage to keep going â€¢ How to find work-life balance using the strategy of Genghis Khan, the errors of Albert Einstein, and a little lesson from Spider-ManBy looking at what separates the extremely successful from the rest of us, we learn what we can do to be more like themâ€”and find out in some cases why itâ€™s good that we arenâ€™t. Barking Up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesnâ€™t so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.
Country USA
Brand HarperOne
Manufacturer HarperOne
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-05-14
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9780062416179

Country	USA
Brand	HarperOne
Manufacturer	HarperOne
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-05-14
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9780062416179

Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

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