Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.22 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062416049 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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The funnest, most out-of-the-box, analysis on the keys for success This is the 1st book I've ever pre-ordered. I am a regular reader of the blog Barking Up The Wrong Tree, and I once thought would it be cool if Eric Barker can make a book out of these gems? And my God he did, and it did not disappoints one bit.Like Dale Carnegie, Eric Barker uses so many stories, book references and great quotations to make his points across. There are stories such as how a poor boy in Mexico can become a world class neuro surgeon, how a clinically crazy person can win the enduring Race Across America, or how can an illiterate person in a horrible time and place and without proper education can conquer more land in 25. Hard to put down--in any sense of the word Fabulous book--and I'm not even finished yet, but I wanted to tell somebody and it's after midnight so I don't dare call anyone. I wish I'd had the book when I was 20, but, of course, a lot of the people in the book (besides Genghis Khan, Churchill and Nazi collaborators) weren't even born when I was 20, so there you go. It's got nothing but fascinating people in it--both "good" fascinating and "awful" fascinating--and if nothing else (besides giving me something other than work to talk about at happy hour), I found it opened my thinking to what's possible beyond all the stuff I've taken for granted without question. This is a great nu. Kurt Schulenburg said Happiness? Socializing. If you want a little bit more than the average "how-to" or "self-help" read, this book is for you. Always based solidly in science - and he extensively quotes and names his sources! - this is the sort of book that you might as well buy a few copies because you will find yourself passing it out to friends and family - and you're going to want to keep one handy for yourself! Success? Happiness? Socializing? Relationships? Family? It's all here - words to live by, amazing quotes and information, further sources to investigate - and it's all presented in a light, humorous "real" voice that could be that guy sitting next to you at the bar,
This book is a long time coming and I am glad it's here." (Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle is The Way and Ego is the Enemy)“BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE is a masterpiece. "There's a reason that some of the smartest people I know read Eric Barker religiously. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell is Human)“Delightfully puckish, evidence-backed and full of insight, this book answers questions about success that have pu
He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MBA from Boston College and a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA.. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, TIME magazine, The Week, and Business Insider. He is a former Hollywood screenwriter, having worked on projects for Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and Revol
Barking Up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesn’t so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.. You’ll learn:• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your greatest strength • Whether nice guys finish last and why the best lessons about cooperation come from gang members, pirates, and serial killers• Why trying to increase confidence fails and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior solution• The secret ingredient to “grit” that Navy SEALs and disaster survivors leverage to keep going• 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 them—and find out in some cases why it’s good that we aren’t. 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. Wall Street Journal BestsellerMuch of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downrig