The antidote
By: Oliver Burkeman
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781471316371; 9781471316388
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology); Realism; Happiness; Large type books; Psychology
Description: 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 examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it.
Notes: Originally published: Edinburgh: Canongate.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On trying too hard to be happy; title: What would Seneca do? The stoic art of confronting the worst-case scenario; title: The storm before the calm: A Buddhist guide to not thinking positively; title: Goal crazy: when trying to control the future doesn't work; title: Who's there? How to get over your self; title: The safety catch: the hidden benefits of insecurity; title: The museum of failure: the case for embracing your errors; title: Memento mori: death as a way of life; title: Epilogue: negative capability.