Oliver Burkeman
Writer on time and limitation; author of Four Thousand Weeks
Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion by Paul Pearsall
This is an amazing book that sketches out some alternatives to the very shallow and impractical positive-thinking approach to happiness.
on fivebooks.com · 12 Jul 2012
Born Losers: A History of Failure in America by Scott Sandage
This is an historical account of changing attitudes towards failure. Sandage takes American culture as his focus, although I think his insights apply far beyond that.
on fivebooks.com · 12 Jul 2012
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
I personally take from Seneca and the other Stoics a very interesting attitude towards negative emotions and situations.
on fivebooks.com · 12 Jul 2012
Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World by Barbara Ehrenreich
This is a brilliant political polemic and a critique of the problematic effects of positive thinking.
on fivebooks.com · 12 Jul 2012
The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
This is a very thin book but a mind-blowing one. In many ways it was part of my motivation to write my book.
on fivebooks.com · 12 Jul 2012
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