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The Art of the Good Life

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2nd November 2017

Price: £19.99

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Selected: Audiobook Downloadable / ISBN-13: 9781473667501

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The indispensable new work from the author of the international and Sunday Times bestseller The Art of Thinking Clearly

Have you ever…

· Spent too long on a powerpoint presentation?
· Lost sight of what makes you happy?
· Failed to reach a long-term goal?
· Become infuriated by queuing, tax or parking tickets?
· Broken a promise you knew you’d keep?

Since the dawn of civilization, we’ve been asking ourselves what it means to live a good life: how should I live, what will truly make be happy, how much should I earn, how should I spend my time? In the absence of a single simple answer, what we need is a toolkit of mental models, a guide to practical living.

In The Art of the Good Life, you’ll find fifty-two intellectual shortcuts for wiser thinking and better decisions, at home and at work. They may not guarantee you a good life, but they’ll give you a better chance.

Reviews

Tenley E. Albright, Director, MIT Collaborative Initiatives and Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School.
"Rolf Dobelli has done it again! Not only does he open our eyes, now he wakes us up. Because of his rigorous scientific analysis combined with his shattering philosophical approach he is never satisfied with the superficial. So, grab Rolf's book and don't let it go!"
Jonathan Haidt, author of the New York Times bestseller The Righteous Mind
"Rolf Dobelli has a gift for identifying the best ideas in the world and then putting them together in ways that make the whole even more valuable than the sum of the parts. He's done it for the art of thinking. Now he does it for the art of living."
Matt Ridley, author of the Evolution of Everything
'Rolf Dobelli possesses one of Europe's finest minds'
James R. Flynn, Professor Emeritus, University of Otago, and discoverer of the Flynn Effect
'Rolf Dobelli gives us as valuable advice about how to live as he did about how to think.'
Joshua Greene, professor of psychology, Harvard University, and author of Moral Tribes
'Rolf Dobelli is a virtuosic synthesizer of ideas. With wit, grace, and precision he melds science and art in his joyful pursuit of wisdom.'
Robert Cialdini, author of the international bestseller INFLUENCE
'Rolf Dobelli is brilliant at converting evidence from scientific research into practical steps that improve personal outcomes.'
Gerhard Schroder
Rolf Dobelli writes clearly, intelligently and convincingly
Lou Marinoff, Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York
'Rolf Dobelli's works are informative, insightful, and accessible. In an age of celebrity ignoramuses, he is a true public intellectual.'
James R. Flynn, discoverer of the Flynn Effect
Rolf Dobelli gives us as valuable advice about how to live as he did about how to think
Tenley E. Albright, Director, MIT Collaborative Initiatives and Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School.
Rolf Dobelli has done it again! Not only does he open our eyes, now he wakes us up. Because of his rigorous scientific analysis combined with his shattering philosophical approach he is never satisfied with the superficial. So, grab Rolf's book and don't let it go!
Lou Marinoff, Professor of Philosophy, City College of New York
Rolf Dobelli's works are informative, insightful, and accessible. In an age of celebrity ignoramuses, he is a true public intellectual
Matt Ridley, author of THE EVOLUTION OF EVERYTHING
Rolf Dobelli possesses one of Europe's finest minds
Joshua Greene, professor of psychology, Harvard University, and author of MORAL TRIBES
Rolf Dobelli is a virtuosic synthesizer of ideas. With wit, grace, and precision he melds science and art in his joyful pursuit of wisdom
Jonathan Haidt, author of the New York Times bestseller THE RIGHTEOUS MIND
Rolf Dobelli has a gift for identifying the best ideas in the world and then putting them together in ways that make the whole even more valuable than the sum of the parts. He's done it for the art of thinking. Now he does it for the art of living
Robert Cialdini, author of the international bestseller INFLUENCE
Rolf Dobelli is brilliant at converting evidence from scientific research into practical steps that improve personal outcomes
Nicholas Nassim Taleb, author of BLACK SWAN
Rolf Dobelli is endowed with both imagination and realism, a combination hard to find since the 16th-century Renaissance