The international bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly returns to teach you the habits that the world's most successful people avoid–at all costs We systematically overestimate the role of success factors; but at the same time, we systematically disregard the role of failure factors. Why? Because successful companies, projects and people make it into the media. Flops, on the other hand – no one wants to hear about them. Deadbeats don’t usually write autobiographies. And in the rare event that they do, they fail to find a publisher or at the very least an audience.
So, we study these shining examples and delude ourselves that success is the result of a series of carefully orchestrated success factors, when it’s really about avoiding the things that kill success. Tip: Why not visit the graveyards of failed companies, projects, people, marriages and families instead? That’s where you’ll learn the most – namely, what to avoid.’
Just as some people collect vinyl, video game consoles or vintage clothes, for years Rolf Dobelli has been accumulating stories of failure – botched attempts at work, family life, marriage and life in general. Using information gleaned from some of the world’s most innovative and curious minds, as well as from his own experience as a writer, businessman, entrepreneur and philosopher, Dobelli skilfully distils the 52 most important habits to avoid if you want to live a successful, and ultimately happy, life.
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'Dobelli has a gift for identifying the best ideas in the world' Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation; 'One of Europe's finest minds' Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything; 'A virtuosic synthesizer of ideas' Joshua Greene, author of Moral Tribes * Praise for Rolf Dobelli *
1: Let Things Fall Apart 2: Feed Your Weaker Self 3: Be Unreliable 4: Be
an Asshole 5: Have High Expectations 6: Drift Through the Day 7: Mess Up Your
Marriage 8: Be a Quitter 9: Be Hypocritical 10: Cling to Your Bad Habits 11:
Set the Wrong Goals 12: Drink Yourself Miserable 13: Get Involved in Other
People's Drama 14: Only Learn from Your Own Experience 15: Be Hyperactive on
Social Media 16: Indulge in Road Rage 17: Surround Yourself with Negative
People 18: Micromanage Your Neighbours 19: Say Yes to Drugs 20: Get Stuck in
Your Career 21: Never Be Playful 22: Feel Guilty 23: Practise Ingratitude 24:
Trust Your Banker 25: Be Paranoid 26: Make Other People Feel Unimportant 27:
Live in the Past 28: Listen to Your Inner Voice 29: Expect Rationality 30:
Get Nihilistic 31: Catastrophize 32: Consider Money Unimportant 33: Cultivate
a Victim Mentality 34: Become a Lapdog 35: Get Rich Quick, Get Smart Quick
36: Ruminate 37: Trade Your Reputation for Money 38: Never Suffer 39: Let
Your Emotions Define You 40: Try to End It All 41: Marry the Wrong Person -
and Stay with Them 42: Celebrate Your Resentment 43: Join a Cult 44: Try to
Change People 45: Say Everything You Think 46: Spin Multiple Plates 47: Do
Only Shallow Work 48: Invite Bad People into Your Life 49: Go Where the
Competition is Strong 50: Say Yes to Everything 51: Crowd Your Life with
Gadgets 52: Fall into the Content Trap
Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss writer, novelist and entrepreneur. He has an MBA and a PhD in economic philosophy from the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. He is the bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly, which became an instant bestseller, has sold over three million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages, The Art of the Good Life and Stop Reading the News. Dobelli is also founder and curator of WORLD.MINDS, an invitation-only community of the most distinguished international thinkers, scientists and artists.
