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Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success is (Mostly) Wrong
Verfasst von Eric Barker
Gesprochen von Roger Wayne
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Much of the advice we've been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. 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. 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-Man
By 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. 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.
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Mit Anhören beginnenInformationen über das Buch
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success is (Mostly) Wrong
Verfasst von Eric Barker
Gesprochen von Roger Wayne
Beschreibung
Much of the advice we've been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. 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. 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-Man
By 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. 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.
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Lot's of advice backed up by science. Easy to read and includes practical suggestions.
Rating: 4
One of the most inspiring and informative books I've ever listened to. Thank you.
Rating: 5Much like The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, this book really has made an impact on how I view things about myself and my relationships and the time I spend. It’s even better listening to this audio book because of how entertaining the reading was.
Rating: 5Learn how to align with your true self and succeed.
Recommended. Especially to fellow underdogs.
Rating: 5Recommended. Especially to fellow underdogs.
This was an interesting look at some recent study on productivity and happiness. I liked how the book moves through different anecdotes and ideas at a good pace. This was a great balance of education and entertainment!
Rating: 5Great storyteller who gets the research 80% correct. Recommended? Yes!
Rating: 5Excellent and funny. Well documented and written!
A must read!
Rating: 5A must read!
Great book. Digestible concepts with data-backed analysis to support the main arguments.
Rating: 5This is a wonderful volume. Provides real techniques and information for persons who want to succeed in life; not the “hocus pocus” found in many “success” books.
Rating: 5
Really enjoyed this book! Need to go back and reread.
Rating: 5
Wonderfully practical, drenched with great motivational examples on the art of the possible - stitched together with great insights - well done Mr Barker ??
Rating: 5Great to hear all the numbers the research was based on!
Rating: 5I loved the comparisons and got some great ideas from very unlikely resources.
Rating: 5
I like how the author always presents both 'extremes' of the spectrum to show what works or doesn't
Rating: 5
It is a balanced look at success and happiness. The book describes several dilemmas: grit VS fail fast; 10 000 hours vs time for family etc. Great stories make it easy to grasp main points.
Rating: 5
It's not the usual self-improvement book that only tell you on what to do etc etc. The author wrote all the scientific and statistical evidence about these "motivations" in the book. Loving it. 5/5
Rating: 5
All ideas are great. So for me, thank you for writing this very informative book and helped me digest this information that I haven't yet read. Take care.
Rating: 5
A great book and a must read/listen for people who want to get a direction in life.
Rating: 5Brilliant audiobook, it's a long book but very interesting. Filled with so many amazing inspiring stories.
Rating: 5
It’s a pleasure to listen to this audiobook. The author makes very good comparisons to real situations. Really like this book!
Rating: 5
Very good dissection of what brings the success. Made me think about how I want to live my life and what degree of success I want to achieve to be happy.
Rating: 5Fun to listen to and very informative, gives hands on advise that is applicable immediately.
Rating: 5Very well read. The book was very pleasant and easy to listen to during my car commutes.
Rating: 5
Well written book filled with great stories and ideas about getting control of your life, defining your own access, examples from people who came from nothing to having fantastic achievements and happiness... and much more.
Would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to improve their lives in general by focusing on the things that matter the most.
Definitely worth reading
Rating: 5Would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to improve their lives in general by focusing on the things that matter the most.
Definitely worth reading
Very informative book, the case in points made are of real stories and studies carried out.
Rating: 5Very readable and entertaining book about success, but a bit lacking in rigor and organization. The author engagingly tells lots of stories, but they come straight from other people's books or research. He occasionally interjects his own experiences in a humorous way. There are lots of good things here. If only for saying that The Secret (by Rhonda Byrne) doesn't work, he earns my respect. But the long chapters ramble on too long and the takeaways at the end of each chapter go on too long as well. In presenting both sides of each picture, for example the benefits of self confidence as well as its pitfalls, the book often leaves the reader a bit confused by the end of the chapter. I suggest you take your own notes and make your own success cheat sheet to refer to afterwards.One fact check: Siula Grande is not even close to being the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere!
Rating: 4An interesting collection of facts, research, and stories about success. For example,"Distractions literally make you Stupid.Students whose classroom was situated near a noisy railway line ended up academically a full year behind students with a quiet classroom. When the noise was dampened, the performance difference vanished. Offices aren't much different. Research shows that the most productive computer programmers have one thing in common. It's not experience, salary, or hours spent on a project. They had employers who gave them an environment free from distraction."
Rating: 5
If you are not Moldovan then this book will be okay for you. I happen to be Moldovan and I got offended, especially with chapter 4. *Don't move to Moldova,* *Don't be Moldovan*, etc
I understood the overall concept that you have to trust people and that Moldovans have issues with that, and I understand that this is based on Research. But the Research was done in 2013. In 2018 a new research was posted and Moldova is not even close to the end of the unhappiest country list.
Overall a good book, but please don't be so harsh on Moldovans, we are humans too you know:)
Rating: 4I understood the overall concept that you have to trust people and that Moldovans have issues with that, and I understand that this is based on Research. But the Research was done in 2013. In 2018 a new research was posted and Moldova is not even close to the end of the unhappiest country list.
Overall a good book, but please don't be so harsh on Moldovans, we are humans too you know:)
The book is like a massuese which in the process of easing some pain points, relaxes you with simple strokes, provides comforting and researched answers. It travels you through that beautiful journey called life. It feels like a scalp massage towards the end making you wonder through imagination recapping your apartment days and charging you up for futute. It's a must read for people in their early careers striving to make a difference and trying to work super hard and excelling at what they do. I am yet to categorize this as self help or fiction but I am happy to place this on the top shelf which reads LIFE.
Rating: 5Great book with lots of advice. Not all of them are totally new but it’s definitely worth reading.
Rating: 5