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Eric Barker

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success is (Mostly) Wrong. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 307 Seiten
ISBN 0062416049
EAN 9780062416049
Veröffentlicht Mai 2017
Verlag/Hersteller Harper Collins Publ. USA
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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 important—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 killersWhy trying to increase confidence fails, and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior solutionThe secret ingredient to “grit” that Navy SEALs and disaster survivors leverage to keep goingHow 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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Eric Barker is the creator of the blog Barking Up the Wrong Tree, which presents science-based answers and expert insight on how to be awesome at life. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, TIME magazine, The Week, and Business Insider. He is a former Hollywood screenwriter, having worked on projects for Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and Revolution Studios. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MBA from Boston College and a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA.