The Art of the Good Life

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What to expect

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.

Critics Review

  • 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

    Jonathan Haidt, author of the New York Times bestseller THE RIGHTEOUS MIND
  • Rolf Dobelli is brilliant at converting evidence from scientific research into practical steps that improve personal outcomes

    Robert Cialdini, author of the international bestseller INFLUENCE
  • Rolf Dobelli gives us as valuable advice about how to live as he did about how to think

    James R. Flynn, discoverer of the Flynn Effect
  • 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!

    Tenley E. Albright, Director, MIT Collaborative Initiatives and Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School.
  • Rolf Dobelli is a virtuosic synthesizer of ideas. With wit, grace, and precision he melds science and art in his joyful pursuit of wisdom

    Joshua Greene, professor of psychology, Harvard University, and author of MORAL TRIBES
  • Rolf Dobelli possesses one of Europe’s finest minds

    Matt Ridley, author of THE EVOLUTION OF EVERYTHING

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