The antidote

By Oliver Burkeman

Subjects: Psychologie positive, Realism, Positive psychology, Bonheur, Negativity (Philosophy), Self-actualization (psychology), Happiness, Psychology, Negativism, Philosophy, Réalisme

Description: Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it.