Oliver Burkeman - The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Unabridged) (.M4B)

General Information=================== Title: The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Unabridged) Author: Oliver Burkeman Read By: Oliver Burkeman Copyright: 2012 Audiobook Copyright: 2012 Publisher: Audible Studios Duration: 6 hours, 13 minutes, 55 seconds Chapters: 9Media Information================= Source Format: Audible AAX Source Sample Rate: 22050 Hz Source Channels: 2 Source Bitrate: 63 kbits Lossless Encode: Yes Encoded Codec: AAC / M4B Encoded Sample Rate: 22050 Hz Encoded Channels: 2 Encoded Bitrate: 63 kbits Ripper: inAudible 1.75Book Description================The Antidote is a series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. What they have in common is a hunch about human psychology: that it's our constant effort to eliminate the negative that causes us to feel so anxious, insecure, and unhappy. And that there is an alternative 'negative path' to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid. It is a subversive, galvanizing message, which turns out to have a long and distinguished philosophical lineage ranging from ancient Roman Stoic philosophers to Buddhists. Oliver Burkeman talks to life coaches paid to make their clients' lives a living hell, and to maverick security experts such as Bruce Schneier, who contends that the changes we've made to airport and aircraft security since the 9/11 attacks have actually made us less safe. And then there are the 'backwards' business gurus, who suggest not having any goals at all and not planning for a company's future. Burkeman's new audiobook is a witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive listen that turns decades of self-help advice on its head and forces us to rethink completely our attitudes toward failure, uncertainty, and death.