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Barking up the Wrong Tree

The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

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Barking up the Wrong Tree

By: Eric Barker
Narrated by: 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.

 Career Success Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Psychology & Interactions Social Sciences Career Success Business
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Always enjoy a book that makes me see or think the world in a different way.
This is this kind of book.
In a similar style that The Sutle Art of Not Giving a F***, the book shows us to focus what's really important in our lives in a very creative way of telling there are always two sides of a story.
Very entertaining and insightful that only gets better with each chapter.

Fantastic book

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This book was interesting from the start to end. I wanted to start it again purely to give myself a second chance to take in all of the great information. Well researched stories with great flow.

One of the better success and happiness book I have read.

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Fantastic book. Goes through many different elements of success as a whole, job career and relationships. Provides practical advice that you can use with examples. Wish it was longer because it was well written too

Awesome. Simple practical advice

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was a pleasure listening to this book. it seemed like every time i listened to a new concept, it organically came up in discussion amongst my peers. obviously very relevant content

what a book

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A Well articulated guide to sorting ones mind out. Good follow on read to the book stealing fire.

Loved it.

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