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June 27, 2012

The Antidote

The idea of "happiness for people who can't stand postive thinking" is like catnip for someone like me. In this trailer for his book, Oliver Burkeman eloquently pushes back against goal orientation and what I'd call effortful striving. How nice to have a bit of philosophy brought into the discussion, and a way of thinking that is usually squeezed out of organisation-speak.

Hat tip: Viv channelling Stephen Fry

Posted by Johnnie Moore at 07:41 in Miscellaneous (everything is)
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