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Learning to focus on the negative may cause some to raise an eyebrow. Accepting your failures and even having a sort of relationship with death can be downright scary for others. But Burkeman takes your hand and lightly leads you through the ideals of Stoicism using many examples along the way and many different principles from around the world. In this book you will discover how positive thinking can actually be damaging for some people. This is got to be one of my most favorite self-help books of all time! And looking at other reviews I understand that a lot of the information contained in this book may be rehashed from previous sources. However for a lot of these ideas and techniques, this is my first time reading about them, and I consider them to be shiny and new! 🤩 I'm not going to lie a lot of the techniques are a little shocking. I mean who wants to focus on the worst case scenario of your situation right? But as the book explains, by doing such exercises are we allowing ourselves to come to grips with just how are rational our fears really are. This and more is what you will learn about in this book. The author tends to ramble a little bit towards the end chapters but still gives very good points and references. I think that this is a wonderful introductory book to Stoicism and I would very much like to research more on the subject because of this book. If the positive thinking mantra is not your thing, I would most definitely recommend reading this book for a different outlook and indeed a different path to happiness.
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