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Name: The antidote
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Author: Oliver Burkeman

In this book, Burkeman challenges the self-help theories of Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle, offering a counterintuitive perspective that embraces and examines failure and loss to achieve happiness. By drawing from ancient philosophy and current business theory, he reveals the dark side of these popular ideas, revealing that only by facing and understanding negativity can we truly break free from it.

First publish date: 2012

Genre: Self-Help & Personal Development/Personal Growth

Authors: Oliver Burkeman

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