The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

About The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it.