Eric Barker is a thought leader in the field of success. His humorous but practical blog, Barking Up the Wrong Tree, presents science-based answers and expert insight on success in life. Over 270,000 people subscribe to his weekly email update and his content is syndicated by Time Magazine, The Week and Business Insider. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and he was a columnist for Wired. With a writing career spanning over 20 years, Eric is also a sought-after speaker and interview subject and has been invited to speak at MIT, West Point, NPR affiliates and on morning television.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. 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 important--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 killersWhy trying to increase confidence fails, and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior solutionThe secret ingredient to grit that Navy SEALs and disaster survivors leverage to keep goingHow to find work-life balance using the strategy of Genghis Khan, the errors of Albert Einstein, and a little lesson from Spider-ManBy 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. --Robert Sutton, Stanford Professor and bestselling author of The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal With People Who Treat You Like Dirt. Seller Inventory # CIN0062852205G
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Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. 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 important--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 killersWhy trying to increase confidence fails, and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior solutionThe secret ingredient to grit that Navy SEALs and disaster survivors leverage to keep goingHow to find work-life balance using the strategy of Genghis Khan, the errors of Albert Einstein, and a little lesson from Spider-ManBy 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. --Robert Sutton, Stanford Professor and bestselling author of The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal With People Who Treat You Like Dirt. Seller Inventory # CIN0062852205G
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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