free book Barking Up the Wrong Tree

 

Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Free Edition

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction • What Really Produces Success?

By Looking at the Science Behind 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

Chapter 1 • Should We Play It Safe and Do What We’re Told If We Want to Succeed?

Does Playing by the Rules Pay Off? Insight from Valedictorians, People Who Feel No Pain, and Piano

Prodigies

Chapter 2 • Do Nice Guys Finish Last?

What You Can Learn About Trust, Cooperation, and Kindness . . . from Gang Members, Pirates, and Serial

Killers

Chapter 3 • Do Quitters Never Win and Winners Never Quit?

What Navy SEALs, Video Games, Arranged Marriages, and Batman Can Teach Us About Sticking It Out

When Achieving Success Is Hard

Chapter 4 • It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know (Unless It Really Is What You Know)

What We Can Learn About the Power of Networks from Hostage Negotiators, Top Comedians, and the

Smartest Man Who Ever Lived

Chapter 5 • Believe in Yourself . . . Sometimes

What We Can Learn About Walking the Tightrope Between Confidence and Delusion from Chess Masters,

Secret Military Units, Kung Fu Con Artists, and People Who Cannot Feel Fear

Chapter 6 • Work, Work, Work . . . or Work-Life Balance?

How to Find Harmony Between Home and the Office, Courtesy of Spider-Man, Buddhist Monks, Albert

Einstein, Professional Wrestlers, and Genghis Khan

Conclusion • What Makes a Successful Life?

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