Barking Up The Right Tree

Very rarely these days do I read a book on pop psychology that blows me away. It’s not that there aren’t plenty of great books on the subject, because there are. It’s more of a reflection of the fact that I love the topic so much and I’ve read so many that I tend to be already familiar with the research and stories they focus on. Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong (al) was like a breath of fresh air and the first book I’ve read on the topic that I can honestly describe as a page-turner. If you have been loitering around here for any length of time you will know that I absolutely love exploding the myths and lies of self development. I get exasperated by people who regurgitate alternative facts such as ‘we only use 10% of our brain’, ‘a leopard cannot change it’s spots’ and ‘you can achieve anything you set your mind to’ without ever stopping to think if they’re true. Fortunately for me (and you), Eric Barker seems to think the same way and as such researches the shit out of common wisdom that is all too often common, but frequently not very wise. What Would Life Without Pain Be Like? He opens up the book by telling you about a girl who couldn’t feel any pain. What was your gut reaction to that? Mine was, ‘Oo baby that would be so awesome!’ But of course it’s not awesome it’s a major problem. Pain is there to alert us to something that’s wrong and if we cannot...
Source: A Daring Adventure - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs