Jurriaan Kamp

The Intelligent Optimist's Guide to Life (eBook, ePUB)

How to Find Health and Success in a World That's a Better Place Than You Think

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The world isn't coming to an end, contrary to what you may have heard. But the media's near-exclusive focus on conflict and disaster means that the progress and everyday acts of brilliance taking place across the globe go unnoticed. Jurriaan Kamp shows that optimism-intelligent optimism, not a rose-colored-glasses brand of wishful thinking-is good for not only your mind but your body too. He details a whole host of health problems that can actually be linked to pessimism. Moreover, there is good reason for optimism: Kamp proves that on the whole we're living longer, becoming smarter, working less, and growing richer. Not only that, democracy is on the rise, and violence is declining. This book will help you tune out the media's focus on sensationalism and negativity and turn on your natural optimism so you'll drop into a "real world" that's richer than you ever imagined.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781626562776
• Artikelnr.: 41508355

Autorenporträt

Jurriaan Kamp and his wife, Hélène de Puy, cofounded The Intelligent Optimist magazine (formerly Ode). Prior to that, Kamp was an editor and correspondent in South Asia and chief economics editor at the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. He is the author of Small Change: How Fifty Dollars Can Change the World and Because People Matter: Building an Economy That Works for Everyone.

Inhaltsangabe

A Note from the Author
Introduction: Stories, News, and the Challenge of Optimism
Chapter 1: The Best Way to Live
Chapter 2: A Key to Health, Happiness, and Success
Chapter 3: How to Become an (Even Better) Optimist
Chapter 4: The World Is a Better Place Than You Think
Chapter 5: Welcome to the Age of Optimism
Checklist for Optimists
Life Orientation Test Scoring
Notes
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
About The Intelligent Optimist