Barking Up The Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker

BATB score: 9/10 👌🏻

10/10 book but it’s like 6 books in 1 book (1 chapter = 1 book in itself), intense shit - a typical Joe can not digest this

Best to: kudos to Eric Barker for concluding shitloads of research paper synopsis, numerous behavioral experiments and results, and quotes from so many influential authors, while adding one’s valuable deciphers; literally knitting it all-in into one book 💯

Best for: there so much material in this book for you to chew, digest, and puke out into tedtalk slides for anything inspirational talk; ie. work life balance, growth mindset, passion, relationship, etc

Best as: all the quotes you need in your life is in this book 👏

Best quotes: “Valedictorians aren’t likely to be the future’s visionaries; they typically settle into the system instead of shaking it up.”

“The same traits that make people a nightmare to deal with can also make them the people who change the world.”

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”

“If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.”

“You can do anything once you stop trying to do everything.”

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

“We spend too much time trying to be “good” when good is often merely average. To be great we must be different. And that doesn’t come from trying to follow society’s vision of what is best, because society doesn’t always know what it needs. More often being the best means just being the best version of you.”