The Art of the Good Life: Clear Thinking for Business and a Better Life by Rolf Dobelli (PB)

The indispensable life manual from the author of the international bestseller, The Art of Thinking Clearly.

52 intellectual short-cuts for wiser thinking and better decisions, at home and at work. They may not guarantee you a good life, but they’ll give you a better chance.

Since the dawn of civilization, we’ve been asking ourselves what it means to live a good life: how should I live, what will truly make be happy, how much should I earn, how should I spend my time? In the absence of a single simple answer, what we need is a toolkit of mental models, a guide to practical living.

Review

Praise for THE ART OF THINKING CLEARLY:
Rolf Dobelli offers plenty of food for thought, and writes clearly – stimulating, amusing, brilliant
— Dr Christoph Franz, former CEO of Lufthansa, Chairman of Roche

Do you have to read this book? Definitely. It’s extremely entertaining and offers a fundamentally sound introduction to the nature of human thought.
— ’Professor Dr (h.c.) Roland Berger, Founder and Honorary Chairman of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Brimming with insights! Anybody who’s sick of constantly stumbling into mental traps has got to read this book.
— Prof. Iris Bohnet, Harvard

This book will change your thinking.
— Prof. Dan Goldstein, London Business School

Three pages in, and you’ve already learned something else.
— Franz Himpsel, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Rolf Dobelli writes clearly, intelligently and convincingly
― Gerhard Schroder

‘Rolf Dobelli gives us as valuable advice about how to live as he did about how to think.’
― James R. Flynn, Professor Emeritus, University of Otago, and discoverer of the Flynn Effect

“Rolf Dobelli has done it again! Not only does he open our eyes, now he wakes us up. Because of his rigorous scientific analysis combined with his shattering philosophical approach he is never satisfied with the superficial. So, grab Rolf’s book and don’t let it go!”
― Tenley E. Albright, Director, MIT Collaborative Initiatives and Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School.

‘Rolf Dobelli’s works are informative, insightful, and accessible. In an age of celebrity ignoramuses, he is a true public intellectual.’
― Lou Marinoff, Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York

‘Rolf Dobelli possesses one of Europe’s finest minds’
― Matt Ridley, author of the Evolution of Everything

About the Author

Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss writer, novelist and entrepreneur. He has an MBA and a PhD in economic philosophy from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is the bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly, which became an instant bestseller, has sold over three million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages, and The Art of the Good Life. Dobelli is also founder and curator of WORLD.MINDS, an invitation-only community of the most distinguished international thinkers, scientists and artists.