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

I love how almost every concept in this book is introduced by a story, it's enganging. However, it feels like I have to take many notes while reading this. Overall, a good book to accompany you on your relaxing weekend.

Research meets motivation. A tad too long for what it offers. Too many stories, too-ambiguous takeaways (work hard, but not too hard; have confidence, but not overconfidence). All chapters are structured that way; the first one-third establishes a concept (optimism is great), the next one-third refutes it (pessimism is great), and the next one-third balances it (both optimism & pessimism are needed), so in the end, the reader reaches nowhere.

To reiterate what another reviewer said - why do I keep reading these because they just all repeat themselves and each other. I think my answer though is that I occasionally need reminders on the one hand and on the other they're the nonfiction equivalent of pulp fiction. But yes, no fantastic new insights, says the same things (but with acknowledgment) as Gladwell, Adam Grant Kahneman, etal

This book is very easy reading. However, it mixes up platitudes, scientific studies I'd be careful with when interpreting them and stories of successful people. It can give some advice, but at the same I had more than a headache with all the definitions: matchers, givers and so on. The authors sustains every theory and its contrary. It can be summed up as: know yourself and find your pond. Nice reading, nice hints, but not that useful after all.

In one form or another, we all crave success. That’s why we read books, buy courses, visit events and lectures. And, on top of everything, we do all kinds of nasty things behind our co-workers back. Do we succeed? Most of us don’t. We simply get too caught up in the practices mentioned by the gurus. Fortunately for me and you, we have Barking Up the Wrong Tree with the extensively long subtitle: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker. This book, is not your ordinary type of self-help book. It’s fun, readable, full of facts that are refined so even a 9-year-old can grasp them and above all, written in a human language. So, if you’re still lost in this journey called life, grab a copy and pick a wrong tree to read it. I can assure you that it’s worth your time. Key takeaway? I don’t know. I found so many useful things inside that’s hard to hold to just one. But if I have to pick, I’ll most probably be this: pick a task that’s meaningful to you. It might not be grandiose as saving the world from hunger, but if it makes sense for you, it will be enough. Read more: https://durmonski.com/book-summaries/...

It's a good book. The problem is me. I am tired of this kind of books.

I did not succeed at loving the book, but the first half was interesting. After that it sort of fell off for me.