The Art of the Good Life

I recommend this book for people aged anywhere from 20 to 120. Enjoy!

I heard about this book on The Investors Podcast. Guy Spier (famed investor) nudged the podcast hosts to review this book. They did.The name of the book is a little cheesy, but the content is anything but. It is a collection of 52 tools and attitudes to life. The author draws heavily on the insights from psychology, behavioral economics, philosophy (stoicism in particular), and business/investing. You will like it if you are a fan of the works by Daniel Kahneman, Seneca, and Charlie Munger.Pros: Easy to read (each chapter is only 2-3 pages long and to the point), very practical/applicable, no BS, makes you consider new angles of thought. Will probably keep going back to this book over the years.Cons: Some of the tools/methods are too banal/obvious (e.g. Chapter 49: The Less You Expect, The Happier You Will Be). Some chapters could be just left out.

Great book full of wisdom and insights for a happy life. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

I like Dobelli's neat, concise, systematic way of presenting his idea. His sentences has no redundancy, making reading his book in our fast paced daily life a pleasure.His work "The art of thinkinbg clearly" become my bible. It was a piece of genius work, I think it is a master piece which worth awards.This work is a more relaxed, leisure guide of how to be happy, by thinking in certain way (not really clearly) to make our lifes better. I like this book also very much.

One of my favorite recent reads and I have since given as a gift to many friends.I learned about this book from The Investors Podcast's review, where it was originally recommended by Guy Spier (Thank you!). The book is a series of short practical principles for optimizing happiness in life. I think anyone can learn from the varied lessons and immediately add additional joy to his or her life.Topics covered including gratitude, approach learning, and perspectives on wealth and prosperity.

This new book by Rolf Dobelli is even better than his last ("The art of thinking clearly"). He shows, in an impressive way, that there is not a SINGLE principle to the good life, not one sacred degree. What we need instead are various mental tools (he calls them "thinking tools") that we can use depending on our circumstances. He presents the 52 most important ones, but he also makes it clear that there are even more thinking tools available for our use. Many sources of the book are 2500 years old (mainly from the field of Stoicism), which he skillfully links with the findings of modern psychology. Plus this book has incredibly creative illustrations for each chapter – you might not get them at first, but by the end of the chapter it "clicks". Very smart way to remember the core lesson of each chapter! Readers are given a wonderful, surprising and above all applicable philosophy of life for the 21st century. A truly good book!

As usual like the art of thinking clearly, very engaging abs thoughtful book and nice example. But I feel like some of arguments are a bit bias. 😊😊😊

This was a fabulous book. I was so impressed by the clarity, depth of thought, and simplicity of writing style. The author gets straight to the point but provides rememberable stories for why something is or isn't a key tenant to living the good life. One of the better books I've read in a while. Now, I need to read it again.

This book gave me a few insights about myself, as well as some actionable ideas to use daily to improve my quality of life.

Existem uma montanha de porcaria nesses discursos de 'auto ajuda' , isso se dave ao fato desses serem norteados por um pensamento individualista e materialista. Produtos de nossos tempos de capitalismo tardio. Negligenciam a história e a natureza da espécie humana e da natureza em si. Esse livro, consegue abarcar um pouco dessa parte negligenciada, que nos faz tão humanos. Ainda assim, não deixa de ser pretensioso. Pois é uma espécie de manual para a vida, algo que a meu ver, não existe.

In this book, Rolf becomes a bit of a how-to guy and explains the dos and don'ts of good life. This book has 52 and each chapter talks about a technique that, if you follow, will help you lead a good life. Some of them are ones that I am already following in my life, some are mere common sense, some may not fit the culture that I live in, some are indeed unique and interesting. My (summarized) understanding of the book is that you have to be a Stoic to lead that "good" life.Rolf is a big time fanboy of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. He quotes them extensively, in almost every chapter (Their quotes are relevant though). Rolf also quotes from the Stoics and from other philosophers as well. Rolf touches upon various topics such as evolution, beliefs, faiths, philosophy, business etc. that makes the reading interesting.

Es un buen libro, llegó a tiempo y en perfecto estado

If you have read, the Art of Thinking clearly then DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. Almost have of what is mentioned in that book is also written here but with slightly different stories. Besides from this boring repititiveness, the author also comes across rather arrogant instead of giving a way of looking on life that can provide happiness, joy, meaning or whatever you are after. Several topics can heavliy be debated and have way more nuances then the author gives credit to. Every chapter deals with a certain aspect of living the so called good life. I have tried to finish the book but was unable to.