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Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly

Paperback • 2012 • English

Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly

By John Kay

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About the book

"John Kay tells a fast-paced detective story as he searches for the surprising secret to success...Brilliant." -Tim Harford, author of The Logic of Life In this revolutionary book, economist John Kay proves a notion that feels at once paradoxical and deeply commonsensical: the best way to achieve any complex or broadly defined goal, from happiness to preventing forest fires, is the indirect way. We can learn how to achieve our objectives only through a gradual process of risk taking and disc...Show more

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ISBN

9780143120551

Publisher

PENGUIN BOOKS

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly

Format

Paperback

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