Books that make sense (but don’t change anything).

I’m reading a book by a guy named Rolf Dobelli, called ‘The Art of The Good Life’.

On the back there’s a description that says:

‘In the Art of The Good Life, you’ll find fifty-two intellectual shortcuts 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’.

Uhu.

That’s a pretty smart thing to claim, and also very obvious and kinda lame, because that actually goes for every book that was ever published.

Anyway.

I used to drown myself in books like these, lap them up like a thirsty koala after a nasty bushfire, but I’ve almost completely stopped doing that, and this was merely a holiday fluke.

There are a lot of books like this one, and they make for solid bestsellers.

What’s not to love?

You take the endlessly compelling topic of human behavior, drag some historical figures on stage, talk about their routines, drop some statistics, translate all of that into universal actions, and squeeze a bit of advice out of your observations to top it off.