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AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST WITH STEVEN BARTLETTFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of The School of LifeA healthy mind knows how to hope, hanging on tenaciously to the reasons to keep going.A healthy mind resists unfair comparisons, not allowing others¿ successes to throw it off course.A healthy mind avoids catastrophic imaginings, distinguishing worries of what could happen from what likely will.Just as there is no such thing...

The classic book on love by the bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Consolations of Philosophy.

The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of LifeA Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments.Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental ...

The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of LifeA Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments.Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental ...

Think more about sex by thinking about it in a different way.

The essential guide to how to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century - from Alain de Botton, the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of LoveDiscover this comprehensive guide to the modern art of emotional intelligenceWe spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we're never taught is how to live a fulfilled life. That's why we need The School of Life - a real ...

THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO STIMULATE, PROVOKE, AND CONSOLE. We don't think too much about sex, we're merely thinking about it in the wrong way. So asserts Alain de Botton in How ...

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Discover everything you were never taught at school about how to lead a better life... Introduced and edited by the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love'Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence' Observer We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we're never taught is how to live a fulfill...

Discover everything you were never taught at school about how to lead a better life... Introduced and edited by the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love'Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence' Observer We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we're never taught is how to live a fulfill...

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Erfolg oder Misserfolg hängen oft von etwas ab, das in unserem regulären Schulsystem kaum gefördert wird, nämlich vom Selbstbewusstsein. Dieser Text beleuchtet die wichtigsten Sachverhalte, die uns daran hindern, unser Potenzial maximal einzusetzen. Wir erfahren vom Hochstaplersyndrom, warum es klug ist, sich die Großen der Welt auf dem Klo vorzustellen und was Nietzsche und Montaigne über Mut und Durchsetzungskraft zu sagen haben. Oft muten w...

Die Partnerwahl gehört zu den folgenreichsten und schwierigsten Entscheidungen des Lebens. Wer darin immer wieder versagt, zahlt einen hohen Preis. Dieses Buch erklärt, warum wir bestimmten "Beuteschemen" folgen und Kindheitserfahrungen als Vorlage dafür nehmen, wie und wen wir lieben. "Richtig verlieben" deckt schädliche Wiederholungsmuster auf und beleuchtet das Problem, dass wir uns oft gerade nicht den Menschen aussuchen, der uns glücklic...

Was nichts kostet ist nichts wert, denken wir oft und konsumieren gedankenlos, was früher den Eliten oder seltenen Momenten vorbehalten war. Die schönen oder nützlichen Dinge um uns herum erhalten nicht die Wertschätzung, die sie verdienen - zum Beispiel der Nachthimmel, Bleistifte, Spiegeleier, Reißverschlüsse oder Hand-in-Hand-Gehen. In diesem Essay versuchen wir aufzuspüren, warum wir mit allem um uns herum unzufrieden sind und uns nach Din...

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In 2014 daagden Alain de Botton en John Armstrong de bezoekers van ART IS THERAPY uit om na te denken over de reden van hun museumbezoek. Wat is het doel van kunst? Zij stelden dat kunst kijken een therapeutische werking heeft bij allerlei alledaagse kwalen, waaraan wij allemala lijden (ja, u ook). Ze intoduceerden een soort filosofische graffiti. Nieuwe teksten verschenen op enorme Post-It notes, overal in het museum. Deze ongewone tentoonste...

This dazzling journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture explores the indelible connection between our identities and our locations. Alain de Botton argues that our environment heavily influences who we can be.

No pensamos demasiado en el sexo, sencillamente pensamos en él de la forma equivocada Alain de Botton sostiene que el sexo en el siglo XXI está predestinado a ser un acto de equilibrio entre el amor y el deseo, entre la aventura y el compromiso.Tratando temas que incluyen la lujuria, el fetichismo, el adulterio, la pornografía y la impotencia, articula con franqueza los dilemas de la sexualidad moderna, ayudándonos a pensar con mayor profundid...

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people wake up to do each day and night to make the frenzied contemporary world function. With a philosophical eye and his signature combination of wit and wisdom, Alain de Botton leads us on a journey around a deliberately eclectic range of occupations, from rocket science to biscuit manufacture, accountancy to ar...