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

by Eric Barker

Book Overview

Wall Street Journal Bestseller

Much of the advice we've been told about achievement is logical, earnest...and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You'll learn:

- Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your greatest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062416049
• ISBN13: 9780062416049
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderfully eye opening book.

It's a genuinely good book, with genuinely commendable research, and genuinely solid advice. However, while not certainly an objective measurement, I feel the need to mention by the end of this book it felt like a slog, it does really really enjoy making the same point many times via different means (studies, stories, accounts, experts), and while it makes the points seem very solid and well researched it does mean that it can get very verbose (as an example, one of his points is "have a plan" which of course required an abridged history of Genghis Khan and his mongol empire, and realistically, I can't say it added much to the actual point). You may however find that a pro rather than a con, if so, you will certainly love this book.