Rules of Thumb: 44 Principles to Live, Work, and Thrive by

By Roman Tschappeler, Roman Tschäppeler, Mikael Krogerus

Book Overview

A timeless guide to laws and principles that can help us make decisions and navigate the chaos of everyday life.

There are laws of nature--like gravity, thermodynamics, and Newtonian principles--that help explain our reality. And then there are human laws, many of which cannot be scientifically proven and yet are clearly true.

The law of ketchup, for example: First there is nothing for a long time ... then suddenly there is too much. Or physicist Douglas Hofstadter's law: Everything always takes longer than expected (even if you take Hofstadter's law into account). Or Parkinson's law: Meetings always take at least as twice long as we expect them to. Some of these truisms are world-famous; some well-kept secrets. Some are tongue-in-cheek; others imbue wisdom. But they all help us reframe our perspective and navigate the absurdities of everyday life. Rules of Thumb offers us the best of these laws for posterity.

• Format: MP3 CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H27C46WT
• ISBN13: 9798228999602
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Ascent Audio