The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great (Funny Self-Help Book, Guide to Lowering Stress and Dealing with Pe

By Ray Bennett

Book Overview

The Underachiever's Manifesto is the playfully persuasive pocket guide to living life to the least and loving it. This isn't your average handbook--this is a funny self-help book for our ongoing modern age of overachievement.

The book makes the case for just the right amount of effort--a lot less than we've been led to believe--and reveals how mediocrity is the key to happiness at work, in relationships, dieting, exercise, investment, and more.

- Contains easy-to-follow advice with gentle humor and genuine wisdom
- Addresses issues such as social media stress, FOMO, and the life-draining tragedy of tidying up
- Author Ray Bennett is a medical specialist in Seattle and a recovering overachiever

This welcome new edition--revised just enough but not going overboard--brings its needed-now-more-than-ever perspective to our new era of fitness tracking, app overload, and tidying up.

Turn it down a notch. Don't you feel better already?

- Humorous but actually helpful--a rarity for self-help books
- Perfect for overachievers, underachievers, anyone looking for a funny, friendly way to take things down a notch
- Great for those who loved The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson, Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary John Bishop, and How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism by Stephen Guise

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452184631
• ISBN13: 9781452184630
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Underachievers of the world UNITE!

This book keeps me sane. If you're overworked and burned out, you need to read this book. Display it on your workstation or keep it under your notebook during one of those "productive meetings". There's more to life than work. It's that simple!

Wonderfully Entertaining (and surprisingly helpful)!

I am a type 1 personality who is, in many ways, the typical overachiever. This book was given to me as a gift and I almost read it completely in one sitting - it's that good (and short). While much of the book is prone to hyperbole and satire, there is a great message that can be found underneath the well-timed humor: sometimes you just need to relax. The humorous reminder that no one is perfect is refreshing in the face of a busy life with many demands. Anyone who is extraordinarly pressured by work, family and life-in-general, should pick up this little book - or - pass it on to your favorite overachieving friend.

Such an incredible little read!

Wow. What a find this book was for me! Everyone I've lent it to, says they love it. I laughed out loud through much of it. It takes less than an hour or two to read, but really makes you think, without overthinking.

Why Bother with A Snappy Title?

My wife and I picked up "The Underachiever's Manifesto" on a whim and read it together over a glass of wine. We're both a little driven, and we laughed aloud at the book's tongue-in-cheek advice about how to let someone else be excellent for a change. From the "blank pages" at the end to the obligatory top ten list to the quiz to determine your Underachiever's Quotient, the Manifesto is a delight. I'd write a longer review, but . . . just buy it and read it. Is that so hard?

Who Needs Therapy?

Get this book instead and save hundreds of dollars. I read this book in about 20 minutes and it changed my attitude completely. I loved it. It's hilarious. I wanted to buy the book in bulk so I can hand them out to my friends. It's the perfect gift for anyone with a sense of humor.