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A review by vinkamaharani
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman
5.0
There are several books with a negativism approach but we could agree that the positivists are enormous. The Antidote shoots right away: why do we need to be positive thinking to be happy? Or it goes further, what if the pursuit of happiness itself is a futile & fruitless journey?
If I may take some key takeaways it would be these three: it's dangerous to be in one polar only; there are so many tools to get closer to happiness and positive thinking is not the only one; how close the concept of negative capability with Ummatan Wasathan at Islam which means justly balanced.
As the subtitles recommend, this book will fit a sceptic & can't stand the positive thinking wave. It'll fit also to anyone who try to challenge their definition of happiness.
If I may take some key takeaways it would be these three: it's dangerous to be in one polar only; there are so many tools to get closer to happiness and positive thinking is not the only one; how close the concept of negative capability with Ummatan Wasathan at Islam which means justly balanced.
As the subtitles recommend, this book will fit a sceptic & can't stand the positive thinking wave. It'll fit also to anyone who try to challenge their definition of happiness.