101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

Name: 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.28 (86 reviews)
Author: Brianna Wiest
ISBN: 9781977386861

Author: Brianna Wiest

Narrator: Abby Craden

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/21/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Self-help, Personal Growth

Synopsis

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: this idea changed my life.

Disclaimer: This audiobook contains explicit language.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tiff

People who are using Brianna's age at writing are being unfair. We allowed Alain de Botton to swagger onto the scene with a pop philosophy book aged 23, and we called him a wunderkin, where here people are saying Wiest is easily dismissed because she was 26. I don't think that tracks. When I realise......more

Goodreads review by liz ⁀➷

3.5 stars Wow. Mixed feelings about this one. Started off very interesting and I highlighted LOADS of phrases but towards the end it became incredibly repetitive I mean literally the same sentence over and over again. I don’t think it needed to be this long at ALL and would have been nicer as a more......more

Goodreads review by Dorai

Notes/Quotes from the book: "we’re wired to believe that success is somewhere we get to—when goals are accomplished, and things are completed." "Accomplishing goals is not a success. How much you expand in the process is." - I tend to disagree. I think both are successes but for different reasons. "Y......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa

Some essays deserve 5 stars, some 0.......more