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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780811853682
ISBN: 0811853683
Label: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: April 27, 2006
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Sales Rank: 164394
Studio: Chronicle Books
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Lower the bar. Turn it down a notch. Get off the Stairmaster. The Underachiever's Manifesto is the playfully persuasive pocket guide to living life to the least and loving it. With sharp humor and genuine wisdom, this welcome little book extols the fabulous benefits of underachievement in our overextended society. A witty introduction makes the case for the right amount of effort -- a lot less than we've been led to believe. Ten principles of underachievement establish the basics (#8: The tallest blade of grass is the surest to be cut); and practical applications show how mediocrity is the key to happiness at work, in relationships, dieting, exercise, investment, and more. Devilishly enlisting examples from philosophy, economics, science, and good common sense, The Underachiever's Manifesto is a lighthearted, life-changing rallying call for those who dare to do less and enjoy more.
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Rating:  - Refreshing!
It fits in your pocket. You can read it in a sitting. The Underachiever's Manifesto is the work of a true underachiever! Despite its brevity, the message is tremendously appealing. Achievement is an unhealthy addiction. Let it go. Life is too short.
Rating: - You Might Need This!
Buy this book and then learn to RELAX into the rat race, laugh a LOT more, and have a much better time of it.
Humorous but totally on the mark.
HikerBob
Rating:  - Entertaining but...
No doubt, this is a funny book. It is an easy read and I managed to laugh a few times throughout the hour or so that it took to get through it. I actually read it in the book store because I didn't think that the book was worth $10 (in stores) since a lot of these "how to be an slacker" tips have been around for quite some time on the Internet and in various places (George Costanza anyone?)...
I have no problem with the book as a satire/parody of the overachiever mentality. But I have a problem when it becomes another one of the "self-help books", disguised in humor. As far as the self-help goes, it is extremely weak in that it doesn't ask anybody to think about what they need to be happy and just admonish blindly underachieving. In my mind, this is just as bad a mentality as blindly overachieving.
Congratulations on the entertainment value, but it's a good thing that not everybody follows the advice in this book because this great country would be going down the drain...
Rating:  - put things in perspective
this provided me a nice reminder of what really matters in life and how to achieve it...by underachieving. I like what this book has to say and am glad that I bought it. I couldn't give it 5 stars, because that wouldn't be the underachiever's way. :)
Rating: - 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!
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