Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking is a paean to how

is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning--in faith

and to give us the "best and most readable introduction to the ideas of the Founders that we have" (Gordon Wood

after two World Wars

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Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking is a paean to howFrom the author of the New York Times bestselling Four Thousand Weeks, a totally original approach to self help: success through failure, calm through embracing anxiety. Self help books don't seem to work. Few of the many advantages of modern life seem capable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth even if you can get it doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. Romance, family life, and work often bring as much stress as joy. We can't even agree on what