The Art of the Good Life: 52 Surprising Shortcuts to Happiness, Wealth, and Success

Rolf Dobelli argues that a good life is built less from grand ambitions than from a set of mental tools applied steadily, and he sets out fifty-two of them. Each chapter takes one idea and keeps it short, drawing on research into decision-making and well-being rather than motivational assertion. The advice tends towards subtraction: removing obligations, ignoring reputation, accepting that some problems are better avoided than solved. Dobelli, who also wrote The Art of Thinking Clearly and founded the World Minds conference, writes in brisk sections that can be read in order or sampled, which suits readers who return to a book in short sittings. What the book delivers: • Fifty-two standalone chapters, each built around a single principle • Grounded in behavioural and decision-making research rather than anecdote alone • Short sections designed for rereading and dipping in • Close in approach to the author's earlier The Art of Thinking Clearly Written for readers of practical psychology and applied philosophy who prefer concise arguments to long treatments, available at Boipoka.