We live in a world that is awash in self-help and motivation books. You know, the kind of book that tells you that flying is easy. All you have to do is fall and miss the ground (with apologies to Douglas Adams). Personally, I blame it on the Americans with their frontier mentality and their belief that everyone can make their own luck if they just believe in it and work hard. This kind of optimism is clearly at the root of all the problems we have in the world, whether it is Brexit, climate change or Microsoft Office.
Pessimists have it better
Pessimists have it better
Pessimists have it better
We live in a world that is awash in self-help and motivation books. You know, the kind of book that tells you that flying is easy. All you have to do is fall and miss the ground (with apologies to Douglas Adams). Personally, I blame it on the Americans with their frontier mentality and their belief that everyone can make their own luck if they just believe in it and work hard. This kind of optimism is clearly at the root of all the problems we have in the world, whether it is Brexit, climate change or Microsoft Office.