When he set out to visit all of the planets countries by age thirty-five, compulsive goal-seeker Chris Guillebeau never imagined that his journeys biggest revelation would be how many people like himself existeach pursuing a challenging quest. These quests are as diverse as humanity itself, involving exploration, the pursuit of athletic or artistic excellence, or battling against injustice and poverty. Everywhere that Chris visited he found ordinary people working toward extraordinary goals, making daily down payments on their dreams. These questers included a suburban mom pursuing a wildly ambitious culinary project, a DJ producing the worlds largest symphony, a young widower completing the tasks his wife would never accomplishand scores of others writing themselves into the record books. The more Chris spoke with these strivers, the more he began to appreciate the direct link between questing and long-term happiness, and he was compelled to complete a comprehensive study of the phenomenon. In The Happiness of Pursuit, he draws on interviews with hundreds of questers, revealing their secret motivations, their selection criteria, the role played by friends and family, their tricks for solving logistics, and the importance of documentation. Equally fascinating is Chriss examination of questings other side. What happens after the summit is climbed, the painting hung, the endurance record broken, the at-risk community saved?
Details e-book The Happiness of Pursuit
🗸 Author(s): Chris Guillebeau
🗸 Title: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
🗸 Rating : 4.4 from 5 stars (669 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
🗸 Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
🗸 Supported Devices: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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