{"product_id":"why-motivation-books-dont-work-and-what-it-really-takes-to-change-your-life-9798295531316","title":"Why Motivation Books Don't Work(And What It Really Takes To Change Your Life)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ekaterina Melnikova\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ekaterina Melnikova\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ekaterina Melnikova\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - Happiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStop looking for the \"Philosopher's Stone\" of happiness; it doesn't exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do we keep buying motivational books when we aren't getting any happier? Why do we stay in \"cool water\" until we are boiled alive by our own dissatisfaction?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Why Motivation Books Don't Work, writer and self-appointed skeptic Kate Melnikova dismantles the \"simple solution\" industry with irony and a sharp eye for the absurd. This is not a \"ten-step guide to joy\" or a pastel-colored mantra. Instead, it is a deep dive into the \"trenches of reality,\" exploring the psychological traps, from the hive-mind of social pressure to the survivor's mistake of motivational success stories, that keep us from making real changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Frog in the Saucepan: Why we tolerate miserable situations until it's too late to jump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Illusion of Choice: How parents, bosses, and society \"mildly force\" us into lives we didn't actually choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The \"Stiff Upper Lip\" Trap: Why our refusal to complain makes us prisoners of unbearable situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Owl Strategy: Why high-level \"strategic visions\" from gurus fail to account for the messy reality of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Motivation Books Don't Work is for the doubters, the observers, and anyone who suspects that happiness isn't hiding behind a bullet-point list. It is time to stop searching for the perfect plan and start creating your own imperfect, beautiful path.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ekaterina Melnikova","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47572811612311,"sku":"9798295531316","price":1354.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798295531316.webp?v=1774891195","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-motivation-books-dont-work-and-what-it-really-takes-to-change-your-life-9798295531316","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}