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    The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great

    By Ray Bennerr

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    Lower the bar. Turn it down a notch. Get off the Stairmaster. The Underachiever's Manifesto is the playfully persuasive pocket guide to living life to the least and loving it. With sharp humor and genuine wisdom, this welcome little book extols the fabulous benefits of underachievement in our overextended society. A witty introduction makes the case for the right amount of effort—a lot less than we've been led to believe. Ten principles of underachievement establish the basics (#8: The tallest blade of grass is the surest to be cut); and practical applications show how mediocrity is the key to happiness at work, in relationships, dieting, exercise, investment, and more. Devilishly enlisting examples from philosophy, economics, science, and good common sense, The Underachiever's Manifesto is a lighthearted, life-changing rallying call for those who dare to do less and enjoy more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateFeb 17, 2012
    ISBN9781452113586
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    The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great
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    Ray Bennerr

    Ray Bennett is a medical specialist in the Seattle area who is still guilty of overachievement in treating his patients. This is his first book.

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    • 5/5
      Pure genius!
    • 5/5
      A hilarious little book that's only as big as it has to be to explain why underachievers are the winners in every aspect of life. It's a manifesto, not a guide book, so it's not going to tell you how to be an underachiever. Most of its examples are focused on middle class, professional America, the doctors and traders who are constantly climbing on top of each other to be the top of the pile, but as a student who often feels the pressure of scholarships, internships, grades, and various extracurricular demands on my time, I found this book served as a good reminder that if you don't have your mental health, you don't have anything.
    • 5/5
      Short, succinct, and the perfect book to give to someone who's working so hard they've forgotten how to get pleasure out of life. Written with humor and without preaching, it's a quick read and well worth the $10.
    • 3/5
      The book really only needs to be about 100 words. Instead, it really is too long for the amount of information enclosed. The summary: don't try too hard.Some reviews thought the book was intentionally funny just because of the subject. Nope -- some of us really want to learn how to stop overachieving.