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

by Ray Bennett

Copyright 2006 by Ray Bennett. All Rights Reserved.

Categories:  Contemporary  Humor  Self-Help

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The Underachiever's Manifesto—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.

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Copyright 2006 by Ray Bennett. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Previously published by Chronicle Books.

About the Author

Ray Bennett is a medical specialist in Seattle and a recovering overachiever. He is still guilty of overachievement in the care of his patients, however, and he lives with his wife and children among too many overachieving neighbors.

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The pleasures of underachievement are many, but they are all too often lost in the ...

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