
The Optimist
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Perhaps it is time to be a little more optimistic? That's what Laurence Shorter decided. And that's why he set himself the challenge of meeting the world's most cheerful people. Surely with the help of Desmond Tutu, Richard Branson and Bill Clinton, Laurence can find the secret to inner happiness.
But first things first - how on Earth is he going to get to meet them?
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If you're feeling pessimistic about the year ahead, this book does cheer you up. * * Sunday Times * * Witty writer . . . restore[s] a little faith in humanity's future. * * Financial Times * * Shorter is a snappy writer - fast, compelling, sympathetic and seemingly honest. * * Observer * * Deliciously quirky and enormously funny, it brims over with the sort of joie de vivre that would brighten the darkest day. * * Good Book Guide * * Amusing and intriguing. * * Mail On Sunday * * Learning how Richard Branson remains eternally cheerful or how a Buddhist monk became known as 'the happiest man in the world' is pretty inspiring. * * Metro * * [An] anti-misery memoir. * * Evening Standard * * Funny and inspiring . . . a book that's a reason to be cheerful in itself. * * Waterstone's Books Quarterly * * Shorter is a snappy writer - fast, compelling, sympathetic and . . . honest. * * Observer * *More details
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- The Optimist
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Hero
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Notes To Pessimists
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Notes To Pessimists
- Chapter Nine
- Lover
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Notes To Pessimists
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Notes To Pessimists
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Seeker
- Chapter Sixteen
- Notes To Pessimists
- Chapter Seventeen
- More Notes To Pessimists
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen
- Fool
- Chapter Twenty
- Notes To Anyone, Pessimists Included
- Chapter Twenty One
- Chapter Twenty Two
- Chapter Twenty Three
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
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