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Practical Wisdom

The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

By Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

By Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

By Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

By Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

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Paperback $17.00

Nov 01, 2011 | ISBN 9781594485435

Ebook $7.99

Dec 30, 2010 | ISBN 9781101475188

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    About Practical Wisdom

    A reasoned and urgent call to embrace and protect the essential human quality that has been drummed out of our lives: wisdom.

    In their provocative new book, Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe explore the insights essential to leading satisfying lives. Encouraging individuals to focus on their own personal intelligence and integrity rather than simply navigating the rules and incentives established by others, Practical Wisdom outlines how to identify and cultivate our own innate wisdom in our daily lives.

    About Practical Wisdom

    A reasoned yet urgent call to embrace and protect the essential, practical human quality that has been drummed out of our lives: wisdom.

    It’s in our nature to want to succeed. It’s also human nature to want to do right. But we’ve lost how to balance the two. How do we get it back?

    Practical Wisdom can help. “Practical wisdom” is the essential human quality that combines the fruits of our individual experiences with our empathy and intellect-an aim that Aristotle identified millennia ago. It’s learning “the right way to do the right thing in a particular circumstance, with a particular person, at a particular time.” But we have forgotten how to do this. In Practical Wisdom, Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe illuminate how to get back in touch with our wisdom: how to identify it, cultivate it, and enact it, and how to make ourselves healthier, wealthier, and wiser.

    About Barry Schwartz

    Barry Schwartz is the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Paradox of Choice. A frequent lecturer at conferences (TED, Gel,… More about Barry Schwartz

    About Kenneth Sharpe

    Kenneth Sharpe is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College where he teaches political philosophy,… More about Kenneth Sharpe

    About Barry Schwartz

    Barry Schwartz is the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Paradox of Choice. A frequent lecturer at conferences (TED, Gel,… More about Barry Schwartz

    About Kenneth Sharpe

    Kenneth Sharpe is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College where he teaches political philosophy,… More about Kenneth Sharpe

    Product Details

    Category: Personal Growth | Philosophy | Business

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Nov 01, 2011 | 336 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781594485435

    Category: Personal Growth | Philosophy | Business

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Dec 30, 2010 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781101475188
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    Praise

    “[Schwartz and Sharpe] have valid, thoughtful points to make… The world, especially the professional and institutional world, needs far more of this, the authors say… Everyone can see the value of practical wisdom.” —The New York Times

    “An important new book.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “[An] irresistible book, one that every politician, CEO, parent, and citizen in America should read.” —Chris Anderson, curator of TED conferences

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