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Number of Pages
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Age Group
All
Language
English
Book Summary
This is a nonfiction, investigative exploration of how stepping beyond comfort boundaries can boost health, resilience, and happiness. It blends science, real-world experiments, and personal journeys to reveal the evolutionary pull toward challenge. It speaks to adults curious about fitness, psychology, and self-improvement, written in a bold, thought-provoking, and practical tone.
The content is presented as a narrative-driven investigation that stitches together interviews with researchers and athletes, field experiments, and outdoor trials across varied settings—from an NBA exercise scientist using an ancient practice to Bhutan’s scholars contemplating happiness and mortality, to a neuroscience lab exploring nature’s calming power, up to a demanding Alaska backcountry expedition. Through these stories, it distills a clear blueprint for leveraging discomfort to improve health, happiness, and what it means to be human. The approach blends interactive learning and activity-based learning principles to help readers apply the ideas in daily life.
Readers move through the content by following the author’s experiments, exploring concepts like the biology of stress and the mind–body connection, and applying practical steps to their own routines. The writing balances accessible science with vivid storytelling, offering concrete examples and actionable takeaways that feel doable for busy readers.
By the end, readers gain a practical framework for incorporating measured discomfort into daily life, a sharper sense of personal limits and possibilities, and a refreshed appreciation for nature and challenge as engines of growth. It leaves you more curious, more confident, and inspired to explore the wild within and around you.
Product Details
Author
Michael Easter
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
320
Language
English
SKU
9780593138762
ISBN
9780593138762
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
16x2.7x24cm
Binding
Hardback
₹ 1,299