{"product_id":"9781469163451","title":"Doing Life A Pragmatist Manifesto: A Pragmatist Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about how and why people “do life” as they do. It is as well a book\u003cbr\u003eabout how people could or should think about doing life for the benefit of their own\u003cbr\u003ewell-being and that of the people they associate with.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about how our feelings and our thinking interfere with how we could be\u003cbr\u003edoing the life we dream of. It is a book about the mistakes we make in doing life, and\u003cbr\u003ehow we could avoid those mistakes.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about what causes us to be the way we are. It is a book about why we\u003cbr\u003eoften can’t do life as we wish. It is about the personal dragons that stand in our way.\u003cbr\u003eAnd it is about how the real world outside of us can frequently frustrate even our\u003cbr\u003ebest intentions.\u003cbr\u003eIt is about ramping up for doing life, and then trying to understand why our lives so\u003cbr\u003eoften turn out in ways we had neither anticipated nor desired. It is about how getting\u003cbr\u003einvolved with others means our lives are forever altered. It is about why that could be\u003cbr\u003ea good thing or a bad thing, and how to best figure that out in advance.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about frustration and regret, about pleasure and pain. It is about\u003cbr\u003eparticipating in life’s trials and tribulations by choice.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the kind of book you can use to maximize your choices about doing life as you\u003cbr\u003ewould have it done, and about mastering the influences of what happens in the world\u003cbr\u003earound you.\u003cbr\u003eIt is about undoing the life you have in order to be able to do life the way it should\u003cbr\u003ebe done.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130382958832,"sku":"9781469163451","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469163451_p0.jpg?v=1763699438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469163451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}