{"id":73532,"date":"2022-07-16T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=73532"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:35:30","slug":"barking-up-the-wrong-tree-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/barking-up-the-wrong-tree-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Quotes by Barker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What&#8217;s <em>Barking Up the Wrong Tree<\/em> about? What quotes from the book capture its essence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to tell what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-the-key-to-success\/\">the key to success is<\/a> when so much success advice is contradictory. Some say you should be kind, while others say that being nice is for losers. Some believe you should spend every waking hour at work, while others advise you to focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/finding-balance-between-work-and-life\/\">work-life balance<\/a>. In <em>Barking Up the Wrong Tree<\/em>, peak performance expert Eric Barker examines the research on every option\u2014and shares what he believes are the secrets to success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for some of our favorite <em>Barking Up the Wrong Tree<\/em> quotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quotes-from-barking-up-the-wrong-tree\">Quotes From <em>Barking Up the Wrong Tree<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider these inspirational <em>Barking Up the Wrong Tree<\/em> quotes, along with context and explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe spend too much time trying to be &#8216;good&#8217; when good is often merely average. To be great we must be different. And that doesn\u2019t come from trying to follow society\u2019s vision of what is best, because society doesn\u2019t always know what it needs.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Barker explains that, most of the time, things aren&#8217;t <em>inherently<\/em> good or bad: They just work differently for different people. Such is the case with rules for success: <strong>Some people can succeed by following a prescribed path, while others succeed by doing the exact opposite.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cMentoring a young person is four times more predictive of happiness than your health or how much money you make.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve progressed in your field, mentor your juniors. Being helpful to others ultimately comes back around: When the people you know become happier, you become happier too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhat\u2019s shocking is that, when asked to make predictions, depressed people are more accurate than optimists. It\u2019s called &#8216;depressive realism.&#8217; The world can be a harsh place. Optimists lie to themselves. But, if we all stop believing anything can change, nothing ever will. We need a bit of fantasy to keep us going.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Barker argues that one key to persevering through setbacks is <strong>telling yourself a good story<\/strong>. By nature, your brain tells stories about the random events in your life\u2014doing so gives you a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/an-internal-locus-of-control\/\">sense of control<\/a>. 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If you didn\u2019t have this story and focused instead on the facts, you probably would realize you were unlikely to surmount these obstacles\u2014so you wouldn\u2019t even try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Barker explains that, <strong>if you want to succeed, you have to spend several hours on your goals<\/strong>\u2014ideally, at least 10,000 hours to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/become-an-expert\/\">become an expert<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Confidence makes it very hard for us to learn and improve. When we think we know all the answers, we stop looking for them.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Barker contends that<strong> we focus too much on the benefits of confidence and not enough on its negative consequences<\/strong>: the reality that just because we\u2019re confident (or pretend to be confident) in our ability to do something doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that we\u2019re able to do that thing. As a result, being confident can lead us to believe that we can do things we can\u2019t and thus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/make-bad-choices\/\">make poor decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Barking Up the Wrong Tree about? What quotes from the book capture its essence? It&#8217;s hard to tell what the key to success is when so much success advice is contradictory. Some say you should be kind, while others say that being nice is for losers. 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