The 'Perfect' Antidote: Why Greatness is Overrated

by Ian Wasti

The 'Perfect' Why Greatness is Overrated is the new book about re-framing our blind pursuit of ‘success’. Ian Wasti introduces the reader to a new way of thinking about success and what is truly valuable in our lives. He argues that we expend un-needed effort that could be re-directed for other more valuable endeavors by using tools such as procrastination, setting the bar low, saying ‘no’, and understanding who we really are. In the book, he answers questions what do Edwin Hubble and the first mass produced diaper have in common, what can gazelles teach us about motivation, what does Nirvana have to say about lowering expectations, and how does Judge Smails from Caddyshack feel about career diversity. Clearly, those are the critical questions of our age.
The ‘Perfect’ Antidote is an irreverent book that just may be the inner voice you’ve had all along. It’s the voice that says that bigger, sooner, stronger, faster doesn’t always result in meaningful outcomes, and that maybe ‘Perfection’ isn’t what matters after all. Although this book probably won’t change the world, you will no doubt walk away after reading it wondering when “good” is good enough in your life.
It very well may be the most important book you read... this afternoon.

187 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2014

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

So I have to say that I was going to give this book a perfect score, not just because I helped Kickstart it, and not just because I really believed in the message, or that the author seemed really genuine in his efforts to publish this book: but ALSO because, after I had tweeted about it, he not only responded to it, actually wrote to me and sent me an autographed copy, since I was only able to get the eBook copy originally from his campaign on Kickstarter.

So I will continue to recommend his book, and I will do so in the future as well, if he decides to write any other.