TY - BOOK AU - Kay, John TI - Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly SN - 9781846682889 U1 - 153.8 PY - 2011/// CY - India PB - Profile Books Ltd. KW - Behaviour KW - Decision Making KW - Motivation KW - Problem Solving KW - Psychology N1 - Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly The oblique world Happiness how the happiest people do not pursue happiness The profit-seeking paradox how the most profitable Companies are not the most profit - oriented The art of the deal how the wealthiest people are not the most materialistic Objectives, goals and action how the means help us discover the ends The ubiquity of obliquity how it is relevant to so many aspects of our lives The need for obliquity Mudding through why oblique approaches succeed ER -