Tickled: A Commonsense Guide to the Present Moment

A bestselling journalist sets out to explore our addiction to the quantification of everything and ends up confronting his own addiction to certainty.

In 2020, nothing went according to plan. Duff McDonald had intended to write a book about society’s obsession with measurements, data, and predictions, showing how it blunts individual happiness and decision-making while fueling corporate capitalism. But in the quiet of quarantine, McDonald found himself reexamining the assumptions beneath his own life choices . . .

Drawing inspiration from an impressive range of sources—from Borges to the Buddha to Bob (Dylan) to Harry Potter—McDonald documents how he let go of his attachment to precision in favor of delving deeper into what it means to be present—in his work, his relationships, and what he calls the “science of experience.” He asks, “What should I have been doing? I should have been focusing on things that I love, not the things that anger or annoy me. I should have been focusing on things that tickle me.”

Part self-help, part memoir, Tickled is a story of how to bring joy and love into your life right now. McDonald acknowledges that “tickle” is a funny, awkward word. In one context, it’s as innocent as can be. But it also runs deeper. When something tickles you, you are in the moment, experiencing reality itself—at the vortex of truth, consciousness, and bliss. As he lays out his own personal transformation, McDonald invites readers to begin their own journeys to find out what “tickles” them, too.

This exploration of joy and presence—experiences that tickle—lies at the heart of McDonald’s unusual, moving, and profound book.

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Tickled: A Commonsense Guide to the Present Moment

A bestselling journalist sets out to explore our addiction to the quantification of everything and ends up confronting his own addiction to certainty.

In 2020, nothing went according to plan. Duff McDonald had intended to write a book about society’s obsession with measurements, data, and predictions, showing how it blunts individual happiness and decision-making while fueling corporate capitalism. But in the quiet of quarantine, McDonald found himself reexamining the assumptions beneath his own life choices . . .

Drawing inspiration from an impressive range of sources—from Borges to the Buddha to Bob (Dylan) to Harry Potter—McDonald documents how he let go of his attachment to precision in favor of delving deeper into what it means to be present—in his work, his relationships, and what he calls the “science of experience.” He asks, “What should I have been doing? I should have been focusing on things that I love, not the things that anger or annoy me. I should have been focusing on things that tickle me.”

Part self-help, part memoir, Tickled is a story of how to bring joy and love into your life right now. McDonald acknowledges that “tickle” is a funny, awkward word. In one context, it’s as innocent as can be. But it also runs deeper. When something tickles you, you are in the moment, experiencing reality itself—at the vortex of truth, consciousness, and bliss. As he lays out his own personal transformation, McDonald invites readers to begin their own journeys to find out what “tickles” them, too.

This exploration of joy and presence—experiences that tickle—lies at the heart of McDonald’s unusual, moving, and profound book.

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Tickled: A Commonsense Guide to the Present Moment

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Overview

A bestselling journalist sets out to explore our addiction to the quantification of everything and ends up confronting his own addiction to certainty.

In 2020, nothing went according to plan. Duff McDonald had intended to write a book about society’s obsession with measurements, data, and predictions, showing how it blunts individual happiness and decision-making while fueling corporate capitalism. But in the quiet of quarantine, McDonald found himself reexamining the assumptions beneath his own life choices . . .

Drawing inspiration from an impressive range of sources—from Borges to the Buddha to Bob (Dylan) to Harry Potter—McDonald documents how he let go of his attachment to precision in favor of delving deeper into what it means to be present—in his work, his relationships, and what he calls the “science of experience.” He asks, “What should I have been doing? I should have been focusing on things that I love, not the things that anger or annoy me. I should have been focusing on things that tickle me.”

Part self-help, part memoir, Tickled is a story of how to bring joy and love into your life right now. McDonald acknowledges that “tickle” is a funny, awkward word. In one context, it’s as innocent as can be. But it also runs deeper. When something tickles you, you are in the moment, experiencing reality itself—at the vortex of truth, consciousness, and bliss. As he lays out his own personal transformation, McDonald invites readers to begin their own journeys to find out what “tickles” them, too.

This exploration of joy and presence—experiences that tickle—lies at the heart of McDonald’s unusual, moving, and profound book.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780063036901
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 06/11/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 301
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Duff McDonald is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business, Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase, and The Golden Passport and the coauthor of The CEO, a satire. A contributing editor at the New York Observer, he has also written for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, New York, Esquire, Fortune, Businessweek, GQ, Wired, Time, Newsweek, and other publications. He lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 0 1

Part I The Great Awakening

Chapter 1 Be Here Now 25

Chapter 2 There Is No Equation for Enlightenment 37

Chapter 3 The Best Book I Ever Read 57

Chapter 4 Stories About Numbers 71

Chapter 5 Books About Numbers 85

Part II The Stamp of Reality

Chapter 6 The Trap of Time 105

Chapter 7 You Can't Measure Freedom 129

Chapter 8 The Precision Paradox 147

Chapter 9 The Answer Is Not for Sale 165

Chapter 10 What Now? (The Only Thing That Matters) 181

Part III Anything Is Possible

Chapter 11 No Time to Think 191

Chapter 12 The Love Equation 199

Chapter 13 The Jasmine Troupe 211

Chapter 14 Infinite Kombucha 221

Chapter 15 The True Story of Harry Potter 237

Chapter 16 How to Tickle Yourself 249

Chapter 17 Always Be Wondering 263

The Infinite Afterward 277

Acknowledgments 281

Notes 283

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