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Dobelli is the author of ''[[The Art of Thinking Clearly]]'' (''Die Kunst des klaren Denkens''), originally published by [[Carl Hanser Verlag]] in 2011, which was an instant success, entering Germany's [[Der Spiegel]] Bestseller list as number 1.<ref>[http://www.buchreport.de/bestseller/hardcover/bestseller/4.htm Der Spiegel Bestseller List, 12 Jan 2012]</ref>
Dobelli is the author of ''[[The Art of Thinking Clearly]]'' (''Die Kunst des klaren Denkens''), originally published by [[Carl Hanser Verlag]] in 2011, which was an instant success, entering Germany's [[Der Spiegel]] Bestseller list as number 1.<ref>[http://www.buchreport.de/bestseller/hardcover/bestseller/4.htm Der Spiegel Bestseller List, 12 Jan 2012]</ref>
It was the bestselling non-fiction book in Germany and Switzerland in 2012.<ref>[[Der Spiegel]] print edition 1/2013 p. 121</ref> It was translated into English in 2013 and hit the top ten bestseller lists in the U.K,<ref>[[The Times]] bestseller list hardback non-fiction, 21 April 2013</ref><ref>The Sunday Times bestseller list 7 July 2013 (rank number 4)</ref> South Korea, India,<ref>[Crossword book retailer's bestseller list June 2013]</ref> Ireland,<ref>[http://www.writing.ie/news/irish-bestsellers-this-week/ Writing.IE Bestseller List, 14 June 2013]</ref> Hong Kong and Singapore.<ref>[[The Straits Times]] bestseller list non-fiction, 28 April 2013</ref>
It was the bestselling non-fiction book in Germany and Switzerland in 2012.<ref>[[Der Spiegel]] print edition 1/2013 p. 121</ref> It was translated into English in 2013 and hit the top ten bestseller lists in the U.K,<ref>[[The Times]] bestseller list hardback non-fiction, 21 April 2013</ref><ref>The Sunday Times bestseller list 7 July 2013 (rank number 4)</ref> South Korea, India,<ref>[Crossword book retailer's bestseller list June 2013]</ref> Ireland,<ref>[http://www.writing.ie/news/irish-bestsellers-this-week/ Writing.IE Bestseller List, 14 June 2013]</ref> Hong Kong and Singapore.<ref>[[The Straits Times]] bestseller list non-fiction, 28 April 2013</ref>
''The Art of Thinking Clearly'' frequently cites work by [[Nassim Taleb]], who praised the book when it was first published,<ref>"„Rolf Dobelli is endowed with both imagination and realism, a combination hard to find since the 16th century Renaissance”. {{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780062219701 |title=Browse Inside The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli |publisher=Harpercollins.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-12}}</ref> but later sharply attacked Dobelli for [[plagiarism]].<ref>Guido Kalberer, [www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/buecher/Nassim-Taleb-attackiert-Rolf-Dobelli/story/11573752 Nassim Taleb attackiert Rolf Dobelli], [[Tages-Anzeiger]], 12 September 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/dobelli.htm]</ref> [[Christopher Chabris]] has also accused Dobelli of plagiarism.<ref>[http://blog.chabris.com/2013/09/similarities-between-rolf-dobellis-book.html]</ref>
''The Art of Thinking Clearly'' frequently cites work by [[Nassim Taleb]], who praised the book when it was first published,<ref>"„Rolf Dobelli is endowed with both imagination and realism, a combination hard to find since the 16th century Renaissance”. {{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780062219701 |title=Browse Inside The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli |publisher=Harpercollins.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-12}}</ref> but later sharply attacked Dobelli for [[plagiarism]].<ref>Guido Kalberer, [www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/buecher/Nassim-Taleb-attackiert-Rolf-Dobelli/story/11573752 Nassim Taleb attackiert Rolf Dobelli], [[Tages-Anzeiger]], 12 September 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/dobelli.htm]</ref> [[Christopher Chabris]] has published five sentences in Dobelli which were not referenced properly, but will be fixed in the next print.<ref>[http://blog.chabris.com/2013/09/similarities-between-rolf-dobellis-book.html] [http://www.dobelli.com/book-corrections]</ref>


Dobelli advises to "avoid news consumption".<ref>[[The Guardian|Guardian]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier] print and online edition of 13 April 2013</ref> He cites "fifteen reasons to avoid news" in a 2013 blog post.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018f3h3 "All in the Mind" on BBC Radio 30 April 2013, starting at 15:00 min]. [http://www.dobelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Avoid_News_Part1_TEXT.pdf Why you should stay away from news - published online]. [[The Huffington Post]] {{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-rubin/news-is-bad-for-you-rebuttal_b_3092183.html |title=Danny Rubin: News Is Bad for You? Here Are 9 Reasons Why That Idea Is Flat Wrong |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-12}}.
Dobelli advises to "avoid news consumption".<ref>[[The Guardian|Guardian]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier] print and online edition of 13 April 2013</ref> He cites "fifteen reasons to avoid news" in a 2013 blog post.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018f3h3 "All in the Mind" on BBC Radio 30 April 2013, starting at 15:00 min]. [http://www.dobelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Avoid_News_Part1_TEXT.pdf Why you should stay away from news - published online]. [[The Huffington Post]] {{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-rubin/news-is-bad-for-you-rebuttal_b_3092183.html |title=Danny Rubin: News Is Bad for You? Here Are 9 Reasons Why That Idea Is Flat Wrong |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-12}}.

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Rolf Dobelli (born 1966) is a Swiss author and businessman. He began his writing career as a novelist in 2002, but he is best known internationally for his bestselling non-fiction The Art of Thinking Clearly (2011, English 2013), for which The Times has called him "the self-help guru the Germans love".[1]

Born in 1966 in Lucerne, Switzerland, he obtained an MBA in 1991 from the University of St. Gallen and a PhD in economic philosophy in 1995. In 1999, he co-founded getAbstract, a publisher of book summaries and article abstracts.

In 2003, Diogenes Publisher (Switzerland) published his first novel, Fünfunddreissig ("Thirty-five") in 2003, followed by Und was machen Sie beruflich? ("What Do You Do for a Living?") in 2004, Himmelreich in 2006, Wer bin ich? ("Who am I?") and Turbulenzen ("Turbulence") in 2007 and Massimo Marini in 2010. The major themes in Dobelli's novels are the meaning of success and the role of randomness in business and in life.

Dobelli is the author of The Art of Thinking Clearly (Die Kunst des klaren Denkens), originally published by Carl Hanser Verlag in 2011, which was an instant success, entering Germany's Der Spiegel Bestseller list as number 1.[2] It was the bestselling non-fiction book in Germany and Switzerland in 2012.[3] It was translated into English in 2013 and hit the top ten bestseller lists in the U.K,[4][5] South Korea, India,[6] Ireland,[7] Hong Kong and Singapore.[8] The Art of Thinking Clearly frequently cites work by Nassim Taleb, who praised the book when it was first published,[9] but later sharply attacked Dobelli for plagiarism.[10][11] Christopher Chabris has published five sentences in Dobelli which were not referenced properly, but will be fixed in the next print.[12]

Dobelli advises to "avoid news consumption".[13] He cites "fifteen reasons to avoid news" in a 2013 blog post.[14]

Dobelli is a member of Edge Foundation, Inc., an association of intellectuals,[15] PEN International and founder of the "zurich.minds" foundation.

Works

  • Fünfunddreissig (Thirty-five), 2003
  • Und was machen Sie beruflich? (What do you do for a Living?), 2004
  • Himmelreich (Himmelreich), 2006
  • Wer bin ich? (Who am I?), 2007
  • Turbulenzen (Turbulence), 2007
  • Massimo Marini, 2010
  • Die Kunst des klaren Denkens (The Art of Thinking Clearly), 2011
  • Die Kunst des klugen Handelns (The Art of Acting Clearly), 2012
  • The art of thinking clearly, 2013

References

  1. ^ The Times, June 2013
  2. ^ Der Spiegel Bestseller List, 12 Jan 2012
  3. ^ Der Spiegel print edition 1/2013 p. 121
  4. ^ The Times bestseller list hardback non-fiction, 21 April 2013
  5. ^ The Sunday Times bestseller list 7 July 2013 (rank number 4)
  6. ^ [Crossword book retailer's bestseller list June 2013]
  7. ^ Writing.IE Bestseller List, 14 June 2013
  8. ^ The Straits Times bestseller list non-fiction, 28 April 2013
  9. ^ "„Rolf Dobelli is endowed with both imagination and realism, a combination hard to find since the 16th century Renaissance”. "Browse Inside The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  10. ^ Guido Kalberer, [www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/buecher/Nassim-Taleb-attackiert-Rolf-Dobelli/story/11573752 Nassim Taleb attackiert Rolf Dobelli], Tages-Anzeiger, 12 September 2013.
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ [2] [3]
  13. ^ Guardian News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier print and online edition of 13 April 2013
  14. ^ "All in the Mind" on BBC Radio 30 April 2013, starting at 15:00 min. Why you should stay away from news - published online. The Huffington Post "Danny Rubin: News Is Bad for You? Here Are 9 Reasons Why That Idea Is Flat Wrong". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.. News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier - Essay in English published by the Guardian
  15. ^ "Rolf Dobelli". Edge.org. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

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