# Trying Not to Try

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- Book: [Trying Not to Try](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-slingerland/trying-not-to-try) ([Trying Not to Try.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-slingerland/trying-not-to-try.md))
- Authors: [Edward Slingerland](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-slingerland)
- Publisher: canongate
- ISBN: 978-08-5786-348-5
- Published: 2015-01-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity - and why it’s essential to our wellbeing, both as individuals and as a society