How long does it take to read The Intelligent Optimist's Guide to Life?
Jurriaan Kamp
The Intelligent Optimist's Guide to Life by Jurriaan Kamp takes about 1 hour 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 47 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2014. 97 pages, about 26,675 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this book, the author explains how we can cultivate an outlook of informed optimism by tuning out the media's focus on sensationalism and negativity and turning on our natural optimism.
Subjects: PHILOSOPHY, Optimism, SELF-HELP, Deconstruction, History & Surveys, Personal Growth
