Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
McGraw-Hill - McGraw-Hill
Release date: 2007-05-10
Hardcover
Author: Tal Ben-Shahar
Self-Help & Practical Interests, Personal Guidance, Self-Help, Personal Growth - Happiness, Psychology / Applied Psychology, Self-Help / General, Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational, Self-Help / Personal Growth / Happiness, Self-Help / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, Happiness
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Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Date undefinedThis book is a wonderful confirmation of my 77 years on earth. I have given three copies to my psychology compatriates. The basis for happiness is located inside and as with humor, wonder and curiosity fed by our contained energy part. So watch the drains (also in others). Thanks to the author I have freed myself even more from the jealousy of others.
Pieter G. Kuipers,
Sneek, The Netherlands
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Date undefinedThis book certainly introduces some central concepts which I found illuminating and useful. There are quite a few exercises ("time-ins") which everyone should do at some point in their life, if not regularily. I found some of these to be better than others whilst a few appeared to be there just for the sake of filling up space.
The writing itself is a little self-helpy which is something I couldn't quite get over. I would've liked to have more hard data and information to challenge me in my thinking around the topic. Much of the book is also repetative and I felt it was at times patronising.
It took a bit of concentration to get over the writing but once I focused on the topic at hand, I found the information quite illuminating.
All in all however, if you can get over the writing and into the crux of the topic, I think it's a very useful book and definitely worthy of a good read. Some of the exercises and meditations are useful and are things I would encourage any person to at least try.
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Date undefinedI bought this set of 4 cds to listen to on a long road trip, thinking to catch up on the latest popular course at Harvard. We really couldn't listen to them all--it was just too platitudinous and uninteresting. Sometimes people work hard for a goal and then discover that when they attain it they aren't joyous. Pure hedonism can't make you happy, though there are times when a little hedonism is a good thing. Think about the times when you were happy. What were they like? How about meditating a little every day? We were too bored to go on. Probably the point of the book could have been made in one lecture-length cd, but stretching it out to 4 didn't help, so if there is a 'secret' revealed in #4 we missed it.
