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10% Happier

How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works - A True Story

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10% Happier

By: Dan Harris
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 **THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD**
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, a revised and updated edition of the award-winning classic that changed the way we look at meditation.


'A sceptic's guide to meditation . . . I loved it' - Ruby Wax


'An enormously smart, clear-eyed, brave-hearted, and quite a personal look at the benefits of meditation' - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love

We all have an inner narrator. It's what has us losing our temper unnecessarily, checking our emails compulsively, eating when we're not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the expense of the present. Most of us assume we're stuck with this voice - but Dan Harris stumbled upon an effective way to quiet his mind.


After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head.

10% Happier is considered a classic text on the power of meditation and an introduction to the practice that can convert even the most hardened sceptic.

This 10th Anniversary Edition includes a new preface from Dan Harris and a revised and expanded appendix, filled with guided meditations and practical advice for people looking to build a meditation habit.©2014 Dan Harris Personal Development Personal Success Spirituality Meditation Happiness Funny Mindfulness Witty
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This book turned into an interesting journey into mindfulness. Not exactly what I was expecting based upon the title, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Thought-provoking

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I am thinking doing Meditation, I wanted to find someone anyone who has done Meditation. I came across Dan Harris's 10% Happier, I class myself as a Introvert not a Extrovert, I was sceptible about the Book before I started listening to the Book, I enjoyed listening to Dan Harris poor his heart out and show that everyone has some similar experiences in Life in general. I have tried Meditation before but I have a wandering Mind it will not stay still but listening to the advice of the Book has given me some thoughts on how to perceive Meditation further and what I need to do. Dan Harris was well read and enjoyable to listen too.

10% truer

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Dan explaines meditation in a very tangable way, alongside a very interesting and funny bio

Loved this book

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So someone I really respect recommend this book as a good, non religious mumbo jumbo introduction into (or back into in my case) meditation, and I can see why - there's a lot of good information in this book.

However, I found the author/narrator incredibly irritating - it's just my opinion, but he comes across as a rather narcissistic, self promoting, name dropping, typically smug "Hack" (in the UK journalistic use of the word).
Most of the book is a semi autobiography about how amazing his life is - fame, world travel, great job, beautiful-smart-successful wife, meeting celebrities and generally having opportunities most people can only dream of - which he then complains about ad nauseam.

I appreciate there is a self deprecating tone to much of her commentary, but I found it grating.
Maybe I am not being fair - but rather early in the book he misgenders and dead names a Trans person - I found that deeply unpleasant and almost stopped reading completely at that point. I had to take a brake for several days before I went back to it. His rather smugly and patronising discussions about "Hippies, etc" just seemed highly performative .

However, all that said, I'd still recommend giving this a try as his suggestions I thought were pretty good and practical - I just wish the book a
pent more on it,

Interesting, if a little bit irritating.

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Dan Harris’s meditation odyssey was in turns very funny, insightful and really well investigated. Dan’s own narration never jarred and this reader, having just started on my own meditation journey, had all my misgivings and doubts addressed and my hopes and expectations about the process validated. The retreat chapter was hilarious and inspiring at the same time. Brilliant.

A perfect meditation odyssey.

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