Worth Reading for Happiness Health and Life

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The way the author very effectively approaches the topic of succeeding in spite of obstacles and dealing with setbacks and ' being tested by adversity' for healthy self esteem etc.

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Good information, but the narration let it down

I wanted to hear this as it was a best seller from a leading researcher in the field of positive psychology and I'd heard some good things about it. I wasn't disappointed! It explores the nature of happiness, provides many simple exercises to help you become happier and debunks some of the myths around this popular topic. And all in a very manageable 4 hours.

There’s certainly an element of self-help in the book as it’s designed to help you be happier, but it’s based on solid research which not all books in the self-help area are. I believe a solid research base is important if you’re making recommendations for what someone else should do with their life, but it isn't enough to make it an interesting 'read'. I don't know about you, but sometimes I find research-based material can come across as a bit dry and uninteresting, especially in an audio.

That’s definitely not something you need to worry about here though. In this case the author always uses lots of helpful everyday examples to apply the research principles to everyday life situations. I found this made it easy to try some of the suggestions myself. For me some worked, others...not so much.

As my headline states I thought the narration let the book down. The main narrator, a chap called Jeff Woodman, was great. He paced the material well and obviously understood it. However there are lots of exercises throughout the book right from the very start and they are read by a completely different narrator whose voice and tone doesn't in any way match those of Mr Woodman. The audio jumps from one voice to the other with no warning and I found this jarring. I would have preferred the exercises to be read by the main narrator, or maybe to have been available on an PDF as they are with some other books.

Overall a good purchase, definitely worth another listen.

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Easy to listen to

A lot of really helpful information. Really east to listen to and continue to the end

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Essential Reading!

Gets to the heart of what I really want in life and offers exercises for experiencing it now and in the future :)

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Excellent Philosophy and Research

Would you listen to Happier again? Why?

Yes, I have listened to this 3 times so far and I will no doubt listen again

What was one of the most memorable moments of Happier?

None in particular, however I feel that the whole book is so relevant and informative to us all that the whole story is a must to be listened to.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, and I have listened to it all in one sitting twice.

Any additional comments?

This is an area of psychology that I am extremely interested and passionate about - however, you do not need to have any psychology knowledge to follow the book or any of the research referenced as it is so well told it relates to everyday life and situations.

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okay I guess... some good bits

Started off well, but lost me from the middle as it went in to self help book mode which became boring fast. It has some good concepts to implement which with discipline I believe will lead towards life changing experiences and contribute to one feeling more happy.

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good content but chapter numbering is broken

I'm not rating the country. but chapter numbers in audible were not the chapters in the book.

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