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The Happiness Of Pursuit: Finding The Quest That Will Bring Purpose To Your Life (2014)

by Chris Guillebeau(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0385348843 (ISBN13: 9780385348843)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harmony

review 1: First of all, isn't that the best title ever? This book was fascinating. It tells the stories of many people who found and followed their own quests. It includes everything from not speaking for 17 years to visiting every country on the planet to craft projects. It was inspirational for the goal-setter in me and even if checking things off a list is not your cup of tea, I bet you'd find it interesting as well.
review 2: I've been following Chris Guillebeau for a while now so I was excited when I got the opportunity to read his new book. Additionally, the topic of it was something that I personally relate to and am excited about.As with some of his other books, Chris uses case studies to explain the concepts and to share what others are doing. He uses the wo... morerd "quest" to describe the challenges people set for themselves. From his own quest to visit every country in the world, to the woman from Tasmania who lived in a tree for over a year to protest illegal logging, or the man who walked across the United States. Everyone he interviews and talks about has set out to do something amazing. He gives notes on how to find your own quest and backs them up with stories of others. But, he notes, you don't have to pack up your life and travel long distances to do something amazing. It can be done in one's own home, from the woman who decided to make a meal specific to every country, to the man who set out to learn the four-year MIT curriculum in a single year. It's merely a matter of challenging yourself and doing something crazy for the joy of it.Unfortunately, the book fell flat for me, as his other books have done before. I cannot pin point it but it just feels like there is something missing. In theory, I should love it. It has all the aspects I love - stories of people doing awesome things and steps to apply the things they've learned to my own life. I wish I was as excited after reading this book as I was before I started. It was still worthwhile to read, don't get me wrong, I just hoped to find a little more within its pages.*I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.* less

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