Rate this book

Happy: Simple Steps To Get The Most Out Of Life (2010)

by Ian K. Smith(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312606354 (ISBN13: 9780312606350)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: This book was an easy quick read. All the information in it was stuff I already knew. It was also very annoying that there were random blurbs and lists scattered in a disorganized fashion throughout the entire book, which cut into the middle of whole sections! It's hard to follow a book in which there are totally unrelated lists and side notes taking up whole pages throughout chapters and even the same paragraphs.
review 2: I tend to be skeptical of those "here's how to get happy" books, but for some reason I sometimes end up reading them anyway. Not because I necessarily don't feel happy, but I guess I feel like you can never be too happy, you know? This one has several good points, but I'd heard a lot of the material before. On the other hand, I liked that ... morethe author cites the research to support his claims and provides practical suggestions for putting the ideas to use. For instance, I already knew that exercise and doing nice things for others makes people feel happy, but he lists some specific ways to do each of those things and uses research to demonstrate how much these things help and why they make us feel good. "Happy" is less cheesy than most similar books are, though it does have a few parts that made groan. Overall, I think this book was worth reading for the few things I got out of it, but it's not going to change my life or anything. less

Download links for: Happy: Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life

Advertising