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How To Do Everything And Be Happy - Your Easy-Peasy Guide To Creating Happiness (2011)

by Peter Jones(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0956885608 (ISBN13: 9780956885609)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Soundhaven

review 1: An enjoyable read and certainly contained some interesting ideas. However, I don't expect I'll be implementing anything from this book. For example:~ If you don't already use some kind of calendar/scheduling system, no wonder your life is chaotic~ The idea of a 'boxing day' once a month (where you wake up and do exactly what you please) is totally unrealistic. Even if I were to schedule such a thing, I know I'd wake up and take care of to-do's instead. I'm pretty sure Mr Jones' self-employed status makes this much more viable for him.~ I was dying to get to the chapter where he points out there's no way you can do 'everything', so the sooner you get that idea out of your head, the better. Sadly, he didn't.All that said, some of the concepts and reminders were helpful, espe... morecially the necessity of choosing goals and working towards non-bucket list enjoyment items.By all means, pick this book up and take a look, but you might want to get it from the library before reaching into your pocket.
review 2: I normally pooh-pooh this kind of thing as new age mumbo jumbo, but this is a book that's perfect for anyone living a normal ordinary life who wants to make the most of every day. From the very first suggestion - Boxing Day, a day every month when you do whatever you want - through to setting goals and actually finding the time to achieve them, this book is full of ideas that you will really want to do, rather than airy fairy concepts that you know will never make it off the pages of the book. Possibly the best part of book is the last section, where there's a summary of all the concepts the book throws up, along with easy checklists that help you put the concepts into action - because thinking positive is all well and good but it's actually doing stuff that makes happiness, well, happen! Since reading the book I've already made a Now List and a Goals List and have started saving stuff for my Trophy Board ... and it's already made me happier! Peter Jones writes in a lovely conversation style so he quickly feels like a friend, or perhaps that bloke down the pub or the gym who knows what he's talking about. I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to get more out of life but doesn't think reading The Secret is the way it's going to happen ... this is real life ideas for real life happiness. less

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