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The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness
Hugh van Cuylenburg
4.13 AVERAGE
241 reviews for:
The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness
Hugh van Cuylenburg
4.13 AVERAGE
Surface level sports anecdotes, that muffled - what could be - a meaningful message. I needed something more concrete. By the end of the book, I felt like I had read a very long-winded promotion.
Stop mentioning that the practice is based on research and start showing me the evidence.
Stop mentioning that you implemented new classroom practices and start explaining how teachers can mirror your success.
Stop mentioning that the practice is based on research and start showing me the evidence.
Stop mentioning that you implemented new classroom practices and start explaining how teachers can mirror your success.
I have no doubt some people have found this book useful.
For me I enjoyed the stories as stories however I don't feel I learnt anything about gratitude, empathy and mindfulness I didn't already know.
For me I enjoyed the stories as stories however I don't feel I learnt anything about gratitude, empathy and mindfulness I didn't already know.
Probably best for someone very new to these concepts or for the privileged who need to put their lives in perspective. I agree with the criticisms of this book - parts felt like the poor were being fetishised to lift up white westerners, and I also got the ick when his wife’s mental health stuff led were talked about. However I think these are done out of ignorance rather than ill intent, and the book will likely resonate with the audience it attracts - given the types of audiences the resilience project tends to target, I don’t doubt the impact that it may have had on people.
For myself, I did not personally find the story that inspiring - a white boy spends a few months in India and realises he doesn’t have it that bad at home - also I don’t really care that much about sport so the constant name dropping flew over my head. I do think having gratitude, empathy and mindfulness are important though and if this helps people be kinder and seek help, then this book deserves its existence.
For myself, I did not personally find the story that inspiring - a white boy spends a few months in India and realises he doesn’t have it that bad at home - also I don’t really care that much about sport so the constant name dropping flew over my head. I do think having gratitude, empathy and mindfulness are important though and if this helps people be kinder and seek help, then this book deserves its existence.
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Was shocked by how good this is. You tend to think when you’ve read a bit in the self help adjacent realm that it’s all a bit of the same—though a same I enjoy when done well—but it was the storytelling that set this one apart for me. I listened to the whole audiobook (read by the author) in just two listening sessions and was nearly brought to tears half a dozen times in the first half of the book. There’s a lot I’m going to be mulling over on this one for a while. It really feels like something that can not just make your life better but make you a better person. Looking forward to diving into Hugh’s next book (on shame and social media addiction—extremely my shit).
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A nice and uplifting way to complete 2019.
Hugh has written the story of how his Resilience Project came to be and how it has grown from strength to strength. You will laugh. You will most definitely cry (if you have a soul). But hopefully, most importantly, you will start to want to life your life the GEM way (Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness).
Hugh has written the story of how his Resilience Project came to be and how it has grown from strength to strength. You will laugh. You will most definitely cry (if you have a soul). But hopefully, most importantly, you will start to want to life your life the GEM way (Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness).