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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
I don't know what possessed me to buy this book. I'm not a crunchy-granola type, and books with titles like this make me cringe. But I found it on my bookshelf as I was randomly picking out books to read and thought, "Yeah, like this is going to be good."
I was pleasantly surprised. Mostly what I got out of it was "These things don't always help everyone." Really? Really? "If you help 70% of your patients, then you're doing well." It's okay to do your best, and if it doesn't work, don't worry. It's okay; you tried.
Compassion is the key. Compassion and caring for other people. It will probably be difficult for me (or anyone, really) to have that much compassion but it's something to work toward. And if I do it 70% of the time, then, hey, it's okay.
I was pleasantly surprised. Mostly what I got out of it was "These things don't always help everyone." Really? Really? "If you help 70% of your patients, then you're doing well." It's okay to do your best, and if it doesn't work, don't worry. It's okay; you tried.
Compassion is the key. Compassion and caring for other people. It will probably be difficult for me (or anyone, really) to have that much compassion but it's something to work toward. And if I do it 70% of the time, then, hey, it's okay.
It's an amazing look at how to life life simply and happily, seeing the best in those around you. I LOVED it and go back to it often for reminders of how I want to be.
slow-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
I loved the mixture of psychiatrist and monk, Western and Eastern thought, theory and practical exercises, but most of all I loved how much overlapped.
The book has a warm-yet-thoughtful tone. At the end I felt inspired, reassured, and contemplative. I have several useful passages marked (and color coded for ongoing practice or for specific crises).
The only negative (which I'd go so far as to say is not a negative at all) is the repetitive nature. It seems that most things are reiterated two, three, more times. Yet I've found through therapy and in reaching out to others that this is necessary. It often takes several tries to get the right wording to make the concept click, or plain repetition to make the concept stick.
I found this book extremely helpful. I plan to read it again and will keep it handy. Highly recommended.
The book has a warm-yet-thoughtful tone. At the end I felt inspired, reassured, and contemplative. I have several useful passages marked (and color coded for ongoing practice or for specific crises).
The only negative (which I'd go so far as to say is not a negative at all) is the repetitive nature. It seems that most things are reiterated two, three, more times. Yet I've found through therapy and in reaching out to others that this is necessary. It often takes several tries to get the right wording to make the concept click, or plain repetition to make the concept stick.
I found this book extremely helpful. I plan to read it again and will keep it handy. Highly recommended.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
A lot of super interesting material to think about. The Dalai Lama's portions of this book center around his belief that warmth and compassion should be central in our interactions with others and that these qualities can be actively cultivated (e.g. via a compassion-generating meditation). He goes on to talk about how happiness is not random but rather something we can practice by developing positive emotions and reducing negative ones like anger and hatred; he offers compelling justification on his ideas and largely practical advice on how to implement it into your own life. Cutler intersperses Western psychology research and his own experience as a psychiatrist between the edited responses the Dalai Lama gave to Cutler's questions. This sort of Q&A writing style took a few chapters for me to get used to, but it does the job of delivering the content, which I think is worth reading and reflecting on.
this dude took money from the cia so i'm not feeling him like that but he has some banger lines ngl