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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
A simple yet brilliant book that I should read every year to remind myself the simplest “secrets” of living a happy life. I guess it’s all about the timing – this book came into my life at the perfect time when I needed a little jolt and a reminder of the basic truths that are kind of obvious yet easily forgettable in the daily grind. Each chapter gave me plenty of food for thought.
Oh, and I really enjoyed the author’s graphs and scribbles that illustrated the models, approaches, and ideas he presented :)
Oh, and I really enjoyed the author’s graphs and scribbles that illustrated the models, approaches, and ideas he presented :)
One of the few books that dosn't transition well to audiobook format. Some of his descriptions were very repetitive, I believe it was an attempt to compensate for not being able to see the diagrams he was trying to explain. This could be beneficial for more novice audiobook listeners, but I found it distracting and wanted him to make his point faster. He also makes excruciatingly long lists to make certain points. Most memorably was a list of things we wouldn't have access to if we lived a few thousand years ago. I think he could have narrowed down the list to a handful to make a stronger point.
reflective
fast-paced
3.5 stars actually. In some ways Pasricha blew me out of the water but in most ways I found the narration to be severely self serving. “The Happiness Equation” is not saying anything new or reinventing the wheel of self-help, which I would argue both helps and hurts this novel. If I were to recommend this to someone it would be an instance of an exception, not the rule. This novel works best for very specific type of person, and I think I was that person a few years ago and picked up this book a little too late.
I was excited about the title of this book, but I found that it lacked detailed content about being happy. I found the scribes hard to read and would have rather seen them digrammed out professionally. Overall, I ended up skimming through book and it was a good reinforcement of how to be happy with yourself.
This book is really good and has given me a lot of ideas of how to help myself be happier. I'm going to go and set goals for myself now!
Spoiler
The secrets to happiness: Be happy first, Do it for you, Remember the lottery, Never Retire, Overvalue you, Create space, Just do it, Be you.
I don’t know how I feel about this book as a whole. Much of the advice and ideas resonate with me so I definitely benefit from this book, but I think it’s the writer’s style that has me questioning how to rate the book. At times I expected him to elaborate on a certain topic or thought and he didn’t so it felt very choppy and simplified. I finished, but it feels as though I need to reread it because I missed something.
There were things I liked and I even took notes of. But mostly it was a great deal of advice that is either commonplace or just plain simple. Not a bad thing. Just not thought provoking.
Really really enjoyed this! Makes you reflect on your life, in a positive way.
I feel very torn about this book. Ultimately there is nothing particularly novel about the themes presented within it, and it contains so much filler and repetition that at times it read more like a blog post or one of those illustrated motivational speeches (you know the ones) than an actual book. I can't say it's a bad read though, because it did make me think and led to some moments of serious self-assessment.