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The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
Chris Guillebeau
3.54 AVERAGE
118 reviews for:
The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
Chris Guillebeau
3.54 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
I liked the general premise. Finding quests in your life is a great idea, having them be measurable is good, having "big" things to attempt to attain is great. However, the book itself was very repetitive.
First, I think the great majority of the book could have been one long blog post. He didn't cover a long wide range of techniques and tricks to find/do quests, it was primarily a rambling way to convince you that you should have one, they're good for you, should be measured, etc.
The actual number of quests he described through the book was somewhat short. He repeated his own story (in various ways) over and over again. He gave a list of various people's quests as well, but fewer than I would have expected, and kept going back to the same people/quests as examples through the book. And plenty of those stories were somewhat contrived, feeling either not like a great "quest", or perhaps just a little bit crazy. Cool to be crazy, but when you don't have a massive list of quests, it becomes odd.
Anyway, I liked the concept. As a blog post, I would have given a big high five & recommended it to people. As a full length book, I just felt the content was thin in comparison to the book length.
First, I think the great majority of the book could have been one long blog post. He didn't cover a long wide range of techniques and tricks to find/do quests, it was primarily a rambling way to convince you that you should have one, they're good for you, should be measured, etc.
The actual number of quests he described through the book was somewhat short. He repeated his own story (in various ways) over and over again. He gave a list of various people's quests as well, but fewer than I would have expected, and kept going back to the same people/quests as examples through the book. And plenty of those stories were somewhat contrived, feeling either not like a great "quest", or perhaps just a little bit crazy. Cool to be crazy, but when you don't have a massive list of quests, it becomes odd.
Anyway, I liked the concept. As a blog post, I would have given a big high five & recommended it to people. As a full length book, I just felt the content was thin in comparison to the book length.
Intriguing stories, but not particularly nuanced or fresh
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.”
–Chris Guillebeau
I loved this book, and I'm not surprised at all. I enjoy a lot of Chris' writing and got to attend a book release event in Portland when this came out and had a lot of fun at the evening.
Thing I love most about this book is simply it's premise– life is about adventure, and sometimes life can take on a whole lot more meaning and focus when you have a meaningful pursuit to take on.
–Chris Guillebeau
I loved this book, and I'm not surprised at all. I enjoy a lot of Chris' writing and got to attend a book release event in Portland when this came out and had a lot of fun at the evening.
Thing I love most about this book is simply it's premise– life is about adventure, and sometimes life can take on a whole lot more meaning and focus when you have a meaningful pursuit to take on.
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This is one of the best books about finding something your passionate that I've ever read. Guillebeau doesn't coddle the reader, nor shame the reader into action. He inspires, through telling other people's stories and telling his own. I highly recommend this book to anyone, for any reason.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Very inspirational. Good variety of interesting quests talked about in the book.
I actually thought this would be more of a book on to achieve yours pursuits, but overall, the book was a collection of stories from other people telling their journeys while the author told snapshots of his years-long journey in going to every country. Although I enjoyed the stories from all individuals, I would only say this book is 'ok'.
3.5 stars // For anyone already following curiosity in life, there is not much here of note. But I do appreciate how these pages have the potential to spark ideas for one's own future quest(s).