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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
A few nice stories of others' quests but the whole book seemed disjointed and lacked a solid narrative.
Some interesting stories - it’s fun to hear about other people’s adventures and triumphs. But nothing really practically applicable to my life. Maybe I’m just not ready to go on a quest?
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I didn't get a lot of motivation from this book. Like many of the stories in this book, I just was pushing my way through this book, one sentence at a time and wondering how do I feel about a guy whose calling was visiting every country in the world? Should I listen to him?
In one of the chapters, the author told a story about when he told someone about his calling of visiting every country,he got a reply, "That's easy. You just need enough time and money." Yeah, that's right!
Well, upon further reflection, enough money + time = a lot of goals in life. That's what goals are.... investing time and other things to accomplish something. So, at first I may sneer at Chris' ambition at visiting every country, I can also applaud him for setting an ambitious goal and accomplishing it. Well done, Chris!
The book was better after reaching this conclusion.
My favorite chapter was the last one ... when the goal is accomplished, then what. So many books/movies/stories end up the high note. But what happens when the last note of the song is played? Then what? What happens after you visit the last country, get the boy/girl, or slay the evil monster?
The book was overall OK. It got me out of a two long rut and I can feel things starting to align again.
I found this a thoroughly entertaining and inspiring read. It knocked me out of the rut of my ordinary day and pushed me to consider what my own quest will be. It's really made me think about what gets me excited that I might be willing to step outside my comfort zone to do. The stories of those with quests include adventurous and philanthropic ones as well as the more mundane. All of them involve people who just "have to do it". Maybe there is something stirring in you that you just "have" to do. This book will help inspire you take the next step.
I was listening to this audiobook as I went for a long run and it helped me keep going! The people and the quests that they undertook were very motivational and inspired me.
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I think maybe I would have felt inspired by this book in high school, when the only person I had to think about was myself. No job, no responsibilities. But now? Nope. The woman who abandoned her four kids to fulfil her “quest” to see as many bird species as she could? I just kept thinking that there were better ways to “find your life purpose” than the ways suggested in this book. (Like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, for starters! I did just read The Happiness Trap.) I suppose it didn’t help that I also just finished reading a book about how small steps are the best way to bring about lasting change in your life... and that speaks to me much more than giving everything up for some chosen “life quest” like traveling to every single country in the world just to check them off your list. Again, maybe the timing just wasn’t right for me, but I didn’t find this book inspirational at all.
An interesting look at why big goals make us happy. I wish there had been more of a look at the scientific side but this was an interesting book that I read about on Susan Cain's blog.
There are little ways you can shake up your life, like talking to a stranger, take only cold showers for a week, don't hit the snooze button, etc.
Forget planning, just start
Avoid fuzzy goals, mix it up (don't necessarily stick to things other people have done), Think big
There are little ways you can shake up your life, like talking to a stranger, take only cold showers for a week, don't hit the snooze button, etc.
Forget planning, just start
Avoid fuzzy goals, mix it up (don't necessarily stick to things other people have done), Think big