10% Happier

How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

Valutazione 4.2
7 ore 50 min
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Descrizione del libro

Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.

After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of a hyper-competitive business and also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out.

We all have a voice in our head. It’s what has us losing our temper unnecessarily, checking our email compulsively, eating when we’re not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the expense of the present. Most of us would assume we’re stuck with this voice – that there’s nothing we can do to rein it in – but Harris stumbled upon an effective way to do just that. It’s a far cry from the miracle cures peddled by the self-help swamis he met; instead, it’s something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation. After learning about research that suggests meditation can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain, Harris took a deep dive into the underreported world of CEOs, scientists, and even marines who are now using it for increased calm, focus, and happiness.

10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.

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Tempo Audiolibro:

7 ore 50 min

Lingue:

Inglese

Pubblicato:

11/3/2014

Editore Audiolibro:

HarperAudio

ISBN Audiolibro:

9780062331892

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Recensioni di 10% Happier

Harmaata, paskaa.

Aleksi

The first two hours only tells how ambitious bastard the author was. Probably some concussion will follow, but it is an autobiography so far, which has not lead to any insight, conclusions or take aways about the topic indicated in the title so far. Such long can not be justified. I can not good anything more than a story with anecdotal evidence. It is just a waste of time.

Zoltan

Great book really funny and easy to read with great content

Basia

From the category of meditation books, very poor. Brings totalny nothing, we get another story of a person who rushes in life, and then reflects and discovers meditation.

Magda