10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-help That Actually Works
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-help That Actually Works
I knew I would enjoy reading this book and learning more about how to be happy. I am a highly stressed person because of school, outside expectations, and my future, which is similar to what Harris goes through, considering his high paying job having to report the news to millions of people, along with having a taxing love and personal life. Both our lives are intense and come with lots of troubles, making it hard to not pick up a bad habit or two. With this self-help book, I believe I learnt ways to lower my stress levels when they are getting high and to just be satisfied with my life and live in the moment, not the future. I feel that this will benefit others in my position.
I knew I would enjoy reading this book and learning more about how to be happy. I am a highly stressed person because of school, outside expectations, and my future, which is similar to what Harris goes through, considering his high paying job having to report the news to millions of people, along with having a taxing love and personal life. Both our lives are intense and come with lots of troubles, making it hard to not pick up a bad habit or two. With this self-help book, I believe I learnt ways to lower my stress levels when they are getting high and to just be satisfied with my life and live in the moment, not the future. I feel that this will benefit others in my position.
YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THE BOOK HERE
YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THE BOOK HERE
Dan Harris
Dan Harris
Robin Klein
Robin Klein
Non-Fiction, based on a true story.
Non-Fiction, based on a true story.
The story shares one man’s mental breakdown, time in therapy, and his eventual discovery of how much the practice of meditation helps him.
The story shares one man’s mental breakdown, time in therapy, and his eventual discovery of how much the practice of meditation helps him.
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It is for anyone who would like to change something in their life.
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It is for anyone who would like to change something in their life.
With 10% Happier, I have realized we ultimately have full control to change our happiness and stress. The beginning of the book starts off with what Harris was feeling during his breakdown. What was a major aspect of this breakdown was that it was on air during an episode of Good Morning America. Harris didn’t have any time to prepare for his defining career moment. As Harris’s breakdown began, “Out of
With 10% Happier, I have realized we ultimately have full control to change our happiness and stress. The beginning of the book starts off with what Harris was feeling during his breakdown. What was a major aspect of this breakdown was that it was on air during an episode of Good Morning America. Harris didn’t have any time to prepare for his defining career moment. As Harris’s breakdown began, “Out of
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Personal adjustment means adjusting yourself to a new situation like new school, getting married, moving, or as simple as having a fight with your friends. 10 % Happier relates to personal adjustment in terms of Harris having the mental breakdown, reporting about wars in the Middle-East, coming home, and getting married. He has had to adjust to changes in his life around many times, and that is very hard for some people. Harris mentioned in the preface how he never imagined himself being so open about so much of his life. He specifically said, “If you’d told me when I first arrived in New York City, to start working in network news, that I’d be using meditation to defang the voice in my head --- or that I’d ever write a whole book about it -- I would have laughed at you,” (Preface). This is a major thing for someone to do - to reveal everything about your past problems, and how you fortunately overcome them.
Harris experienced a big career change when he stopped covering wars and began covering religious stories for his job. Since he had little experience with religion, and wasn’t particularly religious himself, he judged the groups he covered with skepticism. Religion is a big concept dealt with throughout the book because meditation, as part of Buddhism, is what changes Harris’s life from being a skeptic to a believer.
Personal adjustment means adjusting yourself to a new situation like new school, getting married, moving, or as simple as having a fight with your friends. 10 % Happier relates to personal adjustment in terms of Harris having the mental breakdown, reporting about wars in the Middle-East, coming home, and getting married. He has had to adjust to changes in his life around many times, and that is very hard for some people. Harris mentioned in the preface how he never imagined himself being so open about so much of his life. He specifically said, “If you’d told me when I first arrived in New York City, to start working in network news, that I’d be using meditation to defang the voice in my head --- or that I’d ever write a whole book about it -- I would have laughed at you,” (Preface). This is a major thing for someone to do - to reveal everything about your past problems, and how you fortunately overcome them.
Harris experienced a big career change when he stopped covering wars and began covering religious stories for his job. Since he had little experience with religion, and wasn’t particularly religious himself, he judged the groups he covered with skepticism. Religion is a big concept dealt with throughout the book because meditation, as part of Buddhism, is what changes Harris’s life from being a skeptic to a believer.
nowhere, I felt like I was being stabbed in the brain with raw animal fear. A paralytic wave of panic rolled up through my shoulders, over the top of my head, then melted down the front of my face”. Harris’s panic attack showed all over his face and he was helpless. He had to face this head-on with no idea of how to calm himself down and not make a total fool of himself in front of millions. Harris showed his fear to national television, but after he felt totally humiliated. The drugs, partying, and stress had finally gotten to him.
nowhere, I felt like I was being stabbed in the brain with raw animal fear. A paralytic wave of panic rolled up through my shoulders, over the top of my head, then melted down the front of my face”. Harris’s panic attack showed all over his face and he was helpless. He had to face this head-on with no idea of how to calm himself down and not make a total fool of himself in front of millions. Harris showed his fear to national television, but after he felt totally humiliated. The drugs, partying, and stress had finally gotten to him.