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  • Happier, No Matter What

  • Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times
  • By: Tal Ben-Shahar
  • Narrated by: Adam Verner
  • Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (101 ratings)

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Happier, No Matter What

By: Tal Ben-Shahar
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Publisher's summary

When the world is upside down and the future uncertain, is it possible to find happiness? Happiness expert Tal Ben-Shahar unequivocally says yes! In Happier, No Matter What, he gives listeners a toolbox for finding hope and purpose - the SPIRE method. This nuanced approach has five key realms:

  • Spiritual: Are we living mindfully?
  • Physical: Do we take care of our bodies?
  • Intellectual: Are we challenged and curious?
  • Relational: Do we nurture connections that nurture us?
  • Emotional: Are our feelings both honored and balanced?

By assessing each area, we gain insight into our "baseline happiness" - and about how to build the resilience necessary to weather all of life's ups and downs, no matter what.

©2021 Tal Ben-Shahar (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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Good read

Probably a book most of the world should read. On my happiness and spiritual journey, I have found this book confirms all the things needed for overall well-being. It was nice to find all this out for myself, and then hear that science backs it up. With the acronym SPIRE, I have found all to be very important, with spiritual well-being, and having healthy loving relationships, to be superior.

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Great Book, will come back to it

The message is great and practical. Definitely a book I will come back to over the years.

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Great Read!

Very insightful. Practical and inspiring. I can see how putting to practice the suggestions can lead to a more rich and yes happy life in what is undoubtedly a complex world. Much of what happens is not in our control. But how we go about experiencing and accepting it could be.

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Principles of Emotional and Physical Well Being

This has become my Bible. I turn to it often to replenish the ability to cope with anxiety and negativity that are all too common in our day to day dealings.

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Love it all the way!

Actionable insight in every chapter. Thanks for the great work! Everyone of us need to learn these facts about us as humans.

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Antifragility is a key concept

I’m a psychotherapist and this is now a highly-recommended book in my library.
Ben-Shahar builds on the work of those like Nassim Taleb to help the concept of Antifragility become increasingly mainstream.

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Ideally mandatory reading for all age levels

Absolutely loved this book and thought the author summarized the research and presented it in a wonderfully organized and outlined form making it easy to understand. Very practical, actionable suggestions for making a difference noches in one’s mood, but in their relationships and ultimately the world. Five stars. Highly recommend

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This book is GOLD

I started implementing these concepts immediately and within a week have noticed an improvement in my mood. I will be revisiting this book frequently

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Advice for Life

I learned a lot and think these ideas have the potential to change people’s lives. Principles to apply.

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Not recommended

Don’t waste your time. This book was dull and full of common sense advice such as: exercise, be mindful, stay curious, have empathy and help others. That’s the entirety of the book. The End.

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