10% Happier

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Längd: 7T 50min
Språk: Engelska
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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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10% Happier

406 Recensioner: 4.2
Längd: 7T 50min
Språk: Engelska
Format
Kategori: Biografier

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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Janneke
15 sep. 2022
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Echt een verschrikkelijke voorleesstem..
Grzegorz
28 jan. 2022
Jakoś mnie nie wciągnęło, zbyt taka... amerykańska. Nie mogłem się nijak utożsamić z autorem, co jest dziwne, zwykle dzieje się to u mnie automatycznie. W sumie ciekawa biografia, ale nie wciągnęła 😊
Pernille
18 juni 2020
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Komisk memoir-fortælling der samtidig indfører læseren i mindfulness og meditationsteknikker. Man følger forfatterens vej til selvhjælp og hans kritiske spørgsmål til hvordan det hele kan forenes med et ambitiøst menneske, der af natur har en masse tanker og bekymringer. Lige hvad jeg havde brug for. Kan anbefales bare for den komiske historie om en amerikansk anchorman, der finder en vej til at blive et lidt mindre røvhul og stadig have succes!!
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24 aug. 2022
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Ingen självhjälpsbok sån tur är. Mest humor. Några russin dock för den som letar
David
15 feb. 2023
The voice….went through skin and bones….
Bas
20 sep. 2022
Tråkig
Don't be fooled by the title! If you're interested in hearing about Dan Harris' life, this book is for you. If you don't know who Dan Harris is and you're looking for a book about meditation, this book will greatly disappoint. Dan - who admittedly is a decent writer and has had an interesting life - does not start talking about meditation and his own self improvement journey until halfway into the book - and even after the point where meditation comes into his story, the book remains very uninsightful. To me, Dan came off as a judgmental and self-absorbed person, and paired with his unpleasant reading voice, I did not enjoy listening to him at all.
Stina
22 mars 2023
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Beste boken om meditasjon jeg noen gang har lest.
Lotta
11 aug. 2018
BS lifestory, no value. Do not listen
Rachel
7 jan. 2023
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Dan Harris addresses directly the biggest questions I have had with the quest for 'spiritual' peace and practical solutions, giving voice to the issues I've faced that I never knew how to express. A smart, funny, well informed look at the world of religion, self-help books and corporate life. It is practical, realistic, insightful and well-humoured. I cannot express how grateful I am to him for writing this all down.
Cristina
7 aug. 2018
Too much of detailed biography and too little about mindfulness