Exploring Dan Harris’ Quest to up his happiness in 10% Happier!!
So I finally finished Dan Harris’ book 10% Happier:How I Tame the Voice Inside My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge and Found Self-Help that Actually Works – A True Story and it must say something about how I feel about the book that it took me, probably, about a month to read a 221 page book, 237 pages if you count the appendix!! I guess if I realized that it was actually more of a biography than a self-help book it would have helped with my enjoyment of the book. However, as I wanted for the methods and things that I could do to reduce that voice inside my head, all I got really was another story about Dan’s quest to discover more about Buddhism and Mindful Meditation. Now the stories were good mind you, mostly because Harris has through his job direct access to all the big names, so there were stories about interviews and question sessions that Dan had with the likes of Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, and Mark Epstein along with having the money to pay for a nine-day retreat, all of which is something that I think we all wish we could have!! But with that being said, I did enjoy the book and it did provide insight in to the benefits of meditation. some of which I am trying to put into practice, (Note to self go quickly back through the book and pick out the things of which you write!) Anyway, here…
