10% Happier
How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works - A True Story
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10% Happier
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Dan Harris
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Dan Harris
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The perfect book for the spirituality sceptics who really do need meditation in their daily routine.
10% Happier is a spiritual book written for - and by - someone who would otherwise never listen to a spiritual book. It is both a deadly serious and seriously funny look at mindfulness and meditation as the next big public health revolution.
Dan Harris always believed the restless, relentless, impossible-to-satisfy voice in his head was one of his greatest assets. How else can you climb the ladder in an ultracompetitive field like TV news except through nonstop hand-wringing and hypervigilance?
For a while his strategy worked. Harris anchored national broadcasts, and he covered wars. Then he hit the brakes and had a full-blown panic attack live on the air. What happened next was completely unforeseen. Through a bizarre series of events - involving a disgraced evangelical pastor, a mysterious self-help guru and a fateful gift from his wife - Harris stumbled upon something that helped him tame the voice in his head: meditation.
At first he was deeply suspicious. He had long associated meditation with bearded swamis and unwashed hippies. But when confronted with mounting scientific evidence that just a few minutes a day can literally rewire the brain for focus, happiness, and reduced reactivity, Harris took a deep dive. He spent years mingling with scientists, executives and marines on the front lines of a quiet revolution that has the potential to reshape society. He became a daily meditator and even found himself on a 10-day silent meditation retreat, which was simultaneously the best and worst experience he'd ever had.
Harris' life was not transformed into a parade of rainbows and unicorns, but he did gain a passion for daily meditation. While the book itself is a narrative account of Dan's conversion amid the harried and decidedly non-Zen world of the newsroom, it concludes with a section for the novice on how to get started.
©2014 Dan Harris (P)2014 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about 10% Happier
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- gavin
- 08-10-2018
Inspiring journey
loved it, start a little slow but build up well.
story feels well connected. recommend anyone to read
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-2018
Amazing! Im now looking into meditation.
Dan is obviously a true master of the written word and his skepticism and analytical mind is refreshing in the self help genre.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-10-2020
Good read for those sceptical of mindfulness
A clever and often funny story - almost an autobiography of Dan Harris - but his life history provides the context for his transformational journey with learning to meditate.
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- Benjimite
- 20-03-2021
Brilliant.
This is a terrific book for pretty much anyone. Dan is a legend and very funny as well
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- TamiRa
- 05-11-2020
easy and fun to listen to
The voice is a bit brash but once you tune in for a bit, you get used to it and really enjoy the story. His questions are so relevant to mine and i am glad i find this book. Lots of practical tips to improve your everyday life, i just have to commit to doing it.
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- Chuey
- 05-04-2018
A compelling engaging and funny story
Dan's central eploration of the tension between happiness and striving for success is something that other books about meditation don't really touch on. And it's a topic that i think most people are really interested in. As such i found it very insightful. it's a bonus that Dan's story is really interesting and he's quite funny. I highly recommend this for those wanting to tame that voice in their heads.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-05-2024
Nan I be 10% happier?
What a fantastic story. I heard about this book listening to the Unforgiving 60 podcast and I was Intrigued. Dan reads his book with great enthusiasm like noone else could. This book has even convinced this monkey brain to give meditation a try.
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- Tracey
- 04-07-2018
nice mix
I really enjoyed this. it was largely a memoir but i found the stories intersecting and it was still very useful with great tips for my own mindfulness journey.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-06-2021
Not a keeper but still very good
A good read with a lively story. I was expecting more stuff about meditation and less about his life story but there was enough nuggets in there to keep me listening.
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- Robby Wade
- 09-02-2019
Amazing story
Perfect, well written story. Great perspective of an everyday man's journey into meditation and mindfulness.
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