10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00I8NLVFY | Format: PDF
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works Description
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 listeners 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.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 7 hours and 50 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Audible.com Release Date: March 11, 2014
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00I8NLVFY
‘10% Happier’ written by Dan Harris is a story about all the things which happened to author, ABC News journalist and Good Morning America co-anchor, after he suffered panic attack while being nationally broadcasted.
His story explains the journey he embarked on that helped him (in his words) to tame the voice in his head, reduce stress without losing his edge and find self-help that actually works.
After this unfortunate event Harris realized that he must make drastic cuts in his thinking and behavior, if he wants to continue with his career and normal life. For the first time in his life, he delved deep into his personality searching for the right problem, trying to solve the causes, rather than, as hitherto the consequences. Therefore he learned lot about himself and find out that the cause for his problems was what he considered his greatest gift - a voice that he heard constantly in his head that helped him to survive the daily business struggle for survival, but also pushed him to the various follies and ultimately led to the unfortunate accident that marked his professional career.
In his confession, the author is fully open, telling in details about his life, his cocaine addiction, about his insatiable ambition which eventually became a huge weight around the neck and his self-obsession that was taking him gradually while he was becoming known person.
Dan Harris declares himself still skeptical about the Buddhism and new age spirituality, though he managed to find his peace and get rid of unpleasant cohabitant in his head by practicing meditation. Precisely that in his words helped him to react less impulsively, to think before he does something, and most important to find a balance in his life, that he was extremely lacking.
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