I've often wondered why people brag about being so busy--as if having more work is a badge of honor of some sort. And the constant hustle to 'get all the work done' seems pretty absurd; there will always be more work. This book destroys the notion that you will ever accomplish all your goals. In fact, you'll only accomplish a very small fraction of them. Realizing this gives you the freedom to let things go, whether it's work, travel, creative outlets, etc. Once you realize that most of your to do list will go undone, you can relax and accept things as they are.
This book gave me a lot of peace of mind about my perceived failures at accomplishing things. Yes, I still do some stuff, but I don't beat myself up for NOT doing a lot of things, like writing books, finally cleaning the garage completely, or becoming good at hockey (I stink, but that's okay). Instead, I've accepted my limitations, and this has allowed me to enjoy my life so much more since I no longer feel that I have things constantly hanging over my head.
"Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." ―Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal
The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.
Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of…
This is not the typical book I would consider reading. Touchy-feely self-help is not really my thing. However, this book affected me more than anything I've read in ages.
The format of the book alternates between topical exposition about a concept (like 'are your thoughts about something really true?') and Katie's discussion with various people who are seeking help for their problems. Katie uses a Socratic style of questioning to get to the heart of the problem for a dozen or so people, and the conversations and realizations are transformative. When I got to the women who had been sexually abused, I questioned how Katie would be able to help her--but she did, and it was amazing.
I would recommend this to anyone who is struggling with accepting reality as it is. I've read it multiple times.
Discover the truth hiding behind troubling thoughts with Byron Katie’s self-help classic.
In 2003, Byron Katie first introduced the world to The Work with the publication of Loving What Is. Nearly twenty years later, Loving What Is continues to inspire people all over the world to do The Work; to listen to the answers they find inside themselves;and to open their minds to profound, spacious, and life-transforming insights. The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light.
I read it for maybe the third time this year. Haidt uses philosophy and psychology to answer the questions about life and happiness, and he breaks them up into logical and useful chapters that each highlight a specific concept. He finds value in many different spectra and avenues, such as the benefits/detriments of liberalism and conservatism and how they contribute to society, and ultimately, happiness.
In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world's philosophical wisdom through the lens of psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, or What doesn't kill you makes you stronger-can enrich and even transform our lives.
God of Mischief. Father of Lies. Harbinger of Destruction. Exiled and tortured by the gods, Loki swears vengeance. He will summon the mighty Fenris Wolf and the legendary Midgard Serpent, and they will lead an army of giants and all the dead in Niflheim. Brimming with the power of the most destructive being in the Nine Worlds, he will not rest till Asgard is in ashes and all the gods are dead under his heel.
