Reviews for Jetting Technology Bhr Group Publication 21

The average rating for Jetting Technology Bhr Group Publication 21 based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-04-11 00:00:00 Steven Schwartz I heard about this book from a Chris Guillebeau-follower who lives in his car, plays guitar at small gigs and for hospital patients, and wanders around enjoying life. As far as clarity, simplicity, and utility, this is one of the best books I have ever read. Even though it hasn't actually changed my life, I'm putting it on the life-changers shelf, because if I had found it earlier, it would have. Instead, I had to gather the same information from tons of other books, only to have it all confirmed, clarified, and organized here. The main premise of this book is that fear is the source/cause of unhappiness. We all have parts of our brain devoted to processing fear and danger: the reptilian brain and the amygdala. The reptilian brain is the fight/flight/freeze area; the amygdala is the storehouse for all bad memories and danger-indicating patterns. These parts are what kept our ancestors alive when they needed to run from cheetahs or whatever. However, when all we do is sit at a desk all day, they're not much help. Fear, stress, anger, depression, basically all come from here, and can be summarized as fear of not having enough and fear of not being enough. Note that happiness isn't defined here as moonbeams and fairydust, la la la all the time, it's defined as these 12 components: love, optimism, courage, a sense of freedom, proactivity, security, health, spirituality, altruism, perspective, humor, and purpose. It's a very solid, reality-based definition of happiness. The author mentions five common, ineffective ways people try to become happy: trying to buy happiness, trying to find happiness through pleasure, trying to resolve the past (by incessantly talking about it and fixating on victimization, entitlement, rescue, or blame), trying to overcome weakness instead of working from your strengths, and trying to force happiness (ex. bullshit affirmations. I'm looking at you, The Secret). People do these all the time, but none of them work. So, what does work? The number one thing is appreciation. When you focus on appreciation, your fear centers are overridden. Even religion says that the two opposing forces in the world are fear and love, and they can't co-exist. Well, appreciation is the purest form of love, so it's the quickest way to overcome fear. How? Start listing things you're grateful for. If you have a horrible situation, think specifically of the good points of that situation. (ex. cancer patients => my form of cancer has a high survival rate, I can afford very good care, it's shown me how much everybody loves me) Altruism is the second-strongest. If it's coming from a pure heart (not secretly looking for appreciation or recognition or trying to buy love), altruism is a very powerful source of happiness and very effective in overcoming fear. Other pieces of the puzzle include being responsible for your own life and choices, practicing optimism, being nice when you talk to yourself, making sure you do work that plays to your strengths and continues developing them, and simply doing stuff rather than being passive. It's also important to balance your life between three main areas: health, relationships, and purpose. Try to do at least a little bit of each every day. Interesting point: for optimal mood improvement, exercise 30-45 minutes a day. More than 60 or less than 30 decreases mood benefits. This book is the most concise, comprehensive, realistic treatment of happiness I've ever seen. It has a scientific basis but is written in a very friendly, engaging way. It's so awesome, I'm sending one to my mom right now. As an aside, I am disappointed to see that the author has also released a follow-up: What Happy Women Know--as if women aren't people. I hope it's not a bunch of barftastic treacly schlock, a sort of Happy Soup for the Woman's Soul with dozens of forthcoming sequels, including Happy Soup for the College Student's Soul, Happy Soup for the Meat-eater's Soul, and Happy Soup for the Nascar-lover's Soul. This book was so great, though, it would be hard to imagine the author writing crap of that sort. I hope he hasn't.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-13 00:00:00 Denise Huete Happy people know not to read books by shameless self-promoters.