How to Be Miserable, Randy J. Paterson PhD
How to Be Miserable, Randy J. Paterson PhD
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How to Be Miserable
40 Strategies You Already Use

Author: Randy J. Paterson PhD

Narrator: Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr.

Unabridged: 5 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Wetware Media

Published: 06/24/2016


Synopsis

In How to Be Miserable, psychologist Randy Paterson outlines 40 specific behaviors and habits which - if followed - are sure to lead to a lifetime of unhappiness. On the other hand, if you do the opposite, you may yet join the ranks of happy people everywhere! There are stacks upon stacks of self-help books that will promise you love, happiness, and a fabulous life. But how can you pinpoint the exact behaviors that cause you to be miserable in the first place? Sometimes when we're depressed, or just sad or unhappy, our instincts tell us to do the opposite of what we should - such as focusing on the negative, dwelling on what we can't change, isolating ourselves from friends and loved ones, eating junk food, or overindulging in alcohol. Sound familiar? This tongue-in-cheek guide will help you identify the behaviors that make you unhappy and discover how you - and only you - are holding yourself back from a life of contentment. You'll learn to spot the tried-and-true traps that increase feelings of dissatisfaction, foster a lack of motivation, and detract from our quality of life - as well as ways to avoid them. So, get ready to live the life you want (or not?). This fun, irreverent guide will light the way.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ana

I got this book after watching CGP Grey's 7 Ways to Maximize Misery. I recommend both the video and the book - the video is based on seven of the 40 strategies given in the book. This book is excellent. It puts things into perspective and doesn't try to give you false motivation (that in my experienc......more

Goodreads review by Theresa

This book is the most impactful "self-help" book I have ever read and after reading it I almost feel no need to touch another self-help book again. This book does something that no other self-help book I've read before has done. It empowered me to like myself just the way I am, not who I should be o......more

Clever. Before you try to feel better, let's look closely at the strategies you currently use to improve your happiness. Ah, interesting. Yep, you seem to be quite the expert on misery. You know what they say...If you want to get what you've always got, then do what you've always done..........more

Goodreads review by Patrick

I really like the premise of this book. Figuring out how to be happy is hard, but identifying things that make us miserable is easy. There were many strategies in this book that seemed to me to be obvious routes to misery, and made me wonder how anyone might employ them, however, these moments of co......more