A very good book

Good book for some self reflection. I enjoyed listening whilst out walking. Would highly recommend.

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A very well researched book with practical advice

I enjoyed this book. It's a great way to start the New year really something like this. the author provides a very simple yet effective way to make tweaks in the way that you approach your thoughts and your actions such that you ultimately arrived at a thoughtful view of what happiness means to you full stop

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Narration good missing pdf though

Despite other people's comments I found the narration perfectly fine, the book is really interesting and I'd recommend. Only 4 stars. Because it references a pdf/other material that isn't available on the audio book I'm listening to so disappointing that the physical book is clearly better than the audio. If we can get the pdf then it would be 5 stars.

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Great book; terrible reader!

This is a superb book which I would recommend strongly to others, but the reader was the worst I have ever listened to. There were American pronunciations which made me cringe, but worse than that this reader was dreadful. He put stress in the wrong places and his performance skills were so weak that it amazes me that he was given this ( or any) gig. The author should be worried because this reader will turn listeners away from the brilliant content. I would ideally have given no stars for the performance but I was not permitted to do so. One star is way too generous and does not reflect my assessment of this sub standard reading.

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Great book but irritating narrator

Great book that stands the test of time. It would have been better if Paul Dolan had read it x

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Understanding Happiness

Excellent book that helps you understand what it means to be happy in a very realistic and relatable way.

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Interesting topic, bad narrator

I enjoyed the topic and really struggled with the narrator. It sounded like he didn't really understand what he was reading. The intonation was a bit off.

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Interesting content but read in an uninspiring way

What did you like most about Happiness by Design?

Some interesting ideas that I will apply to my life. I believe there are PDF documents I can use although I haven't worked out how to find them yet.

Would you be willing to try another book from Paul Dolan? Why or why not?

Yes. Although I had to listen to this twice as I didn't enjoy it the first time around, mainly due to the dull narration.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Jonathan Cowley?

The author himself

Any additional comments?

This is an instance where I would have probably enjoyed the written form of the book rather than it being narrated by someone other than the author, and so unsympathetically.

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Enjoyable!

Lots of good ideas and detail about current happiness research are included in this book.
Unfortunately, my attention was distracted by the English narrator using lots of American pronunciations. Sorry but it grated with me.
Some audible books are easy to absorb whilst driving but I had to actually focus and not get distracted to take on board what was being said here.
Overall it’s well worth a read/listen and lots of take-home points are made.

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Misguided

Read Hapiness Advantage instead, written by an actual psychologist. This book lacks all practical application and just has it the completly the wrong way around right from the subtitle. Ie its thoughts that change habits that chnage actions, not the other way around.

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