The Art of Happiness
A Handbook for Living
by Dalai Lama
Recommended by Josh Waitzkin and Jeff Weiner
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Meaning of Life, Happiness, and Enlightenment.
An updated edition of a beloved classic, the original book on happiness, with new material from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard Cutler. Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Meaning of Life, Happiness, and Enlightenment.
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“Would add "The Art of Happiness" and "Conscious Business" 9 Business Books That Will Change Your Life”
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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