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How to Be Miserable
- 40 Strategies You Already Use
- Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Length: 5 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- R. T. Whitney
- 06-13-17
A Delightful Kick In The Rear
I listened to this whole thing pretty much as fast as I could, and not just because of the genuinely charming narrator. The author does an excellent job of pointing out the best strategies for losing at life in a cheerful tongue-in-cheek style and with the backing of years of psychological experience and research.
There were moments when I cringed as some of the methods described hit a little too close to home, but these were also the best moments. After all, if I am the cause of some of my own misery, I am also the solution.
If, like me, you're someone who has struggled for years with mood disorders, this book won't cure you of any chemical imbalances or childhood traumas. It will, however, help you figure out how not to exacerbate these unavoidable troubles.
This book definitely gets my recommendation.
18 people found this helpful
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- Randy
- 06-29-17
Very worthwhile listen
Excellent insight into the ways we inadvertently make ourselves miserable, and how to avoid them (or continue if that's what you want).
12 people found this helpful
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- WT
- 06-10-17
Interesting
A somewhat unsettling look into a lot of the choices I make. Some parts were uncomfortable to listen to because it's like they were describing how I think / act, which I thought was unique to me. I have just listened through the whole book, and if nothing changes, I can say that this helped me be more aware of some of the harmful choices I make.
11 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-08-17
absolutely great
this book is so good.. smart and funny.. it will make you realize how often you beat yourself up and show you how to avoid them.. I highly recommend it
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- M
- 07-31-17
Funny and informative
In the interest of full disclosure I am generally rather sceptical of self help/ self improvement books. I was pleasantly surprised. This book quickly and with a lot of wit goes through a list of forty ways we tend to sabotage ourselves and make our lives far worse than they have to be. I recommend it both if you want to change and if you just want a laugh.
10 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 06-12-17
Helped me a lot with my mood.
The book is very easy to listen to. It is smart and funny and very much helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-17
If you are interested, buy it
It was exactly what I was looking for. The irony alone sells it, and it has a lot of practical advises. I totally recommend it.
10 people found this helpful
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- Yannick Provencher
- 06-08-17
If you are depressed this is 100% for you
most of the time our misery is our own fault.
good tempo easy to understand (i'm french)
10 people found this helpful
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- Denzell
- 08-22-17
Humorous and Relatable Truths
From its beginning this relatble lityle book pokes fun at all the misert inducing behaviors we so often find ourselves doing. I found it both twlling and entertaining.
9 people found this helpful
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- Hector Lira
- 07-16-17
Jesus Christ this book is too good...
The witty nature of the book as well as the stellar performance by the narrator made this super easy to finish and understand.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-03-17
Really helpful !
Loved it !! It really made me think about myself and what I do and made me realise that there are other ways of looking at certain situations.
It has helped me a lot so with that I would definitely say it's worth a listen !
In my opinion it is the last self help book you will ever need if understood and internalised correctly
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-17
Un-apologetic and utterly sarcastic
An endeavor towards improvement by means of constant contrasting in all 40 strategies. it is deliberately over-simplified to highlight the universal positions we take in life. It has hit home for me and it deserves further attention, It's so short and to the point I will be revisiting it. Dr. Randy J. Patterson uses a no holds barred and direct narration of his understanding, there is much to learn here.
8 people found this helpful
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- Aaron Forward
- 06-05-17
Good
Nice look at happiness from the other side. Great way to see what to work on next. Will definitely read again.
8 people found this helpful
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- Francesco De Paoli
- 06-01-17
A sarcastic and clever path towards awareness
An anti self-help book, or rather a book that cleverly show that rather than showing us how to reach happiness, redirect us towards minimising the ways we actively make our lives harder than they need to be: by sarcastically showing us in detail how to make ourselves miserable. Props to the hilariously serious narrator.
8 people found this helpful
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- Moh
- 10-08-17
eye opening and fun.
a good book, professional information given in an entertaining style by a dedicated reader, would recommend.
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- DBT
- 12-15-17
Quirky fun and educational. Teaches and entertains
Littered with humour and sardonic, tongue in cheek amusing dirversions. It has a big impact both directly, by being entertaining and indirectly, by teaching you about the traps we get caught in.
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- martin
- 03-18-20
Very Enjoyable
I really enjoyed this book. the narrator did a great joy and utbwas a pleasant listening experience.
also I felt learned quite a bit while listening and will try harder to make some of the suggested improvements in my own life.
i hope to apply this knowledge to improve my own quality of life. I will probably edit this review in the future to include some of the changes I have made and how well they worked.
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- William Axtell
- 01-16-20
Life-altering!
This is a fantastic book. Broad in scope, funny and ultimately moderate in tone, it's full of good advice without being shackled to a single ideology about happiness which will, inevitably, have shortcomings. The fact the author has learned many if their insights from working at the coalface of depression shines through and they have the scientific background to contextualise these observations.
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- Philip Masterman
- 01-03-20
Great messaging, hits home
I loved this book, the messaging is put forward in a way that will challenge people to think about their own mindsets.
Really good book, and I have identified so many of these in myself having listened to it.
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- R L Ansell
- 12-30-19
I regret spending money and time on this.
Sarcastic, oversimplified, repetitive, reverse psychology.
Time to get an exchange for something of real value.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-12-17
Recommended
Loved it, title is true to its word, 40 strategies everyone definitely uses! Great to actively acknowledge and understand certain thoughts, actions and behaviors you unconsciously participate in. Easy and entertaining to listen to, great narrator.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-03-17
Never fails
Never fails to remind me of my ways that bring myself down to depression.. 5stars
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