The Art of Happiness at Work
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For the first time since The Art of Happiness, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has teamed up with psychiatrist Howard Cutler to continue the discussion about what makes life meaningful.
In conversations with the Dalai Lama over the past several years, Howard Cutler has asked the questions we all want answered about how to find happiness in the place we spend most of our time -- work. Beginning with the basic need to find satisfaction in our careers, Dr. Cutler questions His Holiness about the nature of work. In psychiatry and according to the Dalai Lama, our motivation for working determines our level of satisfaction. The Art of Happiness at Work explores these three levels of focus:
• Survival: focus on salary, stability, food and clothing • Career: focus on advancement • Calling: focus on work as a higher purpose
Dr. Cutler probes the Dalai Lama's wisdom by posing these questions: What is the relationship between self-awareness and work? How does lack of freedom at work affect our levels of happiness? How can we deal with boredom or lack of challenge? Job change and unemployment? How much of our misery comes from our identity being tied up with work?
Dr. Cutler walks us through the Dalai Lama's reasoning so that we may know how to apply his wisdom to daily life. The Art of Happiness at Work is an invaluable source of strength and peace for anyone who earns a living.
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Most recent 5 reviews out of 13
Submitted by Shellee Martin in Carson City,
I really enjoyed this thought-provoking book. The reader who "played" the Dalai Lama was amazing, and really captured his essence. While it may seem that the Dalai Lama would be out of touch with a working western society being a Buddhist monk, Howard Cutler is able to align the thoughts and beliefs of the Dalai Lama with the difficulties experienced by working people to bring relief and understanding to whatever situations may arise. It would be even better to have an unabridged version, but I would listen to it again.
Submitted by Anonymous
The points made by the Dalai Lama in this book (first half, anyway) were interesting, and maybe useful, but could have been summed up in less than half the time I spent on the first half of this book. I could have done without the additional, clarifying comments by Cutler after the Dalai Lama made a good point - that just annoyed me.
What annoyed me most was the reading of Dr. Cutler. He should have chosen someone else to narrate - someone with more tone and inflection. His reading left me feeling like someone was reading from a text, instead of carrying on a conversation, talking with someone. That left me feeling bored, and I found myself tuning him out, which made finishing this book pointless, if I wasn't going to actually listen to it.
I finished the first half, but opted to not even try the second.
Submitted by Jenn in Ashburn,
I tired really hard to make it through this book, but it was so incredibly boring. I did give it 2 stars becuase in between the boredom I did gain a small ounce of insight. The narrator who is also the co-author has an extremely boring voice.
Submitted by Ben in Austin,
Who doesn't want to drive around with the Dalai Lama all day long? This was a great book for people who aren't very familiar with the Lama's work. He's inspirational, insightful and entertaining.
Submitted by Scott Sherman
I wasn't expecting too much, but I really enjoyed this book. I thought having two different readers made it easier to listen to.
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