The Post-College Guide to Happiness

I am sure anyone reading this can guess that reality was not a factor in this dream of mine and that things did not turn out exactly as planned. Luckily for me, I am an optimistic, generally happy person by nature so having all of my vague goals not come true did not throw me into a pit of unhappiness.

However, I often found and still find that I have times of general dissatisfaction and unhappiness without being able to pinpoint exactly why. The Post-College Guide to Happiness helps layout some of the reasons why people are unhappy and gives not only advice on how to become a happier person but gives exercises that can jump start you on your way. The book is divided into eight chapters: Each chapter also contains exercises specifically geared towards these components of happiness and the reader is able to customize which exercises would be most beneficial for them.

The author makes a point of stating that not everyone will need help in all components of happiness listed and I found that, even though that statement is true, every chapter had important information in it that can be beneficial to anyone. For me the most interesting chapters were the first four. Bryan Cohen explains in Brain Bliss that even if you have always felt dissatisfied or unhappy you can actually change this by working to become a happier person and therefore strengthening your neural pathways to actually change your brain chemistry to be happier.

I found that fascinating! He also points out in various chapters that money does not buy happiness but doing what you truly love to do, even if it doesn't pay as much as that big job does, will ultimately make you happier. He points out that finding true love and having love and compassion for others will lead to happiness but that happiness is not sustainable if you forget to love yourself and keep in mind what you really want out of life.

It definitely works to reaffirm what many of us already know but don't take the time to think about very often. All in all this is a really good study of some fundamental ways to make our lives happier, healthier and more satisfactory, no matter what our circumstances.

I will definitely be using some of these exercises in the future. Often self-help books can be a tedious read because of so many facts and details. I'm so glad that this book didn't go in that direction.. So now the question is, did it offer enough valuable information? By George it did! Cohen did his homework and compiled practical happiness achieving exercises and outline them well. He even threw in a bit of humor to help you move along in the reading. The author's approach to the guide was drawn from personal hands-on tried experience.

Still a young-single lad, I was skeptical at the degree of value his short experience would weigh on his perspective toward a long range of sustaining happiness. However, this guide referenced several school of thoughts on the subject, so basically he picked out what he felt were the best ones and showed us how we can incorporate them into our daily life since he tried them himself. There was enough enriching substance in the guide that even picking a few of the exercises would provide one a great start at living a happy life though I wasn't crazy about the Law of Attraction section because personally I didn't like the book it was based on, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.

Also, I couldn't help but smile at the realization that I was practicing some of those exercises already. Overall, this was a user friendly and beneficial potentially life changing handbook for a happier today and everyday. I am especially grateful that Mr.

Cohen outlined it all up in the end because I would have had a heck of a time going back to certain passages considering I have an ebook version of this book. So thank you for the summary. To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind.

If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Disclosure of Material Connection: See all 22 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. The Post-College Guide to Happiness. Set up a giveaway. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Learn more about Amazon Prime. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us.

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Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web. Cohen has laid out 35 exercises that you can use to create a happiness workout plan to help you in the following areas: After years of joyous research, Cohen has found the most effective happiness boosters from all sorts of places, including business books, self-help audio programs, autobiographies, spiritual classics and even his experiences to get you out of your funk for good. If you've had no luck looking for happiness in all the wrong places, pick up this book and learn how to look forward to life again. Bryan Cohen is a comedian and an author of several books, including 1, Creative Writing Prompts: Cohen has been giving people happiness advice since middle school and he hopes this book will spread that advice to the world slightly beyond the lunchroom.

He lives in Chicago.

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Editorial Reviews

Irazema Fuentes on May 22, I agree very inspirational and positive! Great book that I got as a giveaway - thanks! Very inpirational and positive. I feel new motivation coming on since reading. Thanks for the book and the inspiration. I highly recommend it. Beverly McClure on April 26, The word happiness means different things to different people.

He decided to share his story with others, by writing a guide to happiness for recent college graduates. The book contains seven categories with workouts and exercises.

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The Post College Guide to Happiness gives you a workout to help you break out. Do you have goals? If not, this book will help you set your goals. The author uses examples of real people, telling their stories and suggesting further reading.