Title 10% Happier

Author Dan Harris

Year Published 2014

Kind of Book Memoir/Meditation

How strongly I recommend it 5/10 

My Impressions A skeptic's journey into the world of meditation and mindfulness. Dan Harris weeds through the spiritual quacks like Deepak Chopra to find the "good stuff". He ultimately discovers ways to break his habitual cycles of rumination and become 10% happier. I found his personal story of how he came to mindfulness to be mildly fascinating, but not enough to hold my attention.

Date Read circa 2016

Big Ideas

• Dwelling on things we're unhappy with is not necessary for motivation

• The pursuit of happiness causes us to be unhappy