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All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters

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From New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, a slim, elegant volume presenting a radical alternative to our culture of relentless striving. Our society is obsessed with achievement. Young people are pushed toward the next test or the “best” grammar school, high school, or college they can get into. Adults push themselves toward the highest-paying, most prestigious jobs, seeking promotions and public recognition. As Adam Gopnik points out, the result is not so much a rat race as a rat maze, with no way out. Except one: to choose accomplishment over achievement. Achievement, Gopnik argues, is the completion of the task imposed from outside. Accomplishment, by contrast, is the end point of an engulfing activity one engages in for its own sake. From stories of artists, philosophers, and scientists to his own fumbling attempts to play Beatles songs on a guitar, Gopnik demonstrates that while self-directed passions sometimes do lead to a career, the contentment that flows from accomplishment is available to each of us. A book to read and return to at any age, All That Happiness Is offers timeless wisdom against the grain. none Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Liveright (April 23, 2024)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 64 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1324094850


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 52


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.3 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.8 x 0.4 x 7.6 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #76,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Vocational Guidance (Books) #1,126 in Happiness Self-Help #1,797 in Motivational Self-Help (Books)


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    • He makes some good points but also seems to be missing out on some things
The author is a long-time writer for The New Yorker and obviously lives in Manhattan, he talks about frequently riding his bike around the perimeter of Central Park and I cannot imagine anybody saying that who does not live in Manhattan. He talks a lot about learning how to play the guitar and makes observations about music, like chord progressions, that went straight over any head. I really know nothing about music besides enjoying listening to it. So while those ideas will resonate with some readers they did not with me. Hard to care about stuff I cannot understand. I think I understand happiness, though. I have always been fairly happy. The main reasons I ever feel unhappy are often related to being around unhappy people, I just don't like being around them. They bring me down. The author makes a good point about trying to find jobs that are fulfilling, that bring satisfaction. I completely agree. I have had jobs I hated and I left them right away. I have worked jobs for years that I love. I worked at a job I loved for ten years with no pay whatsoever because I adored it so much. It is important and fulfilling. I still do that job and now they even pay me. Not much, but I am ecstatic to be doing this thing that I do. I am very good at my job and that is because I love what I do. It makes me very happy! And I often hear from people who appreciate this very public job that I do. If I had been writing for The New Yorker for 27 years, like the author has, I would probably be a very happy guy, too. Great job. Everybody wants that one. I kept waiting for the author to mention animal companions. Perhaps he doesn't know any since he lives in the big city, probably in an apartment? But then I would guess he either doesn't have any connections with animals or that he doesn't care about them at all. If he did, he would surely indicate this fact. He never mentions a dog or a cat or any other animals. He mentions he has children. OK, a lot of people do, and that's fine. I don't have human children. But I have seven cats and they are my furry kids. They bring me constant joy and true happiness. They are always happy to see me, too. Adam Gopnik is missing out in my view if he doesn't have any animal friends or never has. But then this book is only 62 pages long so perhaps he just didn't have room to mention them if they do exist. If I wrote a book about happiness it would include my animal pals and the humans not so much. That is just me. I live in the country far from the concrete canyons of Manhattan and my current best friend is a rooster. He makes me very happy. Scorn me all you want but I'm sure there are other people like me who find great happiness engaging with their animal friends. We can trust them. They give us so much. In that regard the author is truly missing out. Or, at least, he missed including that fact in this book. I think there are some valuable insights here but frankly the author seems a bit wrapped up in his own intellect. It that makes him happy, good for him! By the way, this book is really a quick read. It took less than an hour. I enjoyed the book but I have my quibbles with it too, as I have stated. Of course it will probably be a best-seller. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024 by Honesty Blaze
    • Well Written Happy Book
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This book "All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters printed in hardcover by Author: Adam Gopnik is nicely written. The book explores the meaning and nature of happiness, examining 'what it truly means to be happy' and how it CAN BE ACHIEVED! Adam gives a philosophical perspective on different traditions and perspectives on 'happiness and how to achieve it'. It makes me find 'greater joy and satisfaction in the little things in life! If the author reads this.....the barcode on the back cover of the book....would be nice if it were placed perhaps on the inside front or back cover. I started to carefully peel it off, stopped and pressed it back on as it is SUPER sticky and I am afraid it may actually 'tear' the nice blue cover....or have it just actually printed onto the back of cover so a customer doesn't peel it off and accidentally tear the cover in the process... Great author, highly recommend this book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024 by Patty Patty
    • I feel bad for feeling disappointed.
I (usually) enjoy Adam Gopnik's writing. Some of his New Yorker contributions are saved to pdf on my computer; others live in the few physical copies of the New Yorker that have survived years of ritual purging. I was two pages in and felt like I was back in college, having to force myself to slog through something I needed to read and not for enjoyment. I actually feel emotional, because I was looking forward to this opportunity to give him a great review, and I can't. This would be so much better as a TED Talk, particularly when Gopnik dives into learning to play guitar. Those of us who don't play guitar, who have trouble creating in their minds that experience on written description alone, will struggle through it as they try to relate. Where is the flow? If the reader is going to be made to pause throughout the text, have a good reason for it--one that benefits the reader and adds to their enjoyment. I would've given this a one-star review, but I thought the cover design deserved a star. I think it's clever having the implied smiley face in the positioning of the author's name and the curved book title. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024 by S. A.
    • An essay on the distinction of accomplishments vs. achievements, in book form
This is a small book of only 62 pages that explores a single thesis: that accomplishments spark more of the thing we call happiness, and achievements should be distinguished from them. If the accomplishment is ten long years of engineering and perfecting the ideal formula for rhubarb jam, the achievement is the blue ribbon awarded to your jar at the county fair. Assumedly, you wouldn't have spent the ten years on your jam recipe if the process of perfecting it didn't bring you fulfillment or joy, so happiness is in your accomplishments, and achievement merely validation or artifice. For such a small-seeming book, I found this to be a pretty meandering read that boils down to "It's not the destination, it's the journey." It contains a lot of examples that I don't think everyone will understand/relate to, and I think it could be a little more accessibly written. But it has a nice, easy to grasp message that is more of a reminder of how to seek fun in life and can be enjoyed pretty quickly. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024 by Cat

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