You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson, Phd

BATB score: 2/10 😡

an ancient book - published in 1992 aka 33 years ago! 🕵️‍♀️

Best to: thoughts shape your mood, low mood dismisses wisdom, wisdom comes from staying in the present; yeah, that’s about it

BATB lingering thought: okie this a key life lesson, when asked what is a book you’ll recommend, knowing that the person asking and/or the audience listening would never read that book anyways, always recommend a book with a title that is a full sentence in itself; instantly making your point complete, ie. “I would like to recommend this book ‘You can be HAPPY no matter what’.” period 🙏

Best for: rightfully, you should say “I would like to recommend this book title (just the title) ‘You can be HAPPY no matter what’.”

Best as: you know that uncle who kept talking in circles? wow, how many times can you repeat the same thing over and over and over again

Best quotes: “Most of the time, the present moment is quite peaceful.”

“Do you need to be right or do you want to be happy?”

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”