http://joys.net/2024/happiness-101-with-tal-ben-shahar/ Bringing Joys and Happiness Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://joys.net/2024/happiness-101-with-tal-ben-shahar/#comment-3460 Night Sky Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:24:56 +0000 http://joys.net/2024/happiness-101-with-tal-ben-shahar/#comment-3460 GOOD TONIC for the stressed, depressed, burned out Well I have not read his book, but after reading the comment above which gave a low rating to the dvd, I think I should. That’s because I thought the DVD was super, and if a previous commenter said the Book is better, well I just may get it. I got to see the DVD (over a period of about four 20 minute sessions the past 3 wks) as part of some staff training. Actually, I thought Tal was an excellent presenter, and the DVD is studio quality. He was engaging, spoke eloquently, respectfully, had a gentle persona, easy voice to listen to, made practical suggestions, and included a few audiovisuals to re-inforce the topic. Yes, it’s no movie and not an entertainment piece, but to say it’s “boring” is absolutely not true. If an individual is feeling, or a company has Staff who are feeling stressed, depressed, anxious, or burned out, I’d HIGHLY RECOMMEND this DVD!

]]> http://joys.net/2024/happiness-101-with-tal-ben-shahar/#comment-3459 Butterscotch Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:03:25 +0000 http://joys.net/2024/happiness-101-with-tal-ben-shahar/#comment-3459 Very Disappointing Tal Ben-Shahar’s book, Happiness, is wonderful. It’s filled with helpful information and actual ‘trick’s’ you can use to increase your level of happiness. In the era of positive psychology it is well worth your time to read, if you haven’t done so already. My expectation was that the DVD would expand upon the book and offer new and different information. Unfortunately, the DVD was a major disappointment. It is about 40 minutes long (with a 15 minute counseling session tacked on at the end); basicially, Ben-Shahar highlights 5 or so points from his book and talks about them to a small audience. His writing is far better than his speaking ability – I found him to be a really boring presenter and was glad I’d read the book first. The DVD was pointless, to be honest. It doesn’t offer the same insights as the book and it doesn’t come across as helpful, informative or interesting. It would have been a better idea to have him put his book on audio CD for people to listen to. Watching him and listening to him wasn’t good at all.

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