Comments on: Happiness

By: Michael Lewyn

Michael Lewyn — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 12:39:02 +0000

Nice A short, pleasant, innocuous book full of little tips about how to think more positively.

By: Gary Selikow

Gary Selikow — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 12:24:19 +0000

Happiness is your birthright! Through 93 short but extremely helpful and inspiring vignettes, Rabbi Zelig Pliskin explains how we can defeat unhappiness and to create a new emotional reality in our brain creating a life of joy.He reminds us that we are created in G-D’s image and deserve a joyful life. We must not rob ourselves of this joy but must rather claim this birthright!King Solomon gave us the following formula for happiness:”A good hearted person feasts perpetually (Proverbs 15:15). A good heart being the heart of “a person who consistently appreciates what he has”.The author outlines three basic principles:1) Appreciate and enjoy2) Find the positive3) Talk and act joyouslyHe shows us how to master and benefit from these principles and how “a true commitment to achieving happiness requires mastering the attitudes and actions that create it. This involves careful study and repeated practise”.The author teaches us that happiness is our birthright, how to appreciate and enjoy, to act joyously and how not to let other people’s hateful words and actions affect us.He shows how neurolinguistic programming can change our reality and bring joy and gratitude into our lives.This will help all who read it, Jewish or not, maximize their joy and potential.

By: Bob Burg

Bob Burg — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 12:19:03 +0000

Best advice I've ever read on "How to Be Happy" What a joy to read! Written in short, digestible, and life-enhancing vignettes, Rabbi Pliskin has written a classic that will be treasured for years to come. Throughout this incredible little book I tooks lots of notes and did lots of highlighting. After reading it, I went back and read and re-read, and will do so many more times throughout my life. He shares powerful principles that will change the way you see your world, and allow you, both to appreciate what you have, and have more of what you truly want. Magnificent!