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Review of Happiness is All We Want!
[Following is a volunteer review of "Happiness is All We Want!" by Ashutosh Mishra.]
Ashutosh Mishra’s Happiness Is All We Want is a book discussing three aspects that can affect someone’s happiness in life: mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Mental well-being deals with the mind, particularly how well a person can control his or her emotions and stress level. Physical well-being focuses on a person’s physical health and body condition, specifically discussing how healthy a person lives and how well they treat and manage their physical capabilities despite their hectic routines. Last, spiritual well-being discusses the soul, mainly a person’s religious life and their correlation with God or any divine power that they believe in. If a person can balance these three aspects and keep those three under control, they will soon have a happy and balanced life.
This book has some good aspects. Firstly, the author analogizes every part of the book with realistic comparisons: the monkey as the mind, the donkey as the lazy body, the horse as the healthy and strong body, and the flying horse as the healthy spiritual life. Mishra gave these comparisons (except for the flying horse which he only stated in the title of the third part) in every part (p. 17 for the monkey, p. 73 for the donkey, and pp. 81-82 for the horse). Secondly, Mishra always gives numerous tips and personal experiences to convince the readers that they should do what the author does to live a happy life. The author told stories of his friends, relatives, and even his own life in the sections “Happiness Moment”, “Spiritual Story”, “Well-being Story”, and “Wake-Up Story” while distributing important tips in the sections “Tech Traps” (discussing how technology can play a vital role in building up our happy life) and “Practical Tip” (discussing tips to execute numerous ways to live a happy life, such as yoga and physical exercise). Mishra provided these extra notes in every chapter he wrote. A good example can be seen in pp. 75-76, in which Mishra explained how people should take care of their body no matter how old or how young they are (in the section “Practical Tip”) and told a story of a young man who let his family and work routine got the best of him, leading to a gradual decline of his physical condition at that time (in the section “Wake-up Story”).
I have no objections to this book, except that it contained several mistypes and grammatical errors. Though the mistakes are generally not disturbing, the number of mistakes this book contained may find the readers quite annoyed since the mistake can be prevented with advanced and more thorough editing. In most cases, the author struggled with alphabetical cases, meaning that in many cases the author used a title case instead of a normal case in writing this book. Other mistakes include missing articles and conjunctions, missing spaces, inappropriate use of punctuations, and name mistypes.
Overall, I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. Despite the professional editing, the number of mistakes found in this book showed that the author lacks thoroughness in editing the content of this book. The author must remember that a good book is not defined by good content alone; it is also defined by editing skills, which also indicates the author’s proofreading skills as well. Even though I have no issue with the content of this book since I find this book very enjoyable to read, the author must be careful not to repeat the mentioned mistakes above in his future writings.
I strongly recommend this book for young people and adults who are pursuing happiness. In the middle of busy work shifts and daily routines at home, they have to be careful not to overextend themselves or else they will suffer a serious consequence. This book is also recommended to elderly people since some parts mention the importance of physical and spiritual well-being. However, it is suggested that elderly people should be more considerate when it comes to spiritual and physical exercises such as extensive muscular exercises since it may be risky to attempt those heavy exercises at an advanced age.
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Ashutosh Mishra’s Happiness Is All We Want is a book discussing three aspects that can affect someone’s happiness in life: mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Mental well-being deals with the mind, particularly how well a person can control his or her emotions and stress level. Physical well-being focuses on a person’s physical health and body condition, specifically discussing how healthy a person lives and how well they treat and manage their physical capabilities despite their hectic routines. Last, spiritual well-being discusses the soul, mainly a person’s religious life and their correlation with God or any divine power that they believe in. If a person can balance these three aspects and keep those three under control, they will soon have a happy and balanced life.
This book has some good aspects. Firstly, the author analogizes every part of the book with realistic comparisons: the monkey as the mind, the donkey as the lazy body, the horse as the healthy and strong body, and the flying horse as the healthy spiritual life. Mishra gave these comparisons (except for the flying horse which he only stated in the title of the third part) in every part (p. 17 for the monkey, p. 73 for the donkey, and pp. 81-82 for the horse). Secondly, Mishra always gives numerous tips and personal experiences to convince the readers that they should do what the author does to live a happy life. The author told stories of his friends, relatives, and even his own life in the sections “Happiness Moment”, “Spiritual Story”, “Well-being Story”, and “Wake-Up Story” while distributing important tips in the sections “Tech Traps” (discussing how technology can play a vital role in building up our happy life) and “Practical Tip” (discussing tips to execute numerous ways to live a happy life, such as yoga and physical exercise). Mishra provided these extra notes in every chapter he wrote. A good example can be seen in pp. 75-76, in which Mishra explained how people should take care of their body no matter how old or how young they are (in the section “Practical Tip”) and told a story of a young man who let his family and work routine got the best of him, leading to a gradual decline of his physical condition at that time (in the section “Wake-up Story”).
I have no objections to this book, except that it contained several mistypes and grammatical errors. Though the mistakes are generally not disturbing, the number of mistakes this book contained may find the readers quite annoyed since the mistake can be prevented with advanced and more thorough editing. In most cases, the author struggled with alphabetical cases, meaning that in many cases the author used a title case instead of a normal case in writing this book. Other mistakes include missing articles and conjunctions, missing spaces, inappropriate use of punctuations, and name mistypes.
Overall, I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. Despite the professional editing, the number of mistakes found in this book showed that the author lacks thoroughness in editing the content of this book. The author must remember that a good book is not defined by good content alone; it is also defined by editing skills, which also indicates the author’s proofreading skills as well. Even though I have no issue with the content of this book since I find this book very enjoyable to read, the author must be careful not to repeat the mentioned mistakes above in his future writings.
I strongly recommend this book for young people and adults who are pursuing happiness. In the middle of busy work shifts and daily routines at home, they have to be careful not to overextend themselves or else they will suffer a serious consequence. This book is also recommended to elderly people since some parts mention the importance of physical and spiritual well-being. However, it is suggested that elderly people should be more considerate when it comes to spiritual and physical exercises such as extensive muscular exercises since it may be risky to attempt those heavy exercises at an advanced age.
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Happiness is All We Want!
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