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Build the Life You Want
- Narrator
- Oprah Winfrey, Arthur C Brooks
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 September 2023
- Run Time
- 5 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Build a more fulfilling life with the practical, science-backed guide to happiness, resilience, and personal growth.
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of a lifetime.
In Build the Life You Want, Harvard Professor Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness, no matter your situation.
Drawing on cutting-edge science and decades of real-world experience, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change. Through this practical guide, you’ll learn how to:
- Manage your emotions so they no longer control your outlook and behaviour
- Turn life's inevitable difficulties and challenges into opportunities for growth
- Strengthen your family ties by managing your expectations and building trust
- Create and preserve deep and lasting friendships at any age
- Develop an approach to work that fits your life and brings satisfaction
- Find your inner peace with a spiritual practice
Sharing lessons from their own lives alongside inspiring real-world examples, Brooks and Winfrey introduce practical, research-based strategies to show you that happiness is not a destination, but a skill you can build every day.
Written with warmth, clarity, and openness, Build the Life You Want is your practical and uplifting blueprint for a better life.
©2023 Arthur C Brooks & Oprah Winfrey (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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Details
- Author
- Oprah Winfrey, Arthur C Brooks
- Narrator
- Oprah Winfrey, Arthur C Brooks
- Duration
- 5 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529919875
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Popular psychology, Emotions and emotional intelligence, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization
Synopsis
Build a more fulfilling life with the practical, science-backed guide to happiness, resilience, and personal growth.THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYou can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of a lifetime.In Build the Life You Want, Harvard Professor Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness, no matter your situation.Drawing on cutting-edge science and decades of real-world experience, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change. Through this practical guide, you’ll learn how to:Manage your emotions so they no longer control your outlook and behaviourTurn life's inevitable difficulties and challenges into opportunities for growthStrengthen your family ties by managing your expectations and building trustCreate and preserve deep and lasting friendships at any ageDevelop an approach to work that fits your life and brings satisfactionFind your inner peace with a spiritual practiceSharing lessons from their own lives alongside inspiring real-world examples, Brooks and Winfrey introduce practical, research-based strategies to show you that happiness is not a destination, but a skill you can build every day.Written with warmth, clarity, and openness, Build the Life You Want is your practical and uplifting blueprint for a better life.©2023 Arthur C Brooks & Oprah Winfrey (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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