The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy Paperback – 3 Sept. 2012

I found this book very useful as it was like looking at a mirror and it gave answers to questions about happiness and I've applied them in my life and it has made a significant difference to my level of happiness. A good book to read after this is the Dalia Lama's cat as it it provides further insight. The book is written in fictional narrative but the pearls of wisdom underlying this story are true and real, thank you for a good book.

I really enjoyed this little gem of a book. It was gifted to me by a friend who just knew I would love the storytelling / philosophical style. I do enjoy books like this, where life lessons are explored through conversations and situations. It really made me want to meet the wise old man myself!

This is one of the happiest and most positive books I have ever red. This book makes me feel very good and happy. It is written in a very easy/simple to read way and I have learned lots of good lessons from the book.Thank you for the author who has put so much knowledge and heart in this book!

This is a short book but I have really found the exercise/s very useful and have made a difference to the way I handle certain situations. A simple message, but with powerful results

Bought this book as a recommendation but although a sweet little book was underwhelmed by it.

We all have problems in life and want the easy solution to them. This book expresses the way forward for us all. A book for all with issues to read

What makes people happy? What is happiness? What does it mean to be happy? As was the case with Ken Dodd, who claimed it was the greatest gift that he possessed, these are questions this book touches upon but doesn’t answer. Likewise, Pharrell Williams is no more enlightening in his recent song, although he does offer a few clues as to what it might feel to be happy; e.g. a room without a roof!However, the book does provide a plethora of sound advice regarding limiting beliefs even if the Balinese sage, from whom our ‘hero’ receives it, comes across as somewhat unbelievable. I read this more or less straight off the back of the author’s other ‘self-help novel’, The Man Who Risked Everything’, which is set in Paris and, I must admit, it sounded as if the protagonist had stopped off in Paris on his way back home to the States the ‘voices’ in both (written in the first person) being almost indistinguishable.Nevertheless, I liked both books immensely, although this one, which has hardly any plot in the commonly accepted sense, slightly less so.

I have read and re-read this book. It has so much to offer the self doubter. Excellent and cheaper than a councellor.