Read a “Happiness Book” While You’re Young
It’s how 19 year old Siddharth’s life changed.
Read a “happiness book” while you’re young.
I read Happiness by Mathieu Ricard at ~19.
He’s a Biologist turned Buddhist monk.
He helped me notice that happiness:
- Cannot be forced through achievement
- Is a skill and can be developed
- In the present moment
These are concepts older people can tell you.
But they won’t transform you until you engage with them in a sustained way.
A buddhist monk was the perfect authority for me.
But there are other great happiness books by psychologists, entrepreneurs, etc.
If your first happiness book is good, you might never like a happiness book again.
All of the concepts will seem obvious to you.
That is an amazing result.
So if you are a young person, read a Happiness book.
And if you know a young person, gift them one.
P.S.: Of course you can read a happiness book while you’re not young too!
P.P.S.: If you like happiness (who doesn’t?), you’ll like Ideas from Sid.
It’s my fortnightly email letter. I share insights from me and brilliant ideas from other writers.
