Friday 1 September 2017

The Untroubled Mind


Usefulness in my own life:
Key Points

1.  The best way to eliminate worry is to live the life to its full potential then the worry just cannot find the place in your life. 

2.  Don't try to eliminate worry consciously because the best way to get rid of the worry is to stop thinking about it and if you try to get rid of it consciously you cannot forget it.

3.  If you feel sad let it be so, it will disappear naturally by itself.


What I liked in the book.

1. The only thing that I liked in this book is that it contains some really simple but at the same time useful advice that can potentially help us to overcome the anxiety.


What I didn't like

1. From the first pages the vocabulary is so complex and dramatic that at times I felt as if I was reading a Shakespearean tragedy. Here is an example: "life is pursued for the sake of glory itself and not for the sake of peace"

2. It feels that this book just has a bunch of ideas that are scattered throughout it and are not properly organised. This almost made me to give up reading reading after the first 20 pages.

3. The advice provided in this book are not back up by real life examples and this make it to sound a bit philosophical.


To sump up, this is kind of a book that I won't recommend reading at all because it felts as a complete waste of time sometimes.



The Untroubled Mind

Usefulness in my own life: Key Points 1.  The best way to eliminate worry is to live the life to its full potential then the wo...