Book Review: Help! — How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done

Not another self help book was my first impression on reading the title. However, this is anything but a self help book.

The book is a collection of columns from the English paper The Guardian, for which the author is a regular columnist.

The author takes witty aim at many of the now all too common self help gurus and purported experts.

The underlying theme is the search for happiness, in which many, these days, engage and for which they are prepared to pay lots of money!

Help! ploughs through a number of self help myths and, in the place of such myths, offers practical advice on a range of subjects including: the benefits of focusing on goals; laughter, stress, relationships, wealth and procrastination. This is by no means an exhaustive list of the topics covered.

This book is not a dry text on psychology. It is an information packed, interesting book and it is an easy read.

It is 273 pages and is comprised of 10 chapters. Within each chapter, there are sub-sections of about a page or two in length. This makes Help! easy to read on the go and great for the reader who is pushed for time.

I highly recommend it.

Footnotes

1. He is a feature writer for the English paper The Guardian. He is also a prize winning journalist.