Customer Reviews
Rational and mind chilling advice - By: Liz, 22 Oct 2008 
This is a superb read, whether or not you are particularly interested in Buddhism, the Dalai Lama & his practice. It combines East & West perspectives in a beautiful, complementary fashion. It's a terrific book for anyone with executive stress & provides self-help in a no-nonsense approach. Great to read again & again when work reallly gets you down, & equallly to share with a colleague going through similar experiences.
good - By: Crazy Foo, 02 Aug 2008 not as good as the first book: "The Art Of Happiness", but does cover many topics the first book doesn't. Seems to be scraping the bottom of the barrel a little bit, should probably buy "The Art Of Happiness" first if your interested, if u already got it then this is like a good expansion of the first. Still an awesome book, very common sense, so usefull for everyone, not a book just for buddhists or meditators etc. But useful for buddhists because the dalai lama's so down to earth compared to some of the rather extreme teachings out there which seem unrealistic for a modern life.
Better without the psychologist..... - By: Karma, 13 Oct 2006 
This is the first book i've read that was written by HH the Dalai Lama & I must say its a very good book.
I've been a bit stressed out at work lately for one reason or another & reading this book reallly put my problems into perspective.
Although the book is written by a prominant figure in Tibetan Buddhism don't let that fool you into thinking the whole book is full of high-brow Buddhist philosophies, because it isn't.
The advice contained in the book is the usual common-sense, witty & profound style often found in the Dalai Lamas books. Unfortunately theres an American psychologist interviewing the Dalai Lama throughout the book & who often makes his own observations which aren't anywhere near as on-the-mark as the Dalai Lama & quite unnessasary but I can forgive the books faults simply because the Dalai Lama reallly does hit the nail on the head every time. He'll be asked a hypothetical question about why so-and-so is unhappy at work & he'll just give a straightforward answer & you'll think 'Of course! Why didn't I see that before!'
All in alll, excellent practical advice. If you have concerns or worries about your career or working life, this book will put your mind at ease
