This is a great self help book. I think it does a good job showing you how to change your mindset and focus on your own personal happiness.

The author's story is very good and his insight of 'get to be' is refreshing. Definitely a good way to turn around from the 'glass is half empty' mentality.

This book was ok a little over the top for me. I would like to think that there are people in the world like this but really he lands on his feet all the time. That was a little much yes hard work was done but a lot of things happened that you were like really......

I really enjoyed this book! I enjoyed traveling with the author and how this story made you look at yourself and determine which ways you need improvement. I highly recommend this book if you are needing a little help evaluating which part of your life you need work and how to become more happy.
I received an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I appreciate this opportunity and all views expressed are my own.

I loved traveling around the world with tbe author. This book is an inspirational guide to being happy. I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed this book more as a memoir than as a self-help guide. The whole "Get to (smile) ..." Is too flimsy a concept to build a book on. That being said, I acknowledge the neurological research on the benefits of smiling and changing our perspective/attitude. I will certainly try his technique. But I must say, I think he would drive me crazy with his (what seems like) over-the-top enthusiasm.
My thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

A wonderful book full of inspiration. Heartfelt and emotional as well as fun stories by a guy who figured out how to be happy, even in the darkest times of his life.

Happiness is such a simple thing and so hard for many of us to obtain for any length of time. Walk into any book store and amount of self help, feel good books will overwhelm you. I have read many of them, and found most unrealistic for me in their often complicated approach. I want more happiness, but I does it have to be so difficult ? I saw this book and after having a very hard year decided to pick up yet another book and see if it could help guide me out of my darkness. I read it, something stuck, and it was so simple.
K.I.S.S.! Really the author's steps to being happy follow that rule. Simple gratitude, and a shift in wording can make all the difference. I started changing my I have to, or I need to, to "I get to" after the first few pages. it changed my day, week and now month.. That is the basic lesson, change your wording, it changes your thoughts, which changes your view which changes the world around you. There are no complicated journals to keep, no lists, no speeches in the mirror, just a change in a simple basic wording. The people around you feed off your energy, positive energies breeds more positive. The author tell a very interesting story about his journey in life so far that demonstrates how his simple patterns worked for him.
I found this book simply amazing, rewarding and eyeopening. I like the simple, direct language and directions. it worked for me, perhaps it will work for you.

It’s amazing how two words can really shift your mind set and help you appreciate life more. I really enjoyed this book- Ted’s stories are funny, relatable and inspirational. Even the stories that are heart-breaking Ted finds a way to show us how it’s a gift that we even “get to” have these experiences. I enjoyed that each chapter started with a quote and ended with practice it exercises. I highly recommend this book.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC copy.

Great memoir of a man who approaches life with a growth mindset. The only reason I knocked it down a star is that this is an inspirational memoir, not a self-help book, and should have been marketed as such. It's unfortunate that this book wasn't correctly described: I do enjoy a moving memoir when I need that extra inspiration but wouldn't think to turn to this book until after I had already read it.
I loved Larkin's voice, stories and thoughts. He's witty and down to earth: my favorite kind of author to read! Still pick up this book but know that there's no step-by-step guide on how to "get to be happy".

Great book and great idea about making you more satisfied with life. One star short, because the book can be summarized in 1 chapter, the rest (although interesting) was filler.

I loved the title of this book, and thought I'd be faced with a no-holds barred approach to loving life and taking the bull by the horns so to speak. Unfortunately it was more of a memoir of Ted's life, which isn't exactly what I had hoped for. The advice was fairly common sensical and so I did not feel this would really benefit the reader. It seems it is a memoir more marketed as a self-help book, and as that's not what I was hoping for due to the misleading title and front cover, I felt a little let down in reading this. Ted's account may be enjoyable and amusing to some, but unfortunately this book just wasn't for me.

Ok... I didnt hate the book, but it wasnt exactly what it said on the tin. Basically, this is a memoir, with an author who is obviously well-versed in selling, telling the reader 'look how awesome my life has been, and even though some shit happened, im happy. And if you say it often enough, you will be too.'.... And the suggested excersises are, for the most part, not exactly great, or original.