The Happy Hero
by Solitaire Townsend
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Pub Date 10 Oct 2017 | Archive Date 30 Apr 2018
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Description
What if saving the world was good for you?
That’s my promise in The Happy Hero. That you can be happier and healthier simply by making a difference to the world around you. I call this formula ‘positive+action’, and after decades of researching, writing about and living positive+action I’ve become convinced this the answer to enjoying a better life. I want to tell you stories of the people who have already discovered this secret. And set out the principles for how to feel good by doing good.
Which sounds simple. Except that there’s so much that needs to change, where do you even start? Everyday our media finds another international crisis or health scare, another predator or disaster. We are subject to an overwhelming barrage of fear and negativity each time we open our phones or switch on the TV. We have been trained out of happiness by these stories and turned into the victims of our own lives rather than the heroes. The Happy Hero will offer a simple solution: stop worrying about the world and start making it better. Because new research shows that trying to make a difference, even in the smallest ways, can extend your life, improve your relationships and even help you recover from a cold! And luckily, many of the changes we need to make to build a better world, we should want to do anyway. In The Happy Hero I’ll share the emerging evidence of how heroism can make you happy. I’ll also provide practical examples for getting started.
This book will even take on the most intractable and complicated problem facing all of us: climate change. And we’ll discover how solving it will solve so much more. The UK’s top medical journal recently reported that the best way to protect your heart and slim your waistline is to count the carbon rather than calories in your food. The US Military insists that renewable energy will make our countries energy independent and help reduce conflict by providing cheaper sources of power to the poorest. In our own lives, we know that saving energy simply saves money. Together we can cut even huge challenges like climate change down to size. And every step and every action will come with their own reward.
A Note From the Publisher
Plus, a lovely giveaway swag bag including Happy Hero branded 100% organic t-shirts, shoulder bag, paperback and mini solar panel!
Advance Praise
“The Happy Hero is the antithesis of the hair-short protest model. If you can do activism right…you’ll get the most spectacular kickback: it will make you happy” Lucy Siegle – The Observer Magazine
“The great triumph of this book is that it champions the muscular nature of hope. Hope with a strategy, a passion and a conviction that the majority of the world will join if they can see how is the most powerful force on earth. Everywhere people yearn for meaning and belonging. A sense of optimistic purpose-can. This is a great book written by a pragmatist with a heart of gold." Sir Tim Smit - founder of The Eden Project
"The author guarantees that you'll be better equipped and more up for saving the world than you were before you opened it up. And she's right!" Jonathon Porritt - author of The World We Made
“As I read this book, my internal monologue ran in parallel, saying, "YES! That's how I do it." Fleur Britten - The Sunday Times Style Magazine
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781911586395 |
PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
I had picked up this book thinking it was for self help and motivation. I was pleasantly surprised. The author talks about and lists how we can pick up a social cause and how personal changes can improve us as well as the society. An important issue that has imminent danger like global warming ,and how we can change ourselves and help support this cause has been effectively discussed in this book.
Hats off to the author for a good book and picking up a present-day topic.