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Habits for Action
- How to Stop the Excuses and Do What You Know You Should
- Length: 4 hrs
Non-member price: $19.98
Publisher's Summary
The greatest barrier to living a happier life isn’t knowing what to do, but knowing how to turn those good intentions into action. This is an audio series for anyone who is sick of their own excuses. Dr Tim Sharp, 'Dr Happy', busts 15 common excuses for not taking action when it comes to happiness. With his help you’ll take control of your life and stop getting in your own way.
Dr Tim Sharp is a clinical and consulting psychologist with three degrees in psychology and a distinguished career over several decades. He’s Australia’s very own 'Dr Happy' and the founder of The Happiness Institute.
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- Rebecca Ray
- 16-12-2020
Dr Tim Does It Again
I can't get enough of Dr Tim Sharp's down to earth wisdom and actionable tips for happiness. I've listened to his other titles in this series and this one is just as brilliant. Highly recommend!
6 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-02-2021
If you want to lectured to buy this text
You can be happy if you would just be happy. Its your fault trope
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- Anonymous User
- 18-02-2021
Glad it was free
Couldn't get past the second chapter and turned this off after Sharp repeated himself once too often when suggesting Google becomes your new best friend. "Don't know how to do something? No excuses! just google it!" was his mantra. What's the point in downloading the book? There was nothing new or interesting.
2 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 09-02-2021
Excellent podcast
Easy to listen to. Helpful for figuring out a few of my excuses for inaction!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-01-2021
Awesome!
Great advice! I would listen to it again and again to take everything onboard.
Thank you Dr Happy. 😊👍
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- Anonymous User
- 30-03-2021
Positive habits
Loved it easy to follow. This has validated the way I work and given me a focus in my professional development.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-03-2021
straight up
Thanks very much ! very informative and helpful. If your sensitive or very depressed please note he gets straight to the point. Seems q bit harsh but it will help. just have a friend or family member around.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-2021
Helpful, easy listening
This was a very digestible read. Great value for money. Most of the advice seemed very sound and applicable to daily life.
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- E. Kay
- 27-12-2020
Nothing Revelatory
This starts with Dr Sharp describing millions of results on a Google search for happiness. Essentially, he's not offered anything deeper than a compilation of what he's determined as the best bits. I found it preachy. He titled the book Habits for Action and starts with the premise that you are not happy and working on happiness solves your problem. Therefore he hammers home the messages of "how to be happy" with some basic tenets of habit-forming mindsets. I purchased the book to address deeper issues around executive functions and was disappointed. I found it all a bit superficial with no insight any deeper than any article you'd find in those millions of Google search results.
22 people found this helpful
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- Steph H
- 06-01-2021
mildly interesting vagueness
I think this series could have been much shorter and to the point. In each episode there were 'interview' pieces with people which were good because it put the ideas into a practical setting. And in each episode there were probably 2 or 3 main/key points or sentences. If you can sift through the other waffle to these then there were some good ideas.
Overall it was a bit too vague and aimless, which is ironic.
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- Kristoffer S.
- 21-12-2020
Excellent!
This course gave me so much more than just stating the obvious. I almost felt he was right beside me, knowing me and talking to me personally about my struggles. He has very much insight, great tips and gave me a new perspective on many things. He also used many examples of other peoples struggles which made me feel more normal and not alone. Now just hearing his voice makes me feel better. Highly recommended!
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- Anonymous User
- 20-12-2020
Real talk
Everyday issues that we take for 'normal behaviour' gets explained here. The talk, the examples are challenges from life itself. If you look for a way to get started, without excuses, this is your book!
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- Deborah
- 01-01-2021
Worth a listen
As someone suffering from depression and anxiety hearing a breezy voice making suggestions can be irritating and trite. But it is absolutely worth listening to good advice. The suggestions you have probably heard before but the theme is important habits that eventually need to become part of your life. I have practiced some of these suggestions in the past and they do work to an extent and this is a reminder to follow good habits and keep the demons away!
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- Clive
- 11-03-2021
Some excellent points raised
After being locked down for so long listening to a book such as this was just the right thing at the right time. Well done.
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- Xhyljeta
- 07-02-2021
Good timing to read this book
Since we are still on the lockdown for a year now, i really appreciate this book among others that I'm reading.
Its helping me with mental health, i recommended highly this book.
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- Stephen
- 04-02-2021
thank you.
thank you for sharing all your wisdom Dr Tim you're helping me and also helping me help others. probing one person can spark a chain reaction that can change the world.
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- Maxine Lockington
- 04-02-2021
Good advice. Thanks.
The information is not new but it helps to hear it and keep on at the things that resonate to achieve habits for action. Well read. Well organised. Is helping me identify and see a way out of my procrastination. Thanks Dr. Happy.
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- Jaine
- 25-01-2021
straight talking, to the point and relatable
straight talking, to the point and relatable. Great insights with useful tips. I found the last two were the most useful
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