The Art of Happiness at Work

Great Story, terrible story teller! the words of the Dali Lama are timeless, precious, and amazing. But the narrator is so monotone, so without any emotion and such a terrible narrator, that it was very difficult to make it through the irritating commentary. This surprises me, as the narrator actually wrote the book. But clearly, he should have paid someone else to read the material, as he doesn't do his work justice in the least. I found his voice and complete lack of intonation and particular enunciation very distracting.

As an audio book, this is terrible. The message of the material is great but the author made a horrible mistake by reading it himself. His dry, passionless, delivery taxes even the most devoted fan of Buddhism. In contrast, the actor they chose as the voice of the Dalai Lama is completely over the top campy and cheesy. He honestly sounds like one of the voice-overs from the old kung fu movies of the 70's. The result is a completely disjointed, unauthentic presentation that either puts the reader to sleep or turns them off because of the awful, somewhat insulting caricature of an Asian accent.

I respect the Dalai Lama immensely and have enjoyed previous titles in print. I had to turn this one off half way through because of the terrible choices made in this audio format.

Don't waste your time or money on this title.

This is per exploitation of people who want a little more spirtual advice from his holiness. It covers same thing over and over again; while the author gives back up data from other psycholgist and socialolgist. Here is the whole gist of the book if you don't like your job either find another, think of something else while you are working, or suffer. I never been dissappointed in the Dali Lama's books. I am sure he had nothing to do with this as the author states in the beginning of the book.

Stick to the Art of Happiness
Or the Power of Now both great books

I would not listen to this book again,because some of the science in this book would have changed.

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The performance was believable and enjoyable,the performance did not sway my opinions of the book.

My reaction to the book is the United States does not have factories to work in,but the book helps you take any task and make it more enjoyable.

The Dalai Lama seems to have a "Just War Theory",that comes out when conversation moves toward explaining what if your work is to making something explosive or generally dangerous and could create harm,but Buddhist have a "Non Harm",but in the right hands making weapons would be OK,all war needs to end in my opinion.

Excelent narration and very helpful in todays workplace.