How to Be Alive

A Guide to the Kind of Happiness That Helps the World

De: Colin Beavan

Narrado por: Colin Beavan

“This is the book where self-help turns into helping the world—and then turns back into helping yourself find a better life. Fascinating and timely!”—Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

What does it take to achieve a successful and satisfying life? Not long ago, the answer seemed as simple as following a straightforward path: college, career, house, marriage, kids, and a secure retirement. Not anymore. Staggering student loan debt, sweeping job shortages, a chronically ailing economy—plus the larger issues of global unrest, poverty, and our imperiled environment—make the search for fulfillment more challenging. And, as Colin Beavan, activist and author of No Impact Man, proclaims, more exciting.

In this breakthrough book, Beavan extends a hand to those seeking more meaning and joy in life even as they engage in addressing our various world crises. How to Be Alive nudges the unfulfilled toward creating their own version of the Good Life—a life where feeling good and doing good intersect. He urges readers to reexamine the “standard life approaches” to pretty much everything and to experiment with life choices that are truer to their values, passions, and concerns.

How do you stop placing limits on your potential impact? How do you make your choices really matter in everything from your clothing purchases to your career? How do you find the people who will most support you in your quest for a good life? To answer these questions and more, Beavan draws on classic literature and philosophy; surprising new scientific findings; and the uplifting personal stories of real-life “lifequesters”—people who are breaking away from those old broken paths, blazing fresh trails, and reveling in every step along the way.

“There is a movement afoot for a better life and Colin Beavan is its prophet, with a new book as powerful as his already classic No Impact Man.”—John de Graaf, coauthor of Affluenza

Love this book

Would you listen to How to Be Alive again? Why?

Maybe, I prefer reading it as the materials sink in more more this way.

What did you like best about this story?

I like that the author reads the book.

What about Colin Beavan’s performance did you like?

Authentic voice.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

How to Be Happy REally

Any additional comments?

The audibles comes up always a chapter behind than the actual chapter of the book. I've noticed this on a couple of audibles.

pretty good and wholesome!

easy to listen, author definitely has a good balance between personal anecdotes and philosophical theories that promote and enhance the other. whether or not you agree with or assign the same priority to some of these things the author does, you will benefit from the approaches taught. great book that also references other great books I have added to my list. Beavan really knows his stuff, ans this book will certainly broaden your perspective and provide great little storied to explain and guide life's many trials and quandaries.