Joy on Demand

The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within

By: Chade-Meng Tan

Narrated by: Telly Leung

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

A long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times best-selling Search Inside Yourself shows us how to cultivate joy within the context of our fast-paced lives and explains why it is critical to creativity, innovation, confidence, and ultimately success in every arena.

In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng Tan shows that you don't need to meditate for hours, days, months, or years to achieve lasting joy - you can actually get consistent access to it in as little as 15 seconds. Explaining joy and meditation as complementary things that naturally reinforce each other, Meng explains how these two skills form a virtuous cycle and, once put into motion, become a solid practice that can be sustained in daily life.

For many years, meditation has been taught and practiced in cultures where almost all meditators practice full-time for years, resulting in training programs optimized for practitioners with lots of free time and not much else to do but develop profound mastery over the mind. Seeing a disconnect between the traditional practice and the modern world, the best-selling author and Google's "Jolly Good Fellow" has developed a program, through "wise laziness", to help listeners meditate more efficiently and effectively. Meng shares the three pillars of joy (inner peace, insight, and happiness) and why joy is the secret is to success and demonstrates the practical tools anyone can use to cultivate it on demand.

©2016 Chade-Meng Tan (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

Distilled actionable mindfulness

I've been a Zen Buddhist for 15 years and Chade is able to really distilled down a lot of really core pieces of my personal (also experiential) spiritual paths. Most of those are rooted in my years of wrangling with Buddhist philisophy.

Many people ask me for good ways to start, and this book has catapulted to the top of my recommended books. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Thank you Telly Leung for narrating this book

Thank you Chad-Meng Tan for writing this outstanding book. I throughly enjoyed this book. I laughed and understood.

Funny and useful

I really enjoyed this. I learned a lot of techniques and things about myself. I am looking forward to using the tools.

I've listened 3 times already!

Would you listen to Joy on Demand again? Why?

This is a book that's definitely a keeper. I plan on re-listening often. There are so many gems in it!

Nice & accessible intro to meditation

I listened to the twice because it had so many tips for dealing with the runaway mind. I appreciated the simple loving kindness meditation best of all.

A Thorough Breakdown of Simplicity to Joy

A very thorough breakdown of mindfulness and meditation dispelling the notion of accessibility to the benefits of practice from beginner to expert.

Another great book from Chade-Meng.

Another great book from Chade-Meng. Loved it. Listened many times. Great for listening on your commute.

Deep wisdom delivered with a light touch

Every time I listened to this I experienced a deep shift in mindset. Highly recommended.

Required Reading for Anyone With A Pulse

For years I have struggled to grasp meditation and visualization - this book is the most practical and straightforward answer to understanding both concepts. And that's done in a matter of minutes. The whole book is full of great ideas that are easy to use in your own life. Easily one of my favorite books.

Practical uses of meditation and the potential benefits.

I enjoyed the narrative taken by the author. He took a laid back approach to a commonly serious topic. The mixture of practical illustrations and personal experience make listening enjoyable and the idea of actual execution of the practices more likely, for me anyway. Thank you for sharing your experience with the world and I look forward to joining you on future adventures.