100 Days Happier: Daily Inspiration for Life-Long Happiness

by Domonique Bertolucci

'Share the love' It's easy to take the most important people in your life for granted, leaving them at the bottom of your to-do list. At the end of your life the people you love and who have loved you, will prove to be one of your greatest sources of happiness. Give them the time they deserve today. "Give the people you love the best of yourself, not the worst." We all admit to wanting to feel happier on a daily basis. But many of us don't realise that the truth to lasting happiness is understanding happiness as something that you create, each and every day, through the simple choices that you make.100 Days Happier invites the reader to make small daily changes in the way they think and act; changes that will create a fundamental shift in the way they feel about who they are and the life they are living.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Audiobook, Personal Growth, Philosophy

214 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2013

Reviews

[Pauline Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

I listened to this as an audiobook through Bolinda Audio.

If you want a dose of quick fire rap of inspirational quotes, this definitely will do it, it's like taking a double dose of sunshine, wafting through fields of sunflowers and finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Duration time - 57 minutes

[Charlotte O'Brien · Rating 1 out of 5]

Complete tosh. This is a book about happiness for happy people. Each piece of advice is the same. Be happy. Work hard. At least it was short!

[Erika · Rating 1 out of 5]

The vibe of this book seemed to be that if you’re depressed/sad/unhappy… basically it’s your own fault… so I thought I’d check the audio version (spoken by the author)… and this was even worse!
If you’re already happy this book might be validating (except I’m happy & I found it offensive, lol).

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately this book didn’t say anything I haven’t heard before. I read three pages a day and used my reading as a time of reflection.

[Victoria Emerson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was gifted this book when I graduated from my final year in high school. I only just picked it up and read it cover to cover. There were many insightful and inspiring points about cultivating a life of happiness. The author highlights that many people think that if they have a particular relationship, career, car or home they’ll then be happy. Happiness is much for than that though.

I think this would be a fantastic book to have on your desk or bedside table everyday. You could then open any page at random and be inspired for the rest of the day.

[Rachele Mangiameli · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simple statements that pack a powerful punch. A great reminder of how to be grateful and appreciative of the little things in life.

[Rizka · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have to agree with most of the reviewers here. Picked up this book as the title sounds promising. But as soon as I flipped through the pages, the author is telling me things that I already knew. Most of the advices here are just plain simple and contains basic advice we’ve heard many times before. Finished this book in just one sitting. Few parts are repetitive and I have found myself unable to concentrate just because how boring this book is. Maybe this is the one for you if you’re looking for book which can support and encourages you to just “be happy” but if you like to think things over and believe that there is more than just to “be happy” - I’d suggest to just drop this. To me, somehow this book just gives me empty promises.

[Penny Geard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing revolutionary, quite repetitive, and occasionally quite wrong 🙃 but I still think you could get something out of this if you reflected (like a 15min free writing type thing or something) on one page/each day and then tried to apply it for the week. I might do that but for now, I went through this over a week (because it was due back at the library) and some of it felt quite motivational (but admittedly, I just ignored the parts I disagreed with, or motivated myself with my own interpretation 😅)

Probably best for people who are happy, but want to be happier. But not so much for people who are sad. So good work putting "happier" in the title, I guess.

[Nikki Deeley · Rating 3 out of 5]

100 Days Happier is a book that encourages people to make small daily changes in their thoughts and actions to create happiness.

This book was an easy, simple read. The points were good, especially around being grateful for what you have, however this is intended for people who want to find a little more happiness in their day to day rather than people who are battling depression. I found some points required a lot of privilege already to be able to apply (i.e. don't worry about money!).

Overall, this book was okay.

[Hannah-Marie · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a useless book. I went into this thinking it would give some good advice and be uplifting, but one of the suggestions was "smile when you cry" which I think speaks volumes for itself. This book seems extremely out of touch, believing that you can fix anything, however we are humans and do have financial worries and legitimate concerns towards other people and cannot simply make ourselves happy in difficult situations.

[Abeer Arain · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's kinda sad to see so many negative reviews about this book, calling it repetitive, or something we already know. Yes, there are simple things in this book, many of which we know from before - but don't we as humans need reminders?
It's a very helpful book, and can uplift your mood if you're feeling low about life's circumstances.

[Indy Fernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice reminder of what is important in life. Short, yet it drives its message home.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wise advice told in a succinct way.

[Hollie · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF

[Stefania · Rating 2 out of 5]

Walk away (from this book). Affirmation to make your time happier and less wasted. If you're already happy and worrying about frugal things in life...aka first world problems, this book is for you.

[Radostina Tsvetkova · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great little book, summarizing in small chunks the bulk of lessons in life

[Kindra Zepeda Rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy and a great quick reminder

[Hannah Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very simplistic and boring. Full of cliches.

[Life of Sadia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good reminder! Compare yourself to yourself! Love that. A lot of good points raised in this book.

[ZzzzzzZ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it has some cute tidbits for sure but loses two stars for the mentions of the likes of the ghastly Hillary Clinton and Nancy mf Pelosi ?!?! 👀

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love her books.
They are so helpful in keeping a positive mindset, expressing gratitude and so many more positive attributes.

[Amber · Rating 1 out of 5]

0.5

This was a waste of time, the most generic simple advice I have ever read

[Jenna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn’t enjoy this! Felt it was very much toxic positivity territory and preachy rather than genuinely supportive and encouraging

[Renjith R · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second book I've read today by Domonique Bertolucci. The first one was "Less is More" and it also followed the same pattern of writing this one. These two books have many points in common but I think '1oo Days Happier' contains some unique ideas too. You can find out most of the ideas in an ordinary self-help book but here Bertolucci's books are not vast in nature. Just precise and crisp. It gives us the space to think and make our own versions of ideas. Worth reading. A quick read.

[Brooke Lea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a nice little boost! Some of what she said was absolute shit BUT I do like the reminder on what we think the standard should be isn’t what someone’s standards are so you shouldn’t let that get to you

[Alejandra Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sobre el libro:
Del autor de The Happiness Code, esta colección de mensajes inspiradores lo motivará a encontrar más felicidad en su vida diaria. Cada sugerencia lo invita a hacer un pequeño cambio en su rutina diaria que cambiará la manera en que ve el mundo y su papel en él, lo que lo hará sentirse más saludable por dentro y por fuera.

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Review:
100 days happier es un libro lleno de mensajes poderosos. Definitivamente no revela la clave para hallar la felicidad, pero sí se encarga de recordarnos día a día cómo en nuestras simples y más inconscientes acciones están los pasos que nos impulsan en el camino a eso que todos buscamos, o cómo con ciertas actitudes nos alejamos cada vez más de ello, y en cualquier de los dos casos invita a una profunda reflexión, muy acompañada de hacerse más consciente de dichas actividades con el fin de llenarnos del gozo que son capaces de traer a nuestras vidas pero que solemos ignorar en lo ajetreado de los días, o de cómo hay asuntos que debemos definitivamente cambiar porque no nos hacen crecer como personas y poco a poco nos consumen, sin nosotros darnos cuenta de ello. Son cortos mensajes, muchos de ellos bastante profundos y que invitan a una buena reflexión. Es importante, a su vez, que cada día viene acompañado de actividades que se pueden abordar fácilmente, porque más allá de uno tener un concepto abstracto en su mente sobre cómo podría transformar su vida para ser feliz, está el hecho de que pueden ponerse a prueba esas ideas para comprender y sentir un poco de esa felicidad a la que nos quiere acercar el libro. Personalmente, me llamó la atención el hecho de que el libro nos hace notar que ya tenemos la felicidad, solo debemos ser conscientes de ello o hacer ciertos cambios, no muy drásticos para vivirla plenamente, y eso es un mensaje bastante poderoso.
Es un libro que recomiendo mucho, y que sin duda, es mucho mejor si se lee por días, ya que hace que el proceso sea más consciente.

[Sambasivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The one hundred simple yet powerful statements, if taken and followed seriously, are bound to transform your life. The basic premise is that happiness is 100 percent in your control and you could achieve that with a simple mindshift. Loved it!

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

100 Days Happier is very sweet and filled with lots of lovely ideas and tips. The main problem for me is that I feel like I've read them 100 times before. The content is not at all original or unique, so I can't rate this more than two stars.

[Sara Alkhaaldi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it !

[Nadine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is exactly the boost that I needed that is not caffeine!