Get fit even with an irregular exercise routine? Improve your memory with a thirty-second hack? Eat better but not give up your favourite foods? Use cognitive bias to improve your quality of life?Sounds like a pipe dream? 108 Ways to Live Your Best Life shows you that the most difficult challenges can be tackled with quick and simple solutions. Based on the maxim 'minimum effort, maximum results', this is a collection of life hacks that will help you achieve your goal, be it fitness, weight loss, mindfulness, increased productivity or emotional balance, in the easiest possible way.
So if you're someone (like the author) who avoids going to the gym, signs up for yoga or aerobics classes and gives up within a month, wants to meditate but can't find the time to do so, has a Sudoku app on your phone but never actually opens it, this is the book for you.
Picked this up thinking it would be another typical self-help book, but it’s actually quite practical and surprisingly comforting. The whole idea is simple: tiny habits can create big changes, and you don’t need to flip your entire life to start feeling better.
What I really liked is that the book isn’t preachy. It doesn’t tell you to wake up at 5 AM, meditate for an hour, or suddenly turn into a super-productive person. Instead, it gives small, doable suggestions — the kind you can actually fit into a busy day without feeling overwhelmed.
There are tips on health, emotional well-being, mindfulness, small fitness tweaks, food habits, and even little mental shifts that genuinely make sense. Some chapters felt like gentle reminders, others felt like things I didn’t know I needed to hear.
This isn’t the kind of book that will change your life overnight, but it definitely makes you pause and rethink the way you live your everyday life. If you want something light, practical, and genuinely helpful, this is a nice pick-up.
My take: a simple, no-pressure guide to feeling a little better, one tiny habit at a time. Perfect for anyone who wants to improve but doesn’t want overwhelming advice.Picked this up thinking it would be another typical self-help book, but it’s actually quite practical and surprisingly comforting. The whole idea is simple: tiny habits can create big changes, and you don’t need to flip your entire life to start feeling better.
What I really liked is that the book isn’t preachy. It doesn’t tell you to wake up at 5 AM, meditate for an hour, or suddenly turn into a super-productive person. Instead, it gives small, doable suggestions, the kind you can actually fit into a busy day without feeling overwhelmed.
There are tips on health, emotional well-being, mindfulness, small fitness tweaks, food habits, and even little mental shifts that genuinely make sense. Some chapters felt like gentle reminders, others felt like things I didn’t know I needed to hear.
This isn’t the kind of book that will change your life overnight, but it definitely makes you pause and rethink the way you live your everyday life. If you want something light, practical, and genuinely helpful, this is a nice pick-up.
My take: a simple, no-pressure guide to feeling a little better, one tiny habit at a time. Perfect for anyone who wants to improve but doesn’t want overwhelming advice.
”These small steps may even give you the strength of an elephant, not because you are lifting weights but because you are dissolving old hurts and pain.”
- Shoba Narayan, 108 Ways to Live your Best Life
’108 Ways to Live your Best Life’ is a guide to maximize your living to reap best possible results. The book is conceptualized to cultivate a multifaceted outlook towards life. The methodical division of this read into four quadrants (physical, emotional, mental and practical) promotes a holistic overview to achieve your goals on the go.
The ideas mentioned in the book that constitute the ’Physical’ section are not laborious rather they promote maximized benefits through measured movements.
Packed with interesting trivia carefully sieved to match the candid language, the tried & tested shortcuts can be seamlessly integrated into our daily routines to embrace growth, balance and fulfillment. Simple activities such as tapping your feet, engaging your core during daily commute, pandiculation can do wonders to the human body. Narayan's accidental discoveries are all backed by science which adds to the credibility of the subject matter. The How's, the What's and the Why's are answered in crisp, concise chapters that you can revisit when you feel stuck.
The byline on Somatic Therapies about how the body also feels the strain due to the impact of stress was personally something to work on. To quote Narayan's words - 'Somatic therapies posit that our body holds and expresses experiences and emotions, and traumatic events or unresolved emotional issues can become "trapped" inside.’
This genre defying non-fiction doesn't feel intimidating rather its conversational style exudes warmth and acceptance.
If you’ve ever wished for a simpler, more practical way to improve your everyday life without turning everything upside down, this book might be your next favorite read. 108 Ways to Live Your Best Life is exactly what it promises a collection of smart, doable life hacks designed for real people with real struggles. Whether it's staying fit despite an inconsistent routine, boosting memory with tiny daily habits, eating better without sacrificing your favourite foods, or using cognitive biases to your advantage, the book offers refreshingly simple tools that actually fit into a busy lifestyle. What I loved most is how approachable it feels. The author speaks directly to people like us the ones who sign up for yoga or aerobics with full enthusiasm but lose steam by week four; those who want to meditate but can never “find the time”; and those who keep downloading Sudoku apps for “brain training” but forget to open them. It’s honest, relatable, and delightfully practical. Following the motto “minimum effort, maximum results,” the book breaks down wellness, mindfulness, fitness, productivity, and emotional balance into easy steps that don’t overwhelm you. Instead of making life feel like a project, it gives you tiny nudges that create real impact over time. If you’re looking for a lifestyle guide that doesn’t lecture, but encourages doesn’t overwhelm, but simplifies this little yellow book is a gem. Perfect for anyone who wants to live better one small, doable change at a time.
I usually save uplifting, practical books for the tail end of the year. Not because life suddenly becomes lighter then, but because I like entering a new year with a few gentle ideas already working in the background. A sense that I don’t need to overhaul myself to feel better, just adjust a few things. 108 Ways to Live Your Best Life fit neatly into that reading mood.
This isn’t a book that asks for reinvention. It assumes you’re tired, inconsistent, occasionally motivated, and mostly trying your best. The ideas here are built around that reality. Short chapters, small suggestions, and habits that don’t demand discipline so much as attention. You can read a page, try something the same day, and move on without guilt if you don’t.
What stood out to me was how unambitious the advice feels, in a good way. No grand promises. No pressure to wake up early, cut out everything you enjoy, or become a more “optimised” version of yourself. Instead, the book works in the margins of daily life: while commuting, waiting, cooking, scrolling. It treats improvement as something that can coexist with laziness, resistance, and busy schedules.
Not every tip will land. Some will feel obvious, some oddly specific. But that’s part of the design. You’re not meant to do all 108. You’re meant to notice the few that quietly make sense to you.
This is not a book that changes your life in one sitting. It’s more like a collection of small nudges you return to when things feel slightly off. For readers who want something encouraging without being heavy, practical without being clinical, this is an easy companion to keep close.
For those creaky bones like mine who want to do it all without doing anything 😉
This isn't a "wake up at 5 AM and meditate for hours" book. 108 Ways to Live Your Best Life by Shoba Narayan comes along like a friend who's experimented with a lot, flopped at many, and now passes on what actually worked. You turn pages and discover hacks that sound useful: a 30-second memory hack, a move in your shop-on-way-home ritual, watching birds and animals, tiny mindfulness tweaks you can do while it's taking ages for the kettle to boil and also such things as anklet-wearing and doddling! These aren't dramatic life-changers, but they create something quieter: repetition. With these little tips mothing lags. Every tip is bite-sized so that you don't feel like you require additional willpower. And most are accomplishable even during life when it's ragged, in a job you don't love, in the midst of chaos, in the spaces in between. But yet, with 108 hacks, not everyone lands in the same way. Some are obvious; some are novel or strange enough to stop you. If you glance over it, it's a list. But if you attempt one, think about it, do one slowly, you start to find alignment, less stress, more ease, little wins that compound. This book is not an overnight transformation thing. It's about providing you with tools, nicely, to lean into more good everyday life without the angst. If you're looking for a self-help book that doesn't read like a sermon, that acknowledges your mess, this one's for you.
108 tiny nudges. Countless small shifts. One big transformation.
Shoba Narayan's '108 Ways to Live Your Best Life' is a warm, practical, and relatable guide that shows how small habit changes can lead to a more meaningful, calmer, and richer life.
This book offers practical guidance in bite-sized sections, combining scientifically-backed advice, Indian cultural insights, and mindfulness techniques to help you cultivate better habits, nurture relationships, gain self-awareness, and find joy in everyday life, with each chapter providing a manageable, actionable step to help you stay on track.
What sets this book apart is its authenticity. Rather than being preachy, it offers gentle guidance, and instead of pushing for drastic changes, it acknowledges and celebrates small victories, making it an ideal companion for those embarking on a self-care journey or seeking to rebuild their life with intention.
Why I liked this book:-
- Small chapters, big takeaways - Practical habits you can begin today - Simple language with relatable examples - A feel-good, uplifting read that motivates without pressure
A refreshing, bite-sized guidebook that fits beautifully into a busy life. If you’re looking for a book that gently holds your hand while helping you become more mindful, grounded, and joyful—this one is a lovely pick.
@shobanarayan author of this beautiful non-fiction, writes this book as a helpful guide based on her lifestyle and experiences she had while experimenting 108 ways to LIVE the best life. The book is a simple and appropriate. From introduction of book to the end of book, a reader can find him/her Lost and Found after a completion. Shoba Narayan, shares how tiny changes in our everyday life if made, can bless our days and nights with suitable patterns of Living a life. She gave readers a chance to understand and believe things work well if we learn to acknowledge the importance of patience, spiritual growth, Ancient rituals, routines followed by our elders, the values, the good habits. She tells nothing new but her vision to appreciate and continue a good & strees free living is a part of this book, through studies, case studies, what Ancient philosophers and modern scientists try to tell the generation, is reflected in words of Shoba.
The book is recommended to the Gen-Z, the adults, the teens and people of all ages, who read and do not read. This book isn't a repeatedly written thing, but an actual help to tbose who want to learn How they can make changes positively and grow without stress in life.
108 ways to live your best life by shoba narayan is the kind of self help book that feels less like a lecture and more like a friendly nudge in the right direction. built on the idea of “minimum effort, maximum results,” this book proves that you don’t need to wake up at 5 a.m., give up your favourite foods, or follow strict routines to improve your life.
the book shares 108 simple, practical life hacks focused on physical health, mental well being, mindfulness, productivity, and emotional balance. each tip is short, easy to understand, and actually doable, even on your busiest days. from tiny fitness habits to quick memory tricks and small mindfulness practices, everything fits smoothly into daily life.
what truly stands out is the comforting tone of the book. it feels like a friend gently saying, “you don’t need to change everything at once, just start with one small step.” some tips feel obvious, some feel surprisingly clever, but together they slowly help you build better habits without pressure.
this isn’t a dramatic, overnight transformation book. instead, it’s about slow, steady progress and finding ease in everyday living. perfect for anyone who wants real change without stress.
"108 Ways to Live Your Best Life" is a refreshing and practical guide that truly speaks to anyone struggling to juggle health, mindfulness, and productivity in a busy life. What I loved most about this book is how approachable it is , no long, complicated routines or impossible challenges. Instead, it offers simple, realistic hacks that really work, from boosting memory to improving fitness even with an irregular routine.
Reading it felt like having a supportive one giving you tips that are easy to follow but surprisingly effective. I will definitely try few hacks out of them . The author’s humor and honesty make the book feel personal and relatable, acknowledging the struggles many of us face while offering practical solutions without judgment.
Whether you want to eat better without giving up your favorite thing, reduce stress, or simply improve daily habits, this book is a joy to read. It’s motivating, lighthearted, and empowering, a perfect companion for anyone looking to live life a little better, one small step at a time.
108 Ways to Live Your Best Life by Shoba Narayan is a valuable guide emphasizing the transformative power of small, intentional changes for well-being. With 108 practical tips, the book highlights the importance of patience, spiritual growth, and cultivating positive habits in navigating modern life's complexities. The author explores themes such as mindfulness, encouraging readers to be present, and gratitude, fostering appreciation for simple pleasures. She emphasizes self-care, urging a priority on mental and emotional health. The book stands out with relatable anecdotes and straightforward strategies, making insights accessible to a wide audience. Instead of rigid rules, she focuses on sustainable habits, encouraging readers to pause and fully experience life’s moments, thereby deepening their connection with the world around them. Overall, the book is an inspiring resource for those looking to enhance their lives amidst contemporary challenges, showing that small improvements can lead to profound personal transformation.
'108 Ways To Live Your Best Life: Tiny Habits for Big Changes' by Shoba Narayan is a book that I think is a book that can be read by everybody. This book provides practical ways to lead a better life. This book doesn't tell you to leave everything and meditate at 5:00 a.m., or exercise everyday no matter how packed up your schedule is. It rather provides readers with useful hacks that can be followed according to your schedule. The book is filled with everything that helps you improve your life.
It's a book that makes you change little things and adapt to something a bit different, which in turn benefits you or your mental health. It will help you to be more mindful, healthy, and even more productive. The hacks that this book suggests are not at all difficult, and can be accomplished within our daily schedule.
I highly recommend going through this book once, who knows you might find it useful and appealing like me.
108 Ways to Live Your Best Life is a light, practical, and fun guide for anyone who wants to improve their daily life without making huge, overwhelming changes. The book is filled with short, doable hacks that help with fitness, memory, productivity, eating habits, emotional balance, and mindfulness.
What makes this book enjoyable is its “minimum effort, maximum results” approach. The author understands real people—those who join gyms and quit, download meditation apps but never open them, or want to eat healthy without giving up comfort foods. Each tip feels relatable and easy to apply in real life.
It’s not a heavy self-help book; it’s more like a friendly reminder that small steps can create big changes. Perfect for beginners or anyone looking for quick ways to upgrade their daily routines.
This book felt like a friend tapping my shoulder and saying, “Listen, you don’t need to change your whole life today… just try this one tiny thing.” And honestly? I loved that energy.
The 108 tips are short, easy, and actually doable- no complicated routines, no “wake up at 5 AM” drama. Just small habits you can start right now, even if you’re lazy, tired, busy, or all three at once.
Some ideas made me think, “Oh wow, this is actually possible,” and some made me laugh at how simple the solution was. It’s not a heavy, life-changing book, but it definitely gives you little nudges that make your day better.
Perfect for anyone who wants quick motivation without the pressure.
We all want to make many changes in our lifestyle to make it better, but somehow we are stuck with the same habits. Our busy lives don't allow us to do that. This book works on the mantra “minimum effort, maximum result.” The main goal is to achieve significant outcomes by applying minimal effort.
The book covers a wide range of topics such as physical health, mental health, productivity, and emotional balance. Drawn from many philosophies, the advice in this book blends ancient wisdom with modern approaches to suit our lifestyle better.