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Счастье в трудные времена
В книге известного австралийского психолога, художника, писателя Эндрю Мэтьюза говорится о том, как стать счастливым и успешным, несмотря на любые негативные обстоятельства, личные проблемы и комплексы. Рассматриваются разные стороны нашей жизни – любовь, семья, дружба, здоровье, карьера, материальное благополучие. И по каждой даются четкие, остроумные, нестандартные советы. Все рекомендации сопровождаются реальными историями, где герои сумели не только встать на ноги после различных жизненных катастроф, но и достичь счастья и успеха, о которых раньше даже не мечтали. «Изюминка» всех книг Мэтьюза – множество забавных иллюстраций.
240 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2009
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August 6, 2012
I found this book when I was in a depression period. It really opened my eyes to the less fortunate out there. The stories are so inspiring which made my problems seem so small. A must read for those who always complain endlessly.
April 3, 2025
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October 24, 2014
I was into the Chicken Soup series when it was still a fad, and now I realized the series wouldn't hold a candle to this book! Mr. Matthews doesn't offer warm and fuzzy advices, but instead remind you that real people had been worse than you and they managed to succeed. The illustration is just a plus. I love the inspirational stories added in each chapter, and some even have website and email related to the person in the real life story. I asked my mom to read this, and she started to come out of her depression. We've just lost my brother, his son, and father to my nephew and niece. At the same time, I went through a personal problem that include leaving my much loved job. Somehow, I believe, after reading the book, that my problem can be overcome, and I have the right to be happy, even in hard times! So if you can only buy 1 book, leave the other mumbo-jumbo self-help books behind and get this one!
October 3, 2012
This book was given to me by my pet sister from Singapore.
When I start readings this book, I started to look back at my life.
Most of the things he wrote down would resembled myself and I felt a hard slap across my face! What he said was true! every words of it.
But in here, I found ways to solve my emotions issue.
I got to know that happiness is not something we earn but something we choose!
This is by far the greatest self help book I ever read! and I'm having fun reading it too!
When I start readings this book, I started to look back at my life.
Most of the things he wrote down would resembled myself and I felt a hard slap across my face! What he said was true! every words of it.
But in here, I found ways to solve my emotions issue.
I got to know that happiness is not something we earn but something we choose!
This is by far the greatest self help book I ever read! and I'm having fun reading it too!
December 3, 2020
До подібних мотиваційних книг маю злегка упереджене ставлення. Але, на диво, "Щастя у важкі часи" дійсно допомогла мені в момент зневіри, смутку і негативного бачення власних перспектив.
Вдячна автору за його допомогу у вмінні шукати щось хороше, якийсь корисний досвід навіть у найважчих життєвих обставинах.
Вдячна автору за його допомогу у вмінні шукати щось хороше, якийсь корисний досвід навіть у найважчих життєвих обставинах.
May 25, 2023
Inspirativní čtení zejména pro lidi, kteří se chtějí dostat z deprese a nevědí jak. Doporučuju přečíst, i když se zrovna v depresi necítíte, protože jednou se možná objeví i u vás nebo u někoho ve vašem okolí.
March 19, 2019
Acceptance: You accept where you are,forgot "what ifs",Acceptance mean "This is where I am and now I move on to what I want"
Present the moment and All you can do is give your best effort until bedtime.Let tomorrow take care of itself.
I wake up everyday choosing to be happy .You never know how you will react to tragedy. There is no secret to happiness, you just chose it.
We learn most in life when we get hit over the back of the head.We are creatures of habit we keep doing what we're doing until we're force to change.
August 16, 2025
This book is a subversion of How Life Works.
It adds some short stories to further illustrate Andrew’s points in his sixth book.
Once I read those stories, everything became clearer and more relatable.
They helped open my mind and taught me that sometimes, I might just be exaggerating my situation.
So far, I’ve read eight books from Andrew Matthews’ inspiring series “Our life changes once we change.”
Here’s how I would rank them:
1. Follow Your Heart – Motivated me a lot in my career.
2. Making Friends – Helped me understand how to connect and maintain good relationships with those around me.
3. How Life Works – Explained how the law of attraction operates in simple terms.
4. Being Happy – Showed me how to recognize my own destructive patterns and how to break free from them.
5. Bouncing Back – Taught me how to learn from failure and keep fighting through obstacles.
6. Happiness in Hard Times – A continuation of How Life Works, reinforcing what we need to do in difficult
moments.
7. Happiness Now – A beautiful summary of all the books above.
8. Being a happy teenager- Taught me how to have a good attitude towards work and recognizing good or bad friends.
It adds some short stories to further illustrate Andrew’s points in his sixth book.
Once I read those stories, everything became clearer and more relatable.
They helped open my mind and taught me that sometimes, I might just be exaggerating my situation.
So far, I’ve read eight books from Andrew Matthews’ inspiring series “Our life changes once we change.”
Here’s how I would rank them:
1. Follow Your Heart – Motivated me a lot in my career.
2. Making Friends – Helped me understand how to connect and maintain good relationships with those around me.
3. How Life Works – Explained how the law of attraction operates in simple terms.
4. Being Happy – Showed me how to recognize my own destructive patterns and how to break free from them.
5. Bouncing Back – Taught me how to learn from failure and keep fighting through obstacles.
6. Happiness in Hard Times – A continuation of How Life Works, reinforcing what we need to do in difficult
moments.
7. Happiness Now – A beautiful summary of all the books above.
8. Being a happy teenager- Taught me how to have a good attitude towards work and recognizing good or bad friends.
June 22, 2021
This book is a must-read for everyone. The importance of happiness is explained very well throughout the book. It is full of anectodes and after reading every one of them, you tell yourself "why I always take everything for granted?!?"
We are surrounded with a lot of positive things but unfortunately our focus is only on negative things. It is like a dark dot in a white shirt. We immediately notice that black dot and ignore the rest which I described it as a white shirt.
This book helps you to instruct a positive and productive attitude to become successful in the most important aspects of life such as relationships, money, thoughts, wealth and gratitude. It emphasizes that if you remain negative toward anything, you will soon face its consequences.
Finally, I would like to quote a sentence from this book:
"HAPPY PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE HAPPY."
We are surrounded with a lot of positive things but unfortunately our focus is only on negative things. It is like a dark dot in a white shirt. We immediately notice that black dot and ignore the rest which I described it as a white shirt.
This book helps you to instruct a positive and productive attitude to become successful in the most important aspects of life such as relationships, money, thoughts, wealth and gratitude. It emphasizes that if you remain negative toward anything, you will soon face its consequences.
Finally, I would like to quote a sentence from this book:
"HAPPY PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE HAPPY."
June 16, 2019
Cảm giác lớn nhất khi đọc xong cuốn này không phải vui vẻ mà là "tiếc nuối"!
Mỗi ngày đọc 2 chương dường như đã trở thành một niềm vui to lớn. Nhưng giờ thì đã đọc hết rồi :)
Dù là không rõ nội dung mà tác giả muốn nói đến nhưng chỉ cần đọc thôi là đã cảm thấy vui rồi. Huống chi những triết lý ẩn chứa đằng sau các câu chuyện.
Cảm giác như suy nghĩ của bản thân được thanh lọc theo hướng tích cực vậy. Và không biết dùng cách nào để mô tả sự yêu thích đối với quyển sách này! Nó trở thành một trong những cuốn sách yêu thích nhất!
Mỗi ngày đọc 2 chương dường như đã trở thành một niềm vui to lớn. Nhưng giờ thì đã đọc hết rồi :)
Dù là không rõ nội dung mà tác giả muốn nói đến nhưng chỉ cần đọc thôi là đã cảm thấy vui rồi. Huống chi những triết lý ẩn chứa đằng sau các câu chuyện.
Cảm giác như suy nghĩ của bản thân được thanh lọc theo hướng tích cực vậy. Và không biết dùng cách nào để mô tả sự yêu thích đối với quyển sách này! Nó trở thành một trong những cuốn sách yêu thích nhất!
March 6, 2020
Hiểu được cách chấp nhận chính là mấu chốt của hạnh , cuốn sách phù hợp với người trẻ không chịu thay đổi và vâng vâng...
"Vũ trụ sẽ dùng những tín hiệu để cảnh báo chúng ta, khi chúng ta lờ đi nó sẽ dùng búa tạ để giáng xuống, khi chúng ta kháng cự lại trưởng thành sẽ là quá trình đau đơn nhất"
Đừng mong thay đổi được suy nghĩ và cách làm của người khác, đừng dựa vào người khác bạn sẽ tự hạnh phúc
"Vũ trụ sẽ dùng những tín hiệu để cảnh báo chúng ta, khi chúng ta lờ đi nó sẽ dùng búa tạ để giáng xuống, khi chúng ta kháng cự lại trưởng thành sẽ là quá trình đau đơn nhất"
Đừng mong thay đổi được suy nghĩ và cách làm của người khác, đừng dựa vào người khác bạn sẽ tự hạnh phúc
April 3, 2022
This book really help me to define happiness in a new way and really helps me to realize that I deserve happiness after miserable things had happened. This book also help me to construct a new perspective of life.
"When you are happy, you get what you want."
The last sentence really hit me after I read this whole book ❣️
"When you are happy, you get what you want."
The last sentence really hit me after I read this whole book ❣️
August 2, 2023
Jadi orang yang bahagia karena dengan begitu kita bisa mendapatkan apa yang inginkan. Ada perbedaan antara apa yang kita inginkan dan kita butuhkan.
Menginginkan berfokus pada apa yang kita miliki, dan kita punya kesempatan mendapatkannya. Sementara, membutuhkan lebih fokus pada apa yang tidak kita miliki.
Kunci agar bahagia adalah bersyukur, fokus pada saat sekarang.
Menginginkan berfokus pada apa yang kita miliki, dan kita punya kesempatan mendapatkannya. Sementara, membutuhkan lebih fokus pada apa yang tidak kita miliki.
Kunci agar bahagia adalah bersyukur, fokus pada saat sekarang.
June 17, 2018
Книга, която мога да посоча като есенция за отношението, което трябва да имаме към случващото се около, с и вътре в нас. Отразяваща житейската ми философия към момента и предадена точно така, както бих я предал аз - с брутални примери и чувство за хумор.
July 21, 2020
Healing buat diri sendiri. Berani terima kenyataan, berani terjatuh, berani bangkit lagi. Banyak hal yang aku dapet dari buku ini, terlebih membuka wawasan aku dalam menyikapi musibah/ujian. Kebahagian terletak pada diri kita sendiri.
July 28, 2020
Очередная селф-хелп фиготень(есть вообще хорошие книги в этом плане?), разбавленная офигительными историями, в которых с людьми случаются очень неприятные события, но они думают позитивно и жизнь у них становится лучше.
May 5, 2022
Highly recommeded book to read whenever you need a word of motovation or different prespective of life. The books gives us more reasons to keep moving with better aim and purpose. I have read the book more then 4 time and made notes as well.
August 2, 2018
Hãy hạnh phúc khi bạn có thể hạnh phúc.
Hãy nghĩ bạn hạnh phúc bạn sẽ hạnh phúc.
Hãy nghĩ bạn hạnh phúc bạn sẽ hạnh phúc.
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November 22, 2018
it very good
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August 10, 2019Книга которая должна быть в домашней библиотеке.
July 30, 2020
This book is so underrated
I loved that book
And really helped
I loved that book
And really helped
October 24, 2020
Слушала в формате аудиокниги. Невероятное чувство лёгкости и душевный подъем после прочтения. Благодарна автору и его семье ♥️
January 7, 2021
Доволі непогана книжка для тих, хто проривається крізь важкі часи (а в 2020 - це всі люди))). Моментами дещо кумедна й плоскувата, але загалом краща за інші їй подібні праці.
July 21, 2021
A must read book.
An amazing book to have a shift in your perspective towards life. A must read book. thank you for writing such a fabulous piece.
An amazing book to have a shift in your perspective towards life. A must read book. thank you for writing such a fabulous piece.
December 19, 2022
Очень тёплая и приятная книга, слушала аудио, но захотелось купить физическую ещё. Хорошая ❤️
October 16, 2023
A brilliant retelling of one of the greats. My kids have all these retold Shakespeare plays and I’m rather addicted to them!
October 21, 2023
it helps a lot for your mental health. highly recommended!
June 16, 2024
Awesome read, like all other books by Andrew Matthews.
August 2, 2024
Este libro fue una grata sorpresa. Toca muchos temas y, de manera sencilla, invita a tener un pensamiento positivo. Me gustó.
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