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Get Glad: Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life
Getting happier isn't that hard! Get Glad - Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life, is a personal development book that leads you through scientifically proven ways to become a little bit happier day-by-day.
You've probably read other self-help books whose programs were too difficult to implement. This life-changing, motivational book will help you in your personal growth. Come with us on this simple, practical step-by-step journey down the road toward happiness.
Add Get Glad to your cart and start getting happier right now!
You've probably read other self-help books whose programs were too difficult to implement. This life-changing, motivational book will help you in your personal growth. Come with us on this simple, practical step-by-step journey down the road toward happiness.
Add Get Glad to your cart and start getting happier right now!
- GenresSelf HelpNonfiction
117 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2016
15 people are currently reading
446 people want to read
About the author
Harry Hoover
6 books69 followersHarry is the author of Moving to Charlotte: The Un-Tourist Guide, Born Creative: Free Your Mind, Free Yourself, Get Glad: Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life, and The Dad's Book Of Jokes.
He loves wine, bacon and his family, not necessarily in that order.
The 1976 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill spent six years as a radio and newspaper journalist, covering cops and courts, hosting a daily call-in talk show, serving as managing editor and performing color commentator duties for UNCC basketball.
He moved into PR and advertising, and started his own agency in 2001. In 2016 he left the marketing world, returning to his first love: writing. He is working on new books, ghostwriting, and freelancing.
Harry and his wife, Terry, a mystery author, live near Lake Norman where they are often visited by their son and grandsons.
He loves wine, bacon and his family, not necessarily in that order.
The 1976 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill spent six years as a radio and newspaper journalist, covering cops and courts, hosting a daily call-in talk show, serving as managing editor and performing color commentator duties for UNCC basketball.
He moved into PR and advertising, and started his own agency in 2001. In 2016 he left the marketing world, returning to his first love: writing. He is working on new books, ghostwriting, and freelancing.
Harry and his wife, Terry, a mystery author, live near Lake Norman where they are often visited by their son and grandsons.
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February 5, 2017
I won this. book on goodreads. I think it holds a lot of good practical advice about being happy. if you read something it will probably be repeated a couple of times so don't worry about not remembering.
April 13, 2017
It’s a good book and a quick read with a super upbeat attitude and lots of little exercises or practices to help you focus on better things. One example is a Thankful Journal where you write down three things in the morning that you are thankful for then three things that night that happened that made you happy that day. It’s a nice way to start and end your day positively.
A big component of Get Glad is being more mindful in your life. Taking the time to pause, to focus on something good, to spend more time doing what makes you happy, living with a purpose, making time for the important people in your life. It’s all great advice and the little exercises provided, like the Happiness Audit, helps bring focus onto the good which makes the bad more bearable or just plain vanish. Along with the mental component Get Glad also talks about the physical, like exercising or getting sun, and even chemical aspect of being happy, good ol’ dopamine for the win folks. Finally, even the dirty stuff is mentioned, like cleaning out the negative people or things in your life. Hoover touches on everything you can think of and then some.
My favorite aspect of the book is definitely the quotes at the beginning of each chapter, what can I say Neko is a sucker for good quotes. Lots of awesome and empowering people but also folks like Lucille Ball, my idol and role model ^_^
My favorite topic on the other hand, is the section about commitment and how it effects things. Committing to happiness is no different than committing to a spouse or your blog. Commitment is required to succeed at anything, but it doesn’t seem like many people recognize this anymore or practice it, especially when it comes to emotional well being.
This is another short read, around eighty odd pages, broken down into bite size chapters that allow you to read and then meditate on the points instead of inundating you with how to be happy. Baby steps for the win!
Overall be mindful of yourself and honest with yourself. If you are unhappy what will it hurt to give this title a try? I enjoyed the read, and hope you guys will too ^_^
A big component of Get Glad is being more mindful in your life. Taking the time to pause, to focus on something good, to spend more time doing what makes you happy, living with a purpose, making time for the important people in your life. It’s all great advice and the little exercises provided, like the Happiness Audit, helps bring focus onto the good which makes the bad more bearable or just plain vanish. Along with the mental component Get Glad also talks about the physical, like exercising or getting sun, and even chemical aspect of being happy, good ol’ dopamine for the win folks. Finally, even the dirty stuff is mentioned, like cleaning out the negative people or things in your life. Hoover touches on everything you can think of and then some.
My favorite aspect of the book is definitely the quotes at the beginning of each chapter, what can I say Neko is a sucker for good quotes. Lots of awesome and empowering people but also folks like Lucille Ball, my idol and role model ^_^
My favorite topic on the other hand, is the section about commitment and how it effects things. Committing to happiness is no different than committing to a spouse or your blog. Commitment is required to succeed at anything, but it doesn’t seem like many people recognize this anymore or practice it, especially when it comes to emotional well being.
This is another short read, around eighty odd pages, broken down into bite size chapters that allow you to read and then meditate on the points instead of inundating you with how to be happy. Baby steps for the win!
Overall be mindful of yourself and honest with yourself. If you are unhappy what will it hurt to give this title a try? I enjoyed the read, and hope you guys will too ^_^
January 4, 2017
Great book that really puts things into perspective, resulting in a more fulfilled and happy attitude. Lots of wisdom in this book that allows for even the smallest things to produce happiness and joy. Formatted excellently, too. Very captivating and easy to read. I would recommend this book highly for anyone who is having a hard time being grateful, content and happy in this fast paced world.
March 29, 2018
I won a copy of this eBook on goodreads. It is a delightful book that is positive and uplifting. I am a fan of self help books and this book did not disappoint. I like the examples the author gives on practicing mindfulness. The wine tasting reference was my favorite. It gives practical, easy, relatable advice on how to be happier in life.
January 4, 2017
This is a short book.It gives some good rules to getting happy. Harry Hoover is a fine narrator.The only issue is that some sentences are repeated.I was given this book free by the author,narrator or publisher.
November 22, 2016
Really good stuff! Get a better outlook on life by following Harry's thoughtful guidelines.
June 13, 2018
Get Glad: Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life by Harry Hoover is a good book with some great ideas for getting happier and staying happier. I thought the idea of taking stock of what you are grateful for every day is good, and I do plan to add that to my life. I also liked the idea of projecting positive energy with positive thoughts. I agree that the only way to bring about the success and happiness you desire is to shake off the negative thoughts of failure and replace them with positive thoughts of succeeding.
For me, the book had a few hiccups. I didn’t care for the way the lists were formatted, especially the gratitude list of 500 words. Harry Hoover did his due diligence with research and the links to articles and books was a good addition, but I think the bibliography would serve better all together at the end of the book instead of at the end of the individual pages. I felt like this book read as a required reading for a class or a pamphlet with a seminar. Lots of statistics and numbers made it feel like an assignment.
I did find some good ways to bring more happiness into my life, and I will be implementing some of the ideas from Get Glad: Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life.
For me, the book had a few hiccups. I didn’t care for the way the lists were formatted, especially the gratitude list of 500 words. Harry Hoover did his due diligence with research and the links to articles and books was a good addition, but I think the bibliography would serve better all together at the end of the book instead of at the end of the individual pages. I felt like this book read as a required reading for a class or a pamphlet with a seminar. Lots of statistics and numbers made it feel like an assignment.
I did find some good ways to bring more happiness into my life, and I will be implementing some of the ideas from Get Glad: Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life.
August 1, 2018
I have a number of daily devotionals, a gratitude journal, and a strong faith, yet sometimes I am overwhelmed by what happens in life. Get Glad: Your Practical Guide to a Happier Life by Harry Hoover is a nice reboot for me. The book is a simple easy read with advice we may have heard before, but Hoover adds little exercises that help you shift your perspective or to take time to notice little things in life that make you happy or content. I rate the book a 4.5, and I would recommend it.
March 9, 2019
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This book was Great!!! It gives lots of ways to make small achievable changes, that can make your day, a little, or a lot happier. It has lists, that will help show you, how to be grateful, and mindful, and what you can change that will make you instantly happy right now. I highly, highly recommend this book.
This book was Great!!! It gives lots of ways to make small achievable changes, that can make your day, a little, or a lot happier. It has lists, that will help show you, how to be grateful, and mindful, and what you can change that will make you instantly happy right now. I highly, highly recommend this book.
March 11, 2019
This book was GREAT!!! It gives comprehensive ways to make small important changes that can make your day, a little, or a lot happier. It has lists that will help guide you, and show you how to be grateful
and mindful, and what you can change right now that will make you instantly happier. I highly, highly recommend this book.
and mindful, and what you can change right now that will make you instantly happier. I highly, highly recommend this book.
January 9, 2018
Easy to follow, great guide
This guide gives realistic advice on how to find happiness for yourself. The links to outside articles
or websites were a huge bonus I really enjoyed. I took copious notes and definitely felt energized while reading this!
This guide gives realistic advice on how to find happiness for yourself. The links to outside articles
or websites were a huge bonus I really enjoyed. I took copious notes and definitely felt energized while reading this!
August 6, 2018
I won this book in a giveaway. It was a basic, easy read about ways to get glad. I liked that it stressed gratitude. It was a little repetitious at times and a few of the links didn't work but overall I enjoyed it.
July 1, 2019
Very simplistic and basic views on what makes people happy.
March 4, 2017
A great reminder of the keys to getting glad.
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