The Book in Three Sentences

Practicing meditation and mindfulness will make you at least 10 percent happier. Being mindful doesn’t change the problems in your life, but mindfulness does help you respond to your problems rather than react to them. Mindfulness helps you realize that striving for success is fine as long as you accept that the outcome is outside your control.

10% Happier summary

Practicing meditation and mindfulness will make you at least 10 percent happier. Being mindful doesn’t change the problems in your life, but mindfulness does help you respond to your problems rather than react to them. Mindfulness helps you realize that striving for success is fine as long as you accept that the outcome is outside your control.

• “My preconceptions about meditation were misconceptions.”
• “In my experience, meditation makes you 10% happier.”
• Some of the traits we think are fixed like a quick temper or moody-ness or compassion are learned skills, not fixed characteristics.
• Many people assume they must be paranoid and worry if they want to stay at the top of their game.