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My girlfriend gave me a copy of Dr. Nozik's book and said, "Here, you need this!' I thought to myself, "Great, another dumb book," but when I got into it, I changed my mind. I've been putting Dr. Nozik's formula to work for about five weeks now and I've noticed a HUGE difference in how I've been able to relate to some of the "difficult people" in my family, and this being Christmas, I can use all the help I can get!!

HAPPY 4 LIFE: Here's How to Do It by Bob Nozik

Review of Happy 4 Life: Here's How to Do It

Review by: Frank J. Weinstock, MD

Happiness is an elusive concept that most people cannot describe. Many people verbalize that they are happy, but really are not.

Happiness is more than making money, which may help you to achieve goals; more often the seeking of and the making of money is a source of unhappiness.
In order to be happy, you must analyze your current condition honestly. Then you begin to develop a plan to achieve happiness.
This book will show you how to "establish" a happiness quotient from where it will then guide you to the achievement of happiness. Happiness should be a way of life, independent of financial and materialistic gains. Everyone should be happy- the author is doing a "public service" in spreading his wisdom and experience. He has been involved in teaching happiness for several years and now has agreed to share his ideas and concepts with the rest of us.
I highly recommend this book for EVERYONE. If you think you are happy, this will help you to be happier. If you are not happy, this book will help you see it.

We have the Twelve Commandments, Twelve Step Programs, and now the Twelve Steps to Happiness, Bob Nozik's very practical and systematic guide to living happily. As one has a cooking book of recipes for creating culinary feasts, Bob serves up a series of life feasts providing all the ingredients necessary for life to be a feast of happiness. As a physician, his academic background is quite evident. He sets up a dialogue throughout the book between himself, the teacher, and `glumbunny', the student. He deals with `glumbunny's skepticism about living each step of the happy life, i.e., conscious awareness, self-like/love, self-esteem, appreciation, acceptance. These steps have practical anecdotes included with excellent quotes. Each step has its own very intriguing and unexpected approach. His exercises and practicums are very worthwhile.
However, beware this is not an academician's tome. It is meant for someone looking for a `how to' approach. I would recommend it to coaches, psychotherapists, those who are pursuing and are curious about self-development.

Nozik's little how-to-be-happy book is a field manual for pilgrims on a quest for the grail of happiness. Happy himself, Nozik has organized his accumulated wisdoms into a step by step map for how to get to the Emerald City. For a literary Strawman we have Glumbunny, who over the course of the book misunderstands every principle of happiness, but Glumbunny and glum readers are slowly helped onto a more positive path to happiness by means of patient explanation, assigned homework and various mental exercises. All this in a succinct package of new age insights and popular, self-help psychology. The book is an easy read, as hopeful as a John Denver song, non-judgmental of human foibles, and packed with practical tips. Recommended for the glum, especially those who derive benefit from self-help exercises.

Happy 4 Life: Here's How To Do It is a straightforward and recommended self-help guide by Bob Nozik (Professor Emeritus, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco) offers psychological secrets for pursuing and achieving lifelong happiness. From the importance of self-esteem, appreciation and gratitude; to balancing responsibility with a non-judgmental view; to the detours and pitfalls to watch over as one works to improve the quality of one's mood and life, Happy 4 Life is useful, accessible, and offers concepts that are easy for the nonspecialist general reader to put into the practice in the course of their everyday living.

In retrospect of Dr. Robert Nozik's new book "Happy 4 Life", the most salient lesson I have learned, which now affects my every day practice life, must be the ability of removing one-self from a confrontational or adversarial situation. At a neutral distance, I can now evaluate my point of view and that of my oponent, and then either reach a compromise or admit that I was wrong. I highly recommend this book for any-one in a service profession. Stephen J.F. Zuber D.P.M. - Clinical Professor Podiatric Medicine

Dr. Nozik has created a winning formula for happiness, including his own! He writes in a clear, easy fashion about strategies that all of us can use to make our lives more fulfilling. I've been a licensed psychotherapist for over 15 years and at last have found a comprehensive, user-friendly guide that I can recommend to my patients. Finally, something that works!!

Bob Nozik knows happiness! It isn't that he was born happy; he found happiness after many years, starting off by doing the wrong things, then through a journey of study and self-discovery. In Happy 4 Life, he offers a short cut by condensing it all into his twelve keys to happiness. Master these, and you will be happy for life.

Bob Nozik does a wonderful job of explaining happiness; providing real-life things we can do to further our own journey towards lifelong happiness. In countering the arguments of the sceptic Glumbunny at every turn, he adds an extra dimension for a balanced, easy to read manual and checklist for happiness.

One thing I really liked about "Happy 4 Life" is the amount of detail given to the effect that happiness is likely to have on you and those around you. It is strange, but true that not everyone will like you being happy!

Here's my "Bottom Line" - This is a wonderful book!
Bob Nozik, MD has written a great book to give us the valuable understanding on how to create a happy life. I highly recommend
this book! Of course we each have to take the time to read it and then decide on how to change.

"Happy 4 Life" has been an inspiration for me, a dyed- in- the- wool Glumbunny! After practicing the exercises, my life seems to be working better. Thanks, Dr. Bob, for your insight.