To Choose Happiness

Today I start to writing my reviews in english, on swedish male authors writing for men. First out is Kay Pollak, a film director. His latest movie is from 2004 and is called, As It Is in Heaven. He is also writing books, conducting lecture series and manageing courses. His book ”Att välja lycka” (To Choose Happines) I consumed as an five hours lasting audiobook with Mr Pollak himself reading.

The book is intended to be used as a reader or a course book on how to make your own life working out better by changeing or transforming your ways of thinking. Pollak gives directions on how to correct yourself and your thinking to reach a happier life, to become an adult active agent choosing your own ways and beeing more creative. The author gives alot of real and fictive examples. Pollak’s main thesis is that it’s up to you how you feel about a wide spectre of topics, not others or the circumstances. Your feelings are completely controlled by your thoughts, Pollak is claiming.

My criticism: I think Pollak is a bit dogmatic and also repeating his dogmas time after time, so you get a bit fed up. He behave like an old teacher that you cant question. The book is also a kind of rewriting or recycling of traditional cognitive therapy. This is an audiobook for everybody, so not verry much gubbsnusk this time actually.

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