Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual

Dennis Prager

Apr 2010 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach

About this audiobook

When you ask people about their most cherished values in life, “happiness” is always at the top of the list. But surprisingly few people claim real happiness. We seem to be completely satisfied with nothing, and indeed, there is little correlation between the circumstances of people’s lives and how happy they are.

In this book, lecturer, theologian, philosopher, and Los Angeles radio personality Dennis Prager ruminates on what makes happiness such a serious problem to solve. He discusses the difference between happiness and success and between happiness and fun and how to adjust our expectations of life. Prager maintains that insatiable human nature makes lasting happiness profoundly difficult to achieve but that nevertheless, it can be a reality. When happiness is treated with the same level of seriousness that people bring to life’s other tasks, it becomes immediately more tangible and thus achievable.

Ratings and reviews

If you are unhappy, read this book. Only you can help yourself find happiness. This book is a good guide how to find happiness.

I read this book about 15 yrs. Ago. It was good then, I want to read it again. I hope it's the same book.

About the author

Dennis Prager is a radio talk-show host, columnist, public speaker, and the author of seven books.

Jeff Riggenbach (1947-2021) narrated numerous titles for Blackstone Audio and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. An author, contributing editor, and producer, he worked in radio in San Francisco for more than thirty years, earning a Golden Mike Award for journalistic excellence.