How To Be Totally Unhappy In a Peaceful World: A Complete Manual with Rules, Exercises, a Midterm and Final Exam

I have read many many books in the self help/new age category. I would rate this one in the top 10. Mr. Friedman is a long time student of Gurdjieff. This background undoubtedly helped him to write this wonderful collection of 30 philosophical/psychological rules for non-living to ponder. Wake up and buy this book!

This is a peculiarly funny book. Funny because I found myself laughing at myself; peculiar because, after reading it, a strange awareness settled upon me. Was I, I wondered, an unhappy creationist who saw the world through grumbling eyes? "How to Be Totally Unhappy in a Peaceful World" is a self help book that, in spite of itself, really works!

This is a great book to have on your living room coffee table or next to your bed. Pick it up, open to any page, and see how truly ludicrious we are at times, especially about taking life way too seriously. I'm a social dance instructor, and one of my goals in life is to get people to relax, laugh at themselves, and play more. Anyone interested in doing so would enjoy reading Gil's book.

Most self-help books are trite. They don't tell you anything you don't already know, and if you could follow their advice, you wouldn't need to read the book in the first place. This book, however, is radically different. It assumes that you are a normal happy person and want to experience the misery that so many others complain about. It gives some great advice on how to bring yourself to hell on earth, -- and bring all of your family, friends, and co-workers right along with you! Best of all, you can do all this while rolling on the floor with laughter. Give this book to anyone whose cheerful mood annoys you when you are down in the dumps.

This is a good book when one feels down and needs an uplift. It allows one to realize not to take life so seriously. Very enjoyable reading.