Here’s the set-up for Bryan Cohen’s The Post-College Guide to Happiness, just $2.99 on Kindle:

The world can be a bit negative sometimes, which is kind of like saying rain is wet. Smiles have been replaced by cell phones and cynical is the new normal. The pursuit of happiness has been changed into the pursuit of dollars and in a tough economic climate, it’s a race most of us are losing. Comedian and author Bryan Cohen thinks that it’s time to remember what happiness is all about. He believes that normal people like you without diamond wearing Chihuahuas can still be happy with a few changes to your attitude, your beliefs and a short training routine to build up your joy.

Cohen has laid out 35 exercises that you can use to create a happiness workout plan to help you in the following areas:

· Keeping your negative thoughts at bay and learning to control your emotions
· Finding things to like about the job you hate and how to quit it to start a job you love
· Loving the one you’re with and strengthening your family’s happiest memories
· Learning more about yourself and what you’re good at without requiring a masters degree
· Embracing silence in a world overrun by digital doohickeys
· Finding time and energy to embrace your creative side and live your dreams
· Making your beliefs inclusive and turning to spirituality for health and wealth
Whether you’re just graduating from college or headed into retirement age, The Post-College Guide to Happiness will help you turn that pessimism upside down and put you back on the path to a happier life. After years of joyous research, Cohen has found the most effective happiness boosters from all sorts of places, including business books, self-help audio programs, autobiographies, spiritual classics and even his experiences to get you out of your funk for good. If you’ve had no luck looking for happiness in all the wrong places, pick up this book and learn how to look forward to life again.

From the reviewers:

This is an extremely enlightening book. Even if you think you don’t need it, it is worth a read. Simple philosophies with easy hands on methods. It is also not a long book. I liked the simple humor, easy to relate to examples and the recap chapter at the end that helps reinforce the concepts. – Margaret

I Loved this book it was a great inside view on what to expect it made things alot easier to understand. I passed this book on to my Niece who will be attending collage this fall and i know this book will help her out as much as its helped me. If you do not have this book i strongly suggest you get it. – April Alvey

All in all this is a really good study of some fundamental ways to make our lives happier, healthier and more satisfactory, no matter what our circumstances. I will definitely be using some of these exercises in the future. – Colleen T.

Visit Amazon’s Bryan Cohen Page

Bryan Cohen writes about writing, comedy, self-help and embarrassing anecdotes from his life.

He is also an actor, director and producer who enjoys dabbling in both theatre and film in Chicago, Illinois.

Bryan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005 with degrees in English and Dramatic Art with a minor in Creative Writing. His books have sold over 10,000 copies.

His website, Build Creative Writing Ideas, helps over 25,000 people a month to get over writers block and to come up with new creative projects.

And here, in the comfort of your own browser, is your free sample of THE POST-COLLEGE GUIDE TO HAPPINESS: