Leonsis The Business of Happiness Reviews Summary

Approaches happiness from entrepreneurial point of view

Provides concrete examples of self-realization and fulfillment

Includes hands-on segment for goal setting

Emphasizes importance of gratitude and giving back

Highlights the concept that success is a byproduct of happiness

Includes a life list and higher calling as tenets of happiness

Teaches aspects of leadership that can be applied at all levels

Describes a different way of doing business

Detours into unnecessary detail about the rise and fall of America On Line

Lacks guidelines for readers to apply to their own lives

Author's aspirations and achievements may be shallow and unrelatable

Not enough focus on the reader's own self-development

Misleading title, book is more about the author than the reader

May not be applicable to average person's life

Not the most interesting success story

Questionable judgment in keeping George McPhee employed