Laugh and Live

Name: Laugh and Live
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Douglas Fairbanks
ISBN: 9781400178032

Author: Douglas Fairbanks

Narrator: Walter Costello

Unabridged: 2 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/13/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit, Self-help

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure—happiness is for all who strive to be happy, and those who laugh are happy. Everybody is eligible—you, me, the other fellow. Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind, not a state of body. And mind controls. Indeed, it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable "banana peel" of life with both eyes peering into the Great Beyond and still be happy, comfortable, and serene—if we will even so much as smile.

So goes the wisdom of silent film star Douglas Fairbanks, who, in addition to his movie career, wrote a number of self-help books. In Laugh and Live, which was originally published in 1917, he expounds upon his theories for living a good and happy life. Fairbanks's formula for happiness—humility, good humor, and particularly strenuous physical exercise—is enshrined in this and his other advice books.

About Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939) was a very successful actor, director, screenwriter, and author. Raised by his mother after she separated from his father, he attended the Colorado School of Mines and Harvard University, traveled, and worked at variuos jobs before making his Broadway debut in 1902. In 1915, he went to work in Hollywood, where he married Mary Pickford. He made highly successful early social comedies and popular swashbucklers, including The Mark of Zorro and The Iron Mask, during the 1920s. He retired from acting in 1936.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan

look on the bright side of things and you will have "pep." Without "pep" life is likely to be nasty brutish and short (or perhaps boring, fearful, painful and long....) Early self-help from the stars.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

A straight forward common sense perspective from a truly wise early 20th century Hollywood actor. A very well presented formula for finding happiness through self awareness, purpose and decency that motivate the natural principles for loving and enjoying all that life is and offers.......more

Goodreads review by Katie

Disappointing! This book is more about the morals of living a clean, healthy and positive life. The title is deceptive. I think this book should be marketed to the youth and young adults.......more

Goodreads review by Princess April

I loved this little book of advice penned by Douglas Fairbanks in 1917, so much of it being the type of material Napolean Hill might have read, researching his seminal "Think and Grow Rich" in 1937. If you're predisposed to LOA material, I think you'll enjoy "Laugh and Live." "Laugh and Live" is also......more