Hugh Hewitt - The Happiest Life: Seven Gifts, Seven Givers, and the Secret to Genuine Success

Praise for The Happiest Life

We become what we do, and Hugh Hewitts career testifies to his good will, his faith, the love he bears for his family, his generous humor, and his erudition on an astonishing range of history, politics, current events, and literature. No one commands a topic or marshals an argument as skillfully as Hugh; yet he does both with unfailing courtesy. That spirit is alive on every page of this book. The Happiest Life is not simply a delight to read, and not merely a glimpse under the hood of a remarkable man. Its a map to what Robert Frost once described as the road less traveledthe road that leads to a life of meaning and gratitude and joy.

CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M. CAP., ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA

To put it straight, Hugh Hewitt is one of the most intelligent and enthusiastic people I know. In his new book, The Happiest Life, both of these qualities come out: wise advice and an enthusiasm for life. Reading this book is the next best thing to sitting down for a long conversation with my friend Hugh Hewitt.

DR. R. ALBERT MOHLER, JR., PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Wanna be a happier person? Know anyone else who does? What if this book could actually help with that? Cutting to the chaseit can. And it will. It will change lives. I cannot think of a book more fit to give away indiscriminately to anyone I know. The winsome wisdom within its eminently readable pages is worth more than gold. Where has this book been all our lives? Am I gushing? Good.

ERIC METAXAS, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY AND 7 MEN: AND THE SECRET OF THEIR GREATNESS

In these polarized times, its a blessing to find someone like Hugh Hewitt who reaches across the chasm of ugliness with such wisdom and good cheer. Hes a happy warrior and this book is a road map for helping make the rest of usliberals and conservatives alike (yes, alike)happier, too.

JONATHAN ALTER, AUTHOR OF THE CENTER HOLDS: OBAMA AND HIS ENEMIES

Hughs The Happiest Life is a powerful look at what can increase happiness. I enjoyed reading his insights on traits like empathy and gratitude that benefit both their object and their source. I especially appreciated Hugh sharing his personal experiences, such as his visit with President George W. Bush. I would highly recommend The Happiest Life and commend Hugh for writing such a heartfelt and thoughtful work that will help any reader understand the moral life.

KARL ROVE, FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF AND SENIOR ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH; AUTHOR OF COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE

Hugh Hewitt brings gifts to his country, to his radio listeners, and to his law students who are precious. He is intelligent, enthusiastic for the best things and he never tires of pursuing them. Of course, his friends get this gift best of all, and I have been proud to be among them. Read this book. It is just like Hugh.

DR. ARNN, PRESIDENT, HILLSDALE COLLEGE

Hugh Hewitts The Happiest Life is a must read for anyone looking for the practical way to help themselves and improve the lives of others. Through the lens of his own life experiences, Hewitt reveals in this beautifully written book the paradoxical truth that freely giving away what we value most is what makes us fully alive. Beyond simply advocating conventional money donations, The Happiest Life will convince readers to get serious about giving away their precious time, talent, attention, and affectionand thus reveal their own best selves.

ARTHUR C. BROOKS, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND AUTHOR OF THE ROAD TO FREEDOM

Hugh Hewitt has written a riveting memoir, a beautiful spiritual confession, a glorious ode to life, and a moving expression of gratitude for the unique life this good man has lived and continues to live. One puts the book down wishing it were longerbut unquestionably happier for having read it. What more can anyone ask from any book?

DENNIS PRAGER, NATIONALLY SYNDICATED TALK SHOW HOST, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, AND FOUNDER OF PRAGERUNIVERSITY.COM

Hugh Hewitt is a happy man and he is also the cause of happiness in others. He has discovered the secret of happiness. It is a secret sought by many and discovered through deep thought or natural inclination only by a few. I have seen Hugh act on his understanding of happiness many times since I first met him and been struck by the fact that I have never met anyone quite like him. Indeed, I stand in awe of him. Now I understand why. In this book Hugh happily shares the secret of happiness with his readers. This is therefore a book that gives the gift that keeps on giving. I am most grateful for it. It belongs on the bookshelf along with classic reflections on the sources of happiness by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas and C. S. Lewis.

SCOTT W. JOHNSON, POWERLINE

Hugh Hewitts expansive, enthusiastic, and buoyant spirit is the animating force behind The Happiest Life, his most personal, most timeless, and most necessary book.

JOHN PODHORETZ, EDITOR OF COMMENTARY

Hugh Hewitt is many things, but I think of him as one of the nations teachers. Here he teaches us how to flourish as human beingsone of the oldest lessons taught by public intellectuals from Greece to now. Hewitt is a man in the arena, intellectual and political, and in a better time would be a Solon, but we can benefit from his wisdom as one of our leaders of the political and cultural opposition.

JOHN MARK REYNOLDS, PROVOST AND PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

Hugh Hewitt talks about the gifts we can give each other to make life better... I say, start with this book. It can make an impact in every life, helping us to be content even in the most demanding circumstances. This may be Hugh Hewitts most important book!

TERRY PLUTO, CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

This is a delightfully cheerful bookchock-full of mature, insightful wisdom about some secrets of a happy life that are sadly forgotten today. I expect that people who read it will find themselves, as I did, both personally challenged and also wanting to give a copy to everyone they know.

WAYNE GRUDEM, PH.D., RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES, PHOENIX SEMINARY, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

In this thoughtful new book, Hugh Hewitt claims to offer the secrets to being, for the most part, happy. He delivers, offering a remarkable treatise that identifies generosity as the key to human happiness. The Happiest Life is one of those wonderful books that make you feel like somebody has finally put into words those essential truths that we all feel, deep down in our souls.

JAY COST, THE WEEKLY STANDARD

The Happiest Life is a marvelous bookengaging, wise, and eminently readable. Its filled with stories about fascinating people and teaches us, in a winsome and winning way, important moral truths. Hugh Hewitts enthusiasm for lifeand his devotion to his faithradiates throughout the book. Read The Happiest Life. Reflect on it. Youll be better for it. And happier, too.

PETE WEHNER, SENIOR FELLOW AT THE ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER

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