We talked with him about why he wrote it, what he learned from it and whether he should change his public persona from funnyman who tells booger jokes to enlightened self-help guru who practices yoga.
Dave Barry with his dog, Lucy. By Allison Klein Allison Klein Anchor of the Inspired Life blog Email Bio Follow April 15 at 8:00 AM Dave Barry’s new book, “Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog,” came out this month. It’s a self-help book from a humorist who is openly skeptical about self-help books. The lessons he learns from his dog Lucy include making new friends, deciding to have fun and not “developing an instantaneous hatred for people I don’t know.
Even if you’re not a self-help guru, does this book change your public persona from a funnyman who likes booger jokes?Yes, definitely. Much better. You’re not a very good person right now, I can tell. You need three or four copies of it.Yes. I actually think it did. I wasn’t kidding when I wrote it. Everything I wrote in the book I meant. The last chapter in the book [dealing with a sick child] permanently changed my way of thinking. In a good way, I think.
In the book you write about being more present with your family and letting go of anger, not being so quick to be critical of other people. How was it for you being introspective? Whenever I get introspective, I worry because the humor mentality is you’re always working to the next laugh. If you’re not, you worry you’re going to blow the audience. With the book, I tried really hard to make it funny but there’s still me sincerely in there. I thought people would say: “Aw, he’s turned into a sap in his old age.” I don’t think I have turned into a sap in my old age. If anybody thinks that, I’d like them to confront me and I’m willing to fight about it.She is not.
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