The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want - Hardcover

Lyubomirsky, Sonja

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159420148X ISBN 13: 9781594201486

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, 2007

Synopsis

An easy-to-follow, life-changing approach designed to increase happiness and fulfillment in everyday life furnishes a comprehensive guide that redefines what happiness and what it is not and introduces activities, including exercises in practicing optimism, tips on how to savor life's pleasures, and an emphasis on staying active to achieve a happier life.

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Review:

aFinally we have a self-help book from a reputable scientist whose advice is based on the best experimental data.a
aDaniel Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness"
aIs lasting happiness attainable or a pipe dream? For the last eighteen years, University of CaliforniaaRiverside professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has studied this question, and what she reports might even sway pessimists.a
a"U.S. News & World Report"
aLyubomirskyas central point is clear: a significant portion of what is called happiness . . . is up for grabs. Taking some pages out of the positive psychology playbook, she coaches readers on how to snag it.a
a"The New York Review of Books"
aThe right place to look for science-based advice on how to become happier.a
aMartin Seligman, author of "Learned Optimism"

"Finally we have a self-help book from a reputable scientist whose advice is based on the best experimental data... The How of Happiness is smart, fun, and interesting - and unlike almost every other book on the same shelf, it also happens to be true."
-Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University professor of psychology and author of Stumbling on Happiness

"A guide to sustaining your newfound contentment."
-Psychology Today

"Lyubomirsky's central point is clear: a significant portion of what is called happiness . . . is up for grabs. Taking some pages out of the positive psychology playbook, she coaches readers on how to snag it."
-The New York Review of Books

"Is lasting happiness attainable or a pipe dream? For the last eighteen years, University of California-Riverside professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has studied this question, and what she reports might even sway pessimists."
-U.S. News & World Report

"The right place to look for science-based advice on how to become happier."
-Martin Seligman, author of Learned Optimism

About the Author:

Sonja Lyubomirsky, P.h.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside. She received her B.A. from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in social psychology from Stanford University. Lyubomirsky and her research have been the recipients of many honors, including the 2002 Templeton Positive Psychology Prize and a multiyear grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. She lives in Santa Monica, California, with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 159420148X
• ISBN 13: 9781594201486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384