Jenny Santi overturns conventional thinking about what it takes to be happy by revealing how giving to others has helped people find purpose and joy. Drawing on the wisdom of great thinkers past and present, as well as cutting-edge scientific research, Santi makes an eloquent and passionate case that oftentimes the answers to the problems that haunt us, and the key to the happiness that eludes us, lie in helping those around us.
This book is filled with inspiring stories told firsthand by Academy Award winner Goldie Hawn, Noble Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns, Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp, philanthropist Richard Rockefeller, environmentalist Philippe Cousteau, and many others from all over the world. Despite their diverse backgrounds, they have all found unexpected happiness and fulfillment through giving.
In addition, Santi reveals:
- How altruism involves far more than suppressing basic selfish urges. Rather, we are wired to give, as it activates the same pleasure centers of the brain stimulated by food, sex, and drugs
- How helping others is a proven means of dealing with adversity and processing grief
- Practical, universally applicable lessons on what kind of giving makes people happy and what doesn t. How do you discover giving that is unique to you and makes you feel good?
In this inspiring book, Santi reveals giving is the secret to living a life that is full of meaning, purpose, and happiness.
From the Hardcover edition."
Jenny Santi is a philanthropy advisor to some of the world s most generous philanthropists and celebrity activists. For five years, beginning when she was only twenty-eight, Santi was the head of Philanthropy Services (Southeast Asia) for the world s largest wealth manager. She holds an MBA from INSEAD, went to the Wharton School as an exchange student, and attended New York University s Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising, where she is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy.
From the Hardcover edition."