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Title: The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want
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| The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Penguin Press HC, The The How of Happiness | I manage a mentoring programme children and young people aged between 4 and a 12 and have a very keen interest in research that defines well being and how to promote it.
I have bought a copy for each of the programme coordinators and expect that we will use it as a text.
A bonus with this book I expect it will enrich my life and that of the adult volunteers as well. | | The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Penguin Press HC, The Systematic, research-based advice | | I found this book very helpful. The advice is based on solid research and is quick and to the point, without repetition or too much "filler" material. The self-test is OK, though I think the directions could be better spelled out. Overall, a great book on how to become happier. | | The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Penguin Press HC, The Any audio collection will find it a popular lend. | | Sonja Lyubomirsky's THE HOW OF HAPPINESS: A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO GETTING THE LIFE YOU WANT is narrated by the author and draws on research with thousands of men and women, offering up a concrete plan to increase daily happiness both long- and short-term. From a self-quiz which helps hone values to ideas of intentional activities to achieve a happier life, psychologist Lyubomirsky provides an assessment and program backed by science, not theory. Any audio collection will find it a popular lend. | | The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Penguin Press HC, The It's about time... | I agree with all that Sonja has written. She has done the public and community a good service in helping not only the depressed, but every person who desires for greater happiness in their lives. We are ultimately responsible for our own happiness and this book will help you see how much control you really have (you'll be surprised).
With traditional psychology trying to explain why we are messed up and trying to justify our dysfunctional behavior that has root causes in this or that, it is very "illuminating" to hear a writer and PhD use their degree to show us how we can take a look at the positive side of psychology about how we can control our happiness and joy everyday.
I applaud all of Sonja's efforts, she didn't just write a great book about happiness backed up with scientific research, she's dedicated her academic and professional career on the premise that much of our happiness lies in our own hands and there are systemic and creative ways of achieving "our own" happiness, and you can find those in "The How of Happiness".
A very well written, well researched and enjoyable book. Thanks Sonja. | | The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Penguin Press HC, The The How of Happiness | Sonja Lyubomirsky's THE HOW OF HAPPINESS, A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want, should satisfy all those people who have difficulty embracing today's self-help/control-your-destiny tools, like The Secret, visualization boards, crystals and herbs, and other faith-based practices. Fully armed with graphs, case studies, research results, self-tests and reading guides, Lyubomirsky sets about busting myths about happiness, such as it has to be "found" or it lies in the changing of our circumstances. Written in a down-to-earth manner with plenty of anecdotes from the author's life, this book has just the right amount of self-enhancement and scientific evidence. And she offers 12 Happiness Activities and steps to obtain and sustain them.
THE HOW OF HAPPINESS is a fascinating read and you don't have to constantly test its validity - that's already been done. Lyubomirsky contends we are in control of approximately 40% of our happiness. I don't know about you, but I can (happily) live with those statistics.
| | The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Penguin Press HC, The Product Description | You can change your personal capacity for happiness. Research psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky's pioneering concept of the 40% solution shows you how
Drawing on her own groundbreaking research with thousands of men and women, research psychologist and University of California professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives-in the short term and over the long term. The How of Happiness is a different kind of happiness book, one that offers a comprehensive guide to understanding what happiness is, and isn't, and what can be done to bring us all closer to the happy life we envision for ourselves. Using more than a dozen uniquely formulated happiness-increasing strategies, The How of Happiness offers a new and potentially life- changing way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives.
Beginning with a short diagnostic quiz that helps readers to first quantify and then to understand what she describes as their "happiness set point," Lyubomirsky reveals that this set point determines just 50 percent of happiness while a mere 10 percent can be attributed to differences in life circumstances or situations. This leaves a startling, and startlingly underdeveloped, 40 percent of our capacity for happiness within our power to change.
Lyubomirsky's "happiness strategies" introduce readers to the concept of intentional activities, mindful actions that they can use to achieve a happier life. These include exercises in practicing optimism when imagining the future, instruction in how best to savor life's pleasures in the here and now, and a thoroughgoing explanation of the importance of staying active to being happy. Helping readers find the right fit between the goals they set and the activities she suggests, Lyubomirsky also helps readers understand the many obstacles to happiness as well as how to harness individual strengths to overcome them. Always emphasizing how much of our happiness is within our control, Lyubomirsky addresses the "scientific how" of her happiness research, demystifying the many myths that unnecessarily complicate its pursuit. Unlike those of many self-help books, all her recommendations are supported by scientific research.
The How of Happiness is both a powerful contribution to the field of positive psychology and a gift to all those who have questioned their own well- being and sought to take their happiness into their own hands. |
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