How We Choose to be Happy

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SELF-HELP/ PSYCHOLOGY
Who among us is truly happy^? And more important: How did they get that way?
The authors of this book set out to find the answers—a journey that introduced them to happy people of various ages, backgrounds, and walks of life: a corporate manager in Seattle balancing career and family; a retired doctor and holocaust survivor living in Amsterdam; a cafeteria worker struggling to make ends meet; a woman battling breast cancer. What traits did these happy people share? What contributed to their contentment, and what could be learned from them? Now, with a combination of compelling personal narratives and careful research, the authors offer an outline of the nine choices that happy people consistently make—and explain how such joy-producing principles as intention, accountability, appreciation, and truthfulness can be applied in our daily lives.
Also included are tools for self-assessment to allow all of us to measure our happiness— and to find out what might... Tovább

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SELF-HELP/ PSYCHOLOGY
Who among us is truly happy^? And more important: How did they get that way?
The authors of this book set out to find the answers—a journey that introduced them to happy people of various ages, backgrounds, and walks of life: a corporate manager in Seattle balancing career and family; a retired doctor and holocaust survivor living in Amsterdam; a cafeteria worker struggling to make ends meet; a woman battling breast cancer. What traits did these happy people share? What contributed to their contentment, and what could be learned from them? Now, with a combination of compelling personal narratives and careful research, the authors offer an outline of the nine choices that happy people consistently make—and explain how such joy-producing principles as intention, accountability, appreciation, and truthfulness can be applied in our daily lives.
Also included are tools for self-assessment to allow all of us to measure our happiness— and to find out what might be holding us back from having more of it. Insightful, intimate, and inspiring. How We Choose to Be Happy lets us learn by example—and take substantial steps toward joining the ranks of the extremely happy.
Rick Foster and Greg Hicks have earned a reputation as specialists in the topic of happiness through their in-depth studies, interviews, and the appUcation of their model of happiness in their workshops and seminars for such corporations as Chubb & Son, GE Capital, and Arthur Andersen, as well as a number of major universities. They are based in the San Francisco Bay area and maintain a Web site at www.choosetobehappy.com. Vissza