false 2326098 4 <b>You can change your personal capacity for happiness. Research psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky's pioneering concept of the 40% solution shows you how</b> <br/><br/> 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. <i>The How of Happiness</i> 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, <i>The How of Happiness</i> 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. <br/><br/> 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. <br/><br/> 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. <br/><br/> <i>The How of Happiness</i> 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. 2332650 27 12 2007 The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want total:123|5:31|4:51|3:27|2:9|1:5| 123 463 305 38 5 2 false false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 12:52:59 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 11:03:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 27 17:00:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 17:13:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 09 17:57:35 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 18:07:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 18:23:44 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 12:00:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:10:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:15:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 09:53:57 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 09:53:57 -0700 2008 daniel gilbert's STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS is good self-help material--if you believe in that sort of thing, which, the research in this book argues you should (at least up to 40% of the time).

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