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Finding Happiness in a Frustrating World
Product Description
- GenresSelf Help
76 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2008
About the author
Jim Johnson
26 books4 followersJim Johnson, P.T. is a physical therapist who has spent over 25 years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials. His books have been translated into other languages, and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide.
Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.
Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.
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June 16, 2016
Jim Johnson is a well seasoned physical therapist. I bought this book, because I liked the style of his self-help physical therapy books for particular orthopedic issues. Everything is thoroughly researched based. The recommendations are brief. Only the most effective suggestions are used. The writing is very clear and short, with plenty of references to the research literature for people who want them.
All of that is true for this book. However, the author presents the facts as a story, a fictional interview. Many people don't like that and many people will find the story corny. I have heard many good communicators say that stories work much better for helping people understand and remember than just giving them a list of dry, isolated facts. Regardless of whether or not you find the story corny, it is short. The book is short and can be read in one sitting.
This is a list of the facts about happiness that were presented in this book:
* more money and more possession only increase happiness temporarily
* happiness levels remain the same or increased with age
* outside of serious medical condition, how a person rates their health effects their happiness more than the actual states of their health
* intelligence doesn't directly effect happiness, nor does gender
* happiness is partly influenced by genetics
* life circumstances, like death and divorce can alter happiness levels
* happiness is partly determined by a person's intentional actions
* many intentional actions only produce temporary happiness as one becomes
habitutated to things like new foods, buying new things, etc.
* setting and striving toward personal goals productes long term happiness
* the goals have to be self-concordant, what people really want and really
value, versus what they or others think they should be doing.
* the goals also have to intrinsic, satisifying on their own versus being
extrinsic where it the goal is for an external reward.
* motivation toward a goal will come from the goal being something you truly
want ( not what you think you should do ) and a sense of confidence that
you can achieve it.
All of that is true for this book. However, the author presents the facts as a story, a fictional interview. Many people don't like that and many people will find the story corny. I have heard many good communicators say that stories work much better for helping people understand and remember than just giving them a list of dry, isolated facts. Regardless of whether or not you find the story corny, it is short. The book is short and can be read in one sitting.
This is a list of the facts about happiness that were presented in this book:
* more money and more possession only increase happiness temporarily
* happiness levels remain the same or increased with age
* outside of serious medical condition, how a person rates their health effects their happiness more than the actual states of their health
* intelligence doesn't directly effect happiness, nor does gender
* happiness is partly influenced by genetics
* life circumstances, like death and divorce can alter happiness levels
* happiness is partly determined by a person's intentional actions
* many intentional actions only produce temporary happiness as one becomes
habitutated to things like new foods, buying new things, etc.
* setting and striving toward personal goals productes long term happiness
* the goals have to be self-concordant, what people really want and really
value, versus what they or others think they should be doing.
* the goals also have to intrinsic, satisifying on their own versus being
extrinsic where it the goal is for an external reward.
* motivation toward a goal will come from the goal being something you truly
want ( not what you think you should do ) and a sense of confidence that
you can achieve it.
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