Choose the Life You Want, Tal BenShahar, PhD
Choose the Life You Want, Tal BenShahar, PhD
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Choose the Life You Want
101 Ways to Create Your Own Road to Happiness

Author: Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/25/2012


Synopsis

We have more choices than we realize. In fact, according to positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar, our entire life is made of choices, large and small. It is what we choose moment by moment and day by day—to do, to feel, to experience—that determines how happy and fulfilled we are. Every moment, then, is an opportunity to make a choice that will bring us greater happiness. Ben- Shahar presents 100 such opportunities, some simple, such as whether to frown or smile; others complex, such as whether to hold on to what we know or change our perspective—helping us identify them, recognize their importance, and make the right choice. Each choice includes a brief explanation plus a story or study that makes it accessible and relatable. It’s up to you to choose the life you want!

About Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD

Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, has written eight books, including the New York Times bestseller Happier. He is cofounder of the Happiness Studies Academy and Potentialife. Ben-Shahar taught the largest course at Harvard, "Positive Psychology," and the third largest, "The Psychology of Leadership," attracting 1,400 students per semester-approximately twenty percent of all Harvard undergraduates. He obtained his BA and PhD from Harvard, and for the last twenty years has been teaching leadership, happiness, and mindfulness to audiences all over the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol on March 09, 2013

Disclosure: Won on GoodReads. Admittedly defensive caveat: This is not my normal sort of book selection. I tend to be leery and dismissive of self-help books, but the crazy title grabbed my attention while perusing GoodReads giveaways, and then I became intrigued by the substantial street creds of t......more

Goodreads review by Realini on February 25, 2025

Choose the Life You Want by Tal Ben Shahar Fabulous book Harvard Professor Tal Ben Shahar is one of the authorities on Positive Psychology. Author of a few extraordinary works, he had a course at Harvard that became the most popular ever. 1,400 students joined and that represents one in five, an except......more

Goodreads review by Rubina on September 28, 2016

One of my favourite writers on positive psychology, Tal Ben-Shahar, has written another winner with this book. Ben-Shahar dispenses 101 nuggets of advice on how we can choose the life we want. Each nugget, about two to three pages, contain clear, eloquent strategies and advice. The only downside to......more

Goodreads review by Gina on June 25, 2018

This book was written as an expanded list of 101 practical, mind-set choices we can make to increase our happiness. Most are nothing new— Rush to Give Advice or Listen with Empathy and Openness; Succumb to the Tedium or Find the Extraordinary in the Ordinary; Do What You Feel You Have to Do or Do Wh......more

Goodreads review by Katie on June 02, 2020

This book wasn’t the most profound book I’ve ever read but it has some thoughtful information. I related to almost all of the lessons and I was able to collect a fair amount of advice. This book reinforces that kindness matters, that it’s important to take time to care about yourself and others, and......more