The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky
The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky
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The How of Happiness
A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want

Author: Sonja Lyubomirsky

Narrator: Sonja Lyubomirsky

Abridged: 5 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 12/27/2007

Synopsis

You can change your personal capacity for happiness. Research psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky's pioneering concept of the 40% solution shows you how.

About The Author

Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside. She received her BA from Harvard University and her PhD in social psychology from Stanford University. Lyubomirsky and her research have been the recipients of many honors, including the 2002 Templeton Positive Psychology Prize and a multiyear grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. She lives in Santa Monica, California, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wilmington on November 02, 2019

I bought this book out of curiosity - not because I felt particularly unhappy, but because I wondered how I could be even happier. After reading the introduction I was hooked and expected the book to be truly interesting as it was written by an academic researcher specialised in positive psychology.......more

Goodreads review by Anna on June 27, 2008

As someone who has been on a bit of a quest for several years now, I can say that this book illuminated a whole new corner of the tent under which all things happiness-related are kept. Sonja is a scientist in the field of positive psychology (studying what makes people happy to begin with as oppose......more

Goodreads review by Megan on February 24, 2008

Excellent book on tangible ways to increase happiness in your life. Basic theory: We have a genetic happiness set point that accounts for 50% of our happiness, 10% of our happiness comes from our life's circumstances, like where we live, what car we drive, how much money we make, etc. And the remain......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on December 29, 2012

Lyubomirsky asserts that up to 40% of your happiness is within your power to change. She then makes available a number of assessment instruments that measure your happiness level and help you select from 12 happiness activities that best match your personality, resources, goals and needs. Each of th......more

Goodreads review by Marjorie on December 22, 2020

A comprehensive, well-researched book on how to become happier. While we have a set point for happiness that is predetermined, based on our genetic makeup, there is still 40% of our happiness level that can be changed. This book makes the point that changing life situations (such as winning the lott......more

Quotes

"Finally we have a self-help book from a reputable scientist whose advice is based on the best experimental data . . . The How of Happiness is smart, fun, and interesting—and unlike almost every other book on the same shelf, it also happens to be true." —Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University professor of psychology and author of Stumbling on Happiness

"A guide to sustaining your newfound contentment." —Psychology Today

"Lyubomirsky's central point is clear: a significant portion of what is called happiness . . . is up for grabs. Taking some pages out of the positive psychology playbook, she coaches readers on how to snag it." —The New York Review of Books

"Is lasting happiness attainable or a pipe dream? For the last eighteen years, University of California-Riverside professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has studied this question, and what she reports might even sway pessimists." —U.S. News & World Report

"The right place to look for science-based advice on how to become happier." —Martin Seligman, author of Learned Optimism

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