Tal Ben-Shahar

Happier

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides guidelines for integrating habits of gratitude and accepting negative emotions into daily life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
• Annotated ed
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 217mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780071492393
• ISBN-10: 0071492399
• Artikelnr.: 22616464

Autorenporträt

Tal Ben-Shahar is one of Harvard University’s most popular lecturers; he has been profiled on NPR and featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the New York Times, and Boston Globe. He teaches Positive Psychology and other classes to 1,400 students per semester--nearly 20 percent of all Harvard graduates. Ben-Shahar graduated from Harvard himself with a degree in philosophy and psychology. For the last 10 years, he has been teaching personal and organizational excellence, leadership, ethics, and self-esteem.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: What Is Happiness?
Foreword: Positive Psychology
Chapter 1: The Question of Happiness
Chapter 2: Reconciling Past and Future
Chapter 3: Happiness Explained
Chapter 4: The Ultimate Currency
Chapter 5: Setting Goals
Part 3: Happiness Applied
Chapter 6: In Education
Chapter 7: In the Workplace
Chapter 9: In Relationships
Part 4: Meditations on Happiness
First Mediation: Self-Interest and Benevolence
Second Mediation: Beyond the Temporary High
Third Meditation: Letting Our Light Shine
Fourth Mediation: Imagine!
Fifth Meditation: Take Your Time
Sixth Mediation: The Happiness Revolution
Conclusion: Here and Now