Alistair Smith is a leading trainer in modern learning methods and his techniques are used with startling success by thousands of teachers and parents in the UK and abroad. He is the chairperson of Alite; a company he founded to work in the field of motivation, learning and training. Alistair has written award-winning books, featured on radio and television programmes, and spoken at conferences internationally.
Acknowledgements \ Preface \ Our summary \ How to use this book \ The
organization and structure of the book \ Introduction: Why bother finding
the H Factor? \ Society does matter \ Wealthy but miserable \ Toxic
attitudes \ Minus five to zero \ The benefits of happiness \ Chapter One:
What the research tells us about Happiness \ What happiness isn't! \
Measuring happiness \ What happiness is \ Contemporary thinkers on
happiness \ What does our research say? \ Chapter Two: Defining the H
Factor \ How we arrived at the H Factor \ Build, Broaden and Balance \ Four
schools by schools \ Chapter Three: Happier Individuals \ Changing
expectations \ Building better relationships \ Changing your thinking for
the better \ Looking after yourself \ Chapter Four: Happier Classrooms \
Creating a positive learning environment \ Should we teach happiness? \
Getting the basics right \ Learning alongside each other \ Achieving
together \ Safe to succeed \ Chapter Five: Happier Schools \ Leading the
happy school \ The benefits of a happy school \ Culture and purpose \
Thriving together \ Making the worthwhile difference \ Looking out for each
other \ Chapter Six: Happier ever after \ Recommended books \ Recommended
websites \ Glossary of terms used \ Matrices \ Index
