The How of Happiness Summary of Key Points
This book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding one’s personal happiness. It offers scientifically-backed strategies and exercises to increase long-term well-being.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding one’s personal happiness. It offers scientifically-backed strategies and exercises to increase long-term well-being.
Stuffocation describes how materialism and the accumulation of stuff have led to a sense of dissatisfaction and proposes minimalism as a solution for a happier life.
Aristotle’s ‘The Nicomachean Ethics’ discusses the nature of virtue and the path to a happy life through moral character and the pursuit of rational activity.
Jonathan Haidt explores how ancient wisdom and modern psychology align, influencing happiness and virtue.
This book explores the concept of happiness and its attainability through conversations between psychiatrist Howard Cutler and the Dalai Lama.
Daniel Gilbert’s ‘Stumbling on Happiness’ explores the nature of happiness and why people often have trouble finding it. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, Gilbert examines the complexities of the human mind and its predictions about future happiness.
This book explores why intelligence and success don’t necessarily equate to happiness, offering insights and strategies for a more fulfilling life.
Martin Seligman presents his new theory of well-being, proposing that happiness is just one component and introducing the PERMA model focused on flourishing.
Mo Gawdat presents a formula to achieve lasting happiness. He combines his personal experiences with research and logical analyses to explore the nature of happiness.