Stumbling on Happiness
A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we're so lousy at predicting what will make us happy -- and what we can do about it.Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some
ISBN: 9781400077427
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Sam Harris
Philosophy & Religion"There’s a lot to be said for having kids and that really is not a rejoinder to the research that suggests that people are made, for a very long time, reliably less happy as parents. You can find this in Daniel Gilbert’s work on effective forecasting, which he summarised in a book “Stumbling upon happiness,” which is also a good book which I recommend."
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Andrew Wilkinson
Business & Entrepreneurship"Had a surprisingly large impact on the way I think about the future, planning, travel, relationships, and so many other things."
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Derek Sivers
Business & Entrepreneurship"Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for years, and shares factual findings that will change the way you look at the world."
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Ev Williams
Business & Entrepreneurship"On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile."
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Maria Popova
Media & Journalism"Explores the sometimes subtle, sometimes radical changes we can make in our everyday cognitive strategies in order to avoid ending up unhappy and disappointed."
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Mark Manson
Content Creator"The red-headed stepchild of happiness books."
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