Archive for the 'Happiness' Category
Happiness is…?, Part Two
July 24th, 2008(This post is part two of a two-part series on the book “Gross National Happiness” by Arthur Brooks and, therefore, an analysis of what kind of people are happy and why. Part one mostly presented the data and objections to that data. Part two will suggest what to do, given the data and possible responses to the material. Reading part one is essential to understanding this post, so if you haven’t, I strongly recommend doing so first.)
The most important thing to remember while reading this post is the last paragraph from the end of the introduction to …
Happiness is…?, Part One
July 17th, 2008(This week’s post is the first in a two-part series on what makes people happy, why, and what to do about it. The first part, as usual, is an explanation and summary of the relevant data. The second part will suggest ways, in light of these data, to be happier.)
Happiness is a big deal to me. I’ve read a couple of books on the topic already, and both were quite enlightening. The first, “Stumbling on Happiness” (Daniel Gilbert), was about how bad we were at predicting how happy things will make us. The second, “The …