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Engineering Happiness : A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life / / Manel Baucells, Rakesh Sarin



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Autore: Baucells Manel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Engineering Happiness : A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life / / Manel Baucells, Rakesh Sarin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]
©2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
Disciplina: 152.4/2
152.42
Soggetto topico: Happiness
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
Soggetto non controllato: anthropology
behavioral sciences
behavioral scientists
choose happiness
economics
emotions
everyday life
happiness research
happiness
joy
life building
life satisfaction
management science
mental health
modern life
nonfiction
popular culture
positive psychology
practical guide
psychology
self help
social researchers
social sciences
social scientists
sociology
therapists
therapy
wisdom
world literature
world religions
Persona (resp. second.): SarinRakesh
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Engineers on Happiness -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Science of Happiness -- Part I. Overview -- Part II. Laws of Happiness -- Part III. Engineering a Happier Life -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences-including management science, psychology, and economics-they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world's religions and literatures, Engineering Happiness has something to offer everyone-regardless of background, profession, or aspiration-who wants to better understand, control, and attain a more joyful life.• Shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive• Demonstrates how the essence of attaining happiness is choice• Explores how to avoid happiness traps• Tells how to recognize happiness triggers in everyday life
Titolo autorizzato: Engineering Happiness  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-36971-0
9786613369710
0-520-95142-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781551703321
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