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

• Autore: Baucells Manel
• 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
• 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
• ISBN: 1-283-36971-0; 9786613369710; 0-520-95142-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457365903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II