Happiness For Dummies®

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Pub. Date: 2008-08-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

Now, you can find the happiness you want and live "the good life" you deserve by applying the helpful information in Happiness For Dummies, the ultimate guide to achieving bliss! You'll discover proven techniques for living a meaningful, healthy, and productive life no matter what your life circumstances happen to be. Positive concepts and techniques will help you change key behaviors, foster good habits, and be in sync with your surroundings.This helpful guide will give you the chance to assess your happiness and understand what it means to be happy at each stage of self-actualization. You'll learn why having positive emotions can improve your health and well-being. And, you will find out what happiness isn't and how to avoid confusing happiness with culturally valued outcomes like wealth, power, and success. Pursue what you want, seize the day, find benefits in life's challenges, and live a coherent lifestyle. Find out how to: Assess your current capacity for happiness Live the life that you want Overcome common obstacles to happiness Identify your strengths and virtues Improve your emotional and spiritual life Create meaningful social ties and learn to be alone Find the silver liningComplete with lists of ten ways to raise a happy child, ten common roadblocks to happiness, and ten personal habits to foster happiness, Happiness For Dummies is your one-stop, easy-to-follow guide to being happy and living your best life.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Defining Happiness.
Anyone Can Be Happy
The Recipe for Happiness
Knowing What Happiness Isn't
Seeing Happiness as a Sign, Not a Symptom
Personality Attributes That Lead to Happiness.
Optimism
Hardiness
Conscientiousness
Behaving Your Way Toward Happiness.
Getting into Flow
Finding Benefit in Life's Challenges
Living a Coherent Lifestyle
Making a Daily Confession
Putting On a Happy Face
Striking the Right Balance.
Hassles versus Uplifts
Structure versus Freedom
Work versus Paly
Socialization versus Solitude
Selfishness versus Generosity
Achieving Happiness in Key Relationships.
At Work
At Home
In Intimate Relationships
The Part of Tens.
Ten Ways to Raise a Happy Child
Ten Roadblocks to Happiness
Ten Things You Can Do Today to Foster Happiness in Your Life
Ten Thoughts That Lead to Happiness
Appendix: Resources.
Index
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