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The How of Happiness

Sonja Lyubomirsky

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Jonathan Haidt recommends it
The How of Happiness I would describe as the state of the art in evidence-based positive psychology. Sonja Lyubomirsky has done the best studies on how simple interventions, simple things you can do, on a daily or weekly basis, have measurable effects on your happiness. So if your goal is to actually raise your happiness level, then this is the best book to read – it has very concrete suggestions of what you can do.

on fivebooks.com · 27 Jul 2010

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