Jonathan Haidt
American social psychologist at NYU Stern; author of The Happiness Hypothesis, The Righteous Mind and The Anxious Generation.
Ambition by Gilbert Brim
Let's say that if the Buddha had been born in the Midwest of the US he would have written Brim's book. Brim has a Midwesterner's work ethic, and Americans moralise work quite a lot...so Brim says don't drop out of the game, play it, but play it so you don't get trapped, play it wisely, so that you get to enjoy the fruits of your labour.
on fivebooks.com · 27 Jul 2010
Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich
This is one of the most original and interesting books I've read in the last five years.
on fivebooks.com · 27 Jul 2010
The Dhammapada is one of the greatest psychological works ever written, and certainly one of the greatest before 1900. It is masterful in its understanding of the nature of consciousness, and in particular the way we are always striving and never satisfied.
on fivebooks.com · 27 Jul 2010
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
The Gilbert book is just so much fun to read. He's one of the funniest people, certainly in psychology – he's just endlessly witty, and reading it is like strapping yourself into a roller coaster.
on fivebooks.com · 27 Jul 2010
The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
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
The Paradox of Choice - Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz
That work was done especially by Barry Schwartz, in his book The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. That is just such a good book...if I'd had six books, I would have included that one.
on fivebooks.com · 27 Jul 2010
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