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Happiness Hypothesis, The, by Jonathan Haidt - Book Summary
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Book Summary of The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
Note: This is a book summary, not the original book.
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In The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt digs through ancient wisdom and writings about how to live a good life — and then puts those teachings into perspective for the modern world we live in today. He summarizes his findings based on what’s common throughout various texts from around the world, as well as what’s supported by science.
Here’s what you’ll learn about in this summary:
—Why we do what we do
—A formula for happiness
—How to use the formula to increase happiness and purpose in life
—And much, much more...
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Reviews for Happiness Hypothesis, The, by Jonathan Haidt - Book Summary
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Readers find this title informative, compelling, and insightful. It provides a helpful overall perspective on the complex concept of happiness and outlines positive emotions and how to attain them. The book is short and provides valuable insights into the human mind, generating a map to happiness.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Short and insightful to learn about the human mind and generate a map to happiness .
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pretty good. Outlines positive emotions and how to attain them
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It makes things about an complex concept such as happiness
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The ‘Happiness Hypothesis’ book itself is informative and compelling but dense. This summary gave me a helpful overall perspective of what I’m reading!