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Books : Making Happy People: The Nature of Happiness and Its Origins in Childhood .
Rating: 
- Intelligent and full of insight
I loved this book from beginning to end. If I'm happier now is thanks to the perceptive insights into what makes people genuinely happy. Moving away from the generally conceived ideas about accumulating wealth, power and fame in order to be happy, this book offers the reader an intelligent account of activities, attitudes and social skills that contribute to real happiness.
As a mother of a small child, this book has been a precious jewel and I hope to apply its wise advice to bringing up a happy human being into this very complex and confusing world.
Rating:
- A fascinating read
The book starts at the logical place trying to define happiness; not an easy thing. The author suggests happiness consists of three components; pleasure, the absence of displeasure and satisfaction and provides a convincing argument that satisfaction is the significant one "pleasure and displeasure reflect how you feel, whereas satisfaction reflects how you think about your life". The book also discusses why happiness matters, the characteristics of happy people and developing happiness in children.
The author lists seventeen common characteristics of happy people, and thankfully most of them are not genetic suggesting that happiness levels can be improved. I certainly identified some areas to work on; the relationships I have with people, engaging in meaningful activity, developing a sense of purpose, embracing change and new things, avoiding materialism and working on tasks that I can lose myself in.
I found the book easy to read and understand. I also picked up several tips on how to improve my own happines (and my children's if I ever have any) and would recommend it to people if they wanted to find a real fix to their happiness, rather than a media encouraged quick fix.
Rating: - The most important thing
Great book, telling us stuff we should already know but spelling it out clearly and succinctly. It has brought the scientific method to looking at the idea of "the pursuit of happiness" and why some people seem to get it no bother while others struggle. It tells us what we can ourselves do to increase our ability to be happy, which for me really it is all about. I would recommend this book to anyone wondering what is it all about, where has the fun and joy gone to in life and how to bring it back in and improve your quality of life.
- Intelligent and full of insightI loved this book from beginning to end. If I'm happier now is thanks to the perceptive insights into what makes people genuinely happy. Moving away from the generally conceived ideas about accumulating wealth, power and fame in order to be happy, this book offers the reader an intelligent account of activities, attitudes and social skills that contribute to real happiness.
As a mother of a small child, this book has been a precious jewel and I hope to apply its wise advice to bringing up a happy human being into this very complex and confusing world.
Rating:
- A fascinating readThe book starts at the logical place trying to define happiness; not an easy thing. The author suggests happiness consists of three components; pleasure, the absence of displeasure and satisfaction and provides a convincing argument that satisfaction is the significant one "pleasure and displeasure reflect how you feel, whereas satisfaction reflects how you think about your life". The book also discusses why happiness matters, the characteristics of happy people and developing happiness in children.
The author lists seventeen common characteristics of happy people, and thankfully most of them are not genetic suggesting that happiness levels can be improved. I certainly identified some areas to work on; the relationships I have with people, engaging in meaningful activity, developing a sense of purpose, embracing change and new things, avoiding materialism and working on tasks that I can lose myself in.
I found the book easy to read and understand. I also picked up several tips on how to improve my own happines (and my children's if I ever have any) and would recommend it to people if they wanted to find a real fix to their happiness, rather than a media encouraged quick fix.
Rating:
- The most important thingGreat book, telling us stuff we should already know but spelling it out clearly and succinctly. It has brought the scientific method to looking at the idea of "the pursuit of happiness" and why some people seem to get it no bother while others struggle. It tells us what we can ourselves do to increase our ability to be happy, which for me really it is all about. I would recommend this book to anyone wondering what is it all about, where has the fun and joy gone to in life and how to bring it back in and improve your quality of life.
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