Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success
By Chip Conley
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With a foreword by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of Delivering Happiness
When Chip Conley, dynamic author of the bestselling Peak, suffered a series of devastating personal and professional setbacks, he began using what he came to call “Emotional Equations” (such as Joy = Love - Fear) to help him focus on the variables in life that he could handle, rather than dwelling on the parts he couldn’t, such as the bad economy, death, and taxes.
Using brilliantly simple logic that illuminates the universal truths in common emotional challenges, Emotional Equations offers a way to identify the elements in our lives that we can change, those we can’t, and how to better understand our emotions so they can help us . . . rather than hurt us. Equations like “Despair = Suffering - Meaning” and “Happiness = Wanting What You Have ÷ Having What You Want” have been reviewed for mathematical and psychological accuracy by experts. Now Conley tells his own comeback story and those of other resilient people and inspiring role models who have worked through emotional equations in their own lives. Emotional Equations arms you with practical strategies for turbulent times.
Chip Conley
Veteran CEO Chip Conley has created more boutique hotels than anyone in the world. Founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which he grew into America’s second largest boutique hotel company, he speaks around the world on how to find meaning at the intersection of business and psychology. The author of several books, including Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow, he was named the Most Innovative CEO in the San Francisco Bay Area, which he calls home. For more information, visit EmotionalEquations.com and ChipConley.com.
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Reviews for Emotional Equations
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I won this in a goodreads giveaway.
Interesting book. I would say read it and you will find something that calls out to you. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Too impressive book - too clever as well ! I was stuck from the begining to the end - learning a lot and often brainstorming myself about potential "emotional equations" raised along my past life !Conley writes that Disappointment = Expectations - Reality, while Regret = Disappointment + Responsibility ... Therefore I was thinking that Dreams = Expectations - Regrets :-) Definitively a must READ ...
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Really intriguing take on not just emotions but life itself.I found Chip's more poignant and personal stories of his own journeys much more compelling than his repeated used of "equations" to understand our own states. That said, really valuable--especially for CEOs struggling to manage their own emotional roller coaster.