Introducing Happiness: A Practical Guide

By Will Buckingham

By looking at the history of thought, this Practical Guide will help you to do things to improve your well-being; to free yourself from the various disturbances of life; to overcome irrational expectations that cause us distress and to understand the causes of suffering. Full of straightforward advice and examples and written by an expert on the subject, this book will help you understand what constitutes happiness, and how to make positive changes to become happier in your own life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
• Release date: Jan 5, 2012
• ISBN: 9781848313637

Reviews for Introducing Happiness

[drt_4 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Happiness: A Practical Guide by Will Buckimgham. I picked up this book which was bright yellow with a happy face on it that seemed to be advertising a practice “how to” approach.Book reviews I useWe see a tritis on happiness in multiple forms, we see happiness is subjective Happiness is defined as Endymion Istic happiness as a pleasure and happiness as flourishing.Psychology, positive psychology, social scientists, various philosophers, ethics, scientists, utilitarianism, religion, cultural, etc.Thoughts: this was an enjoyable, funny at times and educational. This had interesting exercises to use that helped flesh out more of what was covered in the chapters.Why finished this read: I was drawn in from the beginning definitions, this book was packed with diverse and interesting things on happiness and I didn’t want to miss anything.