Happier

Ever feel like you're chasing happiness but it's always just out of reach? What if you could learn the science-backed secrets to building a life filled with both daily joy and long-term fulfillment, starting today? This summary reveals how to stop postponing your happiness for the future. You'll discover the four happiness archetypes and identify which one is holding you back. Learn how to transform everyday activities into sources of pleasure and meaning, and integrate powerful happiness boosters into your routine. This isn't just theory; it's a practical guide to rewiring your brain for lasting contentment.

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar taught Harvard University’s most popular course, Positive Psychology, and its third most popular, The Psychology of Leadership, with a combined enrollment of over 1,400 students. After struggling with his own unhappiness as a student, he dedicated his academic life to studying how to cultivate joy and resilience. He now shares these powerful, science-backed insights with a global audience through his writing, lectures, and the Happiness Studies Academy, which he co-founded.