| Description |
xii, 179 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Premises. Happiness is a moral obligation -- Unhappiness is easy-happiness takes work -- The mind plays the central role -- There is no good definition of happiness -- Life is tragic -- Major obstacles to happiness and how to deal with them. Human nature -- Comparing ourselves with others -- Images -- The missing tile syndrome -- Equating happiness with success -- Equating happiness with fun -- Fear and avoidance of pain -- Expectations -- Family -- The world has too much pain -- Seeking unconditional love -- Seeing yourself as a victim -- The opposite sex -- Genes or biochemistry -- Attitudes and behaviors that are essential to happiness. Meaning and purpose -- Happiness is a by-product -- Develop perspective: cultivate a philosophy of life -- Find the positive -- Accept tension -- Everything has a price-know what it is -- Accept the lower parts of your nature -- Allow innocuous expression of your lower parts -- Seek to do good -- Develop self-control -- Find and make friends -- Psychotherapy and religion |
| Summary |
Presents insights and techniques to help readers understand, attain, and maintain happiness despite human nature's tendency to be insatiable |
| Notes |
First ReganBooks/HarperPerennial ed. published 1999 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Happiness.
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Happiness.
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| LC no. |
97035404 |
| ISBN |
0060392193 (hardcover) |
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0060987359 (paperback) |
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