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Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life Paperback – March 12, 2012

by Manel Baucells (Author), Rakesh Sarin (Author)
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Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences―including management science, psychology, and economics―they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world’s religions and literatures, Engineering Happiness has something to offer everyone―regardless of background, profession, or aspiration―who wants to better understand, control, and attain a more joyful life.

• Shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive

• Demonstrates how the essence of attaining happiness is choice

• Explores how to avoid happiness traps

• Tells how to recognize happiness triggers in everyday life
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  1. Print length
    248 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    University of California Press
  4. Publication date
    March 12, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9780520268210
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0520268210
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic life advice I really appreciated and needed!
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2012
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I really enjoyed reading this. In the daily struggle that is life- I needed and got logical, evidence based (love that) helpful advice that I remind myself about when ever there is a difficult moment or hard decision to make.
The authors provided a great example on every page, but the 2 pieces of advice that I personally needed to apply on a daily basis were- stick with your original decision and avoid quick outbursts of anger.
I am not doing this justice, but in a nutshell:
Regarding the advice to stick with your original decision- Remind yourself that it is easy to forget why you originally decided to do things a certain way, and we often become susceptible to a new point of view at the last minute, etc. you need to remember that you made your original decision for good reasons. Your original decision may not always be the best one, but if you stick with it, you can more clearly determine your future needs and hone your own life code.
I am prone to quick internal anger outbursts. This sometimes results in saying things that are damaging to the people around me and therefore myself and my happiness. Their advice is that anger quickly dissipates and that studies show giving into anger often results in increased anger. This is a great nugget to keep in mind daily when the going gets tough- you will feel better soon and don't let your quick anger ruin the good long term relationships you have sought to build.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a logical argument and wants to navigate life with increased happiness!
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5.0 out of 5 stars It was good.
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Bhagwan Chowdhry
5.0 out of 5 stars Happiness comes from choices each one of us can make
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012
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The authors are engineers and decision theorists (full disclosure: one of the authors is my colleague at UCLA Anderson School of Management). I was aware of some of their work in the area already. But I was blown away by how many insights this book contains. What makes this book really special is the specificity of their advice - the advice you can implement almost immediately and observe for yourself its validity and its effects in your life. Chapter 9 on Basic Goods alone is worth many times the price of this book. Even simple advice on how to structure your vacation is simple and easy to implement without making any change in what you spend on your vacation. And all the insights are based on a synthesis of years of careful research by many experts. Buy this book, read it, and start following their suggestions today. You will be happy you made this choice.
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Very well written and worth a read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
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I have enjoyed this book very much. It's been an intriguing way to think about the subject of happiness.
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M.M. Kerdel
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book about happiness
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I have read many books about happiness. This is hands down the most practical book on understanding happiness and gives you the ability to do something to become happier!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
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Maureen
2.0 out of 5 stars simplistic
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2012
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It sounded intriguing but about half way through "Happiness" I found myself saying, what are these guys qualifications? They take a simple concept, "Happiness equals Reality minus Expectations" put in a few theoretical quotes, (Bentham, really?) and conclude what anyone familiar with cognitive therapy knows, what every Buddhist seeks, that one has to work constantly on reframing perspective,releasing grasp, and accepting what is. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell is much more instructive. Heard about this book on NPR and thought "Well it has to be good." I was disappointed.
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