The author presents a collection of ten behaviors designed to produce a more satisfying and less stressful life and includes ways to stop chasing mindless and senseless goals, exploring new ideas and having the courage to pursue them, and taking time to play.
Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Rapunzel are all unhappy, but when they decide to switch places for a day each discovers what she likes--and what she can change--about her own life.
Describes the illusions of imagination and foresight that make us misunderstand our dreams and pleasures. Offers insights from the author's scientific research in psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics. Clarifies why humans know so little about what we are to become.
A bored hippopotamus cheers up after blowing mud fountains with Aunty, stretching for leaves with Giraffe, playing games with Monkey, and jumping into a cool lake with Mommy and Daddy.
Things that happen outside you can trigger feelings of happiness. When that happens, it changes something inside your body. Those inside changes are what creates the happy feelings you experience. Happiness is a good teacher. You can learn a lot from it. You can also learn to control it..
After searching mountains, forests, oceans, and deserts to find his smile, Augustus the tiger finds it when he looks in a puddle, and realizes that happiness is everywhere around him.
The author explores the origins and purpose of happiness examining what makes some people happy and others sad, and maintains that happiness is determined primarily by a person's attitude towards life.
